and towson it's wet. and in fact the wide view highlights the fact we have had spotty rain pulling also out of frederick on into central section of the carroll county and it may not show the rain on top of you, i promise you, it is wet. and if it's mist, spray or fogor other variety of wet conditions, you have to deal with that this morning. temperatures fairly uniformed a sign of a moisten viernlt that we have here in central -- environment that we have here in central maryland. -- maryland. a 50 spot in dc and 51 in easton a hint of warmer air trying to come up from the south and it will take all day long to get here. look at what it looks like in downtown baltimore from the maryland science center. moisture on the camera lens. this is not the thickest fog we have dealt w it's more of a news and after that gray day yesterday more of the same right now in glen bernie and we are back up to baltimore city in roland park. and yes, we have got ourselves

a very wet morning. so fog mixed in with the mist and occasional showers 48 to 50 the general range this morning. and a slow push up with rising temperatures through the evening hours. and the rain becomes steadier and heavier through the afternoon and evening. and rumble of thunder overnight as temperatures continue to rise. we will have the rest of the outlook in a moment. 6:31 let's toss it over to traffic with teresa. >> reporter: good now is mta reporting no problems on kel denor penn lines -- camden or penn lines. outer loop seeing delays inner loop no problem. 95 south of the tidings bridge no problems there. and look at your drive times, nothing out of the ordinary except for more delays on the outer loop. 695 to 795 going over to 70. charley. new details this morning on the penn state child sex abuse scandal. a u.s. senate committee is planning a hearing in december to decide on whether stronger laws are needed to protect

children. former fbi director lewis freeh will head a independent internal investigation into the allegation aagainst injury sandusky. -- injury san dusk -- jerry sandusky. law makers are working here in maryland to make sure children stay safe in the wake of the scandal at penn state. they are making sure something like that doesn't happen here. corinne redman is standing by with what was discussed and moreover what is going to be discussed today. it's not that maryland's laws are bad but they want to make sure they might need to be better. >> reporter: and they want people to come forward which is one of the big reasons with the penn state scandal. there were lots of talk about the well defined system here in baltimore that's in place to report abuse, but experts say it can only work if people who say something -- see something say something. the town hall meeting was madeup of experts prosecutors, police, educators and social workers. they agreed a problem of child section abuse is bigger than just -- sex abuse is bigger than one university. in baltimore city alone more

than 800 cases of sex abuse against children are reported every year. and sadly shall dozens if not hundreds more are not reported. the head of the baltimore child abuse center said since the scandal broke, many parents called looking for answers asking what they should do and what they should look for in order to protect their children. he he says anyone who suspects abuse should report it. >> four gives and six in one boys will be abused before 18 and we. >> he to get people to pick up phone and report abecause. >> reporter: if you want more information you can find a link on abc2news.com and look at 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. news time 6:33. it appears the super committee in congress couldn't get the job done so now we are in for painful cuts across the board.

this morning, linda so is here with what we can expect next and linda, the president returned from the international travel and is going to new hampshire. what he happening on capitol hill. >> reporter: well, it means there are going to be a lot of cuts. coming in 2013 and it means cuts to medicare, medicaid, and the pentagon budget. the super committee has the task of finding 1.2 trillion dollars in spending cuts. but republicans and democrats disagreed over taxes and couldn't reach a deal. wall street reacted to the news the super committee's failure. the markets closed down sharply. president obama says republicans were the main stumbling block. >> good afternoon. still too many republicans in congress who have refused to listen to the voices of reason on compromise. >> reporter: now congress still has lot of work to get done before the new year, but president obama does say there's still time. he says he is asking congress members to come to an agreement before those automatic cuts take place in 2013.

linda so, abc2 news. >> news from around the nation. a dramatic image to show you. this coming to us out of san francisco. a man slammed his car into a light pole and the car burst into flames. look. bystanders used a fallen road sign to knockout windows and police officer saw the man's seat belt off and pulled him to safety. driver was taken to a hospital be a is expected to survivep but after he survives and things go back to normal he will be booked on driving under the influence of alcohol. bizarre story out of florida. a man who identifies himself as a woman posed as a doctor and gabe a patient a dangerous contox. the injection were a life- threatening mix of mineral oils cement and super glue and thick a plast. the victim has not been identified but went to the hospital due to severe abdominal pains. the suspect is charged with practicing medicine without a license and causing seriously bodily injury. >> okay, my god.

