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lam lama hasan, abc news, cairo. thanks for watching. have a great monday. . you're watching the station that works for you "good morning maryland" at 4:30. bernie fine is fired in the wake of sexual abuse allegations. the story coming up. black friday is gone, cyber monday is here. i am linda so. where to find the best deals and tips for online shopping. it's monday, november 28th. good morning. i am charley crowson. back to get in the swing of things. workweek continues. let's get a check of the forecast with meteorologist justin berk. when is it going to start feeling like winter? >> it's a really good question i think every day that we build up here with warm temperatures is actually increasing the bank of the cold air that we are going to get on the backside. headlines this weekend, three days in a row where
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temperatures hit 70, 71 was yesterday's high. capping off a gorgeous weekend. the irony of going out and people shopping for christmas trees in their shorts. saw quite a few people a storm to the leaf. we are on the warm side. -- to the left. we are on the warm side. there's cold air wrapping around the storm. national-- nashville tennessee and perhaps alabama could get snow out of the same storm as bring us warm temperatures. we have warm air in here this morning holding at 5. and bel air elementary school and we will talk about the forecast including our shot of cold air coming up. here's tanya welcome back with a look at this morning's traffic. >> reporter: thanks so much. glad to be back. we are accident free in baltimore city and baltimore county on the city and county roads. earlier accident is now gone in the county at ridge croft road. 29 at 108, no accidents wean he will -- between ellicott city and columbia. traveling 95 southbound, to the left of your screen, no
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incidents to report. you can follow us on twitter atmaryland traffic for the latest accident information. sexual abuse allegation against boys cost another coach his job. this time it is syracuse basketball assistant coach the bernie fine. corinne redman is standing by with the latest. >> reporter: well, bernie fine's firing came after a bombshell in the sexual abuse case. more victims have come forward and there was a graphic taped telephone conversation between fine's wife and one of his accusers e was fired after espn released the potentially dangingconversation. fine's wife and bobby davis one of the accusers who secretly recorded the call. she acknowledge knowing about the abuse which starting when davis started in #th grade. fine told the police about it but got nowhere and that's when he decided to make the secret
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recording. there's another stunning development. lori fine admits she had a sexual relationship with bobby davis when he was 18 years old and take a listen to the tape. >> i know everything that went on. maybe notes aware of it but he has issues and you trusted somebody you shouldn't have trusted. he had no business doing what he did with you. you know what, neither did i because i helped screw you up a little more too.>> reporter: lori fine said davis may have added the-- edited the phone recording. the third accuser is facing troubles of his owns for allegedly sexual aassaulting a 14-year-old boy in maine. no charges have been filed against fine. syracuse head coach jim boeheim said the university took the appropriate steps in firing him. corinne redman, abc2 news.
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algage of sexual abuse erupted police say they received a letter from a person who says he may have been "possibly assaulted" by jerry sandusky. a paper says the letters from a man who is in an oklahoma jail it was sent to the state attorney general's office. grand jury listed 8 victims when he was charged back on november 5th. news closer to home, the funeral arrangements for the two teens killed in car crash in howard county. 19-year-old jeffrey giles and 18-year-old johnny deckman were on the passenger side of the vehicle when it crossed the center line and hit a tree. they died at the scene. the driver 18-year-old dale was taken to shock trauma in critical condition. two others injured. speed was a factor and that giles and deckman were not wearing seat belts. they will be remembered as loving young men. >> thanksgiving morning i made breakfast and he turned to me
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and he said mom, i am so thankful for you and that was john. he was always thinking of other people. >> a viewing will be held at heritage community church on tuesday from 6 to 9 for giles. mae moral homecoming is wednesday morning. arrangements are set for johnny deckman on thursday from 10 to 2 and the funeral will follow. in the city police are look for details into a double shooting over the weekend. the crime scene between charles and 23rd streets. two people were found in a burgandy suva woman was shot in the hip and leg and a man in the arm. they are in the hospital but both are expected to be okay. they were found blocks away from where the shooting occurred on 22nd street. police are looking at cameras in the area for details. a fire sunday morning left one person with minor burns but they refused to go to the hospital it. happened at wyndham court in lutherville. crews arrived to smoke and fire and crews hauled in watter to put out the fire and this was no access to the area. the first floor of the home
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partially collapsed due to the fire. and a fire in prince george's county took the life of a 6- year-old boy at 4 sunday morning and the one story brick home was taken over by flames. one relative escaped and two women were rush to the hospital after being resuscitated. a dead behind for the occupy wall street protesters to vacate the encampment has passed. occupy baltimore set up a tent city. eviction passed at 12:01. more than 100 demonstrators didn't leave despite the mayor's orders. we will have more coming up from the l.a. eviction. the atmosphere was celebratory. organizers lead chants and the mayor says police will not immediately begin making any moves on the people until a little bit later. now they may move in later to move the people out possibly after daylight after that, arrests could be taking place.
