minutes. charley? >> a three-day event. getting ready for a discussion. over the gulf oil disaster, all as a result of bp. this is a live look this morning at the national aquarium. it is going to be a hot spot. leaders of politics, and in the environment, all going to be here, talking about what can be done to prevent a disaster like that from happening again. and cbs 2 linda stowe is live in the studio with more on this. because this is going to be a big event. a lot of people with a lot to say, i'm sure. >> it is going to happen over the next three days. it starts tonight at 6:30, and leaders from across the spectrum. government leaders coming, and environmental leaders coming, and they've all collected data over the last year since that still happened because it was just devastating for that gulf region. what they will be doing is they will be talking about that research, to make sure that this isn't forgotten that people know that there are still long term effects coming from this bill, that still as you know, spewed devastating amounts of crude oil into the gulf, damaging the life in and around that area, and

here is a conference, that we will be talking about the latest research, and how to move forward to restore the gulf and surrounding communities. >> the smallest animals are affected. those effects kind of multiply through the food chain. and eventually, we are at the end of the food chain. so we, as humans, need to be worried about this as well. >> and in washington, d.c. today, there will actually be a second house hearing on this oil spill. yesterday, top oil executives came under fire for not showing up. they've been asked to show up today for the second hearing. it is unlikely that will happen. live in the studio, linda stowe, abc 2 news. if you're catholic, you can expect big changes coming in a few weeks. the mass itself is not changing but for the first time since 1965 the translation of words in the mass are. there are several dozen changes in all. striking some catholics as a move to a more conservative mass, but archbishop o'brien says the changes bring the catholic mass closer to its

original intended meaning, and that causes some to tune out, well, so be it. >> when this translation that we've been using since 1965 was started, they parted from the original text with some of the words and sentences. >> we have a link to the changes at our web site at abc 2 2 news .com. the first time is the first sunday of advent. news around the nation this morning, a philadelphia tugboat pilot who crashed a barge was forced to prison in january. matthew devlin had one day and one year in prison. killing two hungarian tourists and pleaded guilty admitting he was on his cell phone and laptop for a while before that collision. well, safeway says it is not going to press charges against a honolulu couple over a $5 sandwich. the mom is 30 weeks pregnant and feeling a little light-headed

and ate the sandwich. she intended to pay for it but forget when they checked out. when the family was leaving, they were approached by supreme court and the couple was arrested and the 2-year-old daughter was taken into custody and remained there for 18 hours. dramatic dash cam camera out of missouri. a woman and one-month-old baby stuck in a car on a railroad tracks and an off-duty police officer in new haven missouri helped to pull them out. the woman failed a sobriety test and the child was turned over to a family member. firefighters in california are battling a blaze outside san francisco. this is in napa valley, the wine country and heavy and high winds blowing winds and becoming faster, and two dozen homes are being threatened and it is not known what sparked the fire but images from the west coast and napa valley and fire crews working on the scene right now. unstable world marks could affect wall street and we're keeping an eye on the results

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tuesday was a disaster. on global market day. here on wall street. the dow fell more than 300 points. and that is why we're watching the world marks this morning. they started off well. but as we will show you now, they have dropped off since closing. these are the asian markets, including the japanese nikeii and the hang seng, finished up 363 points and the nikeii

dropped 195. and activity where n-europe, this is -- where in europe, activity is going on and plummeting numbers. here is why. a ripple effect that could affect us for weeks to come. greece's government says a marathon cabinet meeting is going to end in about two hours, with ministers expressing unanimous support for that country's prime minister to call a referendum on a hard-won european plan to rescue the greek economy. a no vote on that referendum could bring a debt default in athens that would bring bank failures across europe and then across into the u.s. this is a live look this morning, into grease. where all eyes are on watching what will happen, with the meeting, as it has ripple effects. think about a known throwing in the water. what will affect in greece will spread out to the european markets up to germany and then over here to the u.s. that's are why we're watching this for you you this morning. this could have a lot to say what happens in our market and of course how it could affect you down the road. this is in greece right now.

