ning. great day. a new sign in towson is causing some controversy. why some parents say it's too reveal for kids. an emotional tribute for a ten-year-old honor student that took her own life after her mother said that she was being bullied. new developments in the sex abuse scandal. what the assistant coach is now saying about the allegations. let's get a quick check of our forecast. we're back to new orleans. you talk about these rough storms pushing their why through new orleans. -- way through leans. we have been watching some of the storms erupting during the

early morning hours. and we saw lightning strikes in the camera in the last half hour. here we are at 6:30 in the morning this line of storms here this two-story house was lifted ten feet off its foundation that is a tremendous amount of energy. these storms are volatile and pushing through new orleans right now and feed into a larger line of storms into western tennessee and the ohio river valley. we show you this because that is a sign of the energy that could be feeding in our direction. and we're watching most of the rain right now on the most powerful radar across the area it's light and heavier in the south. fog, mist and mild this morning. we'll go to 63 for the day and heavy rain will be in for the storms. we have a report of an overturned car on bel air road. taking a look at the southwest

side on the beltway. this is a live look at frederick road. the outer loop has our heavier traffic right now. prior to that on the baltimore pike, we have a broken down car. the top side of the beltway starting to slow done. and we have slow traffic on the outer loop moving way from the camera. drive time are affected on the beltway. top side between bel air and prove dense, that will take -- providence, that will take you eight minutes. this sign in towson is drawing tension for all the wrong reasons. some say that the sign is inappropriate for kids. linda so is here to say why some want the sign taken down. >> reporter: some are saying that the sign is too revealing for children. it's for dd bailbonds. it's a new company set to open in a few weeks. it's located near the courthouse in towson. but it's across the street from

the towson branch library and some parents feel that the sign doesn't send a good message to young children. the dd bailbonds sign meets all permits. the owner said that the logo was designed to draw attention but not intended make people mad. >> it never was meant to offend in any way and the community and people need to give it a chance. >> it comes from the first names of the first principal owners. and you'll be seeing a lot more of that low goal. they hope to open locations in baltimore city, and harford. ten-year-old ashlynn connor will be laid to rest in illinois. her mother said that she was bullied to death. last week the girl hanged herself with a scarf. community members are

organizing a candlelight vigil for the young lady on saturday. take a look -- look at the hundreds gathering in wisconsin. they need more than a half million signatures to get the governor out of the office. they're angry over the law he create to the strip bargaining rights from most state workers. it seems that consumers are heading to social media. >> reporter: a target work near nebraska is opposing his company's plan to open at midnight and black friday and he's developing quite a following. nearly a hundred thousand people have signed his on line petition asking the company to open at 5:00 a.m. on black friday. other on line petitions are urging major retailers to keep black friday and friday macy's, best buy plan to open at friday

and wal-mart will open 10:00 p.m. thanksgiving day and toys'r'us, 9:00 p.m. they say that opening on thanksgiving day robs them of time with their family. >> i think it's a littlen reasonable for them to expect their employees to come into the store at 11:00 people and think they'll still be able to have a thanksgiving dinner. >> reporter: target said that black friday is weren't busiest and most competitive shopping days of the year. they want to shop target following their thanksgiving day celebrations rather than only having the option of getting up in the middle of the night. take a look at this website that a target employee created. it says tell target to save thanksgiving. you can see that it has over 97,000 signatures from people. they're saying that a midnight opening robs them of time off

with their families on thanksgiving day. so they're asking for this to change. so as you can see, a lot of people very upset about this reporting live in the news center, sherrie johnson, "abc 2 news." and this is one of our hot topics for the day. we want to know what you think about black friday starting on thanksgiving thursday. we're getting a lot of response to this already. go to our wmar facebook fan page. a woman uses a wheelchair to commit a crime. and why this woman is unhappy after a trip to taco bell. how this man attempted to spread holiday cheer before getting rested. you have to see this story to get the full effect of what that guy was doing when "good morning maryland" continues in a bit. act my age?

