rain or snow as it moves in. all because of the weather app. for more information log onto the website and you can also track weather on the radar right there on the site. long been the voice of reason. what radio's long time voice said today made our voices crack, how ron smith plans to live the rest of his life. >> reporter: it was a month ago today ron smith told you us he had stage four cancer. today he said he wouldn't keep fighting it. he has been a mainstay for years. he said the cancer is just to far to night. one of the most common and deadliest forms of cancer because there tends to be few side effects until the cancer

is to far. when advertise cancer was found it had spread to his liver and lungs. today he explained why the fight is over. >> i am no longer on chemo, after consultations it was determined that was a futile way to go and i have stopped that, there won't be any second round of chemo. sot idea of some miracle with a stage four pancreatic cancer, there isn't going to be one. >> he said his body and the cancer didn't respond well to chemo. he said he is spending the rest of the year playing by year and will try to stay on the arias long as possible. today his final baltimore sun editorial he finished by saying my work here is done. kelly swoop. >> all right.

we have new developments in the man accused of shooting at the white house last week. he has been charged with attempting to kill the president and his staff. according to court documents nine spent shell casings were found in his car. one bullet hit the white house, one hit a window in the living area. the president wasn't there. the police need your help trying to find a suspect want wanted in an armed robbery. this man went in, handed a note to the teller, the teller gave him money and he left. he is thought to be from 25 to 30. if approximate you have information call baltimore county police. or you can go online, metro crime stoppers.org. some robber know no bounds when it comto trying to

score a quick buck. i man with a hand gun robbed a goodwill. it's the second time its been hit in a week and another suspect hit another store on friday. >> this is very unusual for good will. it's -- we haven't had many robberies in our history. we have taken steps toen crease security. we want the donors and customers and employees to feel safe coming here. we are here for the community president that's our mission. >> there are 2 stores in the area, the past year it's fielded more than 6,000 requests for help as they provide job training to pry to put the disadvantaged back to work. today is the day to put out your butts ask kick the habit. it's the great american smoke out but the department of health has a warning about teen teens picking up a new habit. studies show teens have stopped

smoking cigarettes, probably about 40% but now they are smoking cigars. these aren't typical once, they are individually sold, cheap and fruit flavored. you can buy them at any convenience store. the department of health said they have seen increase of about 11% of that and took this day to serve as a warning. >> very concerned this is a track trap that youth are falling in to, starting the sweet cigar and getting addicted. >> for more information the state has set up a website that you can find on our website. food fight. this is different. it's between congress and the president. it's a fight over what should preserved in your kid's cafeteria. roosevelt tells you french fries and pizza in the middle of it. >> reporter: what you feed your children and what you want them to eat are always kind of two different things but now you

have to factor in what congress say social security also good for them. it's the last of the year, lots of great looking greens, perfect for a stew on a cold day. there is one thing misses, pizzaa and french fries. that's because the house of representatives and the senate officially said they are now servings of vegetables, at least in school lunches. >> pizza a vegetable. that's right. you can't grow pizza. >> reporter: pizza and fries, fun and happy food that children like. this all started when the u.s.d.a. proposed new standards to fight obesity. some say the government has no business telling people what to eat. food processerred also lobbied against it. this despite calls everybody from the military to doctors groups for a change in how

children eat fun foods or not. this is an issue of pricing cost. it's not about nutrition. >> reporter: nadine teaches a course in food politics. she said the politics of food help determine choice that consumers make and school meal programs a captive audience. >> a lot of politics and people aren't aware it we should all be more knowledgeable about what is going on and what is in the food supply. >> reporter: for many the thought that pays and fries servings of vegetable social security ridiculous. >> they had a pretzel and a yogurt. that was considered a meal. >> reporter: others wonder what congress is thinking. >> it has tomato in it, on it, but, it wouldn't be considered

a vegetable. >> not for kids, kids have more -- more vegetables, more good stuff. not the pizza and fries. >> parent is demand better and healthier food. they are getting a lot of calories ask a lot of meals in the schools and if the parents can partner with the school system, change can happen. >> reporter: food changes part of the spending bill that's coming out of the house. both houses expected to vote on the bill today or tomorrow and send it on to the president who may or may not sign it. thank you. peter the piano man is frustrated. he thinks a university is out of touch when it comes to the piano. he spent a half million dollars on about 32 pianos for the new preforming arts center that opens next year. here is his thinking.

>> have a couple of them for the public concerts, i can appreciate that but the rest of them should have been chevrolet and normal ones, these are to practice on. why would be buy a steinway to practice on and it costs more than a half million to the taxpayers which is -- not a small amount and these to you times. >> the runner of the music program said the purchase of the pianos also help boost the university. they said audiences won't tell the difference and the director said they would. today a part of american i can indication week. the comptroller presented a proclamation to the school in recognition of its maintenance work. he said the schools a good example of schools taking care of themselves.

it you hand to go to grandma's house for thanksgiving expect to see a lot more people on the roads. aaa said over 42 million people will be on the road. that's a lot of people. that's the highest number since they started back when the recession hit. also, more people are going to travel at least 50-mile from home with 90% driving, higher airfares and less available seats forcing many to hit the road instead of the air. the downside drivers will face gas prices up 20% from just last year. and don't forget to log onto the website to make your a holiday plans go easy. there you can check out the maps showing delays, accidents, there are also live traffic cameras around the state and the list of any delays. the war of 1812 anniversary is coming up in baltimore, and we will celebrate big time. the governor and mayor announced what the state is

calling the star spangled operation. it'll kick off next june with a maritime festival with massive ships from all over the world coming in. it'll be impressive and a busy week but the governor said it'll only be the beginning of a three year celebration. baltimore and it's port of course play center stage in the war of 1812. and the city looked at it's piggy bank for the new year's fireworks and found they needed more. takes 75,000 dollars. over the last couple days, they have written a check. if you or your company wants to buy everything under new year's eve call. sometimes the biggest advantage a person has over

cancer catching early. that isn't easy. >> i had no symptoms to know that i had cancer. >> coming up why spotting lung cancer has been a challenge until now. now there is a new approach and it's saving lives. this coming winter will be slightly less challenging for the state highway department. check out the new toy they have to get around the highway. >> breaking out the plows. 53 out at pwi. normal would be 56. we had 40, we forecast you 47, but obviously just a little warmer. we will talk about a few flurries out west and what your weekend looks like. all coming up.

