main breck early this morning causing an outage not just for businesses in the hear but the city. the brain had nothing to do with an aging structure. some routine work caused the surge in the line and a temporary shutdown of a nearby pumping station. >> when that was shut down, that caused a widespread water outage that went from where we are now all the way over to loch raven, northern parkway, maybe further south. >> that's a big area. throughout the day many businesses had no water, then low pressure and no water again. they hope to have everything back to normal tonight. we'll let you know. we'll take a look at a lot of clouds. now starting to see breaks of sunshine in havre de grace. 60 at the airport. 64 in the city. outlying hearse to the north and west where cool hair is

working in. hanging on to the 60s. we're about a couple degrees cooler than we were yesterday evening but to the north and west dropping. frederick up toward hagerstown and there is some sunshine out of western maryland to be found. so temperatures tonight down into the 40s, a few upper 30s. lots of clouds in place. it's a cooler change for tonight. whiplashed by wednesday and could it be the first freeze for everybody by thursday night. we'll detail that inside the full forecast at 6:18. >> next month looks like we're going to be running a 5k for jk. maryland state police announced the fund-raiser. it will help raise money for trooper jacqueline clean -- kline. >> well, there's a big event

going on right now in hunt valley. o.j. breg gains is holding a book signing at greetings and readings. in it he talks about how the diagnosis of als changed his life. finish up your dinner and head out to see o.j. brigance. it is a sell billion of america. after 150 years it need as makeover. the capitol dome will underdid a two-year restoration project. it has more than 1,000 cracks in it. the project will cost about $60 million to complete. the last time it underwent a ren they vaition was in 1959. a new name is coming to sinai hospital. >> roslyn and leonard stoler donated $3 million.

now their name will be on the south wer. it has a cardiac diagnosis tech center and rf top helicopter pad. >> with shrinking healthcare reis sources -- resources, we need people like the stolers to help with generous donations. they allow us to make investments in equipment and re crowt fantastic surgeons and if i sessions. >> len own as dozen car dealerships in our state and in new york is a many ber of the leave board of directors. that's great fuse. thursday is the new prief brief. >> what shoppers and business owners are saying. >> could you tell the difference the last time you squeezed the charmin? those products are being downsized. >> i'm mike masco. it got up to 64.

normally it should be 65. we forecast 66. so we will give' way pretty good stuff. big change is on the weather front. look at the temperatures plummeting over the southern plains. details inside maryland's most accurate seven-day forecast coming up after this.

no all right. let's take a look at annapolis from our camera there. a beautiful day. was out there, got a chance to see the lunch formation, a few drops of rain. mike will have a detailed look

at the forecast coming up. >> can walk down the dock. >> we had lunch by the dock. >> for most of us, the mere mention of thers gets our blood boiling. make sure you take care of your blood pressure medicine before you log on because the irs just got busted for paying out $110 billion in tax credits to people who didn't deserve them. an investigation by the treasury department found the money was paid out over the last 10 years. the report said the irs isn't doing enough to reduce the improper payments and blames dishonest tax preparers and well meaning families who had a hard time understanding the complicated earned income tax credit. we're all familiar with products downsizing. the latest is a larp brand of toilet paper that many people bee because it's top quality.

>> why some buyers are unhappy with the change, so you don't waste your money. >> fall must be downsizing season. it seems every year at this ti a number of packages in the dress ri stores suddenly are getting stronger -- smaller. donna first noticed something different with charmin when she recently handed an many ti cardboard roll to her dog. >> our golden retriever thinks these are treasures,. >> reporter: but the treasure looked smaller than she remembered. she fund an older roll in the cup bred and couldn't believe the deference when she set them upside by side. >> what i noticed my toilet paper rolls are shrinking. >> reporter: in the bathroom this plops around on the holder. charmin's facebook page is filled with comments from

unhappy customers, some saying less wipes for your buck. and another why oh, why dead you shrink the square. >> there is a half inch deference. >> reporter: a procter & gamble spokesperson confirmed it. she said was done to quote reinvest in the prd death with stronger tissue so you don't need to use as much and she said there's been no price hike which puts charmin in the same cup board as renuzit and it down sized by a half ounce but the price is the same. it makes things tough for consumers because other bands usually follow the downsizing in the next six months. so you find larger tp rolls, that's great but they may soon

