county. we don't have much showing up on the radar around here. but it is damp and there's fog and mist and spray at 50 degrees in baltimore. and 40s to our north and west. and we have got that north to northeastern wind that keeps us cool and damp today. hour by hour it's going to be a wet day and there will be fog mixed in with showers. steadier rain heavier warming up through the mid-50s this afternoon. here's teresa at 5:30 with traffic. >> reporter: good morning. we have a new accident 100 west at 97th. police are working on that. let's look live at our live cameras. this is 95 at the fort mchenry tunnel on the south end. no delays either direction. let's look at your drive times. this morning, as you are going around the beltway, no delays going from howard to 83. also no problems going from white marsh to 695. also no delays on 83 south to 695 getting you there in five minutes and 695 from 795 to 70 is 7 minutes. police are investigating another mass theft at 57-eleven

store. and linda so is here with all new video this morning and reaction to the mass theft. linda. >> reporter: it involves about 50 teens walking into the 7- eleven and ransack the place. look. it happened saturday after 11 at the 7-eleven on tech road in silver spring. the video shows a mob of teens grabbing snacks and drinks and walking out without paying. when police arrive they found a large number of people in the parking lot. police were able to stop a group of teens. and they all had items from the 7-eleven and they cannot provide receipts. the suspects were questioned but not arrested. no charges have been filed yet. police believe the teens were attending a birthday party before the mass theft. this is the second time police are investigating such an incident at a 7-eleven store. in august, a similar mass theft happened at 7-eleven in germantown. more than dozen teens were charged in that incident. linda so, abc2 news. broken sidewalks used tonight city's problem but in annapolis they are asking you to pay for it.

in 2008 the city said it would take over the responsibility of maintaining sidewalks but now it is your responsibility. with a 25 dollar a year bill. but when residents got that bill, they complained so the city removed the fee. now budget constraints may be forcing them to stop the job altogether. the mayor says it may not be popular but charging residents may be the only option. the city holds a public hearing the 28th and it's going to be at city hall. well it's back to the drawing board in the nation's capital. 12 lawmakers of the americans elected to represent you failed to come up with a way to cut spending and now they will say you are going to pay for it. that 12 members of congress known as super committee couldn't reach a deal to fix the deficit a trillion dollars in spending cuts could take effect by 2013. and those cuts programs and things like medicare and defense budget president obama blamed republicans hard line for the taxes and the super committee collapse. >> good afternoon. there's too many republicans in congress who have refused to listen to the voices of reason

on compromise. >> the president travels to new hampshire where he will push congress to exten the payroll tax cuts to middle class. in dc the republican candidates will participate in another debate. congress has next year to agree on the cuts before the massive automatic cuts go into effect in 2013. news around the nation. police in texas are searching for a pilot of a plane that crashed carrying a large amount of marijuana. this happened near houston. the plane skidded off the runway at the airport after the nose gear collapsed. when police arrived, the plane was abandoned. several bundle of marijuana were found on board the plane. an hoe owe higho man is accused of spiking choofee at a restaurant. an employee caught edwin laguard putting a substance in the copee pot. it's used to treat anemia in baby pigs. none of the customers became sick and he was fired. he crashed his car and it burst no flames. look at this. thanks to quick thinking witnesses, the man in a-- is

alive. witnesses say the man slammed his car into a light pole in san francisco and his car caught fire. bystanders used a falling road sign to knockout windows and the police officer sawed the seat belt off and pulled him to safety. the driver will survive and the police say he may have been drinking before the crash. soldier from new jersey gave his parents the surprise of a lifetime in time for thanksgiving. take a look. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. oh, my. [ applause ] >> captain gregory. [audio not understandable] we have to show this. showed up to serve his parents dinner only they had no idea he was going to be the server. he has been on tour in afghanistan since may and his parents are glad to have him back home. captain backer will be home for the next two weeks. a mom who is under the weather got a huge surprise thanks to her kids. what she discovered in her

