getting bigger condition find out how to cut down on that bill. first, new at 5:pod tonight, a piece of harper county's history now looms as a major building block for its future. as jeff reports tonight, a new jersey woman left a large piece of land to the county, and it was her diagnose wish to preserve it for generations to come. >> reporter: in the booming route 24 corridor, it's an obvious exception to development. land worth more than $17 million. harper county's chief attorney says for years developers have tried unsuccessfully to bite land from its owner in new jersey. >> people would come and ask me, who owns this piece, have some interest in it, and we were aware they -- [ indiscernible ] we would always express the county's interest, if you want to do something with it, the county would be interested. >> reporter: a widow had been planning on turning the land over to the county since the

late 40s. violence conceal a georgian built on the property, and records at the maryland historical society in bellair reveal a businessman owns 600 acres here. before harper county had become a county. emily graham was his last living descendant, upon her death at the age of 94, she left the land and her mother's family home to the county with a few expert witness they must building a performing arts center theoremmerton elementary school. >> her name, her legacy continues. both in the performing arts arena, and in the passive park where you could simply go and meditate if you wanted to for instance or simply be confronted with snag makes you think from the art side. either way, she would be making people think for generations to

come. >> reporter: jeff hager, abc2 news. >> the widow died four years ago. the court had to deal through four wills. it is waiting the actual deed. farmers in the midwest are getting good news for a change. their farmland is worth a lot more than it was last year. according to to two new federal reserve surveys, lands in part of the renal 25% since last year. that's the highest increase in some 30 years. successful harvest and higher farmer incomes are contributing to the surge. farms in the seven plains saw small increases in value mainly because of the draughts they had to deal with this year. well, could we be headed for another bailout? not good economic news. this time for the federal housing administration. the agency says it could run up money in the coming year because it's cash reserves have gotten so low. if home prices keep falling, it may have to turn to the

treasury department for a bailout. the other option would be upping the premiums it charges. it would take a significant drop in home prices to force them to consider either scenario. now good news, for chase customers, bank is getting rid of the frees that it had been trying out in several parts of the country. among the charges being pulled, $10 and $15 monthly cheque account fee, and a three dollars fee to use your debit card. now we've got the very latest on the gunman who fired shots at the white house. the secret service has arrested a 20-year-old idaho man. jamie castillo joins us with the latest. >> reporter: investigators believe oscar hernandez fired at the white house on friday night. now the president was out of town at the time hernandez was arrested about in a hotel just about an hour outside of pittsburgh. police believe he shot at the white house from about 800 yards away on the national

mall. agency one round hit bullet proof glass behind one of the white house's windows. another bullet on the building's exterior. tourists were shocked. >> that's very surprising because secret service is surrounded here. >> i saw enough police cars and different things last night. >> reporter: within five minutes of police hearing reports of shots fired, they found casings and linked the evidence to hernandez who is believed to suffer from mental illness and has a lengthy criminal record ranging from domestic violence to drug charges. jamie castillo, abc2 news. >> thanks. checking out tonight's top stories, mother of one of jerry sandusky's alleged victims is speaking out. victim number one say the former coach claims he never sexually abused anyone is a blatant lie. san dusky is accused of molesting at least eight boys from the nonprofit he's at risk

boys for 15 years ago. a cease and desist order from tommy. [ indiscernible ] the month that means he has to stop paving address until he gets a license. he also has to pay back ere person he's already worked for when he didn't have the proper paperwork. have to post a $50,000 bond for future work. if you're driving in howard can be the, slow down. police say that 30-day warning people for the cameras in school zones, it's over. starting today, if you're speeding, you will receive a ticket for $40 with no points. the warning period, police issued about 650 warnings to drivers going at least 12 miles per hour over the speed limit in school zones. weather wise, ugly out there, yes, rain around through much of the afternoon. now we're getting a reprieve around the immediate baltimore

area, there is more inbound. there are some heavier showers coming out of south in the southern maryland and the dc area. the main, rain left to come through, now in western, see a large swath of prescriptionation. that'll come in later this evening. temperatures cooling off with that. scattered showers and heavier downpour late tonight. then clear out. how much colder it gets come. turns out, the person stuck in the chimney was a bringing gifts. we'll explain coming up. plus it's a texting that's really wracking up the charges on your cell phone. we're working for you tonight with new apps that will let you text for free.