sha retching, too. for many people the tag line is on for the sales and maybe some elbows. we're talking about the shopping phren zip then as black friday. >> we have more stories. he will be reopening their doors thanksgiving night. for some hard core shoppers, it meet be a let too much. >> reporter: if you haven't been if the middle of a scene like this, you may have heard about it. thousands packing no stores. >> i like shopping so it doesn't have to be on black friday. i have a problem but we weak up super early. so i think it's great. >> reporter: mattie and her aunt are self-professed professional shoppers. naff for them cutting into family tim on thanksgiving is in the a good idea -- not a good idea. >> i will not be there. thanksgiving is for eating,

being with family. >> it's sacrilegious. >> shouldn't be spending time at the mall but spending time with your family. it's a let early for festivities toed and the shopping it begin. >> reporter: but a lot of the super stores are pushing those hourly boundaries. kohl's will be open for 28 street hours from #k thursday night until midnight on pri day night. >> it's sales. for them it's great. for a small business like us, we're not going to pull anybody in. that's in the hour day. we save it for saturday. >> reporter: small business saturday is what pam summerville goes after. she said she can't compete with big box stores and she doesn't want to. >> thanksgiving is for friday.

black friday will stroll in hard noon and be open until 6:00 or 7. >> reporter: but for many stores and many more shoppers, the re tail experience will begin much earl than that -- earlier than that. >> just start tonight. go. hey, spooking of the holiday season, the national re tail federation is out. >> they said the average shopper will sppped $750 over the next few -- spend $750 off the next few months. pretty soon your little trick or treaters will be going door to door. on halloween nit you can take your bag and have them x-rayed for glass, metal or plastic. they are also offering

blinkers, so your little trick or treaters can be seen in the dark. here we go, spotty showers and now a stunning finish. 60 degrees right now. barometric pressure is starting to fall and an incation that cold air is rolling this way. that's shower to pick up over the next 24 hours. 51 degrees at 11:00, waking up tomorrow morning, it's going to be chilly, a couple of scattered showers and the core of the cool air moves in to the afternoon tomorrow, daytime high getting to 53. it will be a struggle. so the cold air rushes in, especially for tomorrow.

then we're going to be suffering whiplash i thursday. near 70 degrees earlier, and now temperatures struggling. notice they're coming out of the with the. right now comfortable in the city. but women north -- well north and west, starting to see some endcation of that cool air -- indication of that cool air. it's pushing off to the south and east. we have sunny breaks. notice maryland's most powerful radar. it's clear. some snow break out. the quad cities pick up 2 inches of snow. it's blowing through the midwest. that will push in more cool air. so the cold front slicing through the state. we have showers running off it. here's this low we will watch that will produce showers for wednesday. the core of the cold air is

going through chicagoland. that's starting tom and going into the rest of this week. clouds for tonight. a couple of spotty showers into the first portion of your day on wednesday. everything will lift off to the north and east. thursday and friday is come and we -- cool and we headline the chilly air. 70s in northern virginia. look at the temperatures plummet from chicagoland to minneapolis. over central canada it's 30. this is the canadian hair three in and locking its teeth in for the next 48, 72 hours through next weekend. we'll call it late night showers. that lull tbleng a couple of spotty showers. as we get into tomorrow the possibility of more showers. a quick look at the tropics. this is tropical storm lorenzo. winds at 50 miles an hour, not a threat to the mainland. 45 in town.

mostly cloudy skies this. 's cloudy. it's chilly. 53 for tomorrow. 35 for the city. that's for wednesday night. 20s north and west of the city. the next several days low 50s. 30s, low 30s in the state. all in all the big headline is how chilly it s a lot -- it is. the first snow 1979, .3 inches fell. >> all right. >> we'll be right back.

a football team win as blowout, 91-0. is a beatdown so bad it should be called bullying? >> plus a warning if you have older parent. meet one man who wasn't prepared when his parents died. >> are you going outside tonight? >> the nights ahead get ready. we're in the 40s. how about the 20s and 30s by

tomorrow night. >> have a good night.