kitchen. and around the house, and everywhere else all for not closing and locking that pantry door. all right. what is it with the kardashians. kim, and now rob. the latest dash stealing headlines. he is doing something. we will tell you what it is when "good morning maryland" continues. now "good morning maryland." all right we will continue right now and parents this story is tough to watch. see what happens. two toddlers gets their hand on a 5 pound bag of flourch the mom was not feeling well and was in the rest room longer than normal and when she came out this is what she saw. apparently she forgot to lock the cupboard and the kid decided to have fun. >> my god it's like a snowman's puked all over my like room. >> i sat on the middle of the floor and started crying. >> all right. cleaning up this mess was no easy task especially the

couches. mom had to throw away a rug and a light bulb and the burning of flour smell. all this from a 5 popped bag offlor -- pound bag of flour. you have two sons. >> this reminds me of the brady bunch episode where they put the stuff in the washing machine and it took over the house and exactly. i got two boys. waiting. waiting for the moment that they discover that. we have got other stuff on the floors in the house. that's another story for another time. what's on the ground out there in bel air? once again we show you the great camera view from route 22 and main street. we say good morning to the friends at charm city run because they help to house the weather station but because a lot of people get up early and go for the run. it's damp. can you see the mist and spray? even if we are not showing rain on the radar, it's definitely a little wet this morning. roads are wet and make sure to have reflective gear on and

maybe the dry gear as well. temperatures at 46 in bel air. 48 in northeast of perry hall and pasadena and annapolis. and fairly uniformed 46 back toward reisterstown and westminster. essentially, when we have a very small variation of temperatures it's a moisten viernlt and that's the case. this is the -- environment. and that's the case. wanted to highlight this comma shape system. it will be much more common as storms are active and hit mature cycle here about day three and we are looking at extensive bands of rain heading down to the deep south. there will be severe weather back there in the deep south and gulf coast states and that will help to feed storms that ride in our direction while the rain is spotty right now, we have mist and fog and the rain will become steadier and heavier throughout the day. and temperatures gradually warm up into the mid-50s through the evening. and heavy rain and storms overnight. and we will talk about that thanksgiving outlook in a moment. it's 5:37 right now and let's see what's happening on the

roads with teresa. >> reporter: good morning. and good news. mta reports no problems on the camden and penn lines. at the beltway at harford road, no major problems right now. everything is looking good. let's look at your drive times right now. nothing out of the ordinary and follow us on twitter at maryland traffic. charley. looks like the dancing with the stars contestants are keeping up with the kardashian and the final week of composition. rob and cheryl walt to 999 and received a perfect score the first of the season. >> i love the routine from the get go but i didn't-- i didn't expect a perfect skoal score. we never got that -- score. we never got that. it's crazy. i can't believe it. >> ricky lake and derrick are tied for second and jr and corinnean have a two-way tie and here's what happens tonight. the final three teams will dance one more time and one of those teams will be eliminated and the final two teams will

dance one more time before someone takes home the mirror ball trophy and watch all of the action begins at 9 tonight on abc2. up next , a follow-up to a story we brought you last week. a last ditch effort from retailer's employees to get the stores black friday opening moved to friday. yeah. black friday. corinne. >> reporter: protecting children from predators is a topic of a town hall meeting. the full story coming up. got sick.

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to go to school i would have never beeable to gradte at 16 and goto college we federal ent aid program. my name is jennifer, and this is my story. federal studenaid has more than 150 billion dollarto help youpay for colleg. now "good morning maryland." now for the latest on the child abuse scandal at spend tate shall bush ten state. lewis freeh had head the independent investigation. he says the investigation will go back as far as 1975, the fallout from the allegations has cost four officials their jobs including long time head coach joe paterno. school officials believe they didn't do enough to report the

allegations. and in the wake of that scandal, law makeers in maryland are working to make sure something like that doesn't happen here a meeting was held last night and another will be held tonight. abc2 news corinne redman is standing by with what was discussed. >> reporter: well, during the meeting there were lots to talk about the well defined system that baltimore has in place but experts say it can only work if the people who see something say something. the town hall meeting was made up of exports and prosecutors and -- experts and prosecutors and police and social workers. in baltimore city alone, more than 800 cases of sex abuse against children are reported every year. and sadly dozens if not hundreds more are not reported. the head of the baltimore child abuse center says since the scandal broke parents called look for answers and asking what they should do and what they should be looking for in order to protect the children. he says anyone who suspects abuse should report it.