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demonstrators are vowing to stay put and the l.a. mayor says it was time for the protesters to leave because of public safety and overall health concerns there. these are live images from los angeles, and we will have more on this developing story throughout the day here on "good morning maryland." maryland is not normally known for celebrities. that's not been the case here lately. first george clooney and now president obama where he was spotted this weekend and why. that story is coming up. also, a piece of childhood rift history auctioned off. and it is known to have come before mickey mouse. you watching "good morning maryland" first and only at 4:30. a live look at the protesters, occupy wall street-l.a. they have been told to get out and they are staying put. so are we and good morning maryland returns in a bit.
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is that thing getting closer? look how high that thing's going. look out there, look at the debris. all right, give me the camera. no, just drive. i've got it. zoom in! zoom in! i can't believe this is happening. look at the size of that thing. it's everywhere. are you getting this? yeah, i've got it. what was that? it's the national guard. how'd they get here so fast? i don't know. pull over! pull over! do you have what it takes to head into
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and george coony at the ravens -- clooney at rains game and then the president and mrs. obama spent saturday night at the towson center watching the tigers battle oregon state. president obama's brother-in- law is oregon state's coach and 3100 people were in attendance including movie star bill murray. pictures have been going viral from the game from the president eating a hot dog and the first leady offered a stick of gum. now we have the president in town who is going to be next on the list justin? >> i have no idea but it's the family at ken i will worth and the traffic was not as bad as i expected with all the security. talking about bad travel, it's going to be on deck across the ohio valley. we are watching tennessee through alabama getting accumulated snow we are on the warm side. rain to the west 49 and chilly pocket in baltimore.
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50s on west side so just a little anomaly here and i still think something suspicious with the temperature game running so hot during the day and so chilly during the nights. south eastern wind that is much more prominent tomorrow and wednesday. starts to settle down getting into the cool air actually from the south. today, though,s breeze -- the breeze is more prominent. most us back into the mid-60s. rain and some fog tries to move in tonight and tomorrow. we will talk about that next. 4:41. here's tanya with traffic. >> reporter: we are still pretty light with traffic out there. so far so good for the most part on our city road. look at the beltway to see how things are moving on the southwest side. this is the beltway at frederick road. outer loop to the right of the screen. we have an accident reported on 95 north to the very left of the screen. you can hardly see it up in the upper left. we have a truck that's in an accident and that's cleared out of the way. it's on the right shoulder and not causing too much of a
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problem with that 95 northbound traffic at route 24. follow us on twitter from the -- for the accident information. the handle is at maryland traffic and we spell out maryland. back to you charley. >> we don't have video of this next story and that may be a good thing. precious cargo was delivered in the concourse d bathroom at bwi sunday afternoon around 2:30 where a woman was arriving on an incoming plane and she went into labor. her healthy baby boy was born on the floor of the rest room: the police helped deliver the baby and fire rescues crews took her to baltimore washington medical center. no report on how baby and mom are doing. as black friday shopper frenzy dies down, the numbers are coming in. the record that were broken from the holiday season and everything you need to know to get ready for cyber monday in a live report coming up. and what some passengers witnessed on a plane that will haunt you. why one man was arrested upon arrival. details coming up next. you are watching "good morning
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maryland" we are first and only at 4:30a live look once again down at los angeles occupy protesters being told to get out. now the mayor is saying police will give them ample time to get their belongings out of the camp site peacefully before arrest could follow. we will continue following this story this morning as we continue in just a bit. @ @
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five things to know on this monday morning. hol the holiday season is in full swing and today the capitol will be decorated in style. the 60 foot red fir is scheduled to arrive after 10 this morning. and the lighting won't be until next week. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton will leave andrews air force base bound for south korea. she will work to on the closed nation and shake up the battle for a global influence. and the trial of former governor aid bol ehrlich's aid
