we're looking at 50 and the bay bridge. >> an hour ago traffic in both directions a complete standstill. a tanker was liking propane in the westbound lanes of 50 just before the bay bridge. >> all lanes are back open, traffic a little happy, but that will subside. >> let's check in with wyatt now. >> we've got clear skies over most of the state, a few passing clouds, showers around midday. temperatures warming up into the can see quiet weathercross the for the moment. that storm system that could have impacted us blowing to the north and east. heavy rain. our attention on this girl, sandy, churning in the caribbean, getting ready to strengthen and all that wind

field coming offshore of the southeastern coast as we go toward the second half of the weekend. part of that could factor no our weather sunday, monday and tuesday. meantime, enjoy a great evening. >> imagine this, a knock on the door in the wee hours of the morning, a women in desperate need of help. the cry for help was a setup for a home invasion in cecil county. >> the frantic knock at the door came in the wee hours of the morning, awaking the homeowner who found a distressed woman claiming she had been in a fight with her boyfriend. >> the victim stepped outside and gave this woman her cell phone. as the person who is now a suspect began it appear to make a phone call a male suspect came from around the house and attacked the female victim who was on the porch. he threw her to the ground.

>> the woman was able to break free and ran to a nearby house. >> started banging frantically on the door. >> once inside with bloodstreaming down her face, the victim told her neighbors of the attack and they called police. >> but she was quite beat up. they slammed her face into the gravel driveway and she managed to get away from him and vault over a scum of wheel bar rows. that's how she got into the house safely. >> meanwhile, a second man joined the first both wearing masks. they confronted her husband at gun point. >> the gun did not fire and diseep anded mon -- demanded money mapped took an undisclosed amount of cash from the home. >> the three suspects ran from the homeland disappeared into the night long before police

could arrive. they are still at large. in cecil county, jeff hager. >> while the two male suspects wore masks and gloves, evidence was collected. continuing coverage. a man accused of secretly recording women in their ellicott city home. michael stephen mckenny was being held on $100,000 bond but a george judge has -- judge has ordered him to be held without bond. he is a serious risk to the public. mckenny is accuse of stealing a key to the women's apartment, going in and had a camera that he moved around to watch him. police were able to identify him after he recorded himself. >> and george huguely is now serving his time at a different

prison. he is in a facility in western va. for now the website for the prison lists his estimated release date as may 2030. a new survey of kids between 10 and7 one in every 23 they had thought about killing themselves before. researchers from the university of new hampshire interviewed the children and also the kids who reported being bullied, attacked or threatened by pearce in the last -- piers in the last 12 months were likely to have suicide hall thoughts. kids in the survey who reported sexual abuse were three to five times more likely. travis brown, aka mr. mojo,

travels around the country educating teens about bullying and what to do if they witness or experience it. >> bullying has changed. you have added cyber bullying. the truth is it comes down to the same thing, how we treat other people. >> mr. mojo made a stop at the high school. >> we're working for you. you can find everything from the biggest myths about bullying to a list of the 20 signs your child could be a victim. >> it seems like a small thing. you buy a scary mask or a costume for halloween and you chip in a buck. all the 11 party city locations are asking you to donate a dollar to the child abuse centers.

the effort started back in september and was meant to coincide with the busy season but nobody expected this much money to be raised. party city said it has already raised 50,000. the director of the child abuse center said one of the reasons for the success is people want to do something in the wake of the penn state child sexual abuse. >> they want to do something about it. they want to stop it and be able to do sthi. the fact that they can do something locally. >> the program will go through hun at all party city stores and the company will match with $25,000. you've probably soon the commercials. question 7 is all about gambling, allowing more lottery machines and adding a sixth

casino in prince george's county. advocates said a yes vote would create more jobs and put money in education but opponents said it's not worth the moral price of gambling. >> i have a proposal. why don't the state of maryland start off a heroin company and make the best heroin on the east coast that way we can bring people from all up and down 95 to buy heroin in the state of maryland and the state would get money off the heroin. >> marylanders can weigh in in the voting booths. for more information, head to abc2news.com and look at our fee colored stories. the wait is finally over. apple unveiled the new ipad mini today. here's a breakdown of the differences between the new smaller version and the full

size. the screen measures 7.9 inches corner to corner and weighs less than a pound, about that of a piece of paper or pad of paper. the ipad mini will hit stores november 2nd, just in time to watch the elections roll in. the ravens suffered their worst loss in harbaugh history. now we have a week off before going to cleveland but today was a day to talk. >> it's definitely frustrating. we know it's a higher standard in this organization and we're here to uphold it, something we've done before and continue to do it. you just did the to get it done. >> it's no time to lose your mind about it or freak out as a team. we need to refocus and make this happen. >> i will probably catch a game

or two. if you want to know what that something sound is, it's the ravens. >> all right. the ravens got a week to rest up. we are not taking a week off from naming or new student athlete of the week. we have the story. we're looking at the nominations. if you know a student athlete who axle -- excels in school and in athletes, send it in. we're talking about the common myths of breast cancer. >> and 75 degrees, some 10 degrees above average. a beautiful day. so bon they barnes, congrats. you can wen. check out the weather page.

you can find the website woab weather blog. we're talking about tropical storm sandy.

