highlights the high clouds that flirted across the sky. mixing in dimming out the sun late in the day. temperatures slip back to 44 this evening. how do you like those numbers? let's check out the traffic at 5:30. as we get ready to head out on the roads. no troubles around the beltway. if you are traveling in harford, abington, on westbound pulaski, police activity around an accident at long bar harbor road, expect slowdown there. as we mention around the beltway, no troubles to report, i-95, still looking good as you make the drive towards the capital beltway. a live look on the west side of 695, open in both directions. smooth driving conditions on most of our main arteries, and another live look at the drive towards the capital beltway, busy at 95 north of maryland 100. back to you.

after two months of occupying the harbor, police made their move this morning, getting rid of the occupy protests. this has become going on for two hours. kuren redmond is live on the scene with the latest. have you talked to the protesters yet? not so far. we are not sure where police moved them. we haven't seen them walk up towards us. pratt is closed off. we are here at south and pratt street. that is as close as we can get to where the occupy baltimore protesters, where their makeshift camp us. we haven't seen them trickle up this way. we were hoping to grab someone to see what police -- how police conducted the raid. you can see there is a lot of police activity going on down. there it's dark but as you can see, police are in full riot taber, as they moved in to move out the occupy baltimore protesters and moved in like i said, before 3:00

this morning and now we know that pratt is closed and there was a helicopter flying above earlier, that's stopped to ensure everything has been peaceful. the purpose of the whole thing was to call attention to income, inequality among the wealthy and poor in the country. the city has been patient with the baltimore protesters here in downtown at the inner harbor letting them camp out for the past two months. the city did deny their permit extension and we know there have been incidents that have taken place here over the last two months since they have been here. there was a stabbing here last weekend. early on the city did cut off their electricity. this morning their time is up and police have moved in to remove the occupy protesters. the mayo issued a statement

this morning saying quote , the city of baltimore is committed to protecting individuals right to protest. our public parks and green spaces should not be treated as permanent camp grounds and camping is prohibited. right now we are not sure where many of the protesters went. we know that many of them were believed to be homeless people but not sure what arrangements the city has made for them and they have not come up this way. we are thinking police are making them walk a different way to get ow of mckeldin square. a recap, police moved in before 3:00 a.m. this morning, a early morning raid. we are following this all morning and give you the latest updates as they come in. kuren redmond, abc2 news. former penn state assistant

football coach sandusky will appear in court, faces 40 charges of rape and molestation in a child sex abuse scandal that involved 8 victims. they will take the stand and tell their version of what happened. prosecutors must convince a judge there is enough evidence to take this to trial. >> it's a very embarrassing situation for most of them to be sure and they will be cross examined by someone determined to show they are lying. >> sandusky continues, maintaining innocence of all charges. take a look at this from news around the nation, two military helicopters crashed monday near a joint base. this is in washington state. news release from the base says four army aviators were cairld. investigation is underway. hunters maybe to blame in the shooting of two middle school students. the shooting happened monday while the students were trying

out for a basketball team at an outdoor court. one of the boys is in critical condition and the other is stable. investigators believe the shots may have come from hunters in an adjacent farm. it's too early to say whether the students were targeted or if the shooting was accidental. a gunman opened fire. johned a berry died after 5:00. hoe was shot in the jaw. the gunman went on a ram pain that ended when he was shot by police. he was wielding a handgun and firing at vehicles at random. suspended university of cincinnati basketball player broke down in tears. gates punched a player leaving him with blood streaming from his left eye. he thanked the school for giving him a second chance. just in time for the

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wish. >> i would give up everything i have for my dad. >> you know what would have been cool, if they dad was dressed up as santa. time for a check of the forecast, let's go to justin. >> bring you back to mount airy, this is a beautiful time lapse display. number one , the high clouds that moved through yesterday. we captured a bird we think is a raven over mount aries. redskins fans live out. there they have nothing to cheer about. put that thing away. it's not hunting season. we got a look now at the clouds that dispersed. clears skies. we take you to annapolis, that was a gorgeous day as well with a misof high clouds. the moon coming up.

hopefully see that on the wide screen. temperatures are down to about 30, nearby edgemere, 31 stevensville. inland down to 19 ellicott city. pops up to 29 near sykesville, clear skies. temperatures mid-20s this morning. a widespread, hard to pinpoint that with the frost. we will get rid of that like yesterday. a mix of clouds, probably dimming out the sun this afternoon as we shoot for a higher mark of 52. hint of snow in the folk. it's 5:40. good morning everyone. on the roadways for your tuesday morning drive, a couple of incidents out there, include activity downtown. an accident in glenn burnie, police are on the scene at mountain road and 648, our heaviest traffic flow continues to be heading down towards the capital beltway area. u.s. 29, maryland 108, southbound lanes there in the heaviest where you see the

heaviest volume. on i-95, north of maryland 100, southbound direction also, we are seeing a heavy flow of traffic. here is a live look downtown at sharp and pratt street. pratt and light street closed also checking in with the mta, expect bus diversions on the number three and number 10 as they run through the howard and pratt street areas. back to you. douger family will hold a memorial service for their 20th child tomorrow. the reality stars from arkansas discovered on a routine ultrasound the baby did not have a heartbeat. in a letter to people.com, the family thanked all fans for their prayers, emails and outpouring of love. charlie sheen has a new phone number after tweeting his digits to 5 million twitter followers. he was asked justin beeb tore give him a call. he was having dinner at a restaurant and inundated with