look at this, court house, apparently on the loose in tennessee after a crash full of tractor trailers were involved in a crash. one of the big registration carrying a load of cattle reason into the median, landed across the westbound lanes. truck following behind then hit the middle of the trailer causing it to overturn.

the trailer was carrying more than 50 cattle, unfortunately 20 did die and some drivers were hurt. no, that is not santa claus stuck in the chimney, it's a teenager who learned a tough lesson. the georgia teen tried to break into a home, but it didn't work out. he got stuck in the kill5ny. he was there for 12 hours before firefighters had to pull him out. no word on any charges. a huge pile-up in indiana is being blamed on the weather. one car slammed on the brakes in a low visibility area triggering a chain reaction crash. 17 cars crashed into one another including a tanker truckloaded with fuel. no fuel leaked. presidential candidate rick perry was supposed to be open to the public, not everyone was allowed to team. we'll explain why on the 2012

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breaking news we want to catch you up out of west palm beach, florida, live picture tonight. southwest plane that was actually headed to bwi has been evacuated. again you're looking at a live picture there at the airport there. apparently a flight attend found a suspicious package with white powder on it on the plane just before it was scheduled to take off. just after 4:00 this afternoon. the passengers of flight 793 are on the tarmacking, plane is expect arkansas inspected. we'll bring you updated on the story.

as they come into the newsroom, we'll get you that. if you're cell phone bill just keeping getting higher and higher, it may not be because of the calls that you're making, voices is cheap these be of the text messages. john shows us thousand cut that bill so you don't waste your money. >> reporter: one of the most expensive features on a cell phone is texting. and you get charged for both incoming and outgoing messages. but, some new free texts apps could soon change all that. are you still paying to text? even if you have a texting bucket plan, you can still end up paying $2 a -- $20 a month just to send messages. you may cut those costs. angela hooked up her family to a free texting app. >> there is a really cool app called text light. >> reporter: andorra savinglifestyle.com using text free light from a company

calling pinger. it's good for iphones, pads, droid device and ipod touch. >> we can text him and it's all free. >> reporter: other apps include text plus. hick, and what's app. you will need a smart phone or ipad touch with wi-fi. the hottest new one is rolled out by apple. imessage. >> it allows you to communicate with other folks with apple products so instant message each other. >> reporter: it's part of the upgrade. it's available for any iphone or ipad with the latest software installed. it's color-coded. blue means you're using the imessage service. with most of these services the only catch is both parties must have it installed to use the free texting. but if you have a family all in the same time type of device like andrea, it could be a big

money-saver. with new app, you're still using your carrier's data plan, the cost used sending a text is the fraction of a standard text. don't waste your money. i'm john. everybody's talking about shopping. we're work for you on black friday. go to our website. we're going to show you how to download all the black friday ads right to your phone that way you can hit the stores with the best deals. abc2 news.com/holiday. now maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certify most accurate by weather rate. whether wise, it is one more night out there that feels more like classic november finally. 77 would be nice, it's not 77, it's 57 degrees. and it's a cool one out there. a little dreary, little rainy,

we've got more significant round of rain headed in our direction. look, skies over baltimore today, looking rather murky, rather cloudy, and certainly it has been wet and damp through the afternoon and evening. and no sign that's going to stop. wet in it'llson today, slick scenario all over the side of town. tougher and tougher to find fall foil i can't imagine left on the trees. central part of the state still, you know, relatively in a break in the action now, there's more rain to the west. and right now, if you're watching say from east inward and finding more rain moving across the way, back up through queen as well. rain to the south and much bigger wave of rain to the west. show you more details on that in a second. lows on the eastern shore, going to be down into the 40s tonight. right now you're still in the mid-60s. the contrast what we're seeing in ocean city, 63 with oakland 41, get an idea that colder

hair getting set to punch its way in. there's winds continuing to shift directions a little bit. more of a due we recall wind that'll turn northwest overnight into the day tomorrow. really help that cold air punch itself in. highs today did struggle up to 61 downtown, and annapolis, much warmer on the eastern shore up. er 60s cooler to the west. tomorrow look at difference, mount vernen 48, clouds yes plenty and few morning shower showers. camden yards about 49 degrees. much more activity just to the west right now. this next line of rain will come through the late evening and through tonight before it clears out into the day tomorrow. again, few morning showers could still linger, but that main batch of precipitation will be the story here in the next several hours, tonight before that drier, cooler air begins to punch in behind that system. feel the difference around here tomorrow. struggling to get out of 40s as this storm system clears the air.

