everybody. looking good, bo. have a great thursday. happening now did, back on u.s. soil. we're standing by for a gma exclusive for a maryland man suspected of the disappearance of robyn gardner in aruba. >> marriage is defined between one man and one woman, period >> not everyone agrees. the marriage equality debate about to heat up in maryland. searching for a cure on world aids day, the way you can get the test results sooner than ever. that story straight ahead on this tuesday, december 1st. good morning, maryland. yesterday was the official end of the hurricane season but today a new start and new season. let's check in now with justin berk. >> a bunch of variations on

this one. your calendar may see something different but today is the start of meteorological winter. it starts the first day of december, ends the last day of february. the outlook actually does have snow for central maryland next week. stick around for that extended forecast. on average we get 3.1 inches for the month but we know we've been hit with decent snowstorms in recent decembers. we're basically clear and dry this morning. on the satellite, even in the mountains very limited cloud cover. temperatures show up like this, 37 baltimore and easton. 33 york, pennsylvania. we'll check out the forecast in a moment. now let's look at traffic. >> good morning. thank you very much. not too much going on now, very quiet, quick shot of the jones falls expressway at north avenue, traffic moving quickly, no difficulties as we make our way down into baltimore city city. jfx, no difficulty to report.

follow us on twitter at maryland traffic. gary giordano is free after four months in an aruban prison. he left wednesday bound for florida and caught a flight to new york. abc2 news' sherrie johnson has the latest on this developing story. >> reporter: charlie, yes, giordano is free and back in the u.s., left aruba yesterday, landed in miami before heading to new york. the gaithersburg man scored another legal victory yesterday when an appeals court rejected a prosecution appeal to put him back in pretrial detention. giordano left aruba when a three-judge panel ruled prosecutors lacked sufficient evidence to continue to hold him as a suspect in the disappearance and presumed death of his traveling companion robyn gardner. prosecutors say they still consider him a suspect and plan to pursue the case with the help of the fbi. he's denied wrongdoing in her disappearance. he says she vanished while they were snorkeling in aruba.

her body has not been found. >> it's hard to believe that the american authorities would extradite him just to let him sit there as they continue the investigation. >> reporter: giordano was accompanied by his attorney on the flight back to the united states. meanwhile, gardner's family says they are very disappointed in his release. they just want to know what happened to her. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> stay with us and "good morning america," for an exclusive interview with giordano, coming up a bit later following gurm "good morning maryland." a woman accused in two carjackings and robberies is in a jail cell this morning. stephanie schwab crashed her car during a police chase yesterday. the mother of two is a member of the ms13 violent gang. she testified against them in 2005 as part of the capital murder trial. >> it's a close knit community. >> there's growing support to

close rec centers -- open rec centers. some hours may be reduced, however. now that governor martin o'malley endorsed the same-sex marriage proposal, in just weeks, we'll see how big the controversial issue could get. more on this proposed fight. >> reporter: supporters of same-sex marriage believe 2012 is their year of victory once a legislative session gets underway but a number of leaders from different states are trying to change this. a press conference in baltimore, the maryland marriage alliance, they held up a bible during the meeting. the challenge for them is that

for the first time governor martin o'malley will sponsor the same-sex marriage bill. there's even a series of videos produced by groups that feature politicians, celebrities and sports figures all endorsing same-sex marriage. >> i'm governor martin o'malley, i'm a marylander for marriage equality. >> my name is julian bond. >> it's your girl mo'nique. >> i'm a linebacker for the baltimore ravens. >> even with the endorsements the ministers saying allowing same-sex infringe our their rights and beliefs. >> head to our web site and our official web site page, and join the -- and our facebook page. let us know what you have to say. social networking is huge. the national aquarium broke all rules with movie goers encouraging people to use their

cell phones during the showing of "the polar express" last night. it's what is called a meet and tweet. >> i think it's a great way to connect with people and get the word out there and really, we're a community. it's connecting people to people. that's what social media is able to do on an everyday basis. >> people used cell phones, cameras and tweets as well as facebook updates on statuses throughout the course of the movie. one goal, one gop presidential nomination. now all things have changed, possibly for herman cain. we're now standing by for a major announcement expected in just days. also, new researchers developed what they are claiming could save your life if you're stuck in your car during that winter weather. you're watching "good morning, america." first and only at 4:30.