>> they will be sexually abused by the time they are 18 unless we do something like we are trying tonight by getting people to pick up the phone and report abuse. >> reporter: if you like more information on the baltimore child abuse center, find a link on the website abc2news.com and just look in the slide show and the center will be hosting another town hall meeting next week at the jcc in owings mills. corinne redman, abc2 news. you wondering what to get your kids for the holiday season and we went to the experts to fine out -- find out what the hot ticket items will be. 5th graders weighed in on what they wand and it-- they wanted and 5th graders shows the top 25 items. they are all under $25. >> some people are having bad job situations, so, we want to get regular cheap toys. >> here are the top five according to the kids.

number 5, a tie the pets and scooter pillow pets and nerf instrike in your of -- lawn up and zhu zhu pets and at 37 i love legos. hopefully none of the toys are on the dangerous list. the trouble in toyland report will be released today listing dozens of toys unsafe for a number of reasons including choking hazards too much lead paint and threats to the child. report leads to dangerous toys being removed from shelves and we will are that complete list later this morning and you can find it by going to abc2news.com. call it a last ditch effort. a target headquarters lobby protesters showed up 200,000 signatures from around the u.s. from people who want to push back the start of black friday sales. employees say the stores opening early is tutting into family -- cutting into family time. target executives were there to

respond and says it boils down to the intense competition to the holiday dollar. customers were split on the idea. >> they got to compete with everybody else. everybody else is doing it why not them? >> they shouldn't open. aid holiday and employees should be able to stay home and i think people can wait until friday morning to shop. >> target is not only retailer opening early but it's the focus of the largest protest. kohl's, best boy and macy's are opening at midnight. toys r us and wal-mart opening thanksgiving night. comcast is offering live television to subscribers on ipads but you have to stick close to the home cable box to pick up the service. they plan to offer live tv apps and companion device to customers in two cities very soon. the program will be called any play and will unlock ipad access to every channel included in a subscriber's package. thanksgiving protest downtown will give you some food for thought. peta will gather at thanksgiving table featuring a human baby as a centerpiece.

the sign will read everybody is somebody's baby. the point is that turkeys are not a-year-old when they are slaughtered for thanks giving. peta encourages everyone to feast on delicious meat free holiday fair and they will be at east pratt a light streets at noon and that's the site of the occupy baltimore protests. for some of you, it's part of the thanksgiving day turkey. thursday morning it is the 92nd annual cat paul, the turkey bowl. cardinals against the dons of loyola calvert hall lost in double overtime in the championship this past friday night loyola is looking to avenge losing to the cards last thanksgiving. join scott garceau and jammy costello thursday morning at 10 from united stadium at towson for the 92nd turkey bowl. good weather for turkey bowl day. we will get to that after this. check out. i wanted to hone in on the storms. as we are circulating this area

of low pressure right in the heart of missouri. the show-me state is showing us it's low pressure this morning and cooler as it is near kansas city. heavy rain and thunderstorms on east side pumping up the mississippi river on into champagne urbana and this sekor will be feeding on the east side of this -- sector will be feeding on the east side of the frontal boundary. interacting with this cold front and there's going to be a severe weather outbreak today. why is that important to us. first we may be showcasing our tornado live website at abc2news.com because there may be tornadoes and that energy will be feeding into the system with a boundary that extends on into central maryland. right on the edge of the boundary we are not in the chilly air to the north. we are not yet into the really warm soupy air to the south. somewhere in between and that gets the focal point of the storm system to ride the rain in our direction. that's why we have heavy stuff. but with the storm passing to the north, we will get into

