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>> it was crazy. >> will the warm weather last at least for sunday. >> that's the big question. let's check in with meteorologist wyatt everhart with your first forecast and your komen forecast. >> not as warm as today for komen sunday but not frigid by october standards. first maryland's most powerful radar. we're tracking showers with a few lightning strikes, six in the last 20 minutes. there's a thunder shower moving toward reisterstown and 795. the leading edge of this shower complex does have a little bit of embed thunder and lightning. we'll keep an eye on that. it's all being fueled. it's one last band being fueled by this broad circulation. this swirl in the atmosphere will help push cooler air in for the weekend. so temperatures will be dropping but for this evening low 70s to
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upper 60s. we'll talk about how things will change by komen race day morning in minutes. >> all right. thank you. the case is cold but tonight a family is offering 10,000 reasons for someone to help identify their son's killer. >> as jeff hager tells us tonight, detectives rereleased surveillance photos to help jog your memory. >> police are hoping to turn back the clock where these surveillance photos show three men may have gotten away with murder. they followed 21-year-old n ico gayles and forced their way in. he called police. he was supposed to be picking up his mother at the subway that night. >> my husband called in route to tell me he may be in trouble and i didn't want to believe it but when i got to my destination and he wasn't there, i knew because
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my son would never not pick me up. >> later a few blocks away from the mcdonald's, someone noticed a car parked with a driver sitting unresponsive behind the wheel. this was nico. >> hes with found with multiple gunshot wounds. >> a year later police are no closer to solving it. he had aspired to be a musician and musician. >> some days are more difficult than others. there's never a day that goes by. it will be this way for the rest of our lives. >> reporter: this grieving mother is hoping even if it costs $10,000, someone will help find their son's killer. >> i pray someone will look at the pictures, recognize the people. if you know them or think you know them, please pick the phone
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up and call. >> in baltimore county, jeff hager, abc2 news. >> anyone with any information is asked to call baltimore county police. the reward is for the killer's award and conviction. a man is am police custody tonight charged with secretly videotaping two women in their ellicott city home. police arrested 42-year-old michael stephen mckenny of columbia. hoe is charged -- he is charged with videotaping without con isn't. he gained access to the women's condo by stealing and cop pig a key. more video footage show the two women were not the only victims. >> when or detectives reviewed all of the video footage, they
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found two additional unidentified women and they were in a different residence. we have been able to identify them. detectives are reaching out to them to let them know of the investigation. >> there are more victims. if anyone has information they should call police. maryland's four historically black colleges and university went to court saying they're not getting funding like the predominantly white colleges. lawyers made their closing arguments inside. the protesters said it's not about getting more money but getting equal money. >> the same quality of instruction, the same quality of facilities, see the same scholarships and fellowships for students to come. that's what we mean by comparability and competitive in terms of attracting students.
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>> a ruling isn't expected for the next several weeks. >> in tonight's health alert, flu season has arrived. the maryland department of health said four baltimore area kids have been diagnosed. doctors rec m. a flu is the for everyone over six months. kids under the age of four and pregnant women should be considered high risk. if your kids do get sick, there are two antiflu virals but they have to be taken within 48 hours of getting sick. it's important to get plenty of rest and drink plenty of fluids. we are racing for a cure this sunday. >> we're less than 8 hours away from maryland's komen race for the cure. >> reporter: that is the
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emergency out here tonight. we are seeing people come. they're doing last-minute packet pickup and last minutes registration. this goes around the nation at different raise -- race for the cure events. there are hats, t shirts, plenty of dear you can by before the race on sunday. 22 1/2% of the proceeds go to maryland's komen. you call it vacation, is that receipt? >> yes. every year for the last six years i've taken the week off rear to the race. i've had five friends diagnosed in a two-year period, and i've been working with them ever since. >> reporter: you take one week of vacation to dedicate.
