spring and traffic is going through the exit for coaled cold spring on 8 3. all tern -- cold -- through the exit on cold spring on 83. now with weather, let's look atwith just in. >> a rough start to the day. maybe you want to extend your holiday. maybe the weather was the problem. we had nearly two inches rain with the storm system. most of that for many of us hadfall neent few hours until 3 in the morning and look at rainfall tallies over 2 inches and ahead flood possibilities up in carroll county and frederick the possible flooding and even cecil and up towards york. maryland's most powerful doppler radar a few passing sprinkles downtown. but let's switch it over with the heavy rain. falling and it's still on the eastern shore. we are watching you easton leftover showers and south of cambridge and especially towards salisbury getting rocked with heavy rain. and localized flooding possible there. and that extends towards the

beaches a little lull in the action but another band of showers trying to push through the mountain right now west of hagerstown. trying to time this out from frederick 7 to about 9 or 10 past baltimore for a brief morning shower. we are mid-50s and could get back to 64a break of sun possible. and gusty winds and another round of a thunderstorm possible this afternoon. and then we usher in cooler butmore importantly drier air we will talk about next. here's charley. this morning investigators now know what started a fire in september that killed two long time educators. abc2 news sherrie johnson has more on the couple's final moments. >> reporter: all new this morning, investigators say the fire that killed two top educators was electrical. and this morning we have the 911 tapes with the final words of donald patterson and his wife jenny inside the burning home. it was september 28th on mohawk avenue in northwest baltimore when firefighters were called to the scene of that fire. the first thing you heard from the 911 tapes is the call from donald patterson that went to

baltimore county. dispatcher transferred the call to the city. precious seconds were lost because the house was in flames. patterson tells the dispatcher he is upstairs and you can hear him calling for help. >> it's on -- what's on fire. >> my house. the fire is raging. >> hello,. >> yes. >> is there anyway yo you can open the door and get out. >> yes. >> hello,. >> help. help. help. >> reporter: that's very hard to listen to but city police say it is like lie that donald patterson was calling from a cell phone and the cell signal was initially picked up by a tower in baltimore county. officers say it is likely much time was not wasted in transferring the call. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. the band that took part in the inauguration of president has been sidelined. investigators are trying to figure out what caused a death of a drum major. the authorities believe he may have been hazed before his death. the 26-year-old robert champion

toyed after performing in the orlando classic. when they returned to the hotel he complained of having trouble breathing and threw up. 30 band members were let go earlier in the semester for alleged hazing. >> famu has a zero tolerance for hazing and that any alleged acts of hazing will be dealt with as a criminal act. hundreds came tout a memorial service for champion. what caused his death is a mystery. medical considers say they need to -- examiners say they need to perform more test before they have an answer. facing off last night in a debate, and newt gingrich once again came out as the front- runner and he slid under the radar for most of the nightuntil ther you've il-- until the issue of illegal immigration came up. >> i don't see the party that says it's the party of family, is going to adopt a immigration policy which destroys families that have been here a quarter century and i am prepared to take the heat for saying let's

be humane in enforcing the law. >> but his position puts him at odds with most republican voters. there are just 6 weeks to go before the iowa caucuses. all right. ladies, what's up with this? utah woman tried to give away her husband because he was playing too many video games. it was for fun but she got a big response. joseph got his hand on wouldn't 7 million copies of modern warfare three and he played constantly. elise was shopping with her mother-in-law on craigslist and got a idea in a -- and light went off and she posted her husband pour sale. >> i gming to is -- for sale. >> i am going to sell him on craigslist if he doesn't quit playing the game and she said do it so i did. >> that is hazing. peer pressure. they didn't expect much. but e-mails started to pour in and she says one woman thought she was serious and offered marital counseling to her and

her husband. traffic came to a standstill in a oklahomaton but not because of an accident or because of the weather. it was a money storm. commuters scrambled in getting their cash in and drivers jumped from the cars and began to scoop up the loot. one good samaritan turned in $700 to the police. authorities can only speculate where the money actually came from. look at this. folks lined up for blocks in south l.a. for a chance to get a free thanksgiving basket. a service gave away 10,000 bocks of food including a turkey andfixings. for nine hours they packed and distributed the dinner baskets to those in need. how long would you be willing to wait in line for a good deal? black friday shoppers are getting an early start and the worst passwords of 2011. hackers will be watching and we will tell you the five worst passwords out there right now.