that warmer air and that's why we expect a slow rampup of temperatures. currently at 50 in baltimore. many places west and north in the 40s. look at 30s to the north across new york and great lakes. and look at 60s across the deep south. that's a lot of fuel for the developing storm system. again, it will be feeding in our direction and while we are looking at the steadier rains around central southern maryland, south of the bay bridge and eastern shore where mark told me there are nats out there on the eastern shore. we will try to take care of that by next week. we are going to stream in warm air with the storm feeding in rain and the rain gets steadier and heavier and if this is your travel day, do it earlier because it's going to get nastier this evening and tonight and that extends up to new york and new england tomorrow morning. we could be dealing with a band of thunderstorms and heavy rain sweeping through around daybreak and we will deal with that on the eastern shore through midday. slow improvement after that and we warm up just after thanks giving. but today, we are looking at 54.

the mist and fog and rain issteadier and heavier and rising to 58 overnight. tomorrow thunderstorms in the morning and we will warm up to 64 thanksgiving seasonable 56 with the wind but dry and back to the 60s on shopping day friday. and mid-60s over the weekend. at 5:51 back to the roads and here's teresa. >> reporter: hey, thanks, good news 100 west at 97th police cleared an accident. let's look live right now at the beltway baltimore national pike. inner loop to the right outer loop to the left. no problems there. let's look at your drive times. and everything is looking absolutely normal. 83 to shawan five minutes and southbound 95 to the beltway 6 minutes. and bel air to providence 6 and 695, you are at 7 minutes. let's get to charley. the mayor and a few ravens are offering help this thanksgiving season. where to find them coming up this afternoon providing meals for the less fortunate. details straight ahead and the presidential help fulls take to the center stage again.

the topics for tonight's debate from the nation's capital when "good morning maryland" continues on this tuesday morning.

it's 5:54. five things to know. presidential hopeful take on terrorism in the c-nn republican debate tonight at 8. newt gingrich has improved in the polls which show him running even with mitt romney. and back from the international travels in day after the failed super committee announcement, president obama travels to new hampshire touting the american jobs act and the state could be critical come election time. carried new hampshire with 43 -- 54% of the vote. the freshman backup tightend died after being discovered by his roommate unresponsive in his dorm room. the cause of death is not released but police don't suspect foul play. mayor rawlings-blake is teaming up with members of the ravens giving out turkey diners this afternoon to needy family as part of the annual turkey

dinner give away that kicks off at 4:30 at 51 01 park heights avenue and tom brady threw for two touchdowns and pay -- pay rots rolled the chiefs in foxboro. brady's favorite target on the receiving end again and he had 2 scores and he was again tom brady's favorite go to guy. the economy is taking a toll on all of us. in the look at latest cuts at a state college campus. and also coming up, baltimore's mayor trying to help inner city kids and what she is doing to help. and a florida man is accused of using to give a little more junk in the trunk for -- trunks for his patients. you are watching "good morning maryland" coming back in a bit. but as we go to break this is once again a live look on cairo, egypt tensions mounting and what's going on around the world when we return in just a bit. [ male announcer ] it's a rule of nature.

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you are watching the station that works for you, "good morning maryland." the search is on for a murder suspect who was accidentally released from jail. teens ransacked another 7- eleven and we will show you what was caught on tape. >> reporter: travel hers hitting the roads recall -- travelers are hitting road early. i will have more on travel. good morning i am charley crowson. time to get to the forecast with justin berk because as you saw from sherrie johnson, she got the umbrellas out this morning so, so dreary wet start to the tuesday. >> it's a little damp here. so much going on. we are leading into the holiday season and trying to give you perspective as we are watching behind the storm center. i was on facebook and started to put up long range computer models and we got 15 le