tensions running very deep from politician, all over that country. and you continue tracking this if you would like. it is essentially called a financial storm. and the eye of it is in greece. and web abc 2 news .com is the place to go. and j.p. morgan chase and citi group and other stocks of banks took a hit yesterday and your 401k probably took a hit as well. the customer service banks are going to be in arizona, and nevada an north carolina. the call centers were previously in the philippines. so more jobs as a result of a union contract. and more jobs are returning here. this is video from what we're taling you, involving u.s. airways. now, attention holiday shoppers out there. kohl's is planning to open its doors at midnight on black friday. the chain says it is the first time in history its doors will be open for 24 hours straight but online deals early bird specials is what they're calling them, those can begin at kohl's .com and get them on thanksgiving day. and you have an unpaid

parking ticket in howard county, pay them as soon as possible, if not, you could get towed. coming up, a live report on what this could mean for you and how you can fight it, details coming up in just a bit. plus many banks have decided to drop the debit card fees but customers, are they in the clear yet? we will explain with a much deeper look. and the richest members of congress seem to be just getting richer. results from a new report when good morning maryland continues. it is 6:40. a frosty morning. you need a jacket. why you will be carrying that jacket on the way home. . starting to slow down. topside of the beltway and on the northwest side.

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good morning, maryland. let's get right to it with a check of the forecast and we say hello to meteorologist justin burke. >> a dark scene in baltimore. but we have clear skies. mighty chilly. what you can't see could still be a little bit shiny, if you get the right lighting out there, you may need to scrape

off the windshield. annapolis this morning, naval academy at 42 degrees. and away from the water now, and you can see by the school here, 36 degrees. and 33 in millersville. 32 rockville. and we've got 30s to hair ford and bel air at 32. a little bit of an anomaly in towson, upper 20s to mid-30s. a little bit of frost. clear skies across the board. looking at temperatures that should rebound nicely. still have to wait until 7:00 36 until the sun pops up and then look at a warmup to 53 by lunchtime. and 60 back to normal for the two degree guaranteed high. are traffic update with tonya. >> 95 south at o'donnell, an accident blocking two lanes and a look at the beltway through catonsville, moving, some volume on the outer loop to the left of the screen. you can see that volume from 795 mostly to baltimore national pike. and topside of the beltway at harford road, we have a slowdown here as well.

but this is at liberty road, where the outer loop to the left of your screen is slowing down. that's part of that slowdown. it starts at 795. and it goes down to baltimore national pike. and you can follow us on twitter at maryland traffic. back to you charley. >> if you have an unpaid parking ticket in howard county, you could soon be towed and a proposal on the table that would give police the authority to tow your car 90 days after getting a ticket. and abc 2 linda stowe is here to tell us how the idea could possibly go into effect and what people could do to fight it. >> the coun county sill will be meeting next monday and will be votes. if you want to voice your opinion, you can write an e-mail to the county council before next monday. here is what they're considering. an unpaid parking ticket in howard county, police could tow your car after 90 days. there are more than 5200 unpaid parking tickets in the county and adds up to almost a half million dollars. the council chairman wants to

cut down on the lag time between when the ticket is issued and when it is paid. some people are against the idea but brianna is not, she is sick of the tractor trailers and dump trucks that park and don't move in her elk ridge neighborhood. >> i think it is dangerous because there are kids walking up and down the streets and stores around the corner and i walk up the door and people are darting out beneath the truck and you can't see them. >> if you want to write an e-mail to voice your opinion to the county council, find that address on our web site at abc 2 news .com. you have to get it in by next monday. linda stowe, abc 2 news. and unpaid tickets for parking and speeding, they're being sent to collections. that could end up hitting your credit score. the move comes after what has been a tough year financially for most cities who need the parking fees now more than ever. new this morning, citi bank, bank of america and j.p. morgan chase an wells fargo among others have been ordered by the government to review foreclosures in 2009 and 2010 and lenders are accused of

