campus, one here in building b and building a. while a woman was using the stall a man stuck his head underneath to watch. >> my friend told me she was in the bathroom and a guy just peeped under her stall. she asked what he was doing and he ran off. she was shocked after what happened it. was shocking to hear that a guy got into a female bathroom or walking around doing things like that. >> reporter: ccbc isn't the only campus. the campus chief said there are reports of similar incidents at towson, morgan and loyola. the description has been a thin black male about six feet tall with glasses. they're encouraging women that until the suspect is caught, to be wear ri of their -- wary of their surroundings.

>> when you go to the bathroom until this person is apprehended, take someone with you. be vigilant for strangers, people acting suspicious. >> reporter: authorities say if you notice anyone who looks suspicious to call the campus police or the 443-840-1111. roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. investigators still trying to figure out who was hit by a marc train in baltimore county this morning just after 7:15 tbleer northeast creek road and schaefer. the train was traveling south when it hit and killed the person. the fbi has arrested five men accused of trying to blow up a four-lane bridge near cleveland. the men do not have ties to international terrorists. at least three consider

themselves anarchists. the fbi said there was never any danger to the public because the agents had discovered the plot. president obama make as surprise visit to afghanistan on the one-year anniversary of osama bin laden's death. mean while airport security has been stepped up over fear that al qaeda may launch an attack. law enforcement is on alert. the latest concern involves explosives with no metal arts that would be surgly implanted in the stomach area making it difficult to detect. so president obama's counter-terrorism advisers said within al qaeda morale is so low that many fighters are giving up. >> bin laden knew it at the time of his death. he confessed to disaster after disaster and even urged his lead ares to flee the tribal regions

and go away from aircraft and bombardments. mitt romney said the president should get credit for the raid's success but still downplay ed the difficulty of the decision. the obama administration said romney wouldn't have made the decision to kill osama bin laden. the city plans to decrease property taxes to attract more people. >> it decreases the property tax rate by 20% that could mean $400 by the year 2020. many say it's a start. >> susan chose to raise her family in canton. they bought just before canton started to become canton and while that was great timing, the

assessments and taxes on their home went up as fast as this neighborhood's profile. >> as our neighbors have increased, that has afected us. >> reporter: the city has a much hyper tax rate than surrounding counties. the baltimore city council last night green lit the plan by 20% by the year bring propert ag wag this is an important first step and i'm looking forward to signing it. >> reporter: the mayor said the decrease will be paid for boy

budget cut been -- for by budget cuts. it's a trend that the city hopes will attract new buyers and keep the families it already has. >> it's already been so expensive here. we all live in the city. i have three children. >> reporter: you don't want to move. >> we don't want to move. >> reporter: this will make it easier. >> we're happy about that. >> reporter: the plan passed because many city council members believe it will not interfere with other credits like the homestead tax credit. >> thanks a lot. tonight you can expect some road closures around arundel mills and anne arundel county. abc2 news jamie costello joins us with the latest. hard to believe a month ago.

>> reporter: the core discompany is behind the project. the diverging diamond interchange, the first of its kind in the state. it's at route 295 at arundel mills boulevard in hanover. it begins today and the company hopes it will release this traffic report is brought to you by at the new casino. starting next monday drivers traveling 295 south toward washington heading to the mall will be devoted on to route 175. >> it takes traffic from the right side of the road to the left side and from the left side to the right side and keeps traffic flowing in a very e efficient -- efficient manner. it allows basically free flowing traffic on and off the highway. >> any time you pull bwi into

this, the closures are scheduled to be in place at all times until june the 2nd. jamie costello, abc2 news. >> all right. weather wise, warmer today big time. we went from 10 degrees below average to 10 degrees above average today. 70 would be normal. 73 tillman island. 83 at timman island. 84 in steven city. the highs on the day reaching into the mid-80s. patuxent river, dulles. passing cloud cover, yes, but no showers on the radar. we think that holds up the rest of the evening, dry, 70s and on the muggy side. we'll talk about how the chance for showers will briefly come back tomorrow and a look at the bigger warmup straight ahead. in tonight's consumer alert, christmas tree shops in the mid-atlantic are recalling about 6200 of those tea light holders.

there's a design flaw can cause the tea lights to burn with the high flame which can pose a fire hazard. so far there's been one report of a person being burnedded on their hand. the holders were sold from july of last year up until march of this year. we all know this -- it's moving smoothly right now but sitting in traffic can be a real headache. what are some of the worst highways for track congestion. the good news is maryland does not make the list of some of the nation's most congested highways. chicago, i-290 is number one. if you don't believe we make the list, we want to hear from you. so go to our facebook page and tell us what you think is the most congested highway in our area. coming up, some real dramatic testimony in the john edwards trial. why the judge in the case asked the jury to leave when the wife

