plane to land, so again, it has been detained here in florida. as soon as we find out more, we'll hear it also on abc2 news.com. let's look live out our window, or do we want to? inner harbor, we have to pay attention tonight. it all evens out, here we were enjoying life in the 70s, then a mess like today. meteorologist takes us into the night. not much better is it? >> you enjoyed the 70s, it was a good temperatures, good decade, everything. hey, all that's changing tonight my friend. definitely going to be a wet weather scenario rest of the night. showers moving in. we've got much more rain developing now out in western, we've got one more bigaway of of rain coming in. yet to duck outside, do it in the next few minutes, we have rain coming in. cool in the 50s, that'll be the story. more rain, more showers showers

tonight. >> you can track the rain and snow this winter throughout the area right there in the palm of your hand. all thanks to abc2's weather app. they're all intertwined right, get your seven-day forecast right there. for more information log on to the weather page on the we say at abc2 newsnews.com/weather. listen, if they would have playing for keeps, howard county would have made about $26,000 last month and speed camera tickets. abc2 news reporter says today is when the county snaps for keeps. >> reporter: the county was handing about 30 warning tickets a day during the trial period. to slow folks down where they are children. you can see the bright lights no matter how fast or how slow they're driving. the little white vans are ready

for anyone who goes 38 miles an hour or fastener a 25-mile per hour school zone. they're not trying to surprise anyone with this, they have signs on the road and you can go to their website to find out where this van and its twin will be on a daily basis. this is about changing driver behavior in zones where children walk. >> we don't want the bayer to change overnight, we hope that over time people will start to think to themselves, there are cameras in the school zones, we better slow down. >> reporter: they did a year's worth of traffic surveys and found that in many school zones, people were flying through. even during the trial period, they were averaging about 30 warning tickets a day. this is an attempt by the county to make money, the money raised doesn't exactly go to the county. it goes through the program. >> this is a self-funded program, so the money that's generated from the citations, from the violators actually will go back into the program

to pay for it to continue to run. >> reporter: now if you want to avoid the cameras, find out where they're going to to be on the police website. look, you can go to, it's right here, go to their website and they have a link for speed cameras. click it, well, that's how you pay the citation, you can do that online wales. click the link and they'll tell you where they are going te lis their website. far link, go to our website at abc2news.com. >> let's go to d.c. right now. here's late east 21-year-old man wanted in connection with a shooting is now in custody in pennsylvania. oscar hernandez was arrested after noon today 50-miles east of pittsburgh. he fired two shots at the white house on friday night from about 800 yards away. one bullet hit the building, another one hit the bullet- proof windows. the president was not in town at that time. police say he could be mentally

ill and has a lengthy criminal record. baltimore county police need your help right now trying to find four men accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year- old girl. the girl told police she was walking around the drive around 3:00 in the afternoon, back on november 1st. the four men drove up along side of her, one started talking to her. pulled out a gun and forced her into the front seat. they then covered her eyes and drove her around. once they stopped, three of the men got out of the car similar this to this one, while the others sexually assaulted her. an hour later, they drove her back. if you have information, call baltimore county police right now. send an e-mail also. get to this continuing coverage tonight of a man accused of scamming people after paving their driveways. tommy, backed out on airplays minute plea deal on a criminal

case he's faces more than that tonight. josie stern is here to explain what the attorney general is doing to crack down on his operation. >> reporter: that's right, the attorney general has issued a cease and deassist order. now this order means he not only has to stop paving until he has a license, he has to pay up. he has refused to give estimates or low-bald his clients on paving services, then crack up the prices by thousands of dollars charges some as much as 30 grand on the job. he can't pave until he gets a license. he's going to have to ñp=mqña bond to protect future customers. as for those who have already done business, the office says he has to pay back everyone he worked for had he didn't have a license. at this moment, they think he owes more than $60,000. >> i hope this will stop him from harming consumers, if mr. clark doesn't stop harming

consumers, we'll consider taking federal action. >> reporter: so attorney general has six victims that need to be paid back. far more people need to be helped on this. they're investigating 20 cases involving him, he's not only facing criminal charges in arundel county, also in howard county. if you want to report a case, call the consumer protection office, the number there on your screen. abc2 news. >> great reporting for this, thank you. you're saving people money. let's talk about money, howard county tonight, the state public works handed the check over from the sales tax on alcohol. here's how the money's going to be used, see sell is going to -- cecil is going to use it to replace a track at the high school. and the roof will be replaced. church creek elementary schools