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good morning maryland. >> i want to say thanks to the friend at deep run for turning that into us. welcome back. charley crowson standing by getting ready to tell you about what you can expect friday because black friday now move to thursday and some people saying they are not too happy. protesters lobbied target headquarters showing off signature around the country. opening at midnight they say will cut into their family time but executives says it boils down to the intense competition for holiday dollars. >> it's imperative we are competitive. our guests expressed that they would prefer to take off the holiday -- kick off the holiday shopping experience after the holiday celebrations rather than getting up in the middle of the night. >> keep in mind target is the focus of the protest. other stores like kohl's and best buy and macy's they are opening earlier than usual, too. news time 6:40. and before you go shopping, you will want to sit down for thanksgiving dinner with your

family and fried turkey if it's on the menu, abc2 is working for safety tips because this sometimes it can get dangerous. you want to set the fryer on a flat surface 20 feet from the house or anything else nammable. make sure that bird is dry and completely thawed before you put it in the fryer. that's where the mistake happens. you want to wear gloves so you don't get burned from the oil and follow all fryer direction and keep a extinguisher nearby. this is not a joke because frying turkeys can be dicey. police aa group of teens caught on camera stealing from a 7-eleven. i am linda so. we will show you the video and tell you how you can help police this morning. murder suspect on the loose. coming up, how the court system made a big mistake in frog a dangerous inmate -- freeing a dangerous inmate. >> reporter: travelers are hitting the road early this thanksgiving. i am sherrie johnson and i will have more on holiday travel coming up. look at her attire. that's a good idea of what he

happening. the camera in bel air route 22 main street and watch the lens getting a little filled up here with added moisture. that's what it looks like on camera. radar just showing another band of rain moving in. so it's wet and that means slow and slick here's teresa with traffic. >> reporter: commute is lighter than usual. nor when "good morning maryland continues.

news time 6:45. i am charley crowson time for your abc2 news to go. we have a lot going on. quad box is up. corinne has the latest on a man funt for murder suspect accidentally released from jail and sherrie is live with advice pour those heading out of town because today tuesday, now may be the busiest travel day of the year and we are monitoring latest developments from egypt. massive demonstration what's called the second revolution. details as to why but first let's check forecast with meteor out gist justin berk. >> 6:45 and we have the state radar and we are highlighting the fact there's spotty rain

and steadier rain overnight. everything is damp an though it doesn't look like it is falling overhead around the beltway. we have mist and spray and fog and more rain into the mountains. there's a lot more where that came from. we will show you in a couple minutes. if you getting out right now, 50 in baltimore. one of the warmest spots on this side of the bay. because about everybody else in the mid to upper 40s. 54 pax river and a sign of warmer air trying to work its way to the north. and it will be a slow rise throughout the day but we are fighting an eastern wind and we have the east wind 12 miles per hour. and 6 in baltimore and it locks in the moisture and a slow movement on the thermometer he. upper 40and fog for most of us. slow ride to the mid-50s and warming up as the rain gets heavier. more on that in a moment. 6:46 to traffic we go. and teresa. >> reporter: hey, thanks. mta reporting no problems on the camden and penn lines. look live at the beltway at harford road, this is a road

that is showing delays. you will be slow until you get to 83 and then again from 795 to frederick road. looking at the beltway at wilkins avenue, looking a little better than usualp on the inner and outer loop follow us out twitter at maryland traffic for the latest on traffic info here's charley. all out search for a murder suspect accidentally released from jail right here in maryland. abc2 news corinne redman is standing by how this happened and this is not an issue of incompetence but it was typo twors it was a clerical mis-->> reporter: it was a clerical mistake and it's hard to believe it happens in the court system. >> it to. >> reporter: it makes you go hmm a clerical error caused 24- year-old eric scott to be released from jail. for the past six months he was locked up in jail. he is accused shooting 30-year- old phillip watson to death outside a nightclub. scott was arrested in may in

las vegas and was extradited maryland where he is being held -- where he was being held without bond. according to police, a clerical aira mistake led to scott being freed on 75,000 dollars bond. now police say he put up the crash and was released from custody and there's an all out nationwide search to fine the accused killer and get him back behind bars. >> this individual has the capacity to flee the area and when the actual murder had occurred. he had fled and was located a few months later in las vegas. >> reporter: now the court issued a bench warrant for scott on friday. after that mistake was noticed. corinne redman, abc2 news. news happening right now. we got new information about three americans who have been arrested in egypt all in the protests continuing going on. we reported this 20 minutes ago and this is new video. the u.s. state department says police arrested them after catching them throwing molotov cocktails during protest in

egypt. these are live image of the square from cairo. authorities describe the americans as students and says one had an indiana driver's lines and we showed you that driver's license but you see this, this is what's being called a second revolution in that country. people unhappy about the military rule and they have particle hadn't elects coming up on november 28th. -- parliament elections coming up on nope 28th. lind -- on november 28th. >> linda so is here with something we have seen recently. and thinking about this, they are not calling it a flash mob. that's what they called the one we saw a few weeks. >> reporter: yeah, it was back in august where 7-eleven in germantown they said was was a flash mob. police are calling this a theft. flash mob is when they use social media to organ spread the word. but -- organ spread the word. here's -- organize and spread the word.

