. now abc 2news at 5:30. >> the gas will start coming onto many homes in locust point. we will explain.

>> it sounds like the plot of a movie but last night an asteroid came really close to hitting earth. and it's only wednesday but this week has been a busy one. the latest on the accusations against herman cain and a preview of the debates. first tonight hundreds of people in the locu is, t point area are still without natural gas but repair crews working on the break and hope to get the gas back on as soon as possible. we are in locust point with the latest. its been a long time. >> reporter: there is a lot of work going on in this area. take a look behind me. there is a lot of bge crews cutting holes in the street for the past half hour. right now bge crews have started going door to door in most of the neighborhoods to cut the gas back onto hundreds of homes and for many its been

a very, very long few weeks. no gas, day three. crews have been at it nonstop as they try to make repairs. with the gas cut off and no hot water or heat some are frustrated enough to boil their own water. they are angry a lot of older people have had no heat for so long. >> it's not right for them to have to deal with that. i -- i don't -- appreciate their -- and i don't appreciate their outlook on how the people should be treated. >> reporter: just down the street the people are worried. >> we have the electric oven and can keep open. it's a little cold but not that bad outside. at least it's not the middle of the winter. >> reporter: bge says the gas will be back on tonight. for most of the day they have

been purging the gas lines removing the air to repair the lines. after that the slow process of turning on the homes will start. >> about 900 customers on the eastside of the bridge that we will start restoring today and that's labor intensive because we need to go into each home to safely introduce the natural gas service to each customer. >> reporter: now if they miss your house what is going to happen is they will put a calling card on your door, if they miss your house tonight. they do that and all they wants for you to take the card, call them and they will send someone out. they want to try it get as many on as possible and will work through the night so when people get home they will get your gas back on as soon as possible. reporting live. >> thank you. let's look at tonight's top story. penn state head coach says this will be his last season with the team. he has been under a motorcycle

scope for days since child sexa charges were made public. there is still a possibility of the schoola trustees may force him to resign earlier. also reports the president of the school could be fired or forced to resign in the next few days. the ravens have some devoted fans and lots of them like to sport real team gear. the bbb became aware of a website called official ravens shop.com selling what they game are real jerseys but falsely advertising that they are cleared with the bbb. and toyota recalling about a half million vehicle. this time because of a problem with the power steering that can make it hard to steer under certain circumstances. the recall includes two lexus models as well as the 2004 and 2005 toyota camry, highlander and sienna.

they say no injuries have been reported so far. today baltimore city is one step closer to becoming a bike sharing city. at the weekly board of estimates meeting the mayor announced the approval of a agreement with a company called bcycle. it provides bike sharing programs for several stills. it'll help complete the alternative transport system. >> i'm looking forward to it. i just got back into cycling myself so i hope to get out there. >> reporter: the city is already started other programs like the charm city circulator and the zip cars. maryland is among 32 state that will receive grants as part of the veterans transportation initiative. the united states deputy of transportation was in baltimore to make the announcement todayt. will be used to create better hack social access to

transportation for wounded warriors and military families. that way they can get to medical appointments. >> we owe them job training career opportunities so they don't need to fight for work after fighting for our country. we owe them health care and counseling because the finest fighting force deserves the best support. >> the grant money will help build and expand call centers as well where military members and their family also be able to get information on their new travel options. >> weather wise, things have been nice and clear for days now. today no exception. things a little cooler southeast breeze with some slightly cooler bay breezes if you will. we can see a front pushing in to the west. that will bring some showers tomorrow. 55 where we sit now, that could be the high for the day.

rest of the evening through the 50s. partly cloudy, cool and pleasant through the day. hour by hour, temperatures struggling to the mid50s by noon and then they start to fall as we work into tomorrow evening. sunset at 4:57. more on the weekend ahead coming up. >> tonight is the biggest event in country music. it's the cma's live from nashville. one woman will be in her dorm room watching. one day she will be on that stage. >> reporter: you are right. she is a freshman at belmont university in nashville. she is three miles from where the cma's will be held at the bridge stone arena but she is closer than you think. at 14 she tried out for america's got talent and almost won. here she is with no formal training, just a microphone and now she is ever so close to making big in the country music. >> there is nothing like preforming in front of people.

