46 degrees now into baltimore. 47 dover. easton right now coming in at 48 degrees so close to 50. as you head out the door this morning you don't need the real big coat but like i said grab the rain gear, you could need it as you go into the afternoon. let's go to angela with traffic. >> good morning. we're following a couple of serious accidents in harwood, route 2 shut down with an accident. also an accident in baltimore county causing headaches for those people traveling in the woodlawn area. security boulevard at whitehead road, overturned vehicle collision there. expect delays traveling on security boulevard. in the meantime, 29 as well as 95 in the capitol beltway area and 95 looking good. in the northbound direction you'll stall a little towards 695. a live look at the jfx, still pretty good in the southbound direction. drive times, for the most part still ok us -- as you make the drive on 83,

the harrisburg expressway. just five minutes from cockeysville. back to you. a new report is out about marriage in this country and the findings are nearly half of u.s. adults aren't married and that turns out to be an all-time record low. corrine has more on the results. this is sort of a surprise because this is a pretty precipitous drop as well. >> reporter: it's a big drop. 51% they are saying. it's a big change. the report says marriage in this country cropped to 51%. pew research finds the marriage is at a record low in the u.s. and scenes like this one are becoming fewer and far between. and we looked at census bureau data from 2010 and found barely over half of u.s. adults were married, down 5% from 2009. the data shows also men and women were waiting to get older to get hitched. on average women waiting to age 26 and men until they are almost 29. if the trend continues, they say single people will most likely be the majority in just

a few years. >> this is our hot topic. what do you think about marriage? and the survey in and what does it say if anything if the state of values in the united states? head to facebook, our official fan page, weigh in. parents, you're going to want to hear this. teen smoking and drinking down, the lowest in decades but marijuana use is on the rise. a national survey by the national institutes of health reveals 6% of seniors in high school say they smoke pot everyday. more than 11% of those high school seniors reported using spice or k2, synthetic chemicals that are easy to buy. new developments to tell you about, about the story we've been following at abc2. it has to do with the investigation in the suspected hazing death of a drum major at florida a and m university. more problems filing up for the school. authorities say they uncovered financial irregularities involving the school band.

robert champion died last month following a suspected hazing incident. a student, bria hunter says she was beaten by a group of former band members weeks before his death. >> they went around the room asking people, do you want to be a part of this organization? >> hunter says yes and ended up being hospitalized with a cracked thigh bone. new video of a fire near pittsburgh. we first told you about this at 5:00. the fire killed a mother and three young children ages ranging 3 to 7. one child, a 3-year-old victim escaped. the victim's twin, rather, escaped, this happened after midnight. the suspected cause of the fire, the kids were playing with a cigarette lighter. the freeway outside of l.a. is still shut down following a

massive gasoline tanker explosion. it happened late yesterday afternoon. the concrete on the overpass also exploded from the heat of the flames. police say the driver and passenger were able to escape without injury. a police officer pulled an unconscious woman from a burning car following a crash. this is dash cam video from wisconsin. the 51-year-old driver was treated and released from the hospital. police are investigating the crash but say it was probably the result of the driver's medical condition. some dramatic video for you from nashville. a man piles his pickup into a store because he was allegedly trying to run down his ex-friend. we're not making that up. ex-girlfriend. video shows he missed the woman but hit a store owner and clerk. they are doing fine now and authorities say the suspect ran from the store, stole an suv and crashed that suv into a bred truck. bread truck. the driver there is in critical condition this morning. a man accused of trying to rob a coffee shop is in custody. the entire incident caught on

camera. the man pulled up with a face mask on. he had a tire iron in his hand and lunged through the drivethrough. >> i'm proud of her the way she fought him off. but i think once this sinks in i'm going to wish she just ran out the door. as he did. >> he's talking about his wife who fought off the guy. what she did, she grabbed a thermos of hot coffee and clugd him in the face with it. he was wearing a face mask. it didn't stop him. then a pitcher of steaming hot milk apparently did the job. the suspect took off, was later arrested. shopping for a new car? you're probably thinking of safety first. a list of the top cars the insurance institute for highway safety says could be safest. and the most popular movies of all time on netflix' list.