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one of the nation's giant retailers made a controversial move, pulling ads from a reality show about muslims living everyday lives here in america. who is being said about it? sherrie johnson joins us with what all of this could mean. >> reporter: lowes home improvement hit a nerve when the company decided to pull its ad from all american muslim. it follows several families. the show gives an inside look in to their lives. a conservative christian group called florida family association launched a campaign against the show with claims that the show hides islamic agenda. the show profiles muslims that appear to be ordinary folks

while excluding islamic believers whose agenda pose a clear and present danger. >> i would hope people would not be quick to hatred and bigotry and engage in dialogue. you can't please everybody. what is most important are the people who have the positive image. >> lowes released a statement on their facebook page saying lowes received a significant amount of communication on the program. individuals have strong political is society tall views on the topic and decided to pull the ads. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. this is our hot topic. head to abc 2 news fan page. should lowes have pulled the spots? the official wmar facebook page, look us up and try us out. the house will take up republican plan to extend payroll taxes today. john boehner is confident it

will pass with strong bipartisan support. the bill will extend the payroll tax cut, extend and reform our unemployment insurance program, and protect the social security trust fund. also includes important measures to help the private sector create more jobs. >> expected to take up proposal this week. the white house has threatened to vee vee the proposal related to approving a oil pipeline from canada to the gulf coast. minnesota's largest district is considering scrapping a policy preventing teachers from discussing homo sexuality from the school. the catalyst is bullying. several students committed suicide in the last few years because of bullying. in a meeting, officials introduced a proposal that in theory allows teachers to discuss homo sexuality. it's the curriculum policy. it does not say what the topics are specifically.

the board will make a final decision coming up in january. it was a tweet all over the state. martin o'malley reaching out to pop super star lady gaga. the governor thanked her for standing up against bullying. katie and i would like to invite you to dinner to discuss eliminating bullying in maryland, he says. there is a speak up stop bullying pledge. that's something the pop star is passionate about. >> we know lady gaga, also up there advocate against bullying. we will wait to see if we get a response. >> the first lady's made the pullying campaign one of her chief initiatives. a special lunch for elementary school students at noon, mayor rawlings blake and members of it will ravens will join students at cecil

elementary for the luncheon. >> luke scott became a free agent in a injury plagued season, he played 64 games. he was acquired by baltimore in december of 2007, he was voted the orioles most valuable player in 2010, an injury kept him off the field for the 2011 season. starting waff temperatures this morning 24 baltimore. basically it's 20s, teens across the fine states. some wham stuff along the coastline. we are locked underneath high pressure that carved out this bubble of dry air. we got our zest mild stuff down to the deep south. not the exact same set up of last week. that's important. high pressure in control, that is the reason for the winds adding the rough surf and showers to florida and igniting the showers across the midwest. i say the set up not like last

week, there will be other elements similar. the wave of moisture across the heart lands. we've got to stretch that back to the pacific. this is a deep trough in atmosp air providing the rough weather with moderate rainfall, southern california, mountain snows through the central, southern rockies. i got friends in phoenix that were bumming yesterday with the rainfall. they get rain two or three months out of the year that has to last them the rest of the time. mexico, texas, feeding in to the sis tome, energy in the atmosphere. like last week, most of the energy will ride up in to the great lakes. we will stay on the warm side, mid-50s to 60s on thursday. this front swings through in a diminished form with showers. nothing like the rain. at once front swings through, there maybe a wave of low pressure that catches up to the cold air and could spell out

something different saturday morning. we will talk about 52 after the frosty start. milder than yesterday. we are mixing the high clouds. 30 overnight. we watch the clouds become prominent the next couple of days, hitting the low 50s too many. 58, perhaps 60 thursday. late day thundershowers, probably ending friday morning. next wave after mid night on friday in to saturday morning. a better chance south of baltimore and we clear up during mid-morning, we will hit 43, 45, dry sundays. here is angela with traffic. on the roadways this morning, a bit of good news, weave cleared the accident we had in abington, clear on pulaski highway. we are working the accident in glenn burnie, be prepared to slow down at mountain road and bna boulevard. 32, drive through columbia, fairing good now. also looking good on the

beltway, traffic flow, moving well and if you are heading in to downtown, remember that police activity around pratt street at light and howard street also reminds you looking good on the major roadways checking the drive times. no problems on the harrisburg expressway, five minutes from shawan to the topside of 695. if you like to wait until the last minute to get holiday gifts in the mail, in luck, the new date for shipping that still has the 25th in mind. ♪

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five things you need to know, president barack obama confirmed troops will be headed home by december 31st. the president made the announcement along the iraqi prime minister. they are leaving with honor. volume of commercials seems

louder than actual programming. fcc is holding a open meeting today. preventing commercials from bong transmitted at louder volumes than original programming. national transportation safety board could come without with recommendations on texting and driving. it's going to look at a case of 19-year-old who caused a deadly highway pile up in missouri last year, when he rear ended a tractor trailer while texting. shoppers can procrastinate. the retail federation survey says more stores are now pushing back to order deadlines for christmas delivery. it's tuesday december 20th, for many places. items belonging to elizabeth taylor are hitting the auction blocks. some are pieces of her her stunning jewelry collection valued around $30 million. the auction begins at christies

in new york. motivational speaker in virginia is in trouble, coming up, what martha nicholas is accused of doing that has members of a cancer community crying foul. can breast cancer treatment help memory problems later in life?

police move in and force occupy baltimore protesters out in a early morning raid. i'm kuren redmond, i will have the full story coming up. media frenzy descending upon harrisburg, pennsylvania, what we could learn about sandusky. video of a massive house