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. our continuing coverage on the meningitis outbreak. >> there was a less of more than 1200 hospitals who bought drugs from the pharmacy. that list has been taken off the site. the fda said they have to make some corrections but they're still expecting the number of patients to grow and a warning to those who received any of the drugs to watch out for symptoms

-- fever or headache. we're still thinking pink on abc2. we've all seen the pink shoes, shirts. but there's myths about breast cancer being passed around. one of the most common if your family had a certain type, you're more likely to get it. in reality, people with a hex in -- history are not necessarily susceptible and can romaine cancer free. lots of women -- >> there are some false negatives that occur with ma'am nothing mammography. because of this possibility of missing a cancer, we need to do

other things. >> one other common myth is about radiation exposure for mammograms. doctors at the cleveland clinic said there's no evidence to support that radiation from mammograms increases your risk of cancer. >> beautiful day across maryland. plu skies, at times temperatures warming up. 71 degrees. hum coming up, wind -- humidity coming up. winds, calm. a bigger surge tomorrow. there will be clouds but i think we'll stay dry. some showers came very close to baltimore city today but they remained in the northern edge of the state. now we're not seeing rain in southern pennsylvania. quite a bit of rain in new york and the new england states. that's where the cool air is.

we're beginning to get a leading edge and these numbers will be warming up into the upper 70s we think across much of the area. more good looking weather. we know it can't last forever. in fact, it will not. there will be big changes sunday, monday and it will be cooling off. well be in that clear area for the next couple days. to the north and west, cold air building. this colder air is triggering snow, places like montana. that will take a dive south, so we will get a cold area surge in here. we also have moisture coming up from the south and tropical storm sandy becoming a hurricane. haiti, cuba, the bahamas and happening over the next four to five days.

here's the latest cone of probability. you see it ramping up. as we move further toward friday and saturday, that's where sandy will be pushing off the north carolina coast. perhaps this would be closer to the carolinas. if it takes that eastward track, it would be more of a situation for bermuda and cold air and showers. there's two different storm possibilities. the prs one brings the remnants of sandy in. perhaps the more lockly scenario we'll keep sandy out with maybe a little beach erosion but nothing on the order of what it could be if the storm comes in closer. tonight 53, sunny and gorgeous. en ji the great fall weather. then conditions after the next few days change big time. sunday into monday. that coastal storm will be

offshore. it's a question of how far. will it be 100 miles, 500 miles, we don't know. so just stay tuned. we'll cope you posted all woke. >> fantastic. >> all right. we'll be right back. mayor: casino owners in west virginia are spending

millions against question seven. that upsets me. and that upsets jonathan ogden. you don't want to upset jonathan ogden. ogden: no you don't. mayor: question seven means thousands of jobs and millions for our schools. but these west virginia casinos want to keep it all for themselves. we're not happy about that. ogden: no we aren't. mayor: so join us and vote for question seven. and west virginia, don't make me send jonathan ogden over there. mayor: vote for question seven. ogden: for baltimore.

no we're committed to giving you the most information you need before heading to the polls in november. as part of our commitment to democracy 2012 we're bringing you one five-minute interviews. this is mr. andy harris. >> this election is one of the most important that we've had in awhile. for the first time in a generation more americans think that their children will not have the opportunity that they have in this country. for the first time in long time twice as many americans think we're on the wrong track. we've got to get it right. we've got to have a free and open discussion about you had to get jobs back into the economy and how top and this recession. so this will be an important election and i hope we spend it discussing those issues. >> congressman, you said getting

it right. we're looking at a $16 trillion debt, 8 on 3% unemployment, a housing market that's stagnant at best. where do you start? >> the $16 trillion debt, we can't afford it. it will cause many economic problems, so we've got to tighten our about the in washington. we have to decrease federal spending. with regard to the unemployment rate, this isn't that comely kateed -- complicated. we need to lower our tax rates to give our entrepreneur as reason to create jobs. we will increase revenues, increase how america spends and rhesus state the -- resuscitate the housing market. it's related on getting our economy focused and dialing down

our spending. >> moving to washington, former secretary of state condoleezza rice referred to education in the u.s. as the civil rights struggle of our day. >> every parent in this day doesn't have a chic on how their child will be educated. our aren'ts who were poor or middle class don't have the option to s. their child to a variety of schools. they have a local school. if it works, that's good. if it's bad, they don't have a choice. we have to allow them to did to another school in the public school system and to be give an vouch are to go into the private school system. if that public school can't get itself back on track, we can't leave those children behind. i think miss rice is right on the mark on this. >> what do we do about

afghanistan? >> the first thing we have to do is realize our foreign policy is way out of whack. we have lost respect in the world. we are not the powerful nation that we were in that i think our allies have doubts about whether we're serious about being the leader for freedom. we're discussing whether or not there will be a 10% cut in our defense. this is another 10% cut. if we take those type of cuts, there's no way we are going to be the leaders in the free world, and there will be more afghanistans in our future. with regard to afghanistan itself, it's pretty clear we have to train has soon as possible, train the local forces and turn that over to the local forces. we've been there 10 years. the russians had been their for decades. this is a war we'rement going to win. >> we have about 60 seconds for

you now. is president obama's healthcare row form act the answer. mitt romney said if elected he will repeal and replace it. >> i agree with governor romney. this takes $17 billion out of -- $716 million out of med care and injects more bureaucracy into the healthcare arena. it will not make for better care. we have to start all over. >> thank you so much for the time today. >> this interview and all other candidates, did to our website on abc2news.com/politics and don't forget to vote. >> that is it for abc2 news at 6:00. >> we'll see you tonight right here at 11. >> have a good night.

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.