character. a pe teacher said it may seem like cyber bullying is beyond their reach but they know what goes on online. >> sometimes it carries over into the school day. sometimes kids may be putting things on the internet during the school day which is also an issue. so, if it's affecting their ability to learn it needs to be addressed. . >> reporter: taking a proactive approach. >> i hear it in the hallways,  i hear kids reporting incidents instead of taking care of it. i hear, you know, them doing the right thing which is exactly what we need, what we want. >> reporter: in baltimore katrina bush. >> and they like the focus on building character. the next lesson is on monday. it's about cyber bullying. it doesn't stop with the kids either. they involve parents, giving them tips on how to monitor

what their kids are doing on the web. we have a research guide for students and parents. just go to the website. >> weather wise we are watching the radar carefully. it shows showers coming down. northern cecil. the rising sun still getting rain. a quick moving line. it's moving out of southern and central baltimore and hartford into northern hartford. still getting some good rain. you see after this cluster of rain, this large shower, there is not much out there. i think we will be trending rain free or quickly in the next hour or two across most of the state. most of the rain has been in areas to the north. south breeze still keeping it warm and humid out there tonight and stacking up the water on the western shore. coastal flood advisory. hour by hour through the overnight a cooling trend, look at that. 50, first thing in the morning.

we will talk about how temperatures will trend through the weekend and the komen race is coming up. >> all right. classes canceled, games that may not happen and america's newest leaders looking at how the current leaders are running the country. that's what the naval academy dealt with during the shut down. don harrison went back to the academy to see if things are getting back to normal. >> we saw drastic impact. >> reporter: that includes losing 60% of their teaching staff which shut down a lot of classes. there was even talk of canceling a home football game which would have cost the local economy close to a million dollars and the navy athletic association nearly $4 million. >> the museum was closed, there was -- the standard of worry that comes with the shut down and affected our ability to train and educate. >> reporter: now that the shut down is over the hope is to get back on track.

>> individually there were impacts to each steufnlt the student. we want to make up the missed requirements. >> reporter: now that everybody is back on the job there is a lot of work to be done to sort out the impact of the shut down here at the academy. >> we are going through and each center and department at the academy and assessing where we go from here. how the government shut down affected us and how we can use the weeks and months ahead in order to get back on track in all of the areas. they say it'll be open on saturday. >> reporter: don buckingham and friends are here from ohio and hoped to see the museum but it's still closed. like many americans don wasn't impressed with the government leaders. >> we aren't working by cooperation. the leadership is not leading in any party. this is not a -- a one sided issue.

this is a -- very much a world issue. >> reporter: in annapolis. don harrison. abc 2news. >> always looks great down there. >> wild cats roaming the streets of baltimore. >> the volunteers helping control the population. >> and the pie population explodes today in howard. why this -- [inaudible]. >> pretty good hit there. 75 at pwi. above average. mid to upper 60more normal. we guerin tiered you upper 60s. so no two degree winner. big picture rise. we have that cool air moving in and showers ahead of that cold front. we will talk about how much longer the rain may last and look at the weekend. good call on the subway tuscan chicken melt,

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. you're watching the station that works for you. now, abc 2news at six. >> where do you want to go? tidewater? i will take you up there. let's go. look at that. get some ice cream later. beautiful day up there. you know -- even when it rains everywhere else. >> it's always beautiful. >> you're right. >> your full forecast coming up. >> you see them everywhere. thousands of cats call the streets home but they mate at such a fast rate. >> they are becoming a health hazard. we tagged along with volunteers trying to slow that population down. >> reporter: somewhere in park heights danny is putting her traps down. >> we got one.

this is a successful trapping mission. it's okay. this is only one. this is great. >> reporter: this is one of hundreds of f era l cats she has captured. >> it's okay. he is letting me pet him. >> reporter: with cats breeding three times a year with up to six kittens in a litter there aren't enough homes. the best they can do is rerelease them in to the wild after being fixed. a lucky few will be placed in a loving home. >> there is one walking through the grass right now. we have a cat fight. here we go. it's a never ending job. you can do this every day for the future and still not finish. >> reporter: she captures as many as possible sot cat can have a chance at a better future. >> there is so much danger. dogs, people who don't like them people who poison them. they get hit by cars. >> reporter: sometimes --. >> that's heart breaking. this is the hard part.

