major problems for katz insurance. >> the breaking news we first brought you at 5:00. a school bus carrying children collided with a mini van sending 11 to the hospital. police said when paramedics arrived, the van was pinned against an apartment building. the driver of the fan and a person who was hit were hurt as well. all of the students' injuries are considered non-life-threatening. the cause of the crash is under investigation. an investigation to another breaking news story. owings mills high school was placed on lockdown after a student spotted a classmate with a gun. >> the students did exactly what they were supposed to do -- letting administrators know immediately. the school was placed on lockdown but only for minutes. one student contacted his parents saying there had been a

shooting. >> it was crazy because when everybody got out of the classroom, everybody was scattered everywhere trying to figure out what happened. >> once the school was put on lockdown, school officials called officers. the 17-year-old student was found with the gun after looking at school video. police said he was actually in the school's main office for another issue. the officers searched him, found the gun, arrested him, charged him with possession of a dangerous weapon. >> one day after their new school safety app was unveiled, an anne arundel student was also caught with a weapon at school. there was a call about a student showing a weapon to classmates. the school's resource officer found the student in the school cafeteria. he had a knife and pellet gun on him we he was arrest hood the

pellet gun was not loaded at the time. additionallally, there were no threats made. a methadone clinic in harford is facing a lawsuit. >> as jeff hager reports, the victim's family claims the driver had other drugs in their system. >> reporter: when investigators first looked at the crash on route 143, they learned the car had been driving 20 miles over the speed limit, crossed the center line and t boeing another car kelling -- kills another driver. the family is suing the meth lab for failing to test. >> you can directly link that back to the negligence act because they had the knowledge

that this person, this patient of theirs was one who would come into the clinic having taken other drugs. >> more worried about taking the money for the methadone than following procedures. >> reporter: it's been said you can't place a price on a person's life. al bers is serving time for her role in the crash. the lawsuit is asking for $20 million in damages from the mat clinic of belcamp. the family is also lobbies maryland lawmakers to make sure such a tragedy never happens again. >> there are other states whereby laws have changed that requirement actual clinic to drive their patients to and from the methadone clinic so they clan get there and back safely and so that they don't harm the

public at large. >> reporter: in harford county, jeff hager, abc2 news. >> attorneys say a witness inial bers' car claims she was so high after leaving the clinic that she drove her car into gas pumps. he took a company that he came up with at a dinner table and turned it into one of baltimore's well known name. now hal katz is looking for legal prosection. joce sterman explains why. >> reporter: hal katz runs three businesses that finance, sell and provide insurance to thousands of people in our hr who can't get coverage anywhere else. now he may be infamous for his conduct behind the scenes. now he's at the center of pan investigation by the maryland insurance administration.

his license to sell insurance was revoked after he let unlicensed jeantds -- agents sell policies. they discovered nearly$00,000 in payments didn't and up where they were supposed to. records show katz owes more than$ half half p-p--- $8 1/2 million to investors. mr. katz didn't want to comment, but his rep said all policies are in effect. all claims are being paid. if you want to know more about the story or concerned about your coverage, just go to abc2news.com. you'll find phone numbers and more in the investigators section. joce sterman, abc2 news. breezy out there, not bad, seasonal into the 60s.

rock hall checking in at 56. north and west, reisterstown 60 degrees. we'll seat temperatures fall -- see the temperatures fall. upper 20s. rock hall out toward parts of farrows point but the winds will start to relax as we go into the overnight hour. breezy conditions through the course of the evening, 57, down to 4345 toward the late night hours and waking up to a chilly start with temperatures around the 40 mark. warm air out toward the west and another system that we'll talk about coming up. this was 10 years ago we lost a baltimore family, car them in and angela dawson. they died when their house was fire bombed. >> reporter: you remember that

was -- it showed the impact crime as on that neighborhood. take a look at the pictures from that day. the dawson family, angela and carnell dawson, their two twin sons, keith and kevin and the other children were burned alive inner that home all because they dared to stand up against criminals. they called police 109 times during the course of the year to get criminals off their street corner because they wanted to make their neighborhood safe. it was one of those things the criminals tried to feet back. they burned them out offer that home. you can get a since of the legacy. this is the dawson family center. it was opened in 2007 as a memorial to the family to trito make this a better place. this center lives up to that

dream. it's a place where 45 kid as day come inside. they do their homework, use computers. this it have a safe place to be and they learn good skills so he will grow up to be good citizens in the community. over here you have the dawson family garden, a living memorial that died because they wanted to keep their streets safe. in a few minutes, about 6:30 the mayor along with several other city officials will be out here to on north family -- honor the family for this 10-year anniversary. we'll have more at 11. reporting life, roosevelt leftwich. >> dawson family, will never forget them. >> we're thinking pink all month here on abc2 but today there's another color to add in that mix

-- purple. ravens quarterback joe flacco and others stopped by the hospital. >> i want to give my two cents to whatever it is, to people. this whole month is huge for me. i just want to be involved in every shape possible. >> the ravens will continue to wear special pink cleats, gloves and other clothing. it's not just the ravens but everybody's opportunity to get the word out about breast cancer awareness. baltimore county had a pink pep rally today to promote pink spirit and back cope men maryland. >> i just want to be out front and say we know there has been a

lot of crossers and confusion this year. because of that, we are especially grateful for your consistent support. we really could not be involved in baltimore county and have the success that we do without the support of all of you do. >> in addition to staff, they were also on hand for the big rally. we want you to keep thinking pink to support komen maryland in the race. register by going to abc2news.com/think pink. you can even show up on wednesday and register there. look who showed up for fourth grade at hilton elementary, superstar ray rice to congratulate them for eating right and getting 60 minutes of exercise in a day. ray told them to get up, get moving before answering questions about staying fit.