welcome to "world news." tonight price plunk, gasoline prices dropping across the country. we'll tell you how much lower they're going to go. ready rage, new video of the motorcycle attack, the family trapped in their car. see how it ended. and real money, the secret that found this family 1,500 dollars in savings. what everyone who owns a car or home can do to save money tonight. a good evening to you on this tuesday night. good news for everyone making the long commute home. think of it as an early christmas president.

gas prices plummeting and they should carry us into the holidays with big savings. so how low will gas prices go? abc's lindsey jzie janis has th answer. >> reporter: gas prices could fall to lows not seen in years and it could happen just in time for the holidays. >> insiders could say gas prices could call 20 cents between now and the holidays pushing the national average to $3.15 a glass, the lowest in three years. >> stars aligning for motorists. >> reporter: prices are down 26 cents in the last month and a half. with gas stations in 16 states now charging less than $3 a gallon. $2.99 at this one in sioux city, iowa and at this one in davenport, high wa where it's already snowing.

experts say it's only going to get better. >> we have ten per higher supply, low demand as the temperatures cool, a lack of hurricanes this year, all those factors put downward pressure on gas prices by christmas. >> reporter: experts say easing tensions with syria and iran and egypt are pushing oil prices below 100 bucks a barrel for the first time in 16 weeks. it all means american drivers may just have a little extra cash to spend around the holidays. with consumer confidence and the economy hurting after that partial government shutdown these lower gas prices could not have come at a better time. diane? >> thank you. one more note about the economy. the jobs report was released today, 18 days late because of that shutdown. here's the headline, 148,000 jobs created last month, fewer than predicted, but unemployment ticked down to 7.2 percent, the

lowest level since november 2 8 2008. we move next about a 12-year-old boy who opened fire in a middle school in reno, nevada. that teacher, the former marine who tried to stop him. eye witnesses are coming forward to describe how a valiant sacrifice saved lives. here's abc's cecilia vega. >> reporter: 911 emergency? >> i'm calling from sparks middle school. we have a shooting at our school. >> reporter: the rampage lasted just three minutes. >> this is a student from sparks middle school. can you please send police out here. there is a kid with a gun. >> reporter: that kid, a 12-year-old boy in the 7th grade. police believe he got that gun from his own home. he opened fire near the basketball court just before the morning bell, using a nine millimeter semiautomatic ruger hand gun similar to this. his first victim, another 12-year-old shot in the arm.

>> he went like that with the gun and pulled the trigger. >> reporter: then the shooter turned to the teacher who tried to stop him. >> 911 emergency. >> somebody brought a gun to school. they shot a teacher. >> the teacher is down? >> yes. >> reporter: students saw chael landsberry, a former marine who served in afghanistan down and they ran toward the gunfire to help. >> we tried lifting him up. he was like this, like trying to hold his wound, like holding it. >> reporter: another boy shot in the abdomen. he's in stable condition. then the shooter turns the gun on himself. faith evans had math class with him. >> did he have friends? >> sort of. he got bullied a couple times and i saw kids pushing him around and doing mean things to him. >> reporter: now there is just one question. >> everybody wants to know why. the answer is we don't know right now. >> reporter: police say they

have no plans to release the shooter's identity out of respect for his grieving family. since police believe the gun he used may have come from his house, authorities are looking into whether his parents can be charged. diane? >> as you said police believe the 12-year-old shooter may have taken the gun from his own home. here's a something to keep in mind. one third of american families have a gun in their home. now the mystery surrounding the little blonde girl maria discovering living with a family in greece. alex perez went to the neighborhood where they lived to maria's house to try to ask who is this child. >> reporter: they've taken her dna sample, rocketed her picture around the world, and now been flooded with more than ten thousand calls and leads. but little maria's true identity is still a mystery. investigators are sifting through scores of missing children cases, searching for a match, like missing baby lisa irwin in kansas city.