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life look at the jfx closed southbound. a four vehicle crash. teresa is getting new information for us even at this moment. and we will check in with her in bit. this is a live look from the the traffic authority. jfx southbound closed up to coldspring rate? up to coldspring. police are diverting traffic. more on this coming up. this is going tonight big story this morning as you make your way into baltimore. back to your news. abc to is -- 2 is working tohelp you protect your personal information. there's a review of the worst passwords of 2011. you can probably guess what tops the list and it's the word password. coming in second is 123456. not to be outdone by 12345 # 78

a that therel get them. -- get them. and now, this came from a list of studying millions of stolen passwords posted online by hackers. would you spend days standing in line for black friday? some people are. and take a look. people set up camp outside the best buy in elk grove california. alex johnson is one of those missing out in an efforts to get his hands on a big screen tv. >> it's not much fun until you get what you came for. and when you get what you came for it makes it worth it. >> buyers refours what do you think about that -- remors, what do you think in -- remorse, what do you think about that days lost. the hardest par is the cold, finding a rest room and missing out on thanksgiving dinner. on black friday some malls will track your move by your cell phone signal one in california and one in virginia

plan to monitor shoppers to find out how long they are staying in a store and they will be saying they are using the information anonymously. what do you think, being tracked by your cell phone signal for marketing. let us know what you think on facebook. if you want to avoid longlines, get the gifts online but not at work. you have to be work. this is parts of cyber monday. employers are cracking down on people shopping for the holiday season on the first day of the workweek. the employment agency surveyed more than 1400 perspective executives from companies can all over the u.s. some say they will allow it at times and others say they willock it out. we are morking to take the stress off you as you do your shopping, head to abc2news.com and find a link to all the black friday circulars from all major retailers. news time is 6:41. and a school bus crash in southern maryland. >> reporter: yes, we have all new video and reaction on that bus crash at st. mary's county.

there were a lot of student athletes on board. that story coming up. the weather just is not cooperating on this busy travel day. i am linda so. what you could be dealing with at the airport today. 6:21. record rainfall for baltimore. and that was just yesterday. we could have doubled the efforts overnight. how it woke you up and we have a lull another line of showers to the west and another one behind us. it could hit us before the day is up. teresa. >> reporter: major accidents on the jfx and major delays. more when "good morning maryland" continues. ♪ jif to go goes here, goes there ♪

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news time 6:456789 this is your ab -- 6:45. this is your abc to news -- 2 news to go. we will start with teresa because traffic is the big story. look at that scene. >> reporter: traffic is the major headline this morning. let's look right now on the jfx. this is at northern parkway where we are seeing make delays continuing into -- major delays continuing into coldspring road where police have it backed off due to an accident. delays are going through the

exit for coldspring and continue on 83 south. delays starting at the beltway. until you get there let's talk ball terntives. rifterin to or park heights -- rifterstown road reisterstown heights or park heights. charles and st. paul or falls road. let's talk about weather with justin. >> let's go to it. we are looking outside and we have flood warning in carroll county. reports of numerous roads under water and all it takes is a little watter to cause problems. this goes until 9:30 this morning. still got flooding poe tepghts up towards cecil and york and pa. here's the deal. temperatures 60s on the del mara. we were at 64. at 3 and 4:00 and we have fallen back to 57. still above the normal high in town and the rain is passing off to the delmarva and we get a break in the action, this line of showers is going to try to hold together and will push between the 7 and 9:00 hour and