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 the heart of the storm? check out nationalguard.com.

new this morning -- north dakota state university has come up with its own winter weather app. a smartphone app providing you with current gps locations to relay to emergency officials which can then be contacted with the simple press of a button. it allows you to also store a contact list, that tells you how many hours of fuel you have left and alert you when you should turn your car off to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning. all this if you get trapped in the old man winter and the cold temperatures out there. not too bad, hey, justin? back here it's very rare that we have an event like that though last january we had that thunder snow issue. that caught a lot of people just guard and stuck in their cars and jones falls was shut down for almost a half day. check this out. we have a look at bel air, by the way, that was overnight. this was yesterday in bel air,

we ended november with a mostly cloudy day, as the cool air tried to filter back in. check out this beautiful sunrise in aannapolis. this morning it's 34 there. bel air 38. mid-30s, frosty but sunshine, breezy high of 52. 4:40. here's traffic. >> thank you very much. right now we're getting a look at the roadways, u.s. 29 and maryland 108, things moving smoothly, traffic up to speed. as we get closer to baltimore we have a shot of the i-83 at shawan road, camera, again, traffic moving smoothly. no issues at the tunnels. so far a smooth ride. for details any time, follow us on maryland traffic. back to you. extreme sports enthusiasts catching waves in extreme weather. a wintry mix of snow, rain

didn't stop this man from hitting the beach. did i mention this is going on in cleveland, ohio? the high-flying surf and surfboard and wind of 30 knots. fighting for a cure. millions living with hiv and aids around the world. now health officials in baltimore say you can get tested and find out the results within minutes. details coming up. also, immunization of babies. doctors say the time of day could make a huge difference. you're watching "good morning maryland," first and only at 4:30.

news time 4:43. five things you need to know on this thursday morning. the house is expected to vote on a resolution calling for the name of the meeting room in

memory of the shooting regarding congresswoman gabrielle giffords. and a move comes after last week's announcement that the players and owners reached a tentative deal. the season officially begins christmas day. and beginning day, mcdonald's no longer including free toys in kids' meals in restaurants in san francisco. the move bans restaurants from giving toys to kids in those meals unless they meet certain nutritional standards. you can still buy the toys though for a dime. and biden says there's a new phase in relations with the two countries today. he's in iraq meeting with officials and u.s. military leaders. and getting in the holiday spirit. president obama and the first family will be taking part in the lighting of the white house christmas tree. it's an annual tradition.

set to take place tonight at 5:00. thefyinging for a cure -- the fighting for a cure. millions are infected with hiv and aids and today is world aids today. officials are asking people to get tested. linda mcmann has more on what -- linda so is has more on what is going on in the city. >> reporter: several counties and baltimore city are offering free hiv testing at various locations, no appointment necessary and you can get results right away. the theme is getting to zero, with the goal of zero new infections, zero discrimination and zero aids-related deaths. each year the cdc reports 60,000 americans are newly infected with hiv and 60,000 people die from aids each year. and many people don't even know they are infected. local health officials are urging you to get tested. here's a list of where you can go for free hiv testing. in baltimore. coppin state university from 9:00 to 2:00 in baltimore county. go to the capitol government

center on york road from 10:00 to 4:00. the essex health center from 2:00 to 4:00 and the united methodist church in parkville from 6:00 to 9:00. coming up at 5:00, the baltimore county health officer will join us live to talk about why hiv awareness is so important. linda so, abc2 news. according to world records and world leaders more than 90% of people with hiv were infected through sexual conduct, only 1% of people born to hiv positive mothers had hiv and there's no vaccine. nor is there a cure for hiv. we learned more about the vaccinations that may be working better for you. according to researchers at the cleveland clinic the time of day your child is vaccinated could help improve their response to the vaccine. a new study finds babies vaccinated after 1:30 p.m. slept more the first 24 hours following immunization, that's important to strengthen the

immune response and increase the antibody production. >> it would be a good idea to consider holding off on the acetaminophen in terms of preventing fevers and let the child have their own immune response. >> the findings are in the journal pediatrics. 4:47. thee first sexual abuse lawsuit came from a man who says he was abused more than 100 times. the victim says he met sandusky at age 10, he's now 29, he's not among the eight victims mentioned in a grand jury report. his lawyer said many looked the other way without trying to help his client. >> there is the iconic institution of penn state, in which sandusky

narrowly prospered, and through which he accessed so many youth. >> he says sandusky abused him in the penn state locker room and on trips to philadelphia and at a bowl game and at the sandusky home. high school teacher in chicago has now resigned after officials learned she was living with a student. police are now investigating the relationship between that teacher and the student. school officials say the 36-year-old female teacher was living with a male student who was under 18. that teacher has been suspended without pay. i'm with cnn. are you vowing to stay in the race? >> we're re-assessing and re-evaluating. >> staying in the race? >> rievaluateing and re-assessing. >> how soon until we have a final answer on your future plans? >> we'll be making a decision in the next several days.