no animal should die like that. >> reporter: though her job will never be done they will stay in the alleys looking behind dumpsters and trash for another life they could save. >> really nice thing to make a tiny difference in the world somewhere. >> reporter: in park heights, abc 2news. >> they are volunteers doing this. >> they have their work cut out. >> if you want to find a cat a good home adopt one. >> you are looking for something to do this weekend. make a difference? we have an idea. still have time for you to register for the race for the car. bright and early sunday morning. or you can sleep in. you know that. give money and watch us on tv. working hard for a good cause got kids in one school a

chance. >> columbia academy collected so many cans they got to do this. yeah. throw pies at the school's principal. all because they collected more than 3,000 cans. so members of the class that collected the most got to throw pies. >> shaving cream. >> look at this. he was hit in the face with 30 pies. like adam jones with the orioles. >> is he a trooper. >> now from abc2 maryland's most accurate forecast. >> i never got to do that when i was in school. we don't have that. they have serious. gave you a look in the hall. some of us. i was one of them. take a look at maryland. showers across the northeast part of the state. the rain still coming down. hartford you are getting showers, cecil, rising sun, this will be out of here probably with in 30 minutes or

so. so, if you need the rain on the lawn there enjoy it while you have it. couple of showers still south as well. we go to the live scan, nothing out there until you get way out to garret where there is another line. i think that would likely fall apart after sunset and keep a slight chance for the shower the arrest of the night. townsend. you see the bright skies early on and the clouds sthikenning up. right now little sun breaking through in the townsend area. right now annapolis we have generally cloudy conditions after a day that goes back and forth with sun and clouds, take a look, 69 degrees, winds southeast at seven. that breeze will impact terms of keeping it mild for most of the rest of the evening. as we push toward the day tomorrow you see the difference here. back to seasonable levels, 66 the avenue ramming where we should end up. it'll be breezy and cool for your friday night plans. plan to bring that extra layer

along as you head out onto town. upper 60s, low 70s the deal right now for all the western maryland where the cool air is edging in. south wind the case from hagerstown. that south can impact the high tide cycle. into hartford. that's south breeze, southeast breeze pushing the water up a little more. you get the enhanc tide. take a look at the set up here. very humid for another few hours, look what happens in to the day tomorrow. that moisture level drops like a rock. i think the bipgest thing you will notice is the lack of humidity. things getting dryer, more comfortable. rain chances diminishing rapidly. i think as we go in to the day tomorrow a day to wear the sunglasses, we bring the clouds back for saturday. so, i don't think it would be a full sunshine kind of weekend. there is a front marching in that could bring the shower late saturday night. i think we will be dry for the

race on sunday but cool air will get in behind the series of cool fronts, first of which is getting in overnight tonight. there is a second front out toward fargo. that will impact for the weekend. here is the next dam of days, around the upper 60s for two mo days and then cooler sunday. we will call it 65. the morning in the 40s and look at that next cold front. the strong one comes in tuesday late and that drops us down much cooler, only 50s for highs, 30s for lows in the outlook there late next week. you know late october. at some point got to start coming in. there it is. >> reality is here. >> after some point. >> thank you. >> belaire hound why student of the week is from broad neck. >> she is junior regan and knowing her she is going to share this with the rest of her team. regan is from broad neck can't

tell you how many goals she has scored. >> my goals don't matter. i really don't think about them. i don't even know how many it was. i just try to help everybody else score. it doesn't matter who scores. >> she scored the game winner and turned the season around. >> i feell we all have so much more energy. >> the coach is molding a championship club. >> we have been driving home the team atmosphere and team goals over prnl goals. >> my major role is to connect everybody.she is flourishing in junior year. >> should is he committed to our goal to win the state championship and i think that shows in her play and how selfless she is on the field. >> she is a 4-0 student taking honors and ap courses and is in a club called future doctors. >> we go to hospitals and we

listen to doctors talk about their jobs so i can learn more about the medical field and my interest there. >> right now she is a smooth operat. the coach held a team bonding mission, then named one, maybe two players this team can't play without. >> almost every girl on the team out of their mouth came her name. they know she is just one of those girl that will give you all -- she is excited, positive, a vocal leader and not afraid to step up in tough situations. >> i love to make the best of my high school career and hopefully bring in one or more state championships. >> you can't spell team without regan. she is the belaire honda student athlete of the week. >> got a lot of energy. way to go. i love that name. >> do you know someone who should be the student athlete of the week? log onto the website at abc

2news.com/athlete. . >> nick nikki from the list. >> we have the music of queen. the british band's hits are hitting the area. ♪ [ music ] . . >> it's the best rock music in the world ever. >> the broadway musical we will rock you kicks off it's national tour at hippodrome in a story inspired by freddy mercury and brian may. >> by the end of it you see us. his musical career happened in the same way. >> brian said that the group was back here in 1980 and he saw a ticket from that concert. it was nine dollars. >> can't get anything for nine dollars these days. >> we will be right back.