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welcome back. if you're in the market for a new car we have a list to help you out to make choices. the following car crash tests, large number of cars made that list and safety officials say the auto manufacturers redesigned their roofs to give them more rollover protection. toyota, lucks -- lexus, scion has the most on the list with 15, including the camry's first ever inclusion, gm and volkswagen and audi round out the top three. >> we now have 115 models we call top safety picks, that means they provide you good protection in front, side, rollover and rear crashes. >> not to be outdone, honda showed imprivate as well with the -- improvement as well with the 10 new winning models.

the institute hopes that safety ratings will set an industry-wide tone for things to come. in to time for the holidays the "hollywood reporter" revealed the 10 most rented netflix movies of all time. michael jackson's daughter paris lands a starring role in be -- an upcoming movie and sat down with ellen to talk about acting. the 13-year-old said her father told her to remember everything he says and she has. she also says he inspired her to get into acting. >> i was really little. my dad was in a movie. i knew he could sing well but i didn't know he could act. i was like, wow, i want to be just like him. >> she says michael jackson

also did improv with her. that interview "ellen" airs today. surveys released daily and now getting attention from law enforcement. >> a rape survey raises suspicion of a university of vermont fraternity. the unbelievable questions they were asking, coming up. >> i'm sherrie johnson live in downtown baltimore where some parents are suing the baltimore city school system over an alleged bullying incident. live report coming up. >> the mild temperatures are here this morning. that trend will continue as we go into the afternoon. the chilly air is going to move in. i'll tell you when, coming up. >> solomons island road at polling house road blocked with a serious accident. we have some alternate routes and a complete check of the major roadways, coming up.

good morning, maryland. i'm charley crowson.

it's pretty seasonal out there but parts of the area could be getting a little rain? >> yes, we're starting off pretty good, a little above average actually. that continues as we go into the afternoon, along with the showers. take the rain gear as you head out and about. we are looking at the fact that temperatures are going to be in the 40s this morning. it's going to be windy as we go into tomorrow. then we'll have more sunshine in here as we go into the weekend. temperature-wise not so bad. maryland's most powerful doppler radar not picking up on a lot. we have all those sweeps on and we are looking dry but that will not continue because as we go into the afternoon there's a chance for showers. as you head out the door this morning you can hear my voice, temperature into pasadena 46. woodbine 40. winds out of the south now not so bad but it will warm us up as we go into the afternoon to the 50 degrees, don't forget the rain gear. let's go over to traffic. good morning.

>> good morning. we continue to follow the serious accident in harwood, route 2 shut down at polling house road, according to anne arundel county police route 468 is going to be a great alternate route for you. also harwood road may get you around that pretty serious incident. in the meantime we're starting to see a lot of volume now on 29, especially in the southbound lanes, as you make the drive through columbia. also checking the drive on i-95, this is going through the rosedale area, southbound lanes on i-95 pretty heavy now as you make your way to the top side of 695. also south of baltimore, 95 in columbia north of maryland 100 we're looking at heavy traffic both northbound and southbound, continue to follow us on twitter at maryland traffic. back to you. all new this morning, u.s. has formally shut down the war in iraq officially retiring the flag of the u.s. forces. this is a ceremony to end it just before 6:00 eastern where troops were seen lowering the flag and wrapping it in

camouflage. this is arm tradition. the -- army tradition. defense secretary leon panetta says they are leaving iraq with lasting pride. anne arundel county police are looking for a man accused raping a woman. authorities say it happened yesterday in glen burnie. the victim met the suspect in a war, they were walking near the 300 block of hospital drive when she says he sexually assaulted her. police say the suspect has tattoos on his neck, twists in his hair and if you recognize this man call anne arundel county police as soon as possible. police in the dc are going to hold a news conference, announcing a campaign to catch a man linked by dna to murders and assaults in the dc area. a web site will be made today drawing attention to the case. the men is suspected of nine attacks on women between 1991 and 1998 including the murder of a 28-year-old woman in georgetown. a new study shows rape and sexual abuse are more common than most people think.

the centers for disease control and preagainst surveyed 9 -- prevention surveyed 9,000 women and 7,400 men. the women said at some point they have been violently attacked by their boyfriends and husbands at some point. view the entire survey at abc2news.com. an offensive survey involving a rape in the university of vermont, a fraternity now in hot water. corrine with more on how this happened at the university and moreover what the university is doing with this group. >> reporter: this fraternity could be expelled as a result of this. the fraternity house, who and what may have been behind the fraternity asking the fraternity brothers if they could rape someone who would it be. a document surfaced on-line earlier this week. uvm temporarily suspended the

fraternity and to make matters worse the fraternity is already on probation for alcohol violation and could face additional violations. >> it's technically free speech and yet it's deplorable and just absolutely inappropriate and offensive. >> it may be in this instance where there's this dynamic of only if you knew about this, we don't know yet or did the whole chapter know? we have many questions. >> reporter: the university could dissociate themselves with the fraternity and says it will consider expelling students behind the questionnaire. corrine redmond, abc2 news. a report from the center of education shows nearly half of america's public schools failed to meet the federal achievement standards this year. it's the largest -- the report says that more than 43,000 schools or nearly half