the fbi is investigating but doesn't believe there are any links. today, we took a trip to the roma or gypsy neighborhood where maria was living. as you arrive, the first thing you see, children. many, dirty. on the street where maria lived emotions were running high. we came to the family members that are in the house. they're extremely up said saying what's been said are nothing but lies. authors are investigating whether maria was a victim of human trafficking. 30 million people worldwide are trafficked, 80 percent women and children. >> the fact that maria has been identified and rescued is a miracle in and of itself with statistics stating one to two percent ever get rescued. it's a miracle. we have the proper authorities investigating to identify trafficking rings. >> reporter: maria is at a hospital and in good spirits,

playing with toys as the search for her real family carries on. alex perez, abc news, greece. there is new and rising concern about security at the winter olympics just months away in russia. there was a terror attack on a bus in russia, a female suicide bomber. abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross tells us why the experts are studying every frame of this tape. >> reporter: the attack was seen today by security expert as an ongoing salvo by terrorists against next february's olympics. all caught on tape in the city once known as stalingrad by a motorist with a dashboard camera who happened to be trailing the bus. six people plus the suicide bomber were killed on the bus, which was en route to moscow from dagestan, a stronghold of chechen rebels. officials in russia today identified the bomber as the 30-year-old wife of known chechen terror leader. chechen leaders have already publicly announced their

intention to disrupt the 2014 winter olympics. >> this is russia is on the center stage of the world. this is a moment of pride and also a moments of potential vulnerability. >> reporter: the bus attack took place 600 miles from where the olympics will be held in the resort city of sochi which sits at the caucus mountains where the insurgency has been raging. president putin says these will be the safest olympics ever. >> security is the highest possible level. >> reporter: and there is great concern about u.s. and other internet olympic teams, the chechen rebels after years of battling russia forces could seek maximum impact by going after civilians according to a stutdy by the university of chicago. >> for them the grater the attention, the best it would be for their cause. >> reporter: the track record of the chechen group suggests more

female bombers could be involved as they have been in previous brutal attacks against the moscow subways, a theatre 11 years ago tomorrow and two commeral airlines including one on its way to sochi, the olympic city. >> female suicide bomber is a kind of signature, brian. thank you so much. now tonight back here at home we can finally see a full story of an infamous enkouter, road rage in new york, a car swarmed by bikers and a young family trapped inside. some of these difficult to watch. dan harris takes us through this new tape tonight. >> reporter: it all happened in just seconds. on this video tape obtained exclusively by our new york station wac tv you see bikers shouting and swearing alongside the suv carrying alex yeen lien. they carry him out and at least

six bikers stomp on him. it's more horrifying in slow motion, those six men in helmets kicking him with his wife and child inside that suv. the whole thing started in this now infamous video tape. lien gets into a fender bender with a biker, his vehicle is surrounded. he pulls off, seriously injuring one biker and a chase ensues. this tape cuts off though shortly after the bikers chase lien down and start slamming his vehicle. now for the first time we're seeing how the nightmare ended with lien left bloody on the ground and the bikers vanishing. as of tonight nine bikers have been arrested. dan harris, abc news, new york. tonight the fda is sounding the alarm about the food we give pets. they are asking veterinarians, pet owners to help them solve a mystery. since 2007 nearly 600 pets,

mostly dogs have died and 3600 have become ill after eating jerky treats made in china. no specific brands but we know the tainted treats were made of chicken, duck and sweet potato. the fda tonight asking anyone whose dog or cat becomes ill to contact them. apple is at it again faced with more competition, the company introduced its newest gadget today, the company unveiling the new ipad called the ipad air. this one lighter and thinner than the original weighing just one pound. it's also 72 times faster than the original. it goes on sale next month. a new study out today stirring up an age old debate about siblings. were you and your brothers and sisters treated the same by mom and dad? is it entirely different to be the oldest or the youngest? onto two economists say they have unlocked answer and you really can see the answer later

in life. here's abc's lindsay davis. >> marcia, marcia, marcia. i'm in her shadow all the time. >> reporter: jan brady may have been onto something. based on research firstborns tend to get the best parenting and the best grades. according to the data, the explanation is simple. parents are more strict on older children and tend to give them more attention. the new reason for siblings rivalry. >> i think that's true. >> i'm smarter. i'm the last. >> reporter: internet studies have suggested firstborns score on average three points higher than iq tests. >> they've got 100 percent of parental attention. >> reporter: look at the most recent presidents, five of the last seven all oldest children. need more proof? 21 of the first 23 astronauts were firstborns.