it happened saturday night just after 11 at the 7-elennon tech road in silver spring. the video shows -- 7-eleven tech -- on tech road in silver spring. the teens had eye at the . from the 7-eleven store but couldn't provide receipts. suspects were questioned but not arrested and no charges have been filed. police need your help identifying the suspects. if you recognize anyone in the video, call montgomery county police. linda so, abc2 news. 92-year-old man is recovering after he was hit in the head with his rubber cane. the rob are attacked the man in hallway of -- robber attacked the man in the hallway of an apartment building at the timothy house. the man began to hit him with the cane and robber grabbed the cane and hit the man. victim fell and dislocated his finger and the robber fled with nothing. police in sykesville are trying to get guns off the streets and they have turned in

a turned in practice. the guns will be destroyed and ammo will be turned over to the state fire marshal's office for proper disposal. about 2 dozen occupy wall street protesters are expect to be in dc today after a two- week, 240 mile march from new york. it is called occupy the highway and along the way, they picked up protesters in new jersey, pennsylvania, delaware and here in maryland. the group planned to be in dc for the announce men from the super committee on possible cuts and increases regarding tax but an organizer says occupy says the failure they reached thsuper committee failed to reach an agreement and that will strengthen protesters message. millions from the occupying the highways and airports for the next couple days and you think it's going to be bad? wait until you get out there. you may be wrong. today may be the worst day out there on the roadways. let's go to abc2 news sherrie johnson with a report out of aberdeen. what's going on. >> reporter: hey, we are here

at the maryland house in harford county along interstate 95. not too bad right now. but today could be one of the busiest travel days. a lot of people will hit the roads today to beat the thanksgiving holiday congestion. and this morning, i have regina with aaa mid atlantic joining me live. thanks for being here. >> you are welcome, thanks for having me. >> reporter: first, let's talk about the numbers. a lot of folks expected to hit the roads today. >> absolutely. nationally, we are looking at 38.2 million americans will be driving to their holiday destinations over the thanksgiving holiday period. here in maryland, it's nearly 800,000 that will be driving and those numbers are up compared to other holidays that we have look at this year. in fact, 4% nationally and 3.5% here in maryland. >> reporter: and it's not just the roads. what about the other forms of transportation? >> well, actually despite the fact we are seeing significant increase in airfares there are about 20% higher than they were this time last year. despite that, the numbers of people traveling by air are up

a bit. nationally b.3.4 million americans will be flying to -- about 3.4 million americans will be flying to their destination and here in maryland 61,000 marylanders will be flying. >> reporter: all right. thanks so much for being out here. we really appreciate it. >> you are welcome. >> reporter: it seems like a lot of those folks will hit the roads after 11 this morning. well into the evening but today would be one of thes aboutiest travel days. reporting live, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> gl five things to know before heading out this morning. at 12:30, two dozen unsafe toys will be on display at green spring avenue. researchers will be on hand providing consumer tips to help shoppers avoid the unsafe toys. gop presidential hopeful also take to the stage tonight in dc depay thing -- debating issues of international relation and terrorism. that debate starts at 8 and can be seen on cnn. and an investigation underway into the hacking threat of at&t. they detected an attempt by

hackers trying to access information. luckily no accounts were breached. the investigation is ongoing. comcast trying to begin offering tv subscribers. the service on ipads. customers will have to stick close to the home cable boxes to pick up the service. the service will unlock access to every channel included in the user's cable package. and at 4:30, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake and members of the ravens will be at katherine's closet handing out turkey diners to families in need. it's located on park heights avenue. justin. 6:54. here's the storm located over missouri. as it wraps around, and that's the core of the low pressure system with the cold air on the backside. warm and unstable air ahead of it. rain along the hoe owe higho river -- ohio river. but this is the extense of the mississippi through south -- extension out of mississippi through southeastern area. the plume of heavy rain out of

-- plume of heavy rain -- plew of heavy rain out of the area -- plew of heavy rain out -- shall plume of heavy rain out of the area. a lot of fuel and energy feeding into the storm throwing the moisture along the line and along this boundary that is to the south in virginia this morning. and that's going to be continuing to pump in moisture in our direction. slowly, this boundary lifts to the north and should pass our region later today and tonight. than we tap into the warm air briefly overnight. temperatures will continue to rise as the rain continues to build in. and it will get heavier so if you are one of the travelers, you may want to do it earlier on despite the mist and fog this morning because heavier rain this afternoon through the evening and tonight will extend through the northeast. and even tomorrow morning we could have band of thunderstorms pass through just around daybreak. after that, we will deal with the morning rain heavy on eastern shore in new jersey and improves as we head into thanks giving. today, though, upper 40s to low 50s this morning. and 54 will be a late day

temperature with a slow ride as the rain builds in heavy overnight with storms 58 and rising temperatures continuing after the rain departs tomorrow. a nice warm afternoon. and 64. 56 thanks giving and it will be windy and dry. back to 63 and the big shopping day on friday. and mid-60s over the weekend. teresa. good news mta camden and penn lines running on time. inner and outer loop not seeing any problems. traffic running smoothly. also follow us on twitter at maryland traffic for latest on traffic information. all right our news is alwayscontinuing 24 hours a day at abc2news.com and facebook this morning. that's the hot topic. what are you doing for holiday travel wise? you going today, tomorrow, thursday, or are you staying at home. >> i am going to work. we will be here. >> we will be working. >> you going to be with us? >> yes. >> i have a special question. >> a forecast for friday out of

baton rouge louisiana. >> warmer than here. >> all right. very good. have a great day. now to today new york. this is our control room this is where the magic happens. hey, tom. thanks, tom. >> juanita.