folks? >> yes. >> that's what's making news . you're watching the station that works for you. now, good morning maryland. >> they spend their lives protecting our country. this morning we are saying thank you to the men and women who sacrifice everything in the name of our freedom. find out how to commemorate veteran's day. a taco bell manager trying to make a living fighting for his life. we will have the latest on the search for a gunman. ravens can wake up smiling. the team is coming off a record setting win in time for the face-to-face with our ultimate rival. we will tell you about that on this monday november 12th. good morning i am charley crowson. >> i am megan pringle. the weather was gorgeous especially yesterday so let's find out what's in store for today as you head out the door.

here's meteor will gist lynette charles. >> ace stand in front of a big blob of green. rain that's moving -- as i stand in front of the big blob of green, this is what's coming across the nation. we have 15 hours before it treks into our area. another dry day on tap. sunshine but the clouds will be increasing ahead of the next cold front bringing showers this evening into tomorrow. we have sweeps on across the area. it's getting the skies and it will finally make it in here as we go towards time. but we are work with this morning in terms of temperatures. temperatures a little above average. we are not as cold as we have been. 51 in union bridge. stephensville at 50 and this is what the planner looks like temperatures at 60 degrees a breezy day on tap. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lawyer encook. >> reporter: butte -- lauren cook. >> reporter: beautiful weekend and 60 degrees. in baltimore there's a water main break repair on north

charles street that will be shut town between penn station and 21st viet. stick with sal vert or -- cal vet or 83. no -- calvert on 83. everything will be up to speed traveling through the tunnels as well. and if you are traveling on 695 as we check in and take a live look on the west side of the beltway, at liberty road, everything is moving along. that will be the same case over in parkville. this is what 695 looks like at harford road. no concerns getting up towards towson or traveling the inner loop towards 95. that's a look at your traffic. megan and charley over to you. news time 4:3 #. there's new information this morning -- 4:32. there's new information around the scandal of david petraeus. the fbi and justice department knew in late summer that petraeus was having an affair. no one outside the fbi was notified until last because the investigation was incomplete and there were concerns about possible security breachesch

the entire -- breaches. the entire scandal unraveled when jill kelly received an e- mail she considered to be a threat to her and the cia director. >> the initial complaint was harassment that possibly could have gone to e-mail hacking but there was no substive information that this had anything to do with national security. >> that e-mail was traced back to petraeus the biographer paulabroadel with a and details that talked about their affair. he says it didn't happen until after he retired august 2011 days before he he became the c a director. there are no words of. the tude strong enough for our veterans. their sacrifices are so efence. >> -- emense. >> this morning sherrie johnson will tell you how to observe veteran's day. >> reporter: we are here live at mount vernon square in

downtown baltimore. people will gather here in a few hours for the third annual veterans day parade. you know they will come out waving their flags all in support of the veterans. today is not just the day off for many folks but a day to remember those who have served our country so bravely and who are currently serving this country. today we slot them and baltimore -- salute them and baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings blake will be on hand starting this morning where it will wind its way downtown area and there will be a formal ceremony at the war memorial plaza. a number of streets will be closed this morning because of this parade. they will start closing streets about 7 a.m. and, of course, lauren cook will have more on the road closures and alternate routes for you. once again, that parade starts at 9 a.m. right here at mount vernon square. reporting live in downtown baltimore, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. businesses across the country want to give back to those who are giving their

lives protecting us. texas roadhouse in balledmore and every other location nationwide will give veterans and being a be -- baltimore and every other location nationwide will give veterans new lunches. mission barbeque are holding an event in honor of veterans daych the glen burnie based restaurant will offer complimentary sandwiches to those who served. charm city cakes will have a ceremony to unveil a cake replicating the iconic scene of u.s. marines raising the flag during the battle of iwo jima. to new york city where people spent the weekend honoring veterans. this is manhattan for the annual veterans parade. this year's event not only paid tribute to the military but organizers promoted it as rally for sandy victims as well. volunteers at the parade collected winter coats for those in need and nearly two weeks after the storm. president obama also paid tribute to men and women who served our country. the president and first lady

spent the morning at arlington national cemetery. he laid a wreath on the tomb of the enknown soldier. president o-- unknown soldier. he praise consider -- president obama praised military personnel and their family for sacrifices and say armed forces deserve more than a single day of commemoration. most of us know somebody who served in the armed forces so abc2 news is saluting veterans and we want to know who you are honoring. >> head to aby -- abc2 now is.com/facebook and let us know how you plan to commemorate the day. other top stories on this monday. a late night shooting a at taco bell in columbia during the weekend and still no arrest. the manager who is not been named yet remains in critical condition. howard county police say two men in the parking lot came up to him and started shooting. he was able to make it into the restaurant where two employees called 911. the taco bell was opened sunday evening but customers were learning what happened. neighboring business owners are coming up with plan to protect

