sidewalks, smashed windows and peeling paint, the plant has become a sight for sore eyes. production here shut down more than two decades ago. now residents are concerned over what environmental impacts it may produce when it's torn down in january. >> we want to know how they're going to do it. are they going to encapsulate the building. what are they going to do to protect us. >> reporter: terry lee moore lives across the street. martha wonders if she will be impacted six blocks away. >> they should be careful what they do and for the people had live in the area. >> the concerns are still the same. >> reporter: she has moat with the neighbors to see -- met with the neighbors to see how they should approach the contractor. she said neighborhoods can arm themselves with information to

ensure their safety. >> beginning and what happens is with demoly the cleanup is the most important thing. clean up before, during and after. >> reporter: that's why residents want answers before the first brick comes down. >> we want to know, find out when they take it down, they take it down right, that the people from the 12 to the 15 i do believe, that we're going to be okay. we're going to be okay. we don't want no more health hazards. >> reporter: in the mid-90s the environmental protection agency discovered hundreds of drums of

-- hazardous materials. jeff hager. about 1,000 gallons of corn syrup leaked from a tank sending gallons of it into the inner harbor. fire forbes said -- officials said it came from the domino factory but this had come from another place. many agree the comet commit will fail, setting into motion more than a trillion dollars in budget cuts. one area that may get hit the hardest is defense. that could mean good news for one maryland county. >> reporter: aberdeen proofing ground is a military hub but they believe that role could expand even more as the military may look to contract. think rough it as addition by

con -- subtraction. the military complex will look to streamline and become more e efficiency. harford county believes this may look to aberdeen. they have a blue printed for military technology, research and engineering and it could grow as other bases are forced to shrink. >> by being more efficient, that means less people in the military, which affects those military installations and then the training to use those types of equipments. >> reporter: officials believe will only grow. coming up at six, we will explain why and what kind of impact that may have on the county's economy. brian kuebler. in baltimore county friday night someone robbed a goodwill store. detectives say the goodwill in the 200 block of west padonia road in cockeysville was robbed

for the second time in as many weeks. a man wearing a mask armed with a handgun forced employees into the office before taking off with money in the same. the houseman area goodwill has also been robbed on the 11th and 16th. weather wise very, very grairks very dingy -- gray, very dingy weather. looked like sunset was 2:00 or 3:00, it was so dark. as we take a look also at the overall setup we're down to less than two miles. so tough to see on this evening commute as temperatures hover

around 50. we call for more fog. we'll talk about how your travel shapes up. >> all right. thanks a lot. >> well, the president of the university of california davis plans to meet with protesters after putting two police officers on leave. we have the disturbing video. >> the video doesn't need much of a setup. now here's the police officer just blasting a can star of pepper spray at point blank range as students sat, you see them, huddled on the ground. they were protesting higher tuition costs. nearly 50,000 people signed a petition calling for the chancellor to step down. we want to hear from the students pepper sprayed and from the university. >> i think the way they responded just shows for them it's about power, not about the

actual morals of their actions. >> i really feel confident that at this point the university needs me as there are some critical issues to be addressed. we need to start the healing process. >> reporter: so the chance or says she will put together a task force to investigate what happened and the local sheriff and the district attorney said they will look into this. now the latest on an al qaeda sympathizer accused of lot -- plotting to set off bombs in new pimentel used pipes and other items to build a bomb. he was targeting those returning from iraq and afghanistan, as well as u.s. workers. he wanted to kill american soldiers. pimentel was born in the dominican republic, moved to the

u.s. when he was eight, became a u.s. citizen and lived with his moth are in upper manhattan. >> shocked, of course, and something to worry about. >> investigators had been watching him since 2009. according to investigators, pimentel's alleged terrorist plot went into high gear after anwar al-awlaki was killed in a strike. police arrested pimentel one hour before he planned to strike. former fbi director louis freeh will be leading the investigation into the child sexual abuse allegations against former penn state scope of jerry sandusky -- coach, jerry sandusky. sandusky has denied sexual contact with the children but did acknowledge showering with the boys and hugging them.

well, you probably started planning your holiday list. if you've got kids, you will need plenty of batteries. so which brand will keep them running. how are our monkeys doing? >> we want to know -- you have to know which batteries will last the longest. we're doing an experiment with these toy monkeys. we set up five of them, testing five brands of aa batteries. this is one little experiment. we started at 2:40. just an hour and seven minutes in and he died. he didn't make it. this is one test. we put these monkeys through three weeks of testing involving batteries. we are trying a bunch of things.

at 11 we'll tell you which batteries are formed the best. we're streaming this live. you can watch these monkeys. we'll tell you which ones performed the best coming up tonight at 11. in tonight's consumer alert, black friday may not be so special after all. in fact you meet be better off waiting to shop. last year more than a quarter of the most popular electronics became cheaper two weeks after black friday. also, the deals continued through the holiday season. if you're one of those people who's late getting those packages in the mail, ups is raising prices 6%. the price hikes kick in january