. all right. quick check of the radar. there is still rain coming down on the edge of harper, c eric cil, good old rising n. there is more out to the west. i think it'll probably fall apart before it gets in here tonight. there could be a shower overnight. friday looks partly cloudy and dry and cooler.

saturday looks good. just cloudy and chillier for sunday. not a bad outlook. >> pink this weekend. >> all right. you do that. you watch us tonight at 11. incredible newscast you have to see tonight. >> after cnn. is that...? it is! (sigh) naomi, i take it? i'm tracey. your résumé is fantastic... (slurping) with authentic, expertly crafted roasts and legendary brews, eight o'clock is the coffee for those who put coffee first. (slurp) (whirring)

welcome to "world news." tonight pay back, the government opens its doors again after congress costs the nation a reported $24 billion in that shutdown. our team asked members of congress should they give some of their salaries back. crises in the mall, new video of shoppers at the moment terrorists descend. brian ross with the tape and a new threat tonight. and america strong, a teenager who spent his entire life in foster care appears at a church and asks someone to adopt him. faith and hope on "world news" tonight.

good evening. all day long we've been watching the barricade come down, the shutdown is over and families finally get to see their treasured american monument. but there are still so many burning questions around this nation tonight. what about the cost of the 16-day spectacle and what about the man who led the shutdown forces, will he try to do it again? abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl had a chance to ask just that in an abc news exclusive. >> reporter: vice-president biden dropped by the the epa this morning to greet returning federal workers. the shutdown ended after president obama stared down house republicans, re-opening the government without making any of the big changes to obama care they demanded. but he is not declaring victory. >> let's be clear. there are no winners here. >> reporter: no winners indeed. the 16 day shutdown cost by one

estimate $24 billion and hurt u.s. credibility around the world. the president placed 100 percent of the blame on republicans. >> you don't like a particular policy or a particular president, then argue for your position. go out there and win an election. push to change it. but don't break it. >> reporter: the showdown left the republican party battered in the poles with party leaders placing the blame on senator cruz who kicked off the showdown with his 22 hour talk-a-thon last month against obama care. in an exclusive interview with abc news today cruz was as defiant as ever. >> you would do it again? >> i would do anything and i will continue to do anything i can to stop the train wreck that is obama care. i think our focus should not be on d.c. politics. it should be on the people who are getting hurt. >> i got a question this because people hated this shutdown. they hated this impasse and this was seen as the ted cruz

shutdown, you more than any single individual were seen as the one who triggered this crises to begin with. >> i agree that a lot of d.c. politicians tried to call it that and the media did, too. >> to the public opinion nationally. >> i said throughout this we shouldn't have a shut. i don't wanted a shutdown. >> but there wouldn't have been a shutdown if you hadn't said -- >> there never would have been a shutdown if harry reid and president obama said we will not negotiate. >> reporter: republican leaders this congress are emphatic that it won't happen again. mitch mcconnell said today, this is an old kentucky saying, there is no education in the second kick of a mule. >> the second kick of a mule. got to love kentucky tonight anyway. thank you, john. so what does congress do after

the shutdown? law makers simply cleared out of washington. the house will return after five days. the senate will return after morehan a week. speaker of the house john boehner spotted boarding a plane to ohio. as they travel, one of their colleagues issued a kind of challenge. he is giving his way back to the u.s. government for those 16 days of gridlock. abc's jeff zeleny decided to ask others if they'll do the same. >> reporter: this morning congressman frank loblando sent the treasury department a check for $5,000. he enclosed a note. the check is a repayment of my salary incurred during the 16 day period of the partial government shutdown. >> i come home every weekend. i have to look people in the eye. the idea of me keeping the money was unconscionable. >> reporter: since it was congress shutting the government down one of the questions you asked us should they get paid.