you really feed off them. i love nothing more than preforming in front of people. >> reporter: tonight at 11 we talk to her. you will hear her dreams and her voice. the biggest stars these parts and i'm stretching a bit is the late patsy cline born in winchester. juliit's closer than you think. >> thank you. she sounds pretty good. coming up two tankers collide during a rush hour in arizona. we will show you that accident and why homes and businesses in the area had to be evacuated. and also what one minnesota woman tried to smuggle out of a store under her skirt and what happened when she got caught.

. two tanker trucks clydeed on a busy freeway leaving one dead and shutting down the interstate. authorities evacuated at least two hotels and several businesses because they burst into flames after the crash. the accident is still under investigation. several people jumped in to a river to help a young boy and

they needed help too. a man jumped in after the 2- year-old but couldn't keep above the water. another man tried to help and a cooler was thrown into give them something to grab onto. they eventually got out safely with the little boy. and a minnesota woman wanted a new fur coat but didn't have the cash so a camera inside the fur company captured the trip as they stuffed a 6,500-dollar mink coat under her skirt. an employee stopped her and called the cops but she hid the coat so well they couldn't find it. eventually she came clean and is serving a two year prison sentence. sciencists didn't get a lot of sleep as a monster asteroid nearly hit the earth. and cain still making headlines but the allegations aren't the only story making the rounds. what other stories people are talking about.

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. a busy night in the sky as an asteroid zipped by the earth. it was a rare opportunity to study the massive space rocks. we have the latest. >> reporter: just how close did we come to a collision last night? with in 200,000 miles. >> that is close in . >> reporter: this may look like a giant spinning potato. not so bad but what if i said it was the size of an air craft carrier. that changes it. >> if this were to hit the earth it's large enough to knock out a major city. . >> reporter: it didn't but it did serve a very important

purpose. >> it's important to humans to understand the cosmic environment and make us aware we live in a vacuum but there is a lot of other stuff there with us. republican a . >> reporter: more than 100-tons of space material hits the earth every day, most of it dust and very small pieces. as for asteroids we know a massive one may have killed the dinosaurs so when one this size flies by nasa can learn a lot more about keeping us alive. >> we will get hit eventually. >> we don't get this opportunity, this kind of flyby the earth is a giant space craft. >> reporter: the next time we see one this big will be in 2028, i hope you had a good look because a view like this is a rare one. abc news los angeles.

>> we have something we want you to look at, look at this. megan pringle's little bundles, jordon rose and nola jane. they were born yesterday around 2:00 o'clock. she looks perfect. she could come back to work tomorrow. >> sure that's what she wants to do. >> there is kelly -- stopping by to see them. she said mom, dad and the babies all doing fine. look at her move around. what's that -- what's on her shirt? the twins. how cute. congratulations again. >> and rob looking nonthe worse for wear. >> keeping busy. >> give it a week. >> life will change. >> congratulations to them. that's great. twins. triplets next time. >> we have a nice night out

there. take a look. temperature 55 degrees, winds southeast at five, it's a cooling breeze this time of year and i think that helped keep temperatures down. we had a sapphire blue sky. carroll beautiful day, just a few high thin clouds late in the afternoon. same in frederick and it looks like gaithersburg saw a clear day for all afternoon and then the high thin clouds on the horizon just before sunset. that is before 5:00. sunset at 4:57 tomorrow. how is that? the radar sitting clear. temperature wise mid50s now. temperatures will drop off but not as sharply tonight. we only made it into the low 60's on average today. humidity still nice and dry, again that light southeast wind working against the high temperatures. we see showers going though west virginia, some of that rain could survive and make it into our area tomorrow.