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>> every year until i can not do it again. >> reporter: it must mean a lot. >> sure. everyone knows someone with breast cancer. if they don't now, they l it's all about komen's message about early detection and early treatment. they do everything to educate people to fed a cure, you know. they're stuck with me. >> we love it, nancy. cr do you get back if -- the numbers are down. >> you can walk in tonight until 7, tomorrow, 11 to three. we are taking registration starting at 6 a.m. >> the numbers are down. >> down same time as last year,
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about 33%. >> reporter: you had does that trickle down to treatment. >> last year we funded 6 local programs in the state -- 26 local programs in the state. we're major funder to many of our grantees. they provide services, nurse navigators. it's really important. there's a lot at stake. >> reporter: certainly an important message. thank you for joining us live. so you have an hour if you want to get out in hunt valley and open -- >> 11 to 3:00. >> reporter: so four hours tomorrow. you can rj sterks pick up your packet. at 6:00 on sunday morning they'll be out here before the praise starts at 8:00. we'll joan you live on the air from 7 until 10, so a weekend
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filled with pink. come on out here and support komen for the cure. we're live in hunt valley. >> i love. that a volunteer take as whole week off to show her dedication. >> there's still time to register. go to abc2news.com/think pink. we have a link to komen's website but time is running out. online registration closes tomorrow at 1:00. >> it will be a bessie sunday -- busy sunday. >> if you're looking for something else to do you may want to try your ball -- ballet. >> the dancing princesses debuts tonight. we'll have more at 6:00. >> weather wise, 74 degrees, close to 10 degrees above average. that was your two-degree
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as a pastor, my support for question 6 is rooted in my belief that the government should treat everyone equally. i wouldn't want someone denying my rights based upon their religious views, so i shouldn't deny others based upon mine. it's about fairness. i support this law because it doesn't 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 all marylanders equally under the law. join me in voting for question 6.
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the ballet theater of maryland is getting ready for the dancing princesses. >> our mike masco is there. everybody wants to know, have you picked up any moves? >> that you can show us. >> reporter: i tried but i fell. i'm wearing jeans. let's talk about the dancing princesses. we talked about the play but what is it?
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this is diane. i mean, this is fascinating that you've come up with this. you brought this -- i'll let you explain it. >> well, when i was 16, i saw the brothers grimm and i really liked it and i thought it could be turned into a ballet. i thought it would be a great way to pay them back for all the service they've given. >> you took a simple fairy tale and you added a little zest to it, a little pizzazz. >> fairy tales are sketchy, so i involved some new characters. i used goblins. it also brings out how -- why
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they dance. they're compelled because the goblin cast a spell on them to get revenge on the king who beat them in the goblin wars. that's where i started my premise. then i have a new character, a glary, a cross between a ghost and a fairy. she died in my story. >> reporter: so we have a lot of suspense. >> we do. the glare ri is part of the story, too, because she's there trying to break the spell. >> reporter: prep team. how long does it take to put something like this together. >> it can take from six months
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to two years. >> reporter: we look forward to it. we'll talk more about it and we're getting ready for a big show. check us out and come down to annapolis over the weend. >> now maryland's most accurate forecast. mike should have tried it at least. that's all i'm saying. let's get into it. we only have a minute or two here. i want to show the contrast. we're going to have a great time, clear weather, sunshine, chilly, bring an extra layer as you come out to hunt valley. we start our coverage at 7:00. there's actually some active
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weather, a couple of deep crept downpours, downpour here. there is some lightning north and west of the baltimore beltway. you can see that cluster of weather moving in. here's the storm track on that line. cockeysville, hunt valley, munkton. so this whole section, not severe but giving you a oweds up. right now at the airport temperatures above 70 degrees, mild, muggy conditions. watch the downpour west of d.c. that's the weather headed in our direction. temps are in the mid-70s but on the whole we'll look for a warm evening. conditions will be trending, cooler for the weekend, upper 60s and low 70s for the middle
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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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