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fraizer. i told my wife this is not good. >> no not good at all. a fallout break of tornadoes and tore aidos. those lives who -- those whose lives have been put upside down a live look across baltimore. a great tuesday. no weather issues this morning. taking a live look downtown. but, for a complete look of what's going on for the day, things could be changing in a couple days. >> yeah. we can't complain too much. we have fog issues on eastern shore and we will explain. but out there where the tornado chase team tracked the tornado in oklahoma. also an earthquake at the end of the chase day anda brand new named subtropical storm off the east coast. we will introduce you in moment. look at this. that's the moon. moon turns full officially on thursday into friday morning. but it looked pretty bright last night over the western sky. this is from the national aquarium looking off towards

the west. and getting daylight on the buildings downtown. now we watch daylight over the severn at naval academy in annapolis and we have got ourselves temperatures from 40 in arnold and 40 perry hall 39 cockeysville. fog on the eastern shore with delays in kent and queens avenue county. >> reporter: reports of a car fire on inner loop at park heights but no issue with the delays. let's look live at our traffic cameras. 59 southbound at -- 95 southbound at 195 is moving well. no issues to report here. jfx at northern parkway, we have southbound traffic building as you head down towards coldspring lane but right now you have a good ride downtown toward fayette street. drive times for the most part doing well on 83 and 95. outer loop northwest side between 795 and 70 could take you up to 9 minutes charley. happening right now and caught on tape. gathering new video information on a string of tornadoes that ripped through parts of oklahoma. now this is where we are talking about. town of tipton and frederick in

oklahoma. in the southwest part of the state. corinne redman is standing by with the all new information. corinne. >> reporter: we have been gathering new video about a string of tornadoes that slammed into several towns in southwestern oklahoma. listen to new video of storm chaseers who may have gotten too close to the action. >> okay, my goodness it's coming straight on us. >> we have to jump in the car. >> oh. we should have gone on the other side and followed it back. you want to chance it? >> no we will do it now and. >> no no. >> reporter: this is more new video out of tipton. severe thunderstorms with funnel clouds road across the state yesterday afternoon. the tornadoes damaged homes and businesses and crushed power lines. the weather service says hail exceeding 2 inches in diameter and thunderstorms with wind gusts of 90 miles per hour cut

through the area. one teen tried to capture the tornado on tape. >> i was taking the video and my dad and brandon were telling me to get back it was too close and i was like okay now it's close i got to go. see the that-- seeing that the excitement was through my body.>> reporter: the storms left some people trapped after the house collapsed but they were rescued and not injured. corinne redman, abc2 news. we have added a minute of video from an updated story about the tore neared -- tornado from tornado alley. being see the damage and what it caused and you can track the storm chaseers in realtime watch live video and all of it accessible at abc2news.com. today we will hear from republican presidential hopeful herman cain after a 4th accuser steps forward with allegation of sexual harassment. unlike the other alleged

victims sharon bialek made her claim in front of cameras saying she went to cain to find a job 14 years ago and then she says cain acted enappropriately. >> he he put his hand on -- he put his hand on my leg under my skirt and reaped for my genitals. he also grabbed my head and brought it towards his crotch. and i said, this is not what i came here for mr. cain said, you want a job right. >> the cain campaign calls the allegations false and a point candidate made on jimmy kimmel life. the jury in the bribery case against a maryland state senator has september the first note during deliberation asking whether they can find senator currie guilty of conspiracy if they didn't believe a conspiracy took place in the in the first two month of the time frame. federal indictment alleges it it can place between 2002 and may 2008. curry is accused of take more than 240,000 dollars from shop

to do political favors for a local grocery chain. around the nation dr. conrad murray faces up to fewer years from prison when scented on november 29th. jury deliberated nine mors for finding him guilty in the death of popeye conmichael jackson. he is accused of adstirsterring propofol without proper safe administering propofol without proper safeguard. jackson brother and sift remember pleas. >> thank you america and thanks the prosecution and everybody was wonderful. >> multiple media reports this morning say dr. murray is on suicide watch at a los angeles county jail. and the boxing world is is remembering smoking joe fraizer who died last night after recently being diagnosed with liver cancer. fraizer is known for his three battles against ali. joe fraizer dead at 67. an #-year-old boy in -- 8-

year-old boy in new mexico is terrorized and it's caught on tape. bus drivers review the tapes weekly and this was especially disturbing. two 14-year-old grabbed him and spit in his mouth and sat on his head. they are charged with battery and assault and harassment and criminal sexual contact with a minor. they have been suspended from the school for the remainder of the year. and here's the video clip of the day. a deer making a quick trip through a take out in atlanta. the animal crashes through the glass startling everyone inside. it took a look around and couple loops to see what was on the menu and an employee opened the front door and it went outside. before the door closed you see here, it's like a matador for a deer. the deer ran outside. no one was hurt. long lines and lots of excitement. fans anxious to get their hands on the latest video game. so, what is so great about this one?

and they will be there between 10 and 2 and it never happens. no doubt waiting for a cable guy is annoying and from they expensive. we will explain when "good morning maryland" continues on this tuesday, november 8th.