didn't make progress from the school year. some baltimore parents say their son was bullied and taunted by children and are now saying the baltimore city educators did nothing to help. education reporter sherrie johnson is live downtown with more on this developing story. >> reporter: there's a cry across the nation to put an end to bullying and this morning one family is taking that message to court. we're in front 6 courthouse east where the trial is stoat begin in a few hours. the sullivan family filed a lawsuit against the school board of commissioners and the principals of both hazelwood and glenmount elementary school and middle schools. the parents say their 10-year-old, sean, was bullied and taunted by classmates at two baltimore city schools. sean is a special needs student. his parents say he was tormented by classmates at hazelwood elementary school and the school system did nothing about it. the couple says they went to the principal numerous times but the bullying wasn't

stopped. the last straw they said was when their son was attacked outside of the school, they said he was choked until he passed out and the couple then moved their son to glenmount which was also a problem. the bullying continued and they say they received no help from administrators. the parents hope this trial will send a message for school systems to put a stop to the bullying. i had a chance to talk to the folks with the baltimore city school system. a spokesperson told me the school district doesn't comment on active litigation. reporting live in downtown baltimore, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. an army intelligence analyst will be in the military courtroom tomorrow at fort meade. a pretrial hearing scheduled for first class bradley manning, suspected of passing government secrets to wikileaks. the hearing is to determine whether he should be court-martialed. prosecutors say bradley gave wikileaks video of the apache helicopter attacks in which civilians were killed. after 14 weeks of training

in the narcotics detection schools six dogs and handlers will graduate tomorrow in maryland. four of the dogs will work at state police barracks, the others to be dispatched across maryland. two dogs completed 14 weeks of narcotics training while two others concluded 16 weeks of explosive detection training. there are currently 33 handlers and 41 dogs working throughout the state of maryland. get ready for a vacation as the cold weather approaches. flu flights to be offered -- new flights to be offered come february. there will be nonstops twice weekly between salisbury and florida. it's made possible due to a recently expanded runway in salisbury. still to come -- a massive spending package, and the white house wants more tax. a vote could come as soon as friday to avoid another government shutdown.

nearly 1/2 of americans are considered low income according to new census figures that show many middle class americans are dropping below the threshold. the number of foreclosed homes about to be auctioned hit a nine-month high. the spike comes after a surge of homes entered foreclosure three months ago. however, borrowers receiving the first notice -- those notices are down. the samsung galaxy nexus goes on sale today. it runs on the google android operating system, call ice cream sandwich. that is creative. the bigger screen is larger than the i-phone and works in the same way. aaa estimates close to 912 million people are going to be -- 92 million people are going to be driving 50 miles or more this year, the majority of people are going to be driving, only 6% say they will fly. today's national cupcake day. to celebrate some local

treaterries are giving away free goodies. they will be offering free ice cream cupcakes to customers between 4:00 and 7:00. you're shaking your head, why? >> i can't believe it. it's a dream come true. >> you have to go. >> i know. it's that early christmas gift. i love it. >> of course. >> you love cupcakes? >> who doesn't? >> ok. >> a lot of people don't like treats. we're still friends. satellite and radar today, picking up on cloud cover but we're getting a little -- few peaks around the dc area. as we go through the rest of the morning, maybe a little bit of sunshine but mainly clouds as we go into time. the rain is back towards the west. that is going to be pushing in a little later. so we have the cloud cover this morning and we also have the winds coming in from the south. not so bad into baltimore now. but from the south that means we're getting a warming flow. that is exactly what we're going to see through this

morning, through the afternoon. the temperature now into baltimore coming in around 46 degrees. charleston close to 60 as well as pittsburgh. that milder air ahead of that cold front back towards the west there, cooler air on the back side of that, that is going to be pushing into our area as we go into the weekend. in the meantime, future trend picking up on that line of showers back twawdz the west. it starts to become a little more scattered in here as we go into the afternoon. so not a washout by any means but just take the rain gear as you head out. you're not sure if you're going to be one of the ones that get wet. so your today forecast looks like this -- 57 degrees, mostly cloudy, again, very mild. with those afternoon and evening showers possible. temperature by tonight coming in around 42 degrees. it will be cool, not cold and then by tomorrow, 49 degrees, mostly cloudy, the big story for tomorrow is the fact that it's going to be a little windy. your 7-day forecast, well, things are going to get colder as we go into saturday and sunday and then by next tuesday that will be another chance for showers in the forecast. it's been a tough morning

on route 2 in harwood. the road remains shut down at polling house road. again, your best alternate is going to be route 468. in the meantime, checking another accident, harford county police on scene at emmorton road and bel air bypass for a collision there. on 29 we're seeing heavy traffic emespecially in the southbound direction. good at u.s. 50 on the severn river bridge, no problems there. and 695, the southwest corner, heaviest delays here past wilkens avenue through the catonsville road. on facebook we're asking you about the institution of marriage. more than half of americans now are saying they are single. what do you think about that? does it say anything -- what are you doing? >> i'm single. i'm going to be with the majority. >> i hit the number when it came to marriage because most men are waiting to 29? i'm 29.

>> ok.