>> gop presidential candidate herman cain now says he will decide by tomorrow about his future in the race. he made several stops in ohio webs, a key battleground state and faces accusations of marital infidelity. he doesn't deny the allegations as he has this week and made no promise he'll remain in the presidential race. we'll be tracking this story out of washington state. the faa is investigating a small plane crash in seattle. it happened when the plane crashed into a parked aircraft at boeing field. it started to fire and left a flight instructor and student with cuts and scratches. this day in history, december 1, 1955, rosa parks, black seamstress refused to give up her seat to a white man on a montgomery, alabama, city bus. she was arrested and it resulted in a yearlong boy cut in buses by blacks. two recalls to tell you about. rocket fish battery cage for the i-phone 3g and 3gs recalled

by best buy due to a possible fire hazard. the cases could possibly overheat. and this one, the battery circuit switch can overheat causing a problem for you. justin? temperatures definitely going to be chilly this morning. right now 37 in baltimore. we have a pocket of cool air dominating across the ohio valley which is where the storm track and the active pattern has been. this has been the theme most of the autumn season. just on the other side of the mountains, 28 and 25 in cincinnati. national 28 degrees. even montgomery in southern alabama, they are 27 degrees this morning. it's high pressure in control. that dominates us with a chill on the back side and bringing in clouds. and there will be a warm suffrage at least of -- warm

surge at least the some sort over the weekend. high pressure keeps us breezy and cool. a stormy pattern for the central rockies and they are expecting extreme santa ana winds through the l.a. basin. that is a really active western storm. that is important because eventually that energy will slide to the east and impact us. but for the time being we're quiet. we may get residual clouds from one storm pattern passing to the north. the one thing that generates over the weekend. that is a storm that reaches us by the middle of next week with a dramatic change. it's december 1st, a near normal day with winds out of the northwest this afternoon and the sunshine, and tonight we'll slip back to 27, and low 30s by the bay. in the weekend, i just want to show you this, temperatures will remain somewhat moderate. mid-50s tomorrow and friday. low 50s, a brief cooldown saturday, back to 60 sunday.

we're looking for rain to move in monday and rain could very well end with some accumulating snow tuesday night and wednesday. for a look at traffic, here's burt. >> thank you very much. we've got a nice ride this early thursday morning. we've got a quick shot now as we look at anne arundel county, 95, you can see the headlights moving at posted speeds. that's a good sign. closer to town, jones falls expressway at northern parkway, no delays there and we make our way up through harford county, ride in on the harford county side, no reported difficulties. things looking great. let's keep it that way. get your traffic headlines any time at twitter, at maryland traffic. back to charlie. five, four, three, two, one! >> the holiday season officially underway. the 2011 rockefeller center christmas tree was lit for the first time last night. the rockefeller center tree is

now a worldwide symbol of the holidays in new york city. that tree is traditionally a norway spruce and illuminated by 30,000 led lights. baltimore city will light the national monument in mount vernon this evening. former raven will flip the switch. it's for 5:30 to 8:00. again, that's tonight. the flip switches around 7:45 and fireworks will follow. thousands hit the streets in britain in one of the largest strikes in decades. the government plan that had them picketing outside of parliament. details coming up. plus, the second major fine in weeks. details coming up on that as well. what is going on underground? you're warm "good morning maryland."

as many as two million public sector workers took part in a daylong strike in london. they walked off the job. live pictures from london, not quite 10:00 there. things appear a little calmer now but underlying a very high sense of tension. those people protesting the government's demands they will work longer before receiving a pension and pay more into their monthly contribution. authorities in mexico and the u.s. say they found yet another sophisticated underground drug tunnel as a border between the two countries. a secret passages linked warehouses again in san diego and tijuana. with rail cars and wooden staircases and floors. they also found 32 tons of

marijuana with a street value of $32 million u.s., several people have been arrested. martin o'malley is in india on day six of his trinidad trip. -- his trade trip. more than 100 government officials, educators and business leaders are going with the governor for the trip. on this world aids day a new report from the united nations says the aids epidemic is leveling off and the number of people newly infected with the virus has remained unchanged since 2007. the report also shows evidence the declining funding for hiv and aids treatment in countries like india. critics say the u.s. aids aim is in wiping out the disease in overlea -- and might be overly optimistic considering there's no vaccine and donations slumped in the economic crisis. gary giordano is back on u.s. soil.

i'm sherrie johnson, hear what he has to say about the disappearance of a maryland woman. the pressure is on to legalize same-sex marriage in maryland. how groups from both sides of the issue are gearing up for the battle. >> and tireless fight to keep roads safe and overwork from exhausted truck drivers. it's "good morning maryland," we check the forecast, it's much more seasonal. >> happy winter, at least from the meteorological perspective. gaithersburg, ellicott city and towson showing freezing. 38 westminster and 33 bel air. even eastern shore, a bunch of 37s showing up there, northeast, chestertown. how about playing those numbers today? also showing wind, 5 to 10 miles per hour, 10 mile-per-hour to dc. bwi marshall 7 mile-per-hour

wind. dover leading the charge with 14 the delmarva and wilmington, 21 mile-per-hour winds. we have gusty winds out there with the cold air and hint of a wind chill. that's it. we've got a clear sky this morning. as the winds try to settle down a little we may wind up with frost. we bottom out probably close to 34, make our way back to 52 this afternoon. a seasonable december 1st day. we have seasonal air leading in towards the weekend, a taste of winter and we'll talk about the long range outlook next. now for the traffic. >> a fine morning so far. a shot of i-95, maryland 175, traffic moving extremely well. jones falls expressway now, camera at cold spring lane, traffic moving smoothly into downtown. and at the tunnels, last look, no reported delays there. good