you can see the difference today, 41, that's it in chicago right now. so timing ant rain again, through the evening, should clear things out by 8:00 a.m. or so. should be a relatively dry morning commute. into the day tomorrow, clear out through the day. breezy, cooler, friday sunshine, nice looking day friday. still tough to get out of 40s. overnight he, lingering -- overnight 44, lingering rain. tomorrow night down to 31, mostly clear, quite brisk, seven-day forecast again, outlook is going to be a cooler one for the next 48 hours. saturday, sunday, sunshine, warming back up into the low 60s. kelly. >> all righting, thanks a lot. let's talk politics now, in tonight's democracy 2012. new poll numbers show one can't may be pulling away in the very critical early primary state. but will it be enough to secure

the nomination? tori dunning is in washington tonight. tori it kent mean the game is already in -- it can't mean the game is already over in vermont tonight? >> reporter: you look at this poll here, you'll see that romney is on top with 40%, the next person down is ron paul which is 17%, that's not even half that have. we know that myth was set to do well in new england since he was a governor there. i want to play in this in a bigger picture for you. iowa on january 3rd and right now according to the latest polls, four-way tie, we just touched on this, new hampshire, mitt romney. if we head south a little bit here in south carolina and florida, at this point, anyone can take it, the voters are looking at newt gingrich and herman cain. then nevada here, mitt romney on top as well. with the key thing for any is they have to build upon this momentum because we've seen in in the past, someone's on top, then the next week, they don't

pull among the top people i guess you could see. >> early in the game. thanks for joining us live from washington tonight. ray is taking heat -- rick perry is taking heat. people who attended the campaign event at the granted state manufacturing said that even though the event was open to the public, some were asked whether they were american citizens. they were told noncitizens would not be allowed in. perry's campaign says the questions was a mistake, and the company says it was acting because of federal regulations against illegal immigrants on the ground. coming up, all new at 6:00, there is support and backlash come frank nation on the possibility that the university of maryland could cut eight athletic programs. where the support is coming from. and the holidays means plenty of parties, meals, entertaining and some

appliances, working hard. what you need to do to keep them from fail agent the wrong time. plus working on breaking news all those stories coming up tonight at 6:00. we'll see you then.

stocks lower today, a lot of red on the board. dow jones down 190, nasdaq down 146. well, in tonight's consumer alert, travel bidding sites like priceline and hotwire offer you great hotel deals, but you don't find out where you're staying until after you pay first.

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hassle, but the extra work may mean big savings. >> that was allison reporting. google this, gag system launching an online music store today. the wall street journal says the service will have music storage that will let users look into songs on multiple device. coming up, breaking news, baltimore-bound flight evacuated in florida after a suspicious package was found on the flight. latest coming on at 6:00 which starts right now. now abc2 news at 6:00. >> 30-day warning period, school zones is concluding. >> consider yourself warned, $30 will come out of your pocket if you're caught with a leadoff the in howard county -- led foot in hart county.

if it can happen in college park, it can happen anywhere. why the rest of the assassination paying close attention tonight to maryland. want to start with breaking news out of florida where a baltimore-bound airplane was evacuated after a powder was found in a tissue box. the southwest flight was a palm beach international airport. we're looking live right now in west palm beach florida. when a flight attendant found the substance, the flight number is 793, it was bound for dwi airport, it was supposed to leave florida at 4:10 this afternoon. 137 passengers on on board this plane, they're waiting on the tarmac as the plane crew is inspecting it. two crew member accident were exposed. they are out there on the scene, airport is open, it is open, and it is operate song we're going to keep close tabs on this story. again, this flight 793, people are out there it