with new information and video on the penn state child abuse allegations as students take to the streets. the charges and the accusations are -- i absolutely reject. they simply didn't happen. they simply did not happen. >> he calls the sexual harassment charges baseless and says he doesn't know the latest accuser. herman cain comes front and center to defend himself. and how the baltimore fire department closures could be affecting response times and threatening your family. we will look on this wednesday november 9th. good morning i am charley crowson and let's check in with justin berk for the midweek forecast. >> hey, good morning. i am sorry to put you on the spot. but what month is this? >> november. >> thanks for passing. it's not supposed to look like this. this is the severn river.

look at that. carol sent this picture last night and it was a glorious actually she send it yesterday afternoon. you can see the hint of color on the trees right along the severn river and because they are protected by the warmer water they will hold off longer from the leaf changing while the leaves have dropped for the most part in baltimore county away from the water. that's a good shot and in honor of you and severn river let's go there. severn river middle school in arnold 39 this morning is chilly and yes we 100% humidity and there's the developing fog that is trying to form across much of the area this morning. normally we should be down to 38 and 8:59. a lot of us hit the low 70s yesterday. probably not going to do that today as we look for temperatures to pull back a little bit. patchy thick fog and partly cloudy afternoon 65. still above normal but we are going scale it back the next two days and we will talk about that next. 5:31. hopefully no quizzes and traffic right? >> reporter: that's right. i have no qezs ready. it will be easy.

eastern boulevard at bennett road an accident in essex so be aware of that. look live at 95 at 175, running smoothly southbound traffic to the right of the screen is heavier. no issues between elk ridge and laurel. 59 north of the chesapeake house southbound traffic is the oncoming traffic. and that's running smoothly as you make your way down towards the beltway. you should have a smooth ride. there's roadwork 95 south at 24 on the ramp to 24. at maryland traffic is the handel so follow us on twitter during rush hour for the latest traffic information. now back to you. rallies in the streets and at joe paterno's home. penn state's athletic department under fire involving sexual assault charges. >> reporter: yes, we have been working overnight to gather all new information on this case. look at the latest on the child sex abuse scandal at penn state. look at the video. this came into the newsroom. more than 1,000 students

marched through the streets of beaver avenue at state college around midnight to rally for football coach joe paterno. the rally of support comes after rumors a turno was shown the door over the child abuse allegations against a former top assistant coach jerry sandusky. he faces the heat because some say he didn't go far enough in reporting the alleged abuse. student held a peaceful demonstration between downtown and different spots on the campus. some folks are calling for theresignation of the penn state president. tom ridge is a potential replacement for the penn state president. now reporters in the area caught up with the mothers of two of the alleged abuse victims and they say administrators dropped the ball. >> both are extremely -- feeling extremely let down and betrayed by penn state and the feelings come from the charges that are levied against tim curley and gary schultz and the

moral allegations basically that were made against joe paterno and graham and they say they should have done more. >> reporter: the penn state trustees plan to appoint a committee to investigate the sex abuse case. reporting live in the interactive news center, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. members of the baltimore city fire union says budget cuts hampered response times to the point where lives are in danger. they are taking the message to city residents at meetings like this one in the rosemont neighborhood of baltimore. the city has been rotatingfirehouses and union members say response times are within the national norms but the problem they say is what's okay nationwide is not the same for the baltimore city with thousands of homes and thousands more and many a century or more old many packed tightly in roads. narrow roads and alleys. >> we are trying to hold fast we are a cat in a tree holding on.

and anymore closures and we are dead. >> a supposeman for the mayor says the budget process is going on right now. but no decisions have been made with specific cuts to fire or any other department and the mayor will submit the budget in march. five-story bidding collapse in new york injured five people one critically. building was under construction and workers were pouring concrete. all workers have been accounted for. did your dad can you-- ask you if yaw wanted to drive? >> -- you if you wanted to drive? >> yes. >> and what did you say? >> the man accused of letting his 9-year-old daughter drive because he was too drunk will be sentenced. yesterday his designated driver took the stand saying her dad was drinking black velvet whiskey before he asked her to take the wheel. his attorney tried to say the 9- year-old was not a hazard because the time of the day and the girl's ability to keep the vehicle on the road. well peaceful afternoon by

a river turned into a scene of chaos sunday when the young boy tumbled into the water. the child fell from a pier and was swept out by the current. 54-year-old andy fowler jump npped to save the boy but began going underwater and another man jumped in and and he was sucked into the current a third man a young med student jumped in and pulled all three to safety. news time 5:35. and tuesday it was oklahoma. today, texas. new video of a tornado touching down near houston. and another one bites the dust. latest elimination from the "dancing with the stars" now a check on this morning's tech bites from new york. >> reporter: in today's tech bites, cruelty online a pew study finds 88% of american teens who use social media sites have seen other people be mean or cruel on those sites. one in eight say they witnessed it frequently. today, the fcc and internet service providers will announce a major push to get broadband

into low income homes to pay 10 bucks a month. a new website for people who want to share favorite things with users. user create pen boards featuring decor and recipes and clothing for all to see. the wall street journey gives the site high marks for the unique look. >> it's just laid out in such a way that it's calling to look at and feels like reading a high end magazine as you browse through the different images. and there's a focus on design and beauty in this website. if you like what you see on someone else's board repin it on your own. those are your tech bites. i am rob nelson.