there's more behind that. what's more important about today, is the winds. we have got strong winds that will build in especially when we had the last push of a possible shower this afternoon. northwest 30, 35 miles per hour and that may make for rough traveling this weekend and gusty winds will dry us out for tomorrow. today we are looking at temperatures and getting back to the low 60s and strong winds with a brief storm possible this afternoon falling into the 30s overnight. charley. new video and new reaction to the abc2 newsroom after 3p car collision involving a -- 3- car collision involving aschool bus. we brought you the story last night at len and this morning sherrie -- 11 and this morning sherrie johnson is here with a update. police are look whether alcohol may have play -- looking into whether alcohol may have played a role in the accident. >> reporter: here's what one mother had to say when she heard her daughter had been on board the bus. >> it was like what? where are you? she is like i don't know. we are in the woods in the dark and it's like oh, gosh.

it was like the worst. >> reporter: police are arrested registered sex offender 45-year-old john kravats and charged him with driving under the influence of alcohol after that bus crash in st. mary's county. this happened last night around 9:30. emergency crews arrived on the scene to find a 3-car collision involving the girl's basketball team from great mills high school. the school bus was returning to st. mary county after playing a game in virginia. the three-car collision happened at buds creek road and mechanicsville road. 15 students one adult and the bus driver went to the hospital for treatment. all students have been released from the hospital. police tell us the collision is still under investigation at this power. reporting live in the interactive news center, sherrie johnson, abc2 news from there are more public hopeless school students this year. 66% increase from the past four

years. the steepest year over year increase was 27% jump last year. and alleged baltimore drug king pens will spend sometime in score. stephen blackwell will be rearraigned indicating he is changing his plea. he pleaded not guilty to crimes including conspiring to distribute heroin and defraughting the u.s. government. trial will begin next week and police say he set off a year of violence in baltimore that culminated in a shootout at a 2009 barbeque that injured a dozen people. the occupy movement has cost tax bears nearly $13 million nationwide since the protest began. that's according to a associated press survey. data was collected from government seth ace. the steepest in new york and oakland where police clashed with the protesters on several occasioner. you might be in for a rough day of travel with the weather and that could be slowing down everything you need from the roads and to the skies. for more on the airways, let's go to bwi and a live report

from linda so. this is going to back things up most of the day. >> reporter: well, it could. so brace for some delays the rain could impact flights. we checked the board and so far no flights are impacted and that could change. the best word of advice to check with your airline and give yourself plenty of time. the east coast is expecting rain and thunderstorms. and thick fog affect -- expecting some as well. a mix of snow and freezing rain trickeling down to delays. there's good news traveling with kids. tsa eased some of the rules for young travelers. kids under 12 no longer have to take off their shoes when going through security checkpoints and the body scanner underwent an upgrade and shows a generic outline of a person's body. so, again, if you plan to fly out of bwi today or if you are expecting anyone to fly in, make sure you check with the airline before heading out here he. because there could be some delays because of the stormy

weather. live in bwi marshal, linda so, abc2 news. a warning to rail passengers amtrak is saying the business iest single day for travel is going to be today. last year it was wednesday the day before thanksgiving. and they say the record of more than 134,000 passengers for the day. amtrak plans to operate every available passenger railcar to meet the demand and travelers traveling long distance will be treat to a thanks giving meal. five things to know on this wednesday morning. country music band sugar land has been named in the law neat indiana state fair for the stage collapse and they also named the lighting company. a texas supreme court has suspend adjudge whose beating of a teenage daughter in 2004 was viewed by millions over the internet. judge adams is under review by the state commission on judicial conduct earlier this month. prosecutor in virginia says the petition to have man suspected on the east coast