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a judge said the lawsuit against dominic straws can move ahead. the maid has accused him of trying to rape her. prosecutors dropped criminal related charges last summer. cheri young, the wife of john edwards' former aid andrew young was back on the wit nets

stand -- witness stand today. >> reporter: for cheri young it was hard for her to talk. he is couldn't make it through her testimony. the judge asked the jury to leave until the mother of three could move it together -- pull it together. she said her husband told her edwards wanted him to lie and say he was the father of the love child born to rielle hunter. of course i said absolutely no i screamed at him. i cursed at him. two years ago she talked about that very moment on "20/20". >> how could you ask me that. how could john edwards ask mow to do that. >> reporter: in court young asked edwards if it was legal to handle money from wealthy donors. i heard mr. john edwards tell me on the phone that he checked and

it is legal. through her tears, she said quote she went along with the lies because she was worried the campaign would explode and i would be responsible. the reason she and andrew young did this was for politics. the reason in her mind was to protect her campaign. >> reporter: that was the central case was the hush money political or was john edwards trying to hide an affair from his wife elizabeth. cheri young will be back on the stand today. strategically, she's a much more credible witness. in light of the secret service prostitution scandal in colombia, get ethics training. 100 agents will take part in two days of training. it was previously scheduled for 20 agents but expanded after it

was learned that 12 of the agents hired prostitutes days before the president arrived there for a summit. looking at the bottom of the screen, it says 82 degrees. welcome may. >> and right on time. we had the warm front come in overnight. here we are in the 80s. >> no complaints. >> keeping it going through late this week, maybe cooler by the weekend. take a look first at the conditions outside over the inner harbor, dragging boats out, feeling like a summer day down at the inner harbor, well, an early summer day. 81 at bwi. humidity 40%. winds are west at nine. on the whole pretty quiet weather. some clouds at times today but no rain other than morning showers we were dealing with,

especially on del mar va this is our view -- delmarva. this is our view. at the u.s. naval academy looking in the opposite direction. you can see the puffy cumulus clouds. in towson at loch raven tech, a mix of sun and clouds but no storms developing. we did see some of the activity brewing, some severe weather south of richmond but across our state, across maryland, things are quiet and warm. 81 in baltimore. 82 ocean city. relative to average in baltimore, first day of may, 70. the average last days in the 60s. i think we'll average out over the next couple of weeks but winds from the southwest on the whole light and variable.

humidity is moderate. you feel a little humidity in the air but not quite oppressive. to the west we have some decisional cloud cover -- additional cloud cover. the next bownt dry -- boundary is producing showers and storms from illinois to lake michigan, northern indiana. that's where the whether is tonight. otherwise, it's all offshore. we're in a quiet window even with low pressure to the north. we're not warm sector. this will be interesting tomorrow this cool air on the back side of this will try to wedge into maryland just a little bit. i still think we're in the mid to upper 70s but it will be somewhat cooler tomorrow. not quite as warm and not as much sunshine. take a look at the sphawj -- future trend clouding up through the day. we do cloud up. by tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening, a pop of showers, especially to the west. then we clear out. thursday looks relatively dry,

though still the potential for a pop-up shower in the afternoon. thursday, by the way, looks like we'll be right back in the 80s. upper 80s on friday. overnight 60, clouds on the increase. wednesday, 78 degrees with the increased cloud cover. that cool hair to the north trying to -- air to the north trying to wedge in. take a look at the seven-day forecast. the bottom line is this -- warming up again, wednesday, thursday, right into friday. so, again, a pretty warm weather out here. kelly? not one, not two, but three teams. maria menounos and her partner derek hough have bragging rights. marie is also -- maria is also dealing with the agony of defeat. >> my head just got bigger.

>> reporter: derek hough is happy about the triple 10's on their paso doble. while maria menounos was paso perfection, her feet are a bundled bandage of bones. >> it was not pretty earlier today, i have to say. i have to go to the doctor tomorrow. >> reporter: the evening's competition included a team tango and the team paso doble but those scores barely affected the overall leader board. in second place, katherine jenkins and mark ballas. >> i think we were jumping around like looneys more than they were. >> reporter: william levy and cheryl burke are tied for third along with donald driver and peta murgatroyd. >> we're trying to match them now. >> as the weeks go by, i think

i'm getting to be a better dancer. >> reporter: in fifth, roshon fegan and chelsie hightower. judge carrie ann inaba gave them a hug. in sixth place, jaleel white and kym johnson eye try to approach the judges with things i can apply. >> reporter: in last place melissa gilbert and maksim chmerkovskiy. >> the only thing that will keep us in the competition is if we're not in the bottom. >> reporter: gavin degraw returns to the ballroom but not to dance. this time he will be singing and one more couple goes home.

george pennachio for abc news. a common pesticide may influence brain development in children. what lasting changes could affect your child's development. as the weather warms up, some women want to show some skin. we're working for you tonight with some tips to tone up.

a disturbing study finds the number of babies adictsed to pain killers is soaring. in 2009 more than 13,000 babies were born with neonatal abstinence syndrome, a with

dprawm symptom -- withdrawal symptom. that's about one baby per hour. researchers say more expected moms are being prescribed pain killers. exposure to a common pesticide may harm a child's name. the chemical is known by several names. in the study 40 children, ages 6 to 11, were given mri scans. half had low levels of it and others had high levels. those with high levels had undergrown and underdrone areas associated with attention, emotion, behavior and iq. pregnant women could be affected guy. >> when should you get a mammogram, 40, 50? two studies say women at greater risk for breast cancer will benefit from mammograms every

other year starting at age 40. screening women in their 40s with twice the benefit had the same benefit as other. a second compared them every two years for ages 40 to 49 and faced twice the risk of breast cancer recommending two-year intervals for mammograms. you spend most of your day at work, so exactly where we need to be practicing healthy habits. most of us are sitting all day long which increases your risk of heart disease by 60%. so getting up can make a difference. also, practical things like standing up every time you get an e.d mail and park farthest away from the building. just check out our major. you'll find all the headlines. keep it right here. we'll be right back with abc2

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we're getting you up to the minute it happened at four different college campuses in the area. a peeping tom has creeped into a women's bathroom and snuck underneath stalls to look at women. incidents have been reported at bcbc and others. there's a plan to make things more expensive. based on the $200,000 home, owners would save $40 next year and $400 by the year 2020. the cuts would be paid for in part