2nd much the reasons includes costs and developing new technology. the u.s. postal service is also raising rates. got good us in for those hop want to let the stores. the county is offering free hours. you can get two hours of free parking every day from the 25th through the -- 27th. and you can park for free from the 18th of december through the the4 -- 24th. it's a holiday tradition, how one local school is helping raise spirits and fun at this year's festival of trees. and the very first salad bar at a baltimore city school opened for business today. we'll tell you how the kids were

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it's the annual fund-raiser for the festival of trees. some local students are making a difference decorating a tree. >> reporter: students are in the holiday spirit. this' busy decorating a -- they're busy decorating a seven foot tree. it will be at the kennedy krieger institute, festival of trees. >> since we're emphasizing reading, we wanted a theme dr. seuss, read, baby read. >> reporter: this is the second year for the students

participating. this year they're doing something different. they decided to start a penny war as part of a service learning project. it raised about $476 for kennedy krieger institute. >> some kids didn't have any money. some of them had to go get the supplies they need with the pennies. >> it makes me feel happy because i'm helping other people that need help and that need all the stuff that we have but they don't. >> reporter: they prepare low income students for college. it serves students in the park heights community and kindergarten through second grade. educators focus on character skills and academics. kennedy krieger couldn't be more happy for the help. >> the idea that the kids at age

feef, six and seven -- five, six and seven understand it's important to give back to your community for your entire life, it's an indescribable feeling for me. i'm so very proud. >> reporter: kennedy krieger institute improves the lives of children, serving more than 16,000 kids each year. the festival of trees is the largest fund-raiser. more than 45,000 people attend each year with more than 600 christmas trees, -- gingerbread houses. >> this is kennedy krieger's largest fund-raiser. we've raised over $12 million. >> reporter: and students at kip are happy to do their part.

sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> it runs through sunday the 27th. the doors are open at friday at 10:00 a.m. at the state fair grounds in timonium. last week we brought you the story about the recent push to have pizza and french fries classified as veg tables. the group launched the first salad bar. a grant from whole foods funded the salad bamplet the schools -- bar. the schools jumped at the chance to get the school's input. >> we wanted to see what sort of things they would like. they wanted cucumbers and broccoli and different sorts of lettuce. we thought they who say pizza's fine and french fries. but they were excited. almost every student who went through had either a side

student or a made salad lunch. >> it's a pelt project for other schools that -- pilot project for other schools that receive grants. all right. yeah, it got dark early today. sunset was at 4:48. we got reduced visibility at the airport two miles. normal would be 10 or unrestricted. you got to be careful as you drive out there. show you how the day wrapped up. you picked the word -- dim, dismal, gloomy. it was one gray sunless day in baltimore and how about our abc2 weather bug finding a grape scene -- gray scenario.

overcast sky over damascus as the showers came down and made travel tough. i think we'll have ugly weather for a couple days. it will take until probably lunchtime wednesday to clear things out. some of the heaviest travel will come on wednesday. in the meantime we'll be dealing with precipitation, a decent line of rain moving south of carroll county. there's still more rain to be had. you seat temperature contrast across the state. the fronts a hockey -- hung up. 60s in virginia now. again, this boundary also working to reduce the visibilities out there, fog rolling in. we've got three miles in easton. those are improved. i think as we go in the overnight, watch out for more reduced visibility and use the

low beams. give yourself extra tim and distance -- time and distance. we'll see rain on and off. perhaps we get surges of steadier rain, one of which will come tomorrow and the last could come wednesday morning. from wednesday afternoon into thanksgiving and black friday it looks awesome. in the meantime unsettled weather. there's that stalled out front. it's generating the showers, the clouds, the reduced visibility. there's mild dryer weather. we will not see that until late in the week. as we take a look at the trend timing wise, very critical. still scattered showers tonight. maybe a brief break in the morning and another round of rain tomorrow afternoon. it could get heavier and steadier, especially baltimore northward. we'll get a brief break and then that last main line of rain, the last front coming through. this looks like wednesday morning early in the day, so an

early morning flight. i think things will blow out and we'll be left clear. if you're traveling west, you're looking better earlier but points baltimore and eastward could see rain through noon. showers, likely fog. 54. expect rain. it could be heavy at times, tomorrow night 50 as showers linger. let's lock at that expanded seven-day forecast, turkey travel, rain tuesday. early part of the day wednesday we could see rain. things clear out beautifully wednesday into thursday. a new storm due in towards sunday which is another big travel day. kelly? >> thanks a lot, wyatt. "dancing with the stars" down to three couples and of

course they all want to win. j.r. martinez, rob kardashian and ricki lake. after weeks of tough competition, all three are ready for the finals. >> i'm nervous. it would be nice to win. >> each of the pair also let the floor tonight and then they'll all have a free style dance. so who will take home the trophy? you'll have to wait. that's a full hour at 8:00 started with a new game show called you deserve it. at 10:00 it's an all new episode of castle and abc2 news at 11. listen up, moms to be. find out why getting your unborn baby on a heart transplant list could improve the chance of

getting a heart sooner. and, the turkey, the stuffing, the graving, so many opportunities for food borne dangers. find out how to keep your table safe. we have tips from the experts next. we're live in the abc2 newsroom testing these monkeys to make sure -- which ones will last the longest in your kid's toys. i have my mon they on this -- money on this one.

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