themselves. >> [audio not understandable] >> we hire people to do extra protection. >> at last check the manager remains in critical condition. the gunmanmen are on the loose. 4:37. baltimore streets were lined with corvettes over the weekend filled with food to help families get ready for thanksgiving. the food was donated to the bea gaddy foundation by the baltimore county corvette club. more than 1 50 cars brought canned goods and turkey to the senter. >> people think about others as well as themselves. and they want to help. everybody this comes out to be a community led dinner and organizations like this come out to help us to help others. >> every year volunteers at bea gaddy family centerer is of a hot thanks giving dinner to those in need. a record setting sunday for the ravens as they crushed the

oakland raiders a big score. the purple and black set a new franchise record for the most points in a single game beating oakland 55 to 20. the ravens scored on 6 of the first 7 possessions. quarterback joe flacco threw for 341 yards and 3 touchdowns. the ravens spend this week getting ready for a face-off with the pittsburgh steelers sunday night. the rivals will meet for the first time this season. all right. time for a check on your weather. gorgeous weather to sit in a football stadium and watch the game. >> perfect weekend out there two days lipped up great. keep -- lined up great. keep it coming. >> one more day and then the rain will come in. get out and enjoy veterans day if you can. because we have some rainfall moving into the picture. i will show you that in a second. but check out the temperatures as you step out the door this morning. it's not as cold as it has been. so we will take this right? emmettsburg at 53 degrees. could byville at 45.

-- cockeysville at 45. and across the eastern shore, 49 in goldsboro and federalsburg at 52. chesapeake beach at 51 degrees. we zoom in close to home under mainly clear skies. but we will see the clouds increase as we go throughout the day. you broaden the picture and you can see we have rain that's pushing in overnight into tomorrow on the backside of thissystem talking about colder air. i will detail that when it moves in after the break but right now let's go back to megan and charley. burned out roofs charred the foundation and piece of homes scattered everywhere. >> we will have the latest on the explosion in a neighborhood that left two people dead and a number of others injured. why the investigation here in indianapolis could take a number of days. >> tens of thousands of people. >> new york and new jers -- people in new york and new jersey are without power. >> and storms ripped it down 25 years ago. now a piece of baltimore's history is back up and flying and it's time for a big celebration.

clear. >> reporter: everything is up to speed on 695 in towson but we are dealing with a crash on 95 and today is veterans day and there's a big parade planned in baltimore. checking in and looking at live in mount vernon, notice nothing yet. but many voted will soon be -- roads will be closed as the morning progresses. details coming up on good morning maryland.

thanks for joiningous than monday -- joining us on this money morning. they were running for their lives after a explosion ripped through the neighborhood. two people are dead and the damage is incredible. and it will cost more than $3 1/2 million to get the neighborhood back on its feet. charley has more on how victims are holding up. >> you hear about situations like this. communities coming together in the wake of tragedy and this morning that's what's happening in indianapolis. a church in that area turned into a relief center and will

have breakfast for children and parents before school and work. hundreds of volunteers spent the weekend gathering items like food, clothes, diapers and children's toys for those families affected. the explosion that happened late saturday night left two people dead and a number of others injured. two houses were destroyed and dozens of others seriously damaged after being engulfed in flames. some families were briefly allowed back into their homes to grab anything they could carry. one mother says she is going to have a lot of explaining to do once her son gets a little older. >> it's our 2-year-old who's the scaredest. he heard us talking. >> the microwayne opened and it shook the refrigerator open and knocked the picture off, blast every -- glass everywhere. >> officials are trying to figure out what caused the thunderous explosion sunday night and investigators initially believe it was a possible natural gas leak. >> we will look forward to updates on that story. some of the other stories

making headlines around the nation this morning, those from the big easy are lending a helping hand to victims in the big apple a team from zataran's served up thousands of meals to first responders and others affected by sandy. volunteers say their city was hit after katrina and they are paying it forward. it's lin two weeks since sandy slammed into the east coast and there are thousands without power. new york and new jersey homeowners are frust tateed with the -- frustrated slow pace. as of sunday 50,000 homes and businesses didn't have electricity and thousands more couldn't connect to the grid because the wiring was flooded. official was lipa say the storm was worse than expect and didn't have more than enough utility workers lined up. time for a check of the forecast and let's go over to lynette. >> let's talk about what's going on in terms of temperatures.