now "good morning maryland."

welcome back. some around houston texas are thinking about chainup after a tornado blasted through the area. a cold front moved through the region bringing a threat of twisters. one touchdown in kingwood bringing quarter sized hail and winds of more than 06 miles an hour. tomorrow -- 60 miles an hour. the storm knocked out power and cooler area -- weather is mock into the area with -- moving into the area with no more rain. >> if you think where is the activity coming from? it's not that unusual for second rampup of tornadic activity from late autumn to early winter. you will see this from the national aquarium. almost full moon joand by jupiter over the western sky. moon will be full tomorrow afternoon and we will get a chance to see that tomorrow night and especially on friday morning. all right. normally, we are looking at temperatures up around 59. down in the 30s and as farce

today is concerned, we are down to 38 and we are developing a little fog. and while we watch some fog that's formed across portions of the lower eastern shore we may expand it because we have the clear skies and light wind and on the threshold of really hitting the dew point. 35 to 40 the spread this morning. sunny and partly cloudy again this afternoon with a high two degree guarantee of 65. here a tanya with traffic>> reporter: penn loan trait 40 -- line train 403 is on a 5p minute delay -- 5 minute delay. this is the beltway at frederick road right now we have more traffic on the inner loop. we are doing okay. it's moving. volume is building. 70 at 29 through ellicott city all is is smooth and well at this . you don't have anything to worry b follow us on twitter at maryland -- about. follow us on twitter at maryland traffic for the latest on traffic information including delays and accidents.

back to you, charley. ♪ now that we have love what are we going to do with it ♪ >> he was self-proclaimed overweight love. heavy "d" last message to the masses was one of encouragement e died after telling twitter followers to "be inspired. hours later he collapsed outside his los angeles home died in an area hospital. the jamaican born rapper is famous for hits in late 80s and early 90s. heavy "d" dead at 44. four dancing with the stars says another star out the door. >> nancy and tristan. >> legal analyst nancy grace didn't have enough viewer support. she said she was blessed to be able to have a wonderful experience. >> i wanted to learn to dance with a great teacher and both of those dreams came true. my other goal was to raise

money for the national center for missing children. and i did that too. and along the way, i made so many wonderful friends. >> and coming up next monday catch the final four showing off their moves. you can catch it here starting at 8:00 on abc2. it was a potentially ground breaking vote in mississippi on the meaning of life. the results on the state's personhood vote coming up right now. plus...

now "good morning maryland." it ain't going to happen. that's what herman cain said if he was -- when he was asked if whoa drp out -- drop out of the race. he says he expect more to come forward. sherrin ri johnson joins with us more -- sherrie johnson joins us with more on that and tonight's gop debate. >> reporter: well, the

gathering is set for 8 p.m. from oakland university in rochester, michigan. herman cain says he is prepared to answer a lot of questions and we are learning new information about a woman who settled a sexual harassment complaint against herman cain in 1999. the associated report says she complained three years later at the next job about unfair treatment and she says she should be allowed to work from home after a serious car accident and accusing a manager of circulating a sexually charged e-mail. she lead the complaint while working as spokeswoman at immigration and naturalization service in the justice department in late 2002 or early 2003. but she said she didn't remember details about the complaint and didn't remember asking for a payment. this all comes as herman cain held a press conference to defense his reputation after allegations of sexual harassment leveled against him by four women including sharon bialek. >> my first response in my mind and reaction was i don't even

know who this woman is. >> women have a right to be free of sexual harassment and that's why sharon is standing up to fight back. >> reporter: another woman who started her work in washingtontroostled miami to help agency officials during the coverage of the ilonan gonzales case. feet voters in mississippi were not on board for a controversial measure known as the personhood initiative on the ballot tuesday. the proposal known as amendment 26 asked mississippians to amend the state constitution to define life beginning at conception eliminating abortion including cases of women victims of rape and incest. and even in cases that jeopardize the life of the mother. >> i think murder is rejected a measure they understood to be dangerous and understood to be bad for women and families in

mississippi. >> we are not conceding because -- we did our duty. we obeyed god. we have declared the truth. we have impacted our state. >> the initiative appeared to have lots of support, it was opposed by national right to life groups and catholic church in misp spy saying the amendment goes too far -- mississippi saying the amendment goes too far. questions linger how officers handled protest on october 25th. they used tear gas and fired bean bags and because the officers said they felt threaden -- threatened. they say video shows how bad the crowd was and they were justified in the use of force and several investigations continue. [ music ] >> a couple familiar faces and voices filled the air at occupy wall street. david crosby and graham nash played a set.