moving to swiftly on the homes. closing arguments are expected this morning in the bribery trial of the state senator, charged of using his chairman position to benefit the shopper's food warehouse chain. and in montgomery county prosecutors are expected to rest their case in the trial of a woman accused of killing a co-worker at an upscale yoga shop in bethesda. norwood is accused of bludgeoning the woman in bethesda in march. an the jury will continue to have deliberations in a murder for hire case. last week the jury found walter bishop jr. guilty of shooting and killing william porter. at a baltimore county hes station. jurors will decide if bishop will receive the death penalty. it is a maryland case that resembles the highly publicized and debated terri schiavo case. in frederick, judges will decide if a man who has to do brain damage after a heart attack should stay on life support and his mother wants to continue to get sustenance through a feeding

tube but his wife doesn't. 55-year-old daniel senger lost most of his speech and other abilities after a heart attack in july. thomas scalia recently returned from afghanistan and will share his experiences from the journey which include operating om some wounded troops and speak about lessons learned while overseas. 6:48 this morning. a program created to reduce the number of african-american boys in the juvenile justice system is expanding to girls and the program collaborates with the teens and their families encouraging the teens to address the underlying issues that are anti-social and deviant behavior. math scores are on the rise but only by a little bit. and 4th and 8th grade students tested in math last spring scored one point higher on the national assessment test. the secretary of education says they're celebrating. not fast enough. but they do commend it for making modest progress.

6:48. one library in ann arundel county is now going high-tech. they're putting 200e-readers into circulation. that's the largest collection in the state. abc 2cherie johnson joins us live via skype to tell us more about this. >> well, we are at the annapolis area library and i'm actually joined by michelle miller, the branch miller of the east port annapolis neck library. thank you very much for joining us. what an exciting time this is today. and 200 brand new e readers going out to 15 of your locations, and tell me a little bit of the demand from the patrons. >> thanks for coming down to annapolis. we're pretty excited and everybody here is excited and curious about the new technology. >> tell mow -- tell me why it is important to violent d-shall to provide the e-readers. >> another step to have access to technology, whether or not you can afford it and as long as

you have a valid lie library card you can borrow an e-reader for free. >> you have a meeting at 11:00 today. and at 9:00, you can go to the 15 locations to check them out? >> at 9:00, every branch in the company, you can borrow an e reader today. >> let's talk about the folks who are downloading the e books. how is that going? >> you have been able to download e books and e audio books to your own device if you had those at home. you can do that already. these are for people, the e readers that we're going to offer today, for people who could not afford that technology. >> but still have a lot of curiosity. and want to try it out. >> now, what about these e-readers, i know one of the libraries is giving a demonstration offcamera, and you have about 20 books on them, and you know, who do you think it caters to the most? who likes it? you've had it to where the books you read to the little kids or it is also reading for folks who

have problems reading, maybe they don't want to read, so who are we seeing that likes this the best? >> actually everyone loves e readers. certainly a lot of people have the curiosity. you can change the size of of the text. so that is very helpful for people who have vision problems. an there is also some capabilities for them to read to you. especially the color nook. we have children's books loaded on those. and you can read it by yourself or read together. >> and there is something for everyone. >> always at your library. >> sure. thank you ms. albert for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you very much. >> and exciting things going on here in annapolis. they can start checking out the books at the 15 locations at 9:00 this morning and the launch is at 11:00 a.m. at the annapolis area library. reporting live in annapolis, abc 2 news. a father accused of allowing his 9-year-old daughter to drive while he was drunk has been granted supervised visitation.