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waiting for inhome services and appointments cost american workers more than 37 billion dollars. what happened? that was the number taken 2011. more than half of those polled say they wait 4 1/2 hours for the cable guy to show up. thousands of families in baltimore are without gas. how long before things could be back to normal. corinne. >> reporter: baltimore grand prix will it return next year? the city says no if the bills are not paid. i will explain coming up. >> reporter: i am sherrie johnson, hive in catonsville war college is make big strides in science and technology for student. a live interview coming up. fog on the eastern shore. the only local issue is severe weather and a named tropical system and subtropical system. >> reporter: and top side of the bestway and it's moving

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time for abc2 news to go. good morning i am charley crowson and before we get to justin a. few updates for you. queen anne county public schools on the 90 minute fog delay this morning. and there will be no am pre-k and kent county public schools have a hour and a half fog delay. how long will it hang around and when will it burn off? >> about an hour or two hours. not as widespread as yesterday but some areas surround by water especially lower eastern shore and tributaries and now temperatures of 39 at the st. pert and paul high school in easton. you have fog. really on the eastern shore widespread fog is the issue. 38 degrees at veterans elementary. 40 perry hall 41 harve degreece and arnold and we take you back to ellicott city where we have

veterans elementary and yesterday, thick fog and this morning it's clear he. and chilly at 38. we have got clear skies and if you have fog this morning don't worry. the sun has come up and we will look at sunshine for the rest of the day. and at least until 4:59 p.m. and 69 the two degree guaranteed high. tanya. >> reporter: traveling 295 at 197 a accident. 90 southbound out of arbutus -- 59 southbound out of arbutus is doing fine. top side inner loop at park heights a tractor trailer break fire so three lanes are blocked the left lane is getting by. major delays approaching park heights. 29 at 108 moving fine. no accidents to report -- incidents to report here. follow this information on twitter handle is at maryland traffic. people in south baltimore are dealing with a major gas outage.

1200 homes and businesss are affected and they are work on a ruptured line -- working on a ruptured line from yesterday morning. people who depend on the gas to heat and power the water heaters will need to wait. we learned that 1 had you had been homes need to tournament gas off -- a hundred homes need to turn the gas off. after that they can fix the broken main. here's what you need to know. if you smell gas in your home, leave immediately. and call bge at 800-685-0123. also, if you -- you shouldn't use propane or kerosine heating device in your home that can cause cash op monoxide poisoning. make sure your smoke alarms are operational. well in less than an hour voters will head to the polls in baltimore. it's primary election day. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake is running against two candidates. voters will be choosing city council members and president. they will consider two ballot initiatives to establish a fund to maintain schools and also

rather to lower the age requirement for city council members from 21 to 18. polls open 579 and close at 8 tonight. to find one nearest your home, abc2news.com. look on our slide show. balmmore first grand prix the last? -- was baltimore first grand prix the last? the future of the race is facing troubles because the company that organized the event has yet to pay their bills. corinne redman is standing by with the details and what this could mean for the race's future. >> reporter: the city handed down a serious warning to the group, threatening to terminate the five-year contract with grand prix organizers if they don't reconstruct and pay off debt to the city and vendors. baltimore city deputy mayor issued a statement saying baltimore racing development owes the city more than 1.5 million dollars. the money is owed for city services parking amusement tax be a tax revenues. the group owes vendors hundreds of thousands of dollars.

