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is your child being bullied? experts met on that subject today. i'll tell you what they said. a perfect view in the harbor, first class pampering. we'll take you inside. new developments in the sexual harassment allegations against presidential candidate herman cain, what the former boyfriend of one of cain's accuse ares is saying. local food banks go head to head at a timonium supermarket, not to talk about turkey. we have the report on this
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competition with a cause. >> the cheers could be heard from the salad bar to the cereal aisle for the first turkey invitation. they divvy up to become team washington and team baltimore. he is steps -- she steps up. this forward knows the need firsthand. >> i, a couple years ago, went through a financial situation where i had to scrape up money to buy food for my family. >> reporter: this event is another event of shop rite's partners in caring.
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>> we put $27 million into fighting hunger. it's given to more than $1700 community agencies because they are really on the front lines of fighting hunger. >> reporter: team baltimore wins the bragging rights and both teams take the prize. >> those food banks will get 100 cases of turkeys, which means about 400 people will have a turkey dinner next week. >> 10,000 holiday boxes to families in need and these additional turkeys are really important to us and our ability to meet the needs that are out there. >> reporter: in timonium, reporting. >> weather wise, a much warmer than average day, in the mid-70s, unbelievable. out to the north and west, some clouds beginning to blow in but no rain showing up. we have felt some of the winds. winds have been gusting 25 to 30
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in german town. 28 chesapeake beach. take a look at the steady winds, 10 to 15. temperatures still running warm around 70 degrees. the rest of this evening we fall through the 60s. much more coming up on some rain and a big drop in the temperatures straight ahead. it's been in the news so much these days. bullying can really ruin lives, especially for young people. educators in maryland are so concerned about this growing problem that they're once again gathering to come up with some new strategies to stop bullying in our schools. don harrison was there. >> reporter: more than 500 educators from every corner of our state attended the conference. the speakers range from dross
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students. >> -- doctors to students. >> reporter: they work with a group called project change and tried to inform students and empower them to stop the abuse. >> it seems like nrs and power to step up to the bully. >> reporter: some students may not know how to help. >> they may want to step up to help somebody but they don't know how to do that in a way that will keep them safe. >> reporter: it's not just the kid's playground. it's gotten bigger. >> young people will say things on facebook or by text that they would never dream to saying to a person face to face. those constraints on that behavior are really taken away by that electronic format.
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katherine bradshaw is with johns hopkins university. she said the best thing someone being bullied can do is not keeping it a secret. >> kids aren't going to be able to resolve this on their own. >> do not confront the parent of that child who's doing the bullying because parents of bullies are often bullies themselves. >> reporter: in ellicott city, don harrison, abc2 news. >> abc2 is working with you. we have a special bullying guide at abc2news.com/2 bullies. you can get tips on stopping harassing behavior and find the latest stories about national and local bullying campaigns, weg, abc2news.com/2bullys. coming up how a customer
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matters in his own hands. when the clerk pulled out the reg sterks the suspect pulled out a knife. police warned that was the wrong thing to do. they don't encourage them. the long time customers say they're grateful for his actions. scary moments for four fishermen in st. louis, missouri. they were stranded in the mississippi river after the current pushed their stalled boat into some rocks. the boat started taking on water. fortunately, firefighters were able to rest roux cue them -- rescue them. imagine surviving in a car for days. she was trapped upseed down in the car in freezing temperatures. her father died in that crash. a man apparently walking along the road spotted the car lying
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in a 10-foot ditch last night. >> drinking gatorade and eating pop tarts, yelling what she could. for a 9-year-old to do that is pretty heroic. she was able to keep herself calm. her family member next to her was obviously deceased. the 9-year-old is expected to be okay. the four seasons baltimore opened its doors in harbor east. coming up, a tour. plus, if you haven't purchased your tickets to fly to grandma's house, don't worry. we have tips on when to buy tickets.
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it is a luxurious decision that has been in the making. the four seasons baltimore opened its doors for business. we have an exclusive tour of the property and the opening festivities. >> ready? 5, 4, 3,, 1 -- yeah! >> reporter: the newest addition to baltimore's skyline in harbor east opened their doors for the first time monday. >> survived a destination. a five-star getaway in the heart of harbor east. >> reporter: the four seasons baltimore has 45 suites.