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police say that this woman steered her wheelchair into her local taco bell sat interrogate the glass she said that she was mad when she tried to order through the drive through with her wheelchair ands with refused. taco bell said that only people with legitimate vehicle cans use the drive you there. a woman's 11-year-old son found a total stranger asleep on the couch. she called 911 and screamed for the neighbors. 44-year-old terry trent did have a pocket knife and most likely high and bath salts. he walked through the back door and made himself comfortable but he also did some housework to boot. >> candle was luter and the tv on and very loud and the wreath

hanging on the door and the door's walking leash is connected to the collar. >> he was in the mood. the suspect told the boy that he was story and didn't mean to scare him and now being charged with burglary. a bullet hits the window at the white house and this morning manhunt is underway. >> reporter: why the police are so concerned about the man they're looking for. >> reporter: occupy baltimore disrupt a talk by karl rove at johns hopkins university. we have new video and reaction from protestors this morning. a new band of heavy rain rolling its way up from the south. we have this in easton where this continues spreading north light rain around baltimore making travel slow this morning. how about that traffic? ellicott city and columbia is heavy i'll tell you about

all the traffic when "good morning maryland" continues.

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november 16th. let's get right to. let's check the forecast with justin berk. a mild start this morning. and now we get to show you the benefit of this brand-new camera in bel air. this is main street and route 22. this is a well-traveled .section -- intersection. you know when the rain starts because we see the reflection of the streetlights and now we're getting some daylight. we have a little bit of fog. 58 a mild start in bel air and 55 in rock hall, and 61 at the naval academy. so we have rain to pay the piper. and with route 50, very wet and heavy rain beginning to enter in washington d.c. and pg joint rolling toward 50. so we're about to get moderate rain. and kent island, half tv getting soaked -- half of it getting soaked. 97 in glen burnie and now 70 in

ellicott city in howard county. but we have ourselves moderate rain and there's more where that came from and the rain could get heavier this afternoon. we start with the fog and the mist and the wet roads, we make item to 63 by lunchtime and falling temperatures with rain later on. in anne arundel county 97 south, we have a report of an accident there. slowing down, top side and west side of the beltway. take a live look at our traffic camera. 695 south of old court road, stop-and-go traffic here. we have a broken down car in the center lane. this is 83 and warren road. there's a steady flow of southbound traffic with the headlights. follow us on twitter at maryland traffic for the latest accidents and delays. secret service and windowed with police are on a manhunt looking for a suspect that fired shots at the white house.

>> reporter: we've learned this man is fixated with the white house. he has an extensive criminal record with domestic violence and drug charges. they believe he has been visiting the washington mall for weeks now. take a look at his picture. his name is oscar ortega hernandez. he's from idaho and mentally ill. the secret service said that he is responsible for the shots fired at the mall, less than a thousand yards from the white house. they found his car and inside was an assault style rifle and empty shell casings. they found bullets on the white house grounds, including one that hit a window. the round was stopped by bulletproof glass. long before the shooting, the police had a run-in with him. he was arrested at an abandoned house. >> they handcuffed him and had him on the grass. i guess they let him go. >> he had no idea that anybody would live there. >> reporter: it's unclear if

the suspect is capablable of launching a sophisticated attack. but the police are not taking any chances. the manhunt continues this morning. things got a little heated for the occupy protest after they tried to disrupt a speech given by karl rove at johns hopkins university. we have new reaction from the protestors. let's turn over to "abc 2 news" sherrie johnson. >> reporter: we've learned that mayors of mid-size and large cities held two conference calls last week organized by the u.s. conference of mayors. they discussed removing protestors from the camp from illegal activity and unsafety. it's unclear if mayor blake was on the mayors' conference call. we placed several calls to her, but last night several protestors with occupy baltimore disrupted a speech by karl rove at johns hopkins university. take a look at this new video

here. >> we are the 99%. we are re the 99%. >> reporter: you can hear them chancing there. but the spokeswoman said about 15 people were asked to leave the rove speech last night and some were forcibly removed by campus security. no one was arrested. and she said there were no students among the protestors. and we head downtown to the occupy baltimore camp this morning to talk to the protestors about yesterday's event. >> everybody is there to speak truth and so when people are there observing what he is saying and hearing lies and seeing a group of people that are ignorant to the truth that led up to the state that we're in, we try make that education heard. >> reporter: rove was and advise tore president george w.