some law makers were defiant. >> i'm going to continue to get my salary. >> i'm working. everybody that gets paid for working. >> reporter: how many congress members will do what frank loblando did and give their paychecks back? >> we wanted to ask law makers but on the day the government turned on, congress took off, the hall ways here on capitol hill empty. >> abc news called or e-mailed every office of senator who voted no on re-opening the government. >> is the senator planning on cutting a check to the treasury. >> 33 percent said they would donate theirs to charity. 116 did not respond. only 13 members said they were keeping their salaries. a spokesman for jim bridenstine from oklahoma said he worked harder than ever during the shutdown. congressman loblando has this message. >> every member is going to have to go back to their stitch wents

and tell them why they did what they did. >> if you want to know if your member of congress give up their paycheck, tweet your zip code to hashtag abc to find out. now to riveting new pictures inside that mall as ordinary shoppers realized terrorists were descending from the aisles of the stores. it happened in kenya. brian ross says another threat of an attack on a mall is looming. >> reporter: the new video first broadcast by cnn shows the panic as the mall shoppers realized what was happening. and then the callous rampage of the gunman. one victim is shot as he cowers in fear. others scramble for safety. only four gunman is seen on the video. one is seen escorting an injured teenager out of the supermarket. at another point, they stop the killing to take turns praying.

>> they're carrying it appears ak-47s. automatic versions. they're in the middle of shooting people talking on the cell phone. >> reporter: u.s. officials believe the men behind the attack were part of an al qaeda connected group in somalia. u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s unsuccessfully tried to capture the leader one week ago. now the u.s. is issuing a warning to americans that the group may be planning another attack in the african country of >> we put out the statement because of information available. in terms of the expense i'm not going to outline that. >> reporter: shortly after the attack several said one of the attackers was a woman. but the new video shows only men with guns. security experts continue to be amazed that four men could hold off kenya police and army forces for almost three full days.

in fact, the fbi is now screening news video taken of shoppers fleeing the mall to see if any other attackers were able to slip out during the panic and now could be part of the planning for yet another mall massacre. >> and another warning is going out. >> thank you. >> thank you, brian ross. one more note today. the president is going to nominate j. johnson as the next homeland security chief. johnson, a former general council for the defense department will follow in the footsteps of janet nap ol tan know. a man hunt for two killers who simply walked out of a prison in florida. both were sentenced to life behind bars until a clever stunt sent them free. abc's pierre thomas show us how they escaped in >> reporter: an inmate jumps through a tiny jailhouse window

and dashes away. tonight u.s. marshals and florida state police are looking for these two who escaped in a clever fashion. in 1998 joseph jenkins killed a father in orlando. charles walker fatally shot a 23-year-old man in orange county a year later. they should be serving life sentences but they walked out of this florida prison free because someone tricked corrections officials. someone filed these fake documents with a florida court clerk who then sent the paperwork ordering the corrections department to release the inmates. the documents look like the real thing with a judge's signature cut and pasted from a real court order. the alleged forged signature is the judge who oversaw the casey anthony missing child case. >> i've never seen anything like this. you have to give them an a for being imaginative and effective. >> reporter: this may reveal a

gaping hole in the judicial system where fake papers could result in a get out of jail card for violent offenders. >> people are scared to death. >> they could be anywhere but they had to have somebody to help them. >> did the inmates have help from someone on the inside? and are there other dangerous criminals out there released with fake court orders? pierre thomas, abc news, washington. next to arkansas and video of a hijacked school bus with children on board. watch as the convey of police cars chase after the bus today. a man with a knife jumped on board and threatened the driver, 11 children were on that bus. the chase lasted 20 minutes. the man was arrested after he finally let the bus pull over and no one was hurt. police say the driver was heroic, doing everything right to drive safely and keep those children calm.

and a new survey out tonight, a kind of sign of the times. it shows that women are increasingly doing something unimaginable a few decades ago, giving up their eggs and donating them to other women for other families. a new report in the journal of the american medical association found a significant increase in the number of women donating eggs to help infertile couples receive for in vitro, increasing 70 percent between the year 2000 and 2010. there is another interesting cultural moment today, a controversy erupting about median melissa mccarthy on the cover of elle magazine. what about her picture is creating the big stir? abc's linsey davis has the answer and the debate. >> reporter: a trench coat on a magazine cover as likely never been so entrefrned in controversy. elle magazine is getting slammed, many saying actress melissa mccarthy is too covered up on the cover of its annual

women in hollywood issue. sarah maria is a body image expert. >> the real message is if you are large, keep yourself covered up. >> reporter: some accuse elle of draping her in the largest coat possible. others call the cover depressing and nothing to celebrate. another tweet, god forbid a big woman be sexy. on or covers reese witherspoon is in this shrinky black dress. on the view today co-host jenny mccarthy defended melissa mccarthy who happens to be her cousin. >> the thing that drives me nuts is people are saying how dare you. mccarthy girls, no one is going to make us wear anything we don't want to wear. >> reporter: elle tells abc news melissa loved this look. when she appeared on this cover of good housekeeping, her body was obscured by a president.