jay davidson served as the head of the racing development and stepped aside and says the group hopes to have a new ceo in place soon. davidson said the group has been working with the city and vendors to structure payment plans but the city is giving them until december 31st to repay or the city will terminate the contract. >> the clock is ticking and they need to show an immediate sense of urgency. >> this is a great event for the city but it will never spit out huge amounts of cash to the investor group or to the city or the state. >> reporter: now some of the vendors have started suing the baltimore racing development group which is also facing lawsuits from investors as well. corinne redman, abc2 news. and new this morning, being a girl scout learning life lessons is part of the job, but a troupe in bowie was taught a tough lesson. two suspects took off with their cookie money outside a wal-mart where they were selling the cookies and the men caught on surveillance cameras

inside the storech the troop leader tried to chase them down. they got away with $200 worth of girl scout cookie money. 6:50. and umbc has bragging rights. and for that they are he getting national attention having to do with students in technology. education reporter sherrie johnson is standing by with the attention the school is receiving. sherrie. >> reporter: yeah, they are excited here. we are on umbc in catonsville where yes they are receiving national attention for the program in tines and -- science and technology and it's helping students he. this morning i have dean of science joining me live and the student here as well. let's start with you. let's talk about the scholars program and why it's working. >> it is a program that trains professionals gifted and talented students to be tomorrow's lead in the stem area. and it's working because it combines world class research with innovative teaching method

and active mentoring. >> reporter: and you also have bragging rights at your college president has won an award. >> yesch this is the carnegie award for invasion on campus. and it has to do with the discovery center and castle and innovative instructional method we pioneered. >> reporter: wonderful and she is senior here. tell me a little bit about how this program is work for you. >> as a participant of the program we participate in research not only on campus but in summer internship programs and it allows to us network with faculity and prom innocent researchers in our field of interest. and it's preparing us not only academically but professionally for our futures as we pursue phd and mdphds. >> reporter: thank so much for joining us. exciting things going on here at umbc and we thank you for being here. reporting live, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. 6:5 #. we told you -- 6:5 #. we told you -- 6:52.

we told outorioles have announced the hiring. he signed a 3 year deal and will be introduceed later this mork. he he takes over for andy mcphail who stepped down last month. dukette was one of six people interviewed. five things to know on this tuesday morning a weekly press conference will be held for penn state head coach joe a turno and will face questions about charges against jerry sandusky who has been indicted for allegedly mosting 8 boys. two other officials resigned in the wake of the allegations. -- molesting 8 boys. two other official resigned in the wake of the allegation. the so-called personhood measure will be -- shall would define a person at the time fergation or clone something called initiative 26. a federal judge is blocked a law requiring tobacco companies to include graphic images on cigarette packs. the law wanted to show the dangers of smoke on the packs

of cigarette antismoke activists are call for an appeal. the slot machine commission is hearing from the public and bigses to bring legal gambling to the rocky gap state park. they are set to tiewrt site before meeting monday. they will hear from the competing bidder. more homeowners are having trouble make the mortgage payment. trance union says the rate for mortgage holders late on payments rose for the first time since 2009. 2 or more missed payments is a early sign for possible foreclosure. justin. 6:54 right now on the clock. okay. so there's this large after the roifd roid passing close -- asteroid passing closer than the moon. we have earthquakes and tornadoes in oklahoma and tropical storm shawn to the mix. i say that with bathed breath because we've a -- bathed breath because -- baited breath because we have little to worry with here -- worry about here. 671 miles to the east of miami. it will flare up and may expand

the wind field and increase 50 to 5 5 miles per hour winds but it will pick up movement in response to the frontal system that will charge out of the midwest in a diminished form and provide severe weather across the heartland and chicago and st. louis and arkansas. but we are on the dry side of things despite the fog you may have on eastern shore with the delays this morning. not as widespread as yesterday. we will pump in warm air and we get into the sunshine and a quiet setup here for the next couple days. check out the future trend. our adoneis model pulling the moisture a little closer but that stays offshore. and there's the frontal boundary. and a few scattered showers. i don't expect a washout on thursday but definitely tanking on the temperatures. and we will have that full pendulum swing and should average around 59 this time of the year. we go 10 above normal and 69 today. and 64 tomorrow and we will go near normal with the showers and upper 50s on thursday and then go 10 degrees below normal

on friday. heading into the weekend we return with the west southwesterly flow and sunshine dry weather and high temperatures back between 55 and 60. tanya. we have an accident reported caton avenue at wilkins avenue. keep that in mind. major delays on the beltway on the northwest side 695 near 795 at old court road. both loops are stop and go. the inner loop is stoped due to a traffic - -- actually a brake fire at park heights. let's see what that looks like. inner loop at park heights is to the right of the screen. the arrows are pointing everybody to the left because it's on the right shoulder. so, it's good idea to stay off of the beltway on the northwest side on both loops. either go through the city but remember that everybody else is doing that too. take the jfx but this is the time it backs up. kent county and queen anne county schools 90 minute delay. in queen anns county no a.m.

pre-k. also you have been warned, earthquakes truer fade -- tornadoes traffic jams asteroid. >> what's left? >> i am saying that's lucky i am hoping. >> someone asked me today and i reposted on facebook 11-8-11. >> we are going to new york.