rapist extra dprietd connecticut to face a trial in -- extradited from connecticut to a trial in his jurisdictions first. frost butte corse say jack -- prosecutors says jack johnson deserves a long prison sentence. he is scheduled to be sentenced december 6th. today in washington, president obama will pardon the national thanksgiving turkey. this is the 64th anniversary of the pardoning. it will take place at the ceremony in the rose garden. and country music superstar brad paisley is coming to town and will have a concert on march 1st. he will be joand by the band perry -- joined by the band perry and american idol winner scott mccreery. tickets go on sale friday at 10 and they will be live at live nation.com or the arena box office. tomorrow night the ravens will be taking on san francisco in the -- keck off at 8:20 and the big question is will ray

lewis play. he says he is practicing and on a limited basis. in statement he said "i am doing everything in my power to get back as fast as i can. whether that's this week that week or whenever it is. baltimore fans and football fans are gearing up for the big game tonight. the turkey bowl is the cardinals against the dons of loyola. scott garceau and jammy costello thursday morning will be kick -- jamie costello thursday morning will kick off from towson university. justin. impressive stuff. talking about a storm wrapping its way through cleveland right now. north and east is where the cold air has been locked in. temperatures widespread 30s. and just north and outside of the albany capital district area. i mentioned that in reference to our 59 and we started in the 60s. but, this storm is actually a blessing in disguise for ski and snow board lovers. killington mount snow, and take

your pick, we have got it. basically, upstate of new york ann aron dabbing locked in through vermont and new hampshire and mount washington is getting pound. they will have impressive winds high above the peek and in sugarloaf. heavy snow over a foot and the resorts are planning to open thanks giving weekend is going to be good. heavy rain boston and new england and through new york. residual delays traveling up 95 today the -- towards the big cities and south it's an issue. we will be concerned about the low pressure still a squall line coming off lake erie and that could be an issue for us heading into the ache afternoon. line -- afternoon. the line of rain exten into the carolinas. -- extends into the carolinas. this air afterlow pressure. heavy rain -- area of low pressure. heavy rain is continuing on the delmarva and lingering for another couple hours on the delaware maryland beaches. this little push here that's

our front and that's what's poised to move through over the next couple hours. poised to reach us # or 9 -- 8 or 9:00 around the baltimore beltway and this could get extra charged as the morning wears son. mountains tend to rip these apart but it has the front to support it and another line behind that with the storm itself dropping to the southeast could pivot through here and if we get brief warming, back into the low 60s we could help ignite a squall line or intense storms during the early -- early and mid afternoon hours. take the time frame with a grain of salt. maybe 2 to 3 in the afternoon we could see showers pass through. and than we get gusty winds. 30, 35, and maybe 40-mile-per- hour push. that's going to shake suvs trying to drive and usher indrier air. we have to deal with a little bit of a bump today. 64 could get up and then an afternoon thunderstorm possible. we are looking at temperatures that will slide back into the 30s overnight and near

seasonable 56 as we head through thanksgiving day. and ravens game look great. hopably -- hopefully you will see it on tv we are looking atconditions sliding through the 40s and freezing by friday morning. getting out early and it will be chilly but sun and 26 in the afternoon. mid-60s and a warm weekend but a hint of winter around the corner turning colder on tuesday. maybe a mix of rain and snow and check this video out. you sawthought awed flooding was bad -- thought all flooding was bad. this is to the west of pugets sound of seattle and this begs the question why did the sal mop cross the road? because it was flood -- salmon cross the road? because it was flooded. how about that causing traffic problems out there in washington. >> reporter: i would imagine that could cause problems. baltimore we have problems of our own. jfx at northern parkway. that's absolutely a parking lot right now. due to an accident, that we have at cold spring. and that accident at cold spring we got just told by

police that accident is cleared and we are looking good. delays will start at the beltway and you may want to use delays. >> going to new york for "good morning america" back in 25 minutes with weather and traffic. see you then. [ dennis ] juggling insurance policies

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