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and finally tonight, the fear of flying, studies show half of all people who fly admit being at least a little afraid while on an airplane. they're not the only ones. abc's david kerley shows us a place that teaches your dog how to stare down the fear. >> reporter: it my look like fido in flight, but this is air hollywood. a studio filled with cockpits, cabins, even security checkpoints.

the movie "the bridesmaid" was shot here. but this day -- it's a classroom. teaching nearly a dozen dogs, mostly service canines, what it's like to fly. it's the sights and sounds that were accustomed to that these dogs have never experienced and this is like a real airport going through security. the studio owner, a dog lover, was shocked by what he saw at a real airport. >> i see a dog and its owner freaking out and then it really hit me that i have a facility that i can train these people. >> reporter: how real is this? extra and actors hired as tsa officers. one tip, at security, use a nylon leash. no metal! flying with domino in just three

days. >> it will not be a new experience. >> >> reporter: there is more, bumps and turbulence. bill hopes hiz dog will be able to fly with his wife for emotional support. >> it gives us the confidence that she can do it. >> reporter: hollywood giving a new generation of four legged frequent fliers. david kerley, abc news, los angeles. thanks for watching. we're always here at abcnews.com with the latest. "nightline" later and i'll see you again tomorrow night. good night.

on "the list," a new study reveals that first borns are smarter. i wonder who wrote this report? and there's the popular ways to ple vent the common cold. we've got one that's not so obvious. and here's a way to get back at fido for chew up your couch. hey, it's tuesday. i'm theresa strosser and you're on "the list." apple made another big announcement today. here's what they said. we've got some new stuff. it eets pretty much the same as what you have now. as for the rest of the boorld's biggest stories, we picked the top fiver. >> hello, verizon, yeah, i've got a busted web site. can you f it? my name? uncle sam. >> in an effort to fix a catastrophic rollout, usa today reports the department of health and human services has called on verizon to help fix it.

this is list worthy because clearly, everyone is talking about it. now, if verizon can't put a ban on the obama care problem, here's a list of companies that will viend a harmony on health care. one thing that every human being agrees on, it's chocolate and ikea. it can sell anyone on three hours of paperwork. >> the guy who won the tour defrance several times. and then there's lance armstrong. tree-time tour defrance winner. this makes the top of the list because lance armstrong fooled us all.

>> with the love and support of my friends and family, i got back on the bike and won the tour defrance three times in a row. >> lemon called armstrong a bully and a thug, a bike rider who was top 30 at best without drugs. >> this is not a sporting infraction. >> you think he should go to jail? >> i do. yeah. >> we're still waiting for the big dope to respond. >> at number three, wait until you hear this story. >> i'm santa claus's brother. and i've got a lot of stuff going on. >> startling new research says first born children perform better in school. antd it's because of their parents. >> you let me eat cake and lollipops for breakfast every day. >> that's what you asked for. >> apparently, moms and dads give their first-borns the most attention. >> in a nutshell, i hate my brother.

brother. how's that? >> first borns have higher i.q.s and are considered more accomplished by their parents. so if you have an older sibling, this might be your own solution. >> at number four, planning to go to a hall weenl party? not on my campus. >> you might want to put your mask on. >> hall weenl is coming. you should know at least one college is putting his foot down when it comes to stunt costumes. >> what are you? >> i'm a milf, duh. >> university officials sent their letters to almost 50,000 students. >> it's hall weenl. >> the scary part is that most college costumes end up looking like this.

>> at number five, bye, bye baldy. baldness affects more than 50 million americans. >> i thought he'd never leave. >> me, neither. >> scientists say they're a closer to banishing bald spots, versg receding hairlines. a joint team was able to create new hairs from tissue samples. >> in the technology. >> so far, they're only making mice harier, but it's just a matter of time before they test it on humans. now, you are caught up and clued in on the top of the lis