and others will get thousands of dollars to fix the air- conditioning. well as we reported yesterday, special committee has suggested that eight different sports at the university of maryland cut. now there's backlash. as don harrison tells us, the reaction stirred emotions nationally. >> reporter: protecting their house is just what a sports programs at the university of maryland are doing. they're not alone. attention has been coming in from around the nation. on a youtube video entitled save the swimming and dyeing, over 30 different teams and organizations around the nation have shown their support. some of the teams are in direct competition with the swim teams. other national stars like michael florida s and former and current athletes have weighed in on the subject. former head coach of maryland's

men and women's track team posted a comment on a facebook page dedicated to saving the track teams. at college parks popular sports bar and restaurant, r.j. bentley, memorabilia is on the wall. some people here are worried that some sports may not have a chance of that honor. >> even though football and basketball is more popular, it isn't fair to take away some money to the favorite sports. >> they are just as passionate about the sports they play. >> reporter: many students don't play these sports, they say it still will affect them and their campus life. >> the fact we're not going to have the teams, it's like wow, the state school doesn't have maybe tennis or track. what is that? >> reporter: university president wallace lowe is set to decide by the end of the year. in college park, don harrison, abc2 news. >> let me tell you don, is a

maryland alum and former captain of the cheer leading squad, if they would have come up in his day, could have changed the course of don harrison history. it's that time of year, people are reminded to give back, that in mind, here comes the salvation army kicking off his kettle drive. each year, bell ringers stand next to the famed red kettles asking you to drop something into the bucket to to help our families and homeless. millions are donated with a money dropped in the kettles or through the use of special credit card device incase you don't have any change. how about this donation? emily graham was 94 when she died in new jersey. she had no brothers, no sisters, no children, but she did have land that she inherited from her uncle. now that 110 acres has been turned over to harper county, this land is valued at $17 million, and it sits right in the middle of harper county's area. it strike thats route 124.

some say this will turn into the county's central park. >> she had always wanted somehow, in some way to preserve the land in a basically natural state, promote education concerning past agricultural practices, to promote, she had a love of the arts. >> listen to this, one of her conditions, was that the county build a performing arts center on the parse l right near the elementary school. nobody can remember such a large donation in property in such a prime spot. before the shovel hits, the county has to triple check all the paperwork on this. there are many communities that people would like to live in, but have you considered are the smartest? which community in maryland ranked the highest across the country? before you start your oven for the thanksgiving meal or stuff the refrigerator, we're

going to tell you thousand make sure your appliances will supply the extra work, wyatt. good to know. also good to note temperature. 58 at dwi. we bumped that up late last night. more rain on the way. when does it get out of here and how cold does it get? we talk about all that coming up. we had a mouse.

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you're watching the station that works for you, abc2 news at 6:00. consumer news now, follow me on this one, we're getting a small break on rising prices,

prices actually fell a tenth of a percent last month, but you compare the last year at the same time, prices are up three and a half percent. the inflation measure is based on the cost of things like food, gas, lower gas prices meant customers spent less to fuel up last month, meaning you can spend more on thanksgiving. here we are eight days away and cooking up a storm already. now before your family arrives, now is the time to check your appliances are ready. abc2 news charlie explains how in today's angie's list report. >> reporter: the holidays are here, and that means many of us will be spending time in the kitchen preparing those big meals. before we get started, it's time to make sure everything is running efficiently. when it comes to the oven, the best tip is to check the temperature. >> buy a simple box cake mix and cook it to the specifications. if it comes out too dry or undercooked, off problem with the temperature and you'll to want have that checked out.

>> reporter: some appliance experts suggest you clean by hand and avoid the self- cleaning setting. >> the last thing you want to do is put your oven into a self- clean cycle. that's when they'll break. then you've got to find someone to hopefully have the part hopefully before thanksgiving. >> reporter: next up the fridge because you'll be packing plebty of leftovers in there. check to make sure the seals on the doors are tight. it's as easy as closing the door on paper, if it slips, you're wasting energy. don't forget to clean the coils. >> what people don't realize is the refrigerator coils can collect a lot of dust and dirt, especially if you have pets. so vacuum those weekly or monthly to make sure your refrigerator runs efficiently. >> reporter: a few steps will help you save and have a more stress free holiday season. charlie, abc2 news. >> it wouldn't be thanksgiving if everything went right.