heavy snow up toward wisconsin on the back side of the storm so it's a nasty winter storm for northern portions. it should drop the temperatures on the order of ten to 15- degrees. we will strug until to the 50s and to get out of the 40s before we start to warm it up as that front arrives in the cold air arrives late in the day tomorrow. off shore, what will be left of shaun will bring rain and some big waves off shore of ocean city. right now looking like most of that rain will stay off shore and again things clearing out for veteran's day but a chill yearer day for all the parades and such on friday. the satellite showing shaun, a well organized system for this late part of the hurricane season. again not going to be a big impact on the weather. we don't think. 48 with increasing clouds tonight. not as chilly with the cloud cover. that will help hold temperatures up over night. shouldn't see as much fog either. 55 degrees tomorrow.

that is midday and then temperatures falling off through the afternoon. could see a few showers but probably not a lot of rain. tomorrow night 37, the seven day forecast showing basically not a lot of change here. in fact into friday, 50 degrees or so. saturday, sunday we talk about a high temperature around 60 but again veteran's day looks dry, just cooler. >> thank you. in tonight's democracy2012 its been a busy week in politic was herman cain continuing it dominate. we are live from washington. real busy week for him with all the allegations. >> reporter: we know right now is that two out of the four accusers have come out and have shared their names and now we know the attorneys for them are working on getting a joint news conference together and are working on bringing in the other two women. we are told that's a work in

progress and it may happen over the next few days. >> as far as these accusations, causing me to back off and may be withdraw from this presidential primary race, ain't going to happen. >> reporter: he is really sticking to his guns. he has denied the accusations. >> last night we saw a example of the heat they are taking. >> reporter: right. let's listen to cain's chief of staff. >> crush hour had come out as one of the women and we find her son works at political. >> reporter: here is why that statement doesn't work. it's that statement about the person being talked about saying mark block doesn't have his facts straight. i'm not related to karen and i

haven't worked there since june of 2010 so a lot of people have within cratal as to how the campaign has handled the controversy and are looking how he would handle the national spotlight if he were president. >> thank you very much for that live report. check in with jamie. >> all right. a new, here tonight tonight. questioning found the air force mishandled the remains of united states war dead and now veterans are reacting to the news. when it comes to taking care of your nails, the use of chemicals could hurt them more than help. why one salon is going organic. those and update on the gas main in south baltimore at six. now a preview of world news. >> coming up on world news america's secret recipe for

success. putting an entire town to work? what struggling towns can learn tonight.

. events in europe shaping the action in the united states market. dow down 389, the nasdaq down 106. the s&p500 down almost 47. not good. first we traded in the checkbook for credit cards, now companies like american express are on the idea that the next big thing will be paying with your cell phone instead of cash or plastic, american express thinks paying by phone will be so popular they are investing

$100 million in the technology. no word yet on when you will be able to try it out. good news if you are someone who likes to put things off. it's predicted holiday traveler also wait until the last minute to book. this will be a pleasant surprise. apparently airlines have raised prices earlier than usual so they may be stuck having to run sales closer to take off to fill the seats. that's good news. the proposal from the president's office is putting some out of the holiday spirit. it involves a new saw 5-cent tax on fresh cut ch the past fe artificial trees have started selling more than the real ones sot money from the tax would be used to try to promote the fresh tree industry. and the i-phone 4s has already won the hearts of many but now it's official. consumer reports is giving the model its stamp of approvallal unlike criticisms about the phone they say the battery life

is fine though they plan to review them again after apple tweaks the batteries in a few weeks. coming up the bay has seen the increase in the number of oysters dying. what is to blame for it. that and more coming up at the news at six that starts right now. >> now abc 2news at six. >> type of disrespect for the remains can't be tolerated. immaterial gross mismanage anesthetic leads to lost and mishandled body parts of the war dead. >> gas service should be restored to most of the homes here in locust point. we will explain coming up. >> the oysters are having problem. how bad it is here on abc2. >> and we start with the ill new story here at six.