he saw his daughter for the first time yesterday since the incident last month. >> it was very emotional. they hugged in each other's arm and a long embrace. >> shawn wimer faces child endangerment charges and including a felony. he has a hearing set to take place yesterday. five things you need to know on this wednesday morning. a new report warns that the u.s. military suicides are on the upswing because of the wars in afghanistan and iraq, and that's now causing an undercut in recruitment and also public confidence. and the boys of summer are now up for sale. it is the result of a lengthy battle. the l.a. dodgers owner frank mccourt has been in limbo for months because of his pending divorce. the dodgers filed for bankruptcy in june. and after an outcry from the public, bank of america has reversed course, axing debit card fees and no longer charging the $5 monthly surcharge for the use of debit cards on the retail

purchases. and today, u.s. senators will announce plans to reform the u.s. postal service. that plan would give the post office everything it wants, include can the right to end saturday mail delivery. and according to the roll call, the richest members of congress are getting even richer. a local publication finds house and senate members a collective net worth of 2 billion tkhraft year, up 25% from 2008. check this video out. coming to us from san diego. the driver of this car crashed into a fire hydrant. and the car was blasted 10 feet into the air from the sprayed water. take a look at that. police say the car may have been stolen. it happened early yesterday. and neighbors say they saw people running from that car. again, these images just coming in to us from san diego. well, the powerball jackpot is at $245 million. and if you want to play, you better hurry up. the drawing is tonight. and the last time someone won the powerball was september 7. a harford county couple won just under $110 million. the first marylanders ever to win the big jackpot.

again, $245 million. that will probably climb higher. >> good stuff right there. and good luck, by the way for those of you buying tickets and waiting in line. checking out the live view and the last gray shade out here, and a little glitch in the system. the infrared satellite clear skies under the high pressure and old storm pushing off the coast and that blizzard raging near denver this morning, and nowhere near us, with the clouds far east of chicago and in detroit this morning and high pressure will be a warmup and we will have very little influence in that system but a little piece will actually slide to our south and watch that little kink in the wind flow, as we head through friday and that's a sign of our storm system, and our computer model actually highlighting some of that energy riding its way toward our south. so it will increase the clouds tomorrow and get a chance of some rain, and most of the energy across the carolinas, friday morning and a few showers possible and we will actually take our temperatures back a little bit for the weekend. it is november. we can expect to actually have an 11-degree drop from an average of 62 on the first, to

an amp of 51 by the end -- average of 51 by the end of the month. and scaling things backwards. but the upward swing, 60 degrees with a ton of sun and a jacket and time to warm up the car and scrape off the frost. as we head through tonight, a clear sky allows us to dip back down to 37 and could do it once again. this is the time of the year where you could stay much milder by the water, in the 40s. and much chillier inland, upper 20s, to lower 30s. widespread to be expected. but the afternoons even out with sunshine and 62 tomorrow. and expect late day clouds to arrive, and holding tomorrow night's temperature in the 40s. again, slight chance of showers on friday. when you see those raindrops, don't think washout. because that will not be the case. and it could be some showers in our offering for the end of the week. the weekend itself, we will dry out and chill ler, and saturday's high temperature about 53 and lows in the 30s and pushing to 57 on sunday and temperatures back up into the lower 60s as we head in through monday and tuesday. 6:55 on the clock. one more check of traffic with

tonya. >> we have a couple of accidents out there. 895 southbound, past lombard street. the accident is over on the right shoulder. and we have this accident. on 95. at o'donnell. as you can see, the two right lanes are blocked. and traffic is getting by. single file. to the left. so expect a slowdown here. and the ramp has been open but it looks like now they have blocked the ramp. for you to get on to 95. from o'donnell. and 695 at old court road. we have some slow traffic stop and go. on the outer loop of the beltway. and near 795. and the slowdown will last through liberty road. and down all the way to frederick road. on the southwest side. and so far, we're doing okay on 95 itself. >> a couple of baltimore city school closures to tell you about this morning. all of this related to heat problems. james mosher and calverton elementary and middle school. closed today as a result of heating problems. of course, as were you saying, we're lingering in the 40-degree

mark. and staff is expected to report to the development center on the beltway. we will show you what goes on inside the control room here at abc 2. and steve ghoulman, look. >> there he is. >> and there is juanita. let's go to new york for "good morning america." have a great tuesday. or wednesday. everyone loves surprise parties.

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