from the start occupy protesters have been prohibited from using electronic amplifycation in the park. that's why you see the hand signals. so they serenaded the crowd with acoustic. they urged protesters to stay in place. >> a consumer alert. toyota is recalling more than 500,000 vehicles with problems that could make it difficult to steer. it affects 137,000 lexus vehicle including the 200 # and 05 camry and highlander and sienna. no reports of accidents or injuries related to the problems. the story re information go to on the home page there on the front page in the slide show. an asteroid size of an aircraft carrier passes within 200,000 miles of the planet. these are shots from nasa. experts say there's no need to panic. there's no chance it's going

hit us. now if an asteroid crashed into the planet it could wipe out a country. according to scientist if it fell in the ocean it would caught a 70 foot high tsunami. those are impressive numbers. you had video of this you showed us willer. >> it's the same pick -- us earlier. >> it's the same pictures. the first movie release but i am sure there will be other images. we are studying the weather and i wanted you to show you this. look at this low pressure system very tightly wrapped core. this system showing a cyclone with added snow across central iowa pushing into wisconsin. and this is all rain here in the lighter blue and the yellow shadeings and that storm system is back to our west in reference to the eastern sea he board. looks like we are going -- seaboard. looks like we will have clouds in the diminished form. when they wrap up like that and it looks like they are in a direct line with us they willpull up to the north and we will take a weakened form of that. off the coast we have been watching this system here. this area of low pressure this

is tropical storm sean a subtropical system named yesterday and we were the first ones to let you know about that at five. and this storm now a full fledged tropical system a full warm core with 50-mile-per-hour sustained winds will roll into the open atlantic. outer edges of the rain will pull up into new england. we will get the frontal boundary tomorrow afternoon through the evening. a very thin little ribbon of rain but definitely a clear demarcation of a colder air mass and look at that blue shading there. that's snow. snow showers breaking out across the mountains including western maryland. check out wind forecast. southeast bringing in the moisture and then the northwesterly wind that pull in tomorrow at 6 p.m. through friday will be windy and colder. today, though, partly cloudy skies. we have fog this morning but mid-60s in the afternoon. pulling back into the mid-40s overnight and a small chance of showers not a washout tomorrow and it's about the winds. so after 58 thursday only 49 on friday. and mid-50s to 60 with sun over

the weekend. tanya. >> reporter: we are starting to get a little congestion on the beltway on the outer loop at green spring. actually a little congestion in both directions. taking a live look at our traffic cameras seeing how traffic is moving along. no problems to report on 29 at 108. between ellicott city and columbia. you should have a smooth ride there. 95 south coming out of the fort mchenry tunnel getting a little volume but it's moving pretty well northbound no issues to report there. pretty steady flow. back to you charley. a focus is continuing now for the bp oil spill but it could be changing. what the company's new goal is and how it can benefit the gulf coast. and are we any closer to an nba season? the latest on the league's lockout. good morning maryland continues on this wednesday morning.

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five things on this wednesday morning. g po. presidential hopefuls gathered tonight for another presidential debate 8 p.m. will air on cnbc and said to focus on economy and president obama's policies. no deal that's the word from nb amount players over

proposed revenue sharing split. derek fisher says a 51-49% split between owners and players is "one that we can't accept." players will ask for another meeting with owners. bp will no longer be responsible for cleaning up oil that find it way into the gulf coast shores unless the oil can be linked to the disaster n plan approved by the coast guard bp will turn attention and a billion dollars to restoring areas damaged by the spill. the country music awards airs tonight. the show includes performances from miranda lambert, and a tribute to glen came pel. brad paisley and carey underwood host the program. and it's no bernie zone and perry hall gators are headed to the finals. soccer team beat westminster 1- 0. the game winner with an assist from white. and it's on to the state semi.

new video taken a different look at occupy oakland protest. what police are saying led them to use force against demonstrators and the investigation now underway. and tuesday's elects are in the books but how would voter turn out? we will look at how many of you turned out to cast your ballots yesterday. and what's on your holiday wish list. a look at hot items many are hoping to find under the tree this holiday season. that's straight ahead when "good morning maryland" returns with the 6:00 hour. we are back in a bit.

you're watching the station that works for you. good morning maryland." there's new information on a tem rathery order against jerry sandusky. find out the latest information on the keeled abuse allegationer. and still no -- on the child abuse allegations.