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it has exquisite decor for the perfect harbor view. >> it's an absolutely spectacular hotel. it's youthful, contemporary. >> reporter: some of those details include a large collection of modern art throughout the hotel. >> the art reflects the washington movement that started in the 1950s all the way to 1955. >> reporter: if you're wondering what a room will cost you, a regular one can range from $220 to $280. for a presidential suite, $6,000 a night. if you want to eat here, they have two distinctive restaurants la mill, which specializes in
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gourmet coffee, and a third one is on the books to open in february. >> it's so exciting. it's a partnership. it's going to be, i think, a focal point for the hotel and a great destination for all of the people from baltimore. >> reporter: in lay decision to showing whoever their luxuries, the four seasons is also making a strong commitment to connect to the community, already hiring some 400 workers. in harbor east, reporting. >> the new four seasons baltimore has weekends booked. and they have already booked 16 weddings. it's official. baltimore county is getting another wegman's food market. owings mills would be the site of the new location. the grocer will go into the space that was a solo cup
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facility before it closed. it's the latest in a series of changes. owings mills will also be redeveloped in the near future -- the site of the new mall will be redeveloped. the sunset comes so early this time of the year, but temperatures mild, in the mid-70s. we're still at 72. winds are southwest at 12. it's a warm breeze coming up. humidity is moderate. that makes things feel warmer. had some decent sunshine during the day. it's a beautiful day to be outside. manchester high. we find pretty active football field here and the trees showing fall foilage. bel air through the day, finding some passing cloud cover but in the bad. nice finish to the day in
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harford county. those winds have been gusty, gusting up to 24 in ellicott city. easton 23 earlier today and westminster you saw a peak wind gust of 21. still sitting all clear. that will continue to be the case. chances for showers go up the later you get in the day tomorrow. the higher the chance for rain will be. those temperatures still at 70 or high are and the highs today -- higher and the highs today unbelievable. winds from the south around 12, steady, 12 to 14. that is a warm breeze. tomorrow the clouds will thicken up. we'll see mid to upper 60s. i don't think we'll see upper 70s again. that's for sure. too many clouds and there will be the chance for spotty showers to cool things down. the real cold air won't arrive until wednesday, wednesday night
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and thursday. when it arrives, you'll feel the change. to the west, we can see the leading edge of that rain maker. that's the leading edge of the cooler air. still a big warm surge that we will be experiencing for the next day and a half before the front pushes through later this week. you can see that reflected all the temperatures ahead of that boundary well into the 70-degree plus range for the most part. our trend shows basically dry tonight early tomorrow, but then the chance for showers in the afternoon and evening and better chance for rainals the main system arrives through the day wednesday and peaking wednesday afternoon, wednesday evening before we'll dry it out and get cold are for thursday. mostly cloudy. mostly cloudy, 67 with scattered late day showers, better chance, 52. still kind of mild but don't get too used to. that temperatures will drop and temperatures will drop.
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daytime high also struggle to get out of the 40s. now, there is a bounce back sunday into monday. we could be in the mid-60s but the roller coaster ride continues. >> in tonight's democracy 2012, a new national survey shows the republican leader board has change and once again and new developments in the herman cain sexual harassment allegations. we have the very latest in the race for the gop follow naismghts only monday and -- nomination. only monday and we have stuff to talk about. >> reporter: let's talk about a cnn orc poll. this was taken after the perry. >>s moment and hrm -- herman cain. that falls within the margin of error. what this means is these two guys are in a virtual tie when
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this comes to the front-runner status. herman cain has dropped to third place, followed by rick perry. the biggest is between lock the and now. so much as changed. newt gingrich has gone from 8% up to 22%. herman cain, he's dropped off 11 percentage points. the kane controversy is -- cain controversy is continue. it was the former boyfriend of one of the accusers. >> she said that something had happened and mr. cain had touched her in an inappropriate manner. she said she handled it and didn't want to talk about it any further. >> reporter: so another person is coming to herman cain's defense. that's his wife. i'll play a quick preview that's airing tonight on fox news. >> to hear such graphic
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allegations and know that that would have been something that was totally disrespectful of her as a woman, and i know that's not the person he is. he totally respects women. >> reporter: so kelly, that's the first time we're hearing from his wife on all of this. >> reporting live from washington, d.c. thanks for joining us. former first daughter chelsea clinton, not really political but has spined a special correspondence provision with nbc news. clinton will be working as a reporter for rock center. she will do stories for the network's making a deference series. it focuses on people who are volunteering their time to help others living in their community. clinton is not the first.
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on when to buy those tickets. >> reporter: the cost to fly is up, but you can still find the right price if you know they would buy your ticket. >> six to eight weeks out is not the best time. about four weeks out, there is a sweet spot where air fares tend to soften. after it goes up about two weeks out of your flight. >> reporter: if you wait until the week you want to leave, airlines give great deals for the remaining seats. >> the airlines will release usually on tuesdays reduced air fare for later that week or into the weekend. >> reporter: signing up for alerts will allow you to take advantage of deals. >> we know now that a lot of last-minute sales are released to the social media sites. if you're a friend of that
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airline, get it from them. >> reporter: flexibility is a must with these deals. well, layaway making a big comeback. walmart, kmart and other major retailers have decided to turn back the clock and bring layaway back. many will charge a $5 fee and cancellation fees. if young professals -- professionals could work and any company, google is the top one. many of the financial firms haven't done so well. their later as dropped off since last year. bank of america felt the biggest drop from 58 to 77.
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a person was the target of a vandal. we have more coming up at 6:00 which starts right now. it's not targeted. it's at anybody, and it's scary. >> reporter: a serial arsonist arrives at large after throwing moltive cocktails at homes. >> these were relative working class victims. >> the man at the center of a rent cal car scheme -- rental car scheme is facing a guilty verdict. we start from northwest baltimore which
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