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is gilled to begin in baltimore circuit court today. he is accused of using robocalls to suppress the 2010 governor's race. julius henson is charged and the trial is postponed until february. an original autographeddrawing by walt disney before he hit it big will go up for auction in reno. it is estimated to be worth $350,000. the new labor deal is rat night this time in time -- ratified this time in time for christmas. it would require them to play one set of back to back to back games. in an outline posted on twitter, the plan is a 66 game regular season ending 10 days later than usual. looks like shoppers have broken a record spending 52.4 billion dollars in stores and online since thanksgiving day. that's up from 45 billion a
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year ago. 226 million people shopping in stores and online this weekend that's up from 212 million last year. look at some of the video, though. hectic and chaotic. 44% of consumers said they bought for themselves. they were selfish. that leaves stockings to be stuffed. it is safe to say the season of giving is start of off -- tart starting off with record spending and will likely continue today. we expect to continue with cyber monday. there are plenty deals online. so for a preview of what toke expect, let's go to linda so in the interactive news center. a lot of people will be in front of their computers today. >> reporter: well, the best part of cyber monday is you can find the best deals without having to leave your home or your desk. we found the website for you called cyber monday.com and it features over 700 online retailers and all the best deals to be had today. analyst say it's going to be a record breaking cyber monday online shopping sales are expected to hit a record 1.2
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billion dollars this year. cyber monday is the busiest online retail day of the year. some tips to find the best deals today, monitor facebook and twitter for your favorite retailers. check and compare prices before purchasing. look for coupons for additional savings and always look for free shipping. that's a big deal a lot of retailers offer today. back to the website. cyber monday.com. again, you have major retailers over 700 with featured deals. and outlines all of them for you. overhere on the right-hand side -- over here on the right-hand side, it has the hours 5am to 6 a.m. qvc has big sales and there's a section for additional coupons and special offers. and again, this free shipping that's a huge thing on cyber monday. retailsers offering free shipping to get you to buy. if you didn't get your holiday shopping done, today might be a good day to do it. you don't have to go out shopping. you can do it in front of your computer. live in the interactive news
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center, linda so. holiday events are upon us and festival of trees at the timonium fairgrounds. the festival of trees featured fairyland forest toy train guardens and plenty of goodies. the donations are being counted and it's not too late if you want to donate to the kid of kennedy krieger log onto the festival of trees.kennedy krieger.org and we know baltimoreans love the train garden and it's a special way for the b and o railroad museum on west pratt. all month see great decorations, lots of dancers and the trains. all new is an exhibit dedicated to william donald schaeffer. see his toy train set at b and o museum. think of a child in need while do you go your holiday shopping. for the 13th annual kinder time toy drive officially underway. you will have until december 22nd to donate new unused toys.
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drop them off at 15 local wal- mart stores on go to celebrate learning center. state police barracks or fire stations in baltimore city and the county. and anne arundel county. abc2 is a proud sponsor of the kender time toy drive. remember the 12 days of christmas? partridge in a pair tree? this year that partridge in a pair tree has a spike because of everything is above 100,000 dollars. for the first time ever 364 items across the songs verses would cost 101,119 increase of 4.4% over the year. around the nation this morning, a startling incidentfor many passengers on board a delta airline flight. passengers noticed a man watching child pornography on the plane. police say one of the passengers took a cell phone picture of the man watching it. massachusetts police arrested him when they landed at boston logan international airport
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saturday. the suspect is man from utah and is expected to be arraigned in boston today. and a woman's vacation end by being airlifted off a cruise ship. she was evacuated off the coast of southern california saturday. crew on board the carnival spirit said the woman was experiencing symptoms of a stroke. she was taken to a san diego hospital. and the search for baby lisa continued in missouri with the help of an unlikely source, a psychic. a group of 25 volunteers embarked on the search despite police indicating the information from the psychic and others wouldn't be useful. texas psychic posted this drawing on a blog what have she saw and soon local readers connected to the aspects of baby lisa's disappearance. >> they hit it on the head and a lot of times they don't. >> about two hours in they located a well that peaked their interest. no word on what police are saying this morning. check this out. a dramatic rescue on sunday.