bush and now a fox news commentator. he spoke last night as part of johns hopkins university symposium. we're still waiting to hear about the gunshot inside the business school of the university california berkley and how the man is death of the police confronted him in the third floor computer room and he raced his gun. no word if he's connected to occupy california protest a half mile away. and now more about the coach that said that he saw jerry sandusky assault a ten- year-old boy. mike mcqueary said that he stopped the assault and went to the police. but he told the grand jury that he saw the assault and whacked out of the locker room and told the officials. >> reporter: do you have any idea when you'll be ready to talk? >> we have to let this process

play out. >> reporter: one last thing. describe your emowings right now. >> all over the place just shaken. >> reporter: crazy? >> crazy. >> and e-mail date last tuesday he told former teammates i did the right thing. you know me. jerry sandusky is accused of assaulting eight boys right now. but the times have reporting that ten more people have come forward claiming to be victims. and "abc news" interview. she's talking about jerry sandusky denying. >> it sickened me that he would be on tv trying to down play his charges and he's just making himself look for guilty. >> you can watch full interview on "good morning america"

following us. some members of congress are looking for a federal law that would require all thes to report child sexual abuse. he said that joe paterno had a moral obligation to tell more after he learned about jerry sandusky raping a boy. >> that is why we have to change the law and do it as quickly as possible. >> senator casey is wanting a mandate that with hold federal funding from states that do not pass their own laws for tomorrow report what they see. governor o'malley is gearing up for a trip to india with more than 100 others joining him for a six day trade mission. it will raise awareness for indian about the economic opportunities to pursue in maryland teen expand educational ties. coming up, five things that you need to know on this wednesday. president obama is in australia. he'll meet with the australian

prime minister and discuss a range of economic and security issues. a live picture of the u.s. capital where the house is likely to get overwhelming support to a vote on a bill that would help the government contractors and unemployed veterans. it's a first piece of the president's job plan that is expected to come later today. recycling may bring more jobs to americans f it increased from 33 to 75% by 2030 it would create 1.5 million jobs. filey cease having a going out of business sale today. baltimore, stephanie blake will join agency leaders to make an announcement on the city's plan for the winter weather. that meeting is set for 10:30 a

little later in the city. we'll find out what is planned for downtown baltimore and the coming holidays. the campaign is called a waterfront life. the mayor will be at the national aquarium talking about the festivities. and we'll know the power plan. it will kick off a wide show of spectaculars. update for a story that we brought you a week ago. they have raised more than $6,000 for this barks pit crew. the money was raised during an art show and fundraising event on friday. 300 people took part. and the goal was to raise money to pay fort pitt bulldogs and mixes to get them rescued and ultimate lay adopted. congratulations -- ultimately adopted. congratulations to him. another live shot of new orleans. information coming out of the south, storms and the damage from them is reporting that the winds blown out high school

windows and a house blown from its foundation. this is a shot from tornado alley. you can access this on abc2news.com. you can continue to watch those in the heart of the storm. you can watch that on abc2news.com this shot comes to us out of indiana. it's the second spring. off of ten in november we get a ramp of weather because we get some warmth and then the storm cooldown. it's now down to 37 in chicago and 28 in illinois. we've had some rough weather and this morning it's on down to the south and eastern louisiana. three tornado reports yesterday. we had one a house, a two-story house pushed ten feet from its foundation. we have a look at this frontal boundary. the cool air wraps in behind it and we have to deal with the rain first that is moving in

thunderstorm. we have moderate rain across central maryland about to knock on the doorstep of annapolis. periods of heavy rain this afternoon and the commute this evening. it will make it for a slow go and lingering rain with leftover showers. and i wanted to show you these winds. they will be rather strong when the storm tries to push through later on and we get the westerly flow and that is the sign of our cool dues down. we're looking at -- cooldown. the rain will knock it down to the 40s and the 50s overnight. we will warm back to 53 on saturday. west side of the beltway, taking a live look at the delay 695 to frederick road. this is the center lane past 70 there is a car stuck in the middle of the lane. stop and go to providence. our weather and traffic

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