. health news, lung cancer kills more each year tap any other form of cancer, it's hard to defect until it's to late. that may change though. we tell you about a new approach that may save lives. >> i start with two. >> reporter: though rehab can be a challenge robin is glad to be here. she had part of a lung removed because of cancer found by chance during a routine exam. >> it ran in the family. i wasn't expecting it. i had no symptoms to know they had cancer. i was pretty devastated. . >> reporter: many don't realize they have it until it's advanced. the key to surviving is finding it and removing it early. >> put a -- of the cure, by removing the tumor from the

lung of patient is very, very high. otherwise, the problemmible of cure is very low. >> reporter: right now the best way to find the tumor is with the spiral ct scan. but those are often prescribed only after signs of trouble. a research team hats found a new approach. one that uses a simple blood test. they found in just a few drops of blood they could detect signs of lung cancer in some a full two years before visible on a scan. that's not all. >> with this we can determine that the tumor is developing before -- but we have also indication of how bad the tumor is. >> reporter: knowing how aggressive a tumor may be could soon let doctors be more aggressive with treatment. all things from a simple sample

of blood. >> doctors expect the blood test to be available to patients in the near future. >> i have a technical problem on my computer here. all the times and the weather business but let's get back to where we wanted to start here and yeah, we have some clear conditions out there tonight. temperature is 41 degrees. humidity at 50% but the wind is what you notice. it's steady at nine. getting gustyer at times, gusting out there 15, 20, even 25. clouds holding tough. tough to find the sun across the area but saw a little bit. before that early sunset which is about 4:53. mighty early, the dark across the area today but again skies clearing off. the radar to the north and west we have a scattering of very,

very light snow showers from areas just west of hancock maryland out in the cumberland and the -- toward a few light snow showers. anyhow the rest of the central part of the state low 0's right now. we have 20s out to the west. the winds steady and gusting from the west northwest. steady at 15 but gusting from 20 to 25. wind chill factors feeling like the mid-30s out there to low 40s. those temperatures will continue to drop shapely. neighborhood by neighborhood, upper 40s, going to be a very cold start in the 20s and it's going to make it hard to get out of the upper 40s for highs, as we look at the trend here through the offer night, skies clearing, winds staying up a little bit and again that sharp drop of temperatures as that colder canada air sings in

across the midatlantic states. you can see the same frigid air over the great lakes which is still warm. sparkings of heavy lake effect snow. northern ohio and into southern michigan. there is what is coming for us. the not snow but the cold air. in to the trend time frame tomorrow, more clearing, more good-looking weather and overnight into friday another chilly fight in the upper 20s but a nice bounce back in to the other's saturday and we could get to 60 by sunday and that will be nice. overnight 28, mostly clear, much colder, tough to get out of the upper 40s. tomorrow night 27. at frigid night and the seven day forecast looking ahead, a good warm up by sunday. showers coming in early next week. right now it would appear in the extended forecast that wednesday into thanksgiving thursday will be relatively quiet. there is the old battle cry.

this weekend good stuff. clear and warmer by sunday. >> stay with me on this. you will like that. we aren't going to get now in the next week. >> no. >> doesn't mean that the state highway isn't read for the first snowstorm of the year. they showed off their newest weapon called the toll plug. it's -- it's a quarter million dollar piece of equip helicopter and the highway has two of them to help get the snow off the roads easier. >> one truck and it can over two and a half lanes, one driver and it's a lot more effective, we will pilot this, two of them and the co plug can swing out to the side and also salt. instead of having two trucks it's one truck that does the work of two. >> that is great. i love that. state highway reminds us to stay back of the plugs when they are on the road. we have a new edition at the zoo here in baltimore, the

gazelle calf. she was born on sunday. weighed in at 11 pounds, she is elvira. not all the news is good. the zoo has had to intervene because her mom has shown no interest in caring for her she is now being bottle fed six times a day and the zoo hopes to socialize her with her grandmother. pretty good news for the aquarium. they will team up with the wildlife federation. what this means is we will have more really smart people work on protecting the bay. the aquarium said they are indicated about the impact they can now have to protect and restore eco systems. >> here is tonight. as a parent if you suspect your kid is smoking pot you know to

look for bongs or pipes but kids these days hide them in plain sight. the household items they use to keep their weed under the radar. >> amazing, if your child comes home with a marker you think they are studying. in tact it could be a pipe. >> we will show you what to look for and why kids don't have to spend a dime to get them. also we continue the push to help you be socially smart. tonight facebook teachers and students, what schools doing to make the boundaries clearer and keep your children safe online. that and more plus the forecast, join us for the news at 111. ç/ç/

. looks like fall is off the charts. . >> yeah. breezy one out there. wins will be gusty the rest of the night and temperature wise tomorrow, struggling to get out of the 40s again. >> struggling. >> dress warm. >> we will. we have some great stories to tell you about at 11. we hope you stay up and stay off the pillow. join us tonight. the news continues now with abc's good news 6:30. we will see you.