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so you can. >> and finally tonight we want to tell you about a history looking for a place to call home. he has spent his entire life in

foster care. so he took his love and yearning for a family to the place built on faith and hope. abc's steve osunsami with the child who is america strong. >> reporter: davion says he's never giving up on his dream. one sunday this 15-year-old got dressed up, took the mic at this florida church where he stunned everyone with a simple request. adopt me. >> i just said i know god hasn't given up and i'm not either. >> reporter: i'll take anyone he said, old or young, dad or mom, black, white, purple, i don't care. the pastor said the whole church burst into tears. >> it just ripped at me. a number of them saying, pastor if i just had room i would take him tomorrow. >> reporter: he's been in and out of homes a dozen times and never had a room or a pillow of his own. he was so concerned about

revealing the combination to the lock that protects his belongings he hid it from our caple don't know how hard it is and how much we try to do good. >> reporter: his local newspaper followed him into church that morning and then published his amazing story, how his mother was in jail when he was born, how he never knew his family and how he discovered in june while surfing the internet that his mother had died. all of a sudden his story spread far and wide. on twitter, someone please adopt this kid and our family will take davion. >> i don't think i've ever seen a man with such hopefulness. >> please know that you are not alone. >> reporter: at 15 he knows he's older than what many families are looking for. he knows he's not a perfect kid. he has a temper he has to control, anger from those years where he waited for a mother who never came. his case manager says he's already an inspiration for other children waiting to find families. >> i think it's a human's right

to be loved and wanted and when you don't feel that you are, it's hard to succeed in life. >> what's the most important thing that you want me to tell america? >> just to love me forever. i just want people to love me for who i am and just to love me no matter what. >> reporter: so far more than 500 people have called asking could he be my son. davion says he's ready and learning to love himself. definitely america strong. steve osunsami, abc news, st. petersburg, florida. there are 104,000 children in foster care awaiting adoption. find out more at abcnews.com. "nightline" will be here later. i'll see you once more tomorrow night.

>> on "the list," this holiday season, your credit card may be bringing joy to criminals everywhere. how a bobby pin can lead to whiter teeth. plus, we asked the hard questions about healthy snacking. >> how many snacks did you have in a day? >> we get the hard answer. >> hey, gang, it's thursday. you're on "the>> 17 days, but after a long night of agonizing negotiations, the impasse is over. we've decided the best color for matt gallant is burgundy. here he is with a burgundy shirt and the top five stories you need to know. >> at number one, the holidays just got scarier and we don't mean halloween. >> it's a horrifying thought. buying a holiday gift only to have your bank account completely drained. we picked this story because this can be a big probable during the holiday shopping season.

crooks are placing plastic skimmers that look like a usb thumb drive on cash registers and using them to rip off krelt card numbers! there's no way, you, the consumer, could know that that cash register is compromised. >> last week, nordstroms found six skimmer. so to avoid being ripped off, our advice, don't buy holiday gifts. make your loved one a big screen tv out of macrame. >> is your belly eating yourt brain? researchers say middle-aged people with high abdominal fat are three times more likely to develop memory loss. the culprit is a protein that metabolizes fat in the liver. the study out of russ university. more than 50% of americans have too much midriff, meaning your

doctor has another reason to nag you about exercise and a healthy indict. >> this should go straight to yg "l." the magazine puts a plus-sized woman on the cover. they cover her up with a giant coat. boo. it's a story we chose because it's a huge talker. the magazine finally dared to put a plus-sized star on the cover of its issue. there were several covers featuring celebrities. for the record, we think she's gorgeous. >> at number four, brides to be, get in your corners. >> let's get ready to rumble. today in new york city and saturday in new jersey, women are heading to grab the gown. how can we not tell you about a

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