this is all part of the practice. way it go, ray. the deadly meningitis outbreak still growing. the latest on the number of marylanders affected. >> even if you don't make that fridge to the -- trip to the fridge teacher: this is west virginia, pennsylvania, delaware.

and this is maryland.

every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty million gaming at casinos in these other states. question seven will build a new casino and bring table games to baltimore... generating hundreds of millions for schools. and that money has to go to education. it's the law. so vote for question seven. so we can stop spending all that money here, and keep maryland money in classrooms like mine.

the meningitis outbreak went to a massachusetts pharmacy. >> the number has grown to 16 but the fda said they're now

investigating at least two other drugs produced by the new england compounding center that they believe are making patients sick. a peash was treated with one of the solutions could have meningitis, too. all of the pharmacy's products have been recalled but the cdc said they still expect the number of victims to grow. we all know not getting enough shut eye can cause problems but it can make you fat. a study out of the university of chicago makes it harder for your body cells to regulate weight. the same phenomenon can also lead to type two diabetes as well. let's take a look outside. the inner harbor is look

beautiful. 61. 44% humidity. dew points are low. it's a dry atmosphere with our westerly wind. right now at 8 but at 10 to 20 miles an hour winds. normally around 67, so below average. tomorrow might be on par as we are expecting a warming trend. it would have felt real good. 90 degrees. that was the record way back. easton checking in at 59. north and west into the 30s. frederick checking in at 61. busy winds out of the west eight to 10. we'll keep a breeze in the forecast. notice the satellite picture starting to drey-- dry up. 57 degrees, a bit of a breeze. then we wake up to a chilly start, 40 on our way to the 60s. high pressure locked in.

that's going it keep us clear, mostly sunny. notice clouds working just near bermuda. this is rafael, a powerful hurricane but it will be staying off cell. so there's a warming trend. that's first in here for tomorrow. the clouds and showers gather and that will bring in cooler air. notice the nice warming trend and that will be with us as we go into the day tomorrow. there's hurricane rafael. the storm is moving to the north, northeast but could be rough seas. 40 for tonight, mostly clear and chilly. tomorrow 66, a two-degree darn tee. tomorrow night not as chilly, 45 degrees. here's your seven-day forecast. showers lengering into friday morning but cooler and the komen

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no we're committeed to giving you the most information you nee.d as part of our commitment to democracy 2012 we're bringing you five-minute one on one interviews with the candidates. joining us now is dan bongino.

thank you for your time. >> the flair is yours. >> i'm the only legitimate outsider running to shake up d.c. i'm the only middle class outside sitar to shake up the washington, d.c. nest. >> these are numbers we've heard before, $16 trillion debt, housing market stag mat. where do you stand? >> there are relatively easy ways to get it back to the growth mark. i'd love to tell you i invented these methods. i have not. we have the highest corporate tax rates in the world. they can't afford to pay the corporate tax rate here. we have no problem with the

corporate tax, you we are not trying to win the race for the highest amount of corporate tax dollars paid in the globe. if we were to cut that rate from 35% to 16%, which is the effective rate anyway when you eliminate it. you will see it repatrioted almost immediately. it's a bipartisan solution. it's just stuck in the grid lock. insiderson't want it give up their cronyism deductions. >> condoleezza rice referred to education as the civil rights struggle of our day. do you agree with that? >> she is right. it is absurd if i were to say mess tack heads did to a poor school, you would look at me and say that doesn't make sense.

i'll give you another, most plaque or hispanics did to a poor school. people shake their heads. do jo you think -- you think it's not the civil rights issue of the day. they deserve the exact same options i have in a middle class neighborhood. parent choice is a moral issue. it is not a political issue. it is the moral and civil rights issue of our day. >> all right. moving now to foreign relations, afghanistan. what's the end game? >> i do in the support any further engagement in afghanistan. i've taken flack from both parties. we need to responsibly start withdrawing our troops. i find no reason being that they can't give us a pet trick of success to continue an engagement with in end game in sight. it's time to wrap it up. the mission was noble.

our soldiers are noble. they are the greatest patriots, but it's tim to bring them home. >> is the healthcare act the answer. governor romney said he will repeal and replace it. where do you stand? >> we have this independent payment advisory board that will tell you when you can and i can't have a hip replacement based on what, statistics used in britain, quality life years. we are a free country. healthcare needs to be reformed. do we have real proposals, absolutely. you they focus on your choice not a board. >> people think so much about congress and the stalemate going back and forth between the democrats and the general nastiness that exists on capitol hill.

how do you work toward a rep parration there. >> i saw it at the highest level. it's crore government bought and sold. again, if you want a legitimate outside sider to shake this nest up, we owe nothing to anyone but the voters and i'm your guy. if you want talk, vote for someone else. >> thank you for your time. you can see this interview along with others on our website at abc2news.com/politics. don't for get to vote on tuesday, november 6th. >> and the presidential debate coming up tonight at 9:00. >> streaming live on abc2news.com. the weather looks good but wool a talk about the tropics at 11:00. >> we'll see you tonight after the debates.

as a pastor, my support for question 6 is rooted in my belief that the government should treat everyone equally. i would not want someone denying my rights based upon their religious views, therefore i should not deny others based upon mine. it's about fairness. this law does not force any church to perform a same sex marriage if it's against their beliefs. and that's what this is about. protecting religious freedom and protecting all marylanders equally under the law. join me in voting for question 6.

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