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trainingers rushed to the aid of three people -- stranger rushed to the aid of three people under a pickup. they lifted the car and pulled out the driver. the truck rolled over on i-10. no word on what happened to cause the accident. interstate 10 in southern california. but going back a few stories justin, talking about the b and o museum railroad event, you went to one at ken i will worth. >> yes. and -- kenneth worth. >> and -- kenilworth. >> yes and nice to see boy my boys enjoying that. where's the winter weather? this is western canada and idaho and montana. you expect to have snow showing up in the blue. but purple shading indicating western kentucky and tennessee getting in on snow. and it's expected to turn over even through northern alabama. cold air on the west side of the same storm bringing us a warmup. yesterday's high temperature third day in a row we hit 70s. it was 71 in baltimore. notice the 40s on the west side
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of that storm system and generating more cold air wrapping around the storm system. this morning, officially 49 in baltimore. warmer around the periphery of the reg ofnlt we are expecting -- region. we are expecting it to wrap the warm air in and bring in rain. most locked to the west. aid low moving pattern and that's why -- it's a slow moving pattern and that's why we have to deal with that. maybe showers to the south. fog and better chances of showers by daybreak and we will get in on that rain as the cold pool of air moves in. we could see over three inches of rain in parts of that storm. up to 66. i am sorry we can't do a fourth day of 70s and the breeze are bring in fog and showers overnight. let's check on the traffic with tanya. >> reporter: we are okay at the fort mchenry tunnel and harbor tunnel. no issues at the key bridge. so let's hope it stays that way. light traffic out there. if you are going down 29, from ellicott city to columbia, no issues to report.
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this is at 108 as you can see light traffic here. we have one accident 95 north past 24 involving the truck right there. just that one truck accident. no other cars involved. it's over on the right shoulder not causing too much of a problem to the 95 at northbound traffic. follow us on twitter at maryland traffic for the latest information on accidents and delays. charley. after kale time in e-- jail time in egypt, three american students are home. one is speaking out what he recalls from the terrifying moment. a royal rescue. how prince william helped to save stranded soldiers. we will look when "good morning maryland" continues and going to break, another live look at l.a. developing story out of los angeles. the occupy protesters being told to evacuate. what you can see here. police in riot gear but no one seems to be going anywhere. this story developing and going to continue throughout this monday. we continue in a moment.
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now "good morning maryland" at 4:30. the first full day back home, derrick sweeney one of three american students jailed in egypt recalled his times behind bars he says they were forced to lie still hours in the dark and were told they would be shot if they moved or made noise. they were arrested for throwing molotov cocktails. sweeney spoke to the associated press via skype on sunday. and crisis between the u.s. and pakistan. a joint nato and afghan assault killed 25 pakistani soldiers this weekend in retaliation for the latest incident pakistan closed two border crossings which the u.s. uses to resupply troops in afghanistan and now demanding the u.s. vacate the air base which sometimes used to service c-- cia drones. prince william was one of a team of rescuers who pitched in to rescue sailors. british royal was a copilot in
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a helicopterrer that rescued two sailors from a life raft. it went down off the coast of wales. five sailors are missing and one body has been recovered. ship had a cracked hull. and in russia, greenautomotive history is being made. yp mobile is the first hybrid powered car. the model includes the sporty yo rally. the yo moble car costs yeah, about 17,000 dollars. that's not too bad. now "good morning maryland." allegations of sexual abuse against young boys has cost another high-profile college coach his job. i am corinne redman, latest on bernie fine's firing. >> we didn't find any smoke alarms or a working one. >> the 6-year-old killed in weekend fire. we have the latest out of prince george's county and a
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live look occupy protests in los angeles the city mayor telling them to get out and police say they will be peaceful and see the officers dressed in riot gear. a live report on this coming up. we will continue monitoring the story throughout the day on good morning maryland and it's monday november 28th good morning i am charley crowson and let's get to a check of the forecast because it feels spring like out there. >> yes, it does. we have three days in a row at 70 or higher in many spots and we are watching this storm system it's a big player and it is almost getting cut off here from the main flow of the jet street. stream. cold air is pulled to the south and we get a warm surge ahead of it and this is going to be low a-- slow arrival. it is bringing in showers into the carolinas and that southeast flow a sign of the moisture that will be building in here. this morning, towson at 47, 48. ellicott city little cool pocket right around central maryland and 49 up in bel air. and you notice the 50s around the periphery. westminster checks in at 56. 54 nn
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