people getting out and about this morning. whether you have to go to work or not, temperatures coming in at 48 in tow sewn -- towson and churchville at 46. temperatures above average going through the day. we will be seeing temperatures boost u7 -- up a bit. wind out of south and we are dealing with patchy fog in spots this morning as well. so be prepared for that. satellite and radar not picking up on a whole lot but that pink elephant in the room is right there back off towards the west. we can see some green and yellow and oranges. all that will be working its way towards us but also on the backside of the front we are picking up a little bit of the blue and pink. mixed precipitation working its way into illinois. so this goes to show you how cold this front is going to be coming through. and we can see as we look ahead, so for a today, we are going to be on the warm side of the front so we will have another mild day on tap. but then that front moves through and this is what we can expect for tuesday as the jet stream dips down to the south bringing that chillier air in. we are talking about temperatures in the as -- 50s

starting from tuesday and beyond. future trend picking up on clouds increasing going throughout the day. there's the cold front bringing showers as we go into tonight and also tomorrow morning and then things will dry out nicely going through time. 64 mild and breezy and 54 tonight and tomorrow 51 degrees cooler and breezy and here's the seven-day forecast as we look at wednesday. quite chilly temperatures will remain on the cool side. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: what a beautiful weekend. much better than earlier last week. temperatures very chilly. we are dealing with a crash on 95 along the northbound lanes atpull las can i highway --pulaski highway. traveling in balmmore, be a-- baltimore -- baltimore the veteran's day parade is at 7. interinterselection be shut down it starts -- intersection

will be shut down. charles street from fayette to monument street and lexington at charles street and gay street from fayette to falls way. something to keep in mind. if you are traveling on 695, here's what the northwest corner looks like right now at old court road. everything up to speed. no delays down to route 40 and it will be nice and clear on the interloop up to 83. this is what 83 looks like in hunt valley. no concerns whatsoever here at shawan road. nice and clear as you make the drive down to 695 and it will remain that way as you get on to the jfx and head downtown. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. now over to you. they are quick and easy and obviously most people take them and grab them on the way to work. >> breakfast sandwiches. they are tasty megan, you may want to stay away from them. the horror. we will explain why in a bit. >> also the risk you run when you smoke with your children in the car even rolling down the windows doesn't help.

>> all right. check out our app phone and if you want to monitor the system go to the app store and down load the app. good morning maryland will be right back.

we hate to burst your bacon line bubble but the breakfast sand wech may not be worth it. researchers in canada measured blood pressure on two occasion once was a day with no breakfast and the other they consumed two fast-food breast fact sandwich and clocked 50 grams of fat two hours after eating the sandwiches the blood vessels went to die lathing and they weren't die late together full capacity. so they say while the cheesy sandwich won't kill you, over a period of time, the buildup of fat in your arteries can significantly up your risk of anything from heart attacks to heart disease and even stroke. parts of preparing for

thanksgiving meal using thyme and rosemary and garlic. but for two% of the population it can cause allergic reaction there are no test for spice items like for shellfish or peanuts making it hard to detect the possibility of allergies. most of the time people go through the process of elimination to figure out what is causing that reaction. parents who smoke can help their children by adopting a strict car free policy. a study found of the 800 parents they surveyed, 70% admitted they didn't have a smoke free car policy and smoked in the car with their kids inside. doctors say tobacco smoke can contribute to an increased risk of respiratory infections, cancer and even death in children. >> pregnant women may want to put down the cell phone. researchers say cell phone radiation exposure during pregnancy can impact fetal brain development and cause hyperactivity. doctors looked at pregnant mice

in cages who had cell phones on top of their cages. they found the offspring had a slight decrease in memory and were extremely hyperreactive. now it's recommended that pregnant women hold phones away from their bodies while using them. 4:52. five things to know as you head out. the holocaust survivor and noble peace prize winner will speak at a jew shall assembly at the convention center. the event runs today and tomorrow. this is said tonight largest annual gathering of members of the jewish community. catholic bishops will assemble in bolt forefor the and -- baltimore for a annual conference. they will discuss the use of new technology. the method of teaching and economy and poverty. it takes place at baltimore marriott and starts at 12:30. your money hangs in the balance over what happens in the next few weeks. the president invited leaders from the labor and business communities to the white house for talks of the fiscal cliff. and on friday, he will meet with the congressional leaders they have until december 31st

to hammer out a deal that would stave off tax increases and spending cuts if that deal is not reached. average american family would end up paying nearly 3500 dollars in new taxes in 2013. money is not a problem for some. the blue dress julie garland wore in the wizard of oz sold for $480,000 in an auction in beverly hills. no word if dorothy's dress will be reunited with the ruby red slippers and the buyer has not been identified. twilight fans camped out outside the nokia theater in los angeles. the film the last film in the series the twilight saga breaking dawn part 2 premiers today. so fans hope to get a glimpse of the cast as they walk the black carpet for the debut. a piece of baltimore history is waving proudly. the store that had the giant flag that flew over the refinery was knocked down 25 years ago. it was raised when it opened in

1922. the flag is in celebration of the refinery's 90th anniversary and baltimore celebration of the war of 1812. 4:54-and having twins is number and a family had qaw drupe -- welcomed quadruplets into the world. they were born at anne arundel medical center and this is the second time the hospital delivered quads. they were born prematurely but are said to be doing fine and they look pretty healthy. >> how would a you do -- how would you do it? >> twins is more than enough but congratulations i imagine it's so thrilling. >> time for a check of the forecast this weekend was awesome. >> amazing. let's see what the week has in store. a lot of parades and thingsplanned for today. >> exactly. and today we are going to