for more tips on keeping your appliances running smoothly, head to our website right now at abc2 news.com and click on angie's list link right around the lifestyle tab. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certify most accurate by weather rate. yeah, beast out there, rainy, cooling off, breezy, bringing a chillier wind. 57 current air temp. wet weather the scenario, could see our hd abc2 weather bug camera capturing a wet night along charles road. how about annapolis today, tough visibility out on the seven river, and a wet one there tonight, one last stop, roland park, not as much fall left on the trees after days like this. and a wet finish to the evening out there. more rain due in. maryland's most powerful radar, we're tracking it, see a cluster of showers back up

through trap on here. extending into carolina county, getting a good downpour, the most significant rain still out well west toward the hagerstown region. temperatures much cooler in western maryland, of 4 at beach, almost down to 30s now at deep creek lake. it's one of those fall scenarios where the temperatures are beginning to drop sharply. they'll be in here before long. winds west 7-15, highs today that pushed up close to the low 60s. again, bwi just 58, harbor and annapolis both hitting 61, upper 60s on the lowers. how about the mount vernen camden yards through downtown? talking upper 40s, that is it. much cooler day with a few morning showers for good measure. cooler, you can see that big swath of rain. this really actually the edge of that colder air, so it's really just beginning to edge its way into the western maryland, you see the

difference in temperatures behind that frontal system, we're just 38 now, places like chicago, so the first front through, but the main shot of colder air arriving overnight into daybreak, the rain will continue to timeout by 11:00 or twelve o'clock. then, into the day tomorrow, cloudy, little dreary and certainly much, much cooler. we clear our completely thursday night into friday with widespread sunshine, another day tough to get out of 40s. november's going to be making its presence felt here late this week. overnight 44, lingering rain. tomorrow drier, maybe a morning shower, this is a parable clearing today. 47, that's it. much cooler day, tomorrow night down to 31. mostly clear and running brisk. your seven-day forecast, again a much cooler trend near thursday-friday. but there's another bounceback here, we like that. 53 saturday with sun, we'll be back in the low 60s on sunday. so there you go.

>> best time to fix that. >> the night and lows in the 20s. yeah, put in a request for you. hey celebrity chef brian voltaggio is opening a second restaurant in downtown frederick. voltaggio and his partner have told abc2 news that they hoped to open a new casual eatly called the lunchbox. it's going to be located on carroll creek, have you been out there wyatt? that carroll creek, it's beautiful out there. menu's going to feature sandwiches and soups and salads, desserts and the new restaurant will mean that voltaggio's restaurant bolt will stop serving weekday lunch in january. there's also talk about of opening more restaurants elsewhere. let's look at this, four maryland towns and three right here in our area are considered some of the smartest towns in the land. according to the business journal, ready, columbia, towson, ranked in the top 25

smartest communities with populations between 50,000 and 100,000. bethesda, ranked number of one, rankings based on u.s. census data, high school dropout rates. the city ranked number 15, columbia is 16th, and towson comes in at 21st. 21, that's great. how about the best place to raise a child? that honor goes to sykesville. according to businessweek.com, sykesville is the best town in our state to raise a child. the tenth best in the one comm in each state that offers parents and families not only affordable living, but also gets high scores in public education, safe streets, clean air, along with amentis and diversity. congratulations sykesville. from spare rows' point high. not a bad ride for east baltimore's guy, ed hale. the owner is going to be honored next month in florida. hale's going to be one of three

inaugural into the major indoor soccer league hall of fame. and many credit him with saving the entire league. ed hale has won five championships with your baltimore blast. here's a look at what's coming up tonight at 11:00. your child's cell phone is for emergencies, but for them it's a tool for socializing. cbs works for you with a new app that'll help you keep a watchful eye over the phone. your son or daughter has something from this store on their christmas list. we've got a preview of the toys "r" us black friday deals. we're going to have those and more plus wyatt's forecast. check us out at 11:00.

all right. miserable out there. >> yeah, an ugly evening jamie, if you don't make that last run to the store, you're going to be dealing with that for several hours. big wave. much more rain to the west. hour by hour tomorrow, some changes we'll dry things out during the day. look at the temperatures, 47 at noon. 30s by tomorrow night. the november chill, set to arrive for a couple days. nothing new to report at 6:00 about this plane that's

trying to get here to baltimore. and had to be evacuated in palm beach. as soon as we find out, go to our website for it. we'll see you tonight at 11:00.