along the middle river in essex. >> 4:57 and 53 degrees.next hour, continuous coverage of hurricane sandy. >> we will go step by step to let you know what to expect the next 24 hours. weather is next. >> we will check back in with ava marie, kim dacey and tim teutim tuten. >> and we will be checking the area roads. one accident already on i-95 harford county. we will have details coming up.

first ay of school.two weeks later,,a student brought a loaded gun to stemmers un middle school in essex. no one was hurt in that incident.the school system also plans to create a safety office. nationnide the number of meningitis outbreak has now reached 135... including a dozen deaths. deaths. here in maryllnn... there are 9 confirmed cases and ne death.health officials say about 15-hundred marylanders may have been exposed to funggl meningitis through medication, used to treat bbck pain, was made by a massachusetts company and shipped to medical facilities in 23 states. thh rioles getting ready to battle the yankees oniiht. tonight. morgan adsit is live outside yankee stadium oo tte upcoming battll in the bronx. pot rollcue: bigger careee platform." 3 the city is rallying behind the oraage and black.ppal gessler was at a pep rally morning... where fans ot in the spirit for tonight's big ga. game. councilman brandon scott:"we're gonna go up to new york tonight. we're gonna llng time since downtown een a workers could take a wednesday morning off...lestine ailey: chance in a long ttme.

. >> to better investigate, we went to one in essex but our cameras were not allowed inside and the owner refused to answer our questions. basically, patrons can buy credits to use the internet. once seated, they're given the chance to either use their credits to surf the internet or use them to enter a "free sweepstake's." if they choose this option, the terminal would turn into a video slot machine where they could gamble and cash in the credits for cash, which we witnessed. gamble.a >> the machines are no different than those found in state casinos, but the operators are trying to use the internet loophole, which they said was recently closed with the passing of senate bill 864 which partially defines a slot machine as a device that delivers a game through the internet or offers internet or other services. then there's the issue of money. not only the state is losing but honest businesses are as well. >> none of this money or revenue goes to the tax payers. it does not go to help gamblers anonymous. it does not bring revenue to the state. it steals money from the state. many of them ar

inaudible we had two in essex, one in towson, two in north point --. >> we're not lining the pockets of our politicians and they take it from us any way, that's the way i look at it. >> the way police look at it is this is gevens the law but as of 11:00 tonight nobody has been arrested. we've got all of this on the website abc2news.com. >> new tonight a chestertown police officer is in the hospital after we're told he accidentally shot himself in the hand. the 30-year veteran was cleaning a gun at home when the gun went off. the officer was taken to the hospital. the chief also told us the officer went through some routine firearms training earlier today. >> and an update on a story we brought last night. baltimore police are waiting to charge a man with sloolting at officers last night. he opened fire and they shot back. he is still in the hospital tonight. police will file charges after he's released. >> two 13-year old girls were sexually assaulted last night. after the boys exposed themselves to the girls they e touched them imappropriately. the this was not a school football gam

we provide is upped ort to the jersey city police department, the newark fire department and the essex county sheriff's office in the face of a city wide power outage in both jersey city and newark from high tidal surge. four high-wheeled national guard vehicles were sent to jersey city from the armory to,a cyst them with evacuations after the request of jersey city chief of police tom comey. the national guard has repositioned equipment to strategic locations across new jersey and has more than 450 high-water vehicles including humvees and heavy trucks available to assist civil authorities. they're also providing helicopters with video download capabilities to conduct reconnaissance of shorelines, the passaic rivers basins and other areas of post landfall damage assessments. there are currently over 5500 residents in state and local shelters as of our latest count. we are working to stand up shelters as we learn of more needs to the five supported shelters, two at rutgers, two at monmouth and one in morris township, new jersey. we are in the process of opening a sixth shelter at the r

. >> it is one of 10 baltimore county establishment and the white marsh, woodlawn, essex and north. rated by baltimore county police wednesday. they call themselves internet cafes but investigators say they were actually winning an illegal gambling operation. >> you are playing a video game and there is a pay out at the end. you go and get a cash payout at the end of your visit. that is illegal under maryland law. >> businesses can have the computers and video games but not the payout. >> tonuy works at the local store -- liquor store next door. police said they had been investigating the businesses for about a year. the same amount of time that david says he's been watching and not liking the activity at hidden treasures near his home. >> people would argue, spouses would see their significant other and say i told you not to come here. a lot of activity. >> according to investigators, they seized a lot of evidence during the raid but did not shut the businesses down. no one was arrested and no charges have been filed. >> we have to review that evidence and then there will be a dete

. >> andrew essex, the boss at droga5 is up next.aybe he can give advice to marissa meyer. >>> apple may not be unveiling the ipad mini until tomorrow but we're giving you a special sneak peek after the break. stay with us. that's after the break. >>> welcome back to "fast money" live at the nasdaq market site. facebook's third quarter earnings results are due out tomorrow. one of its biggest growth engines, mobile, could be one of its biggest risks. is the race to mobile through tablets and smartphones killing technology both old and new? joining us now, andrew essex, ceo of advertising team droga5 whose clients include kraft, coca cola, hennessy, it goes on and on. look at the screen if you want to know more of the names. can anybody monetize mobile? is it possible to make money on a tiny screen like that? >> it's definitely possible. i don't think facebook is the problem, yahoo! is is not the problem. it's how they behave on the platforms. tons of people using facebook. what does demand do on the little screen? new rules, any beha

and essex and points further to the south in dc if you are traveling that way this morning -- traveling that way this morning wet weather. montgomery county around silver spring getting wet weather. this is the trend through the morning. but also we are dealing with some chilly temperatures again just like yesterday. temperatures at 4 # degrees for -- 46 degrees from millersville and edgewater. and patchy fog as well. take it easy. this is what it locks like a chilly start -- looks like. a chilly start to the day and by lunchtime the temperature at 52. the high is around 57 degreesch let's check the traffic with lauren cook. good morning. how are the roads looking. >> reporter: good morning. as you mentioned, we are off to a wet start. so roads will be slick and we are dealing with patchy fog across the region. so a good morning to turn on the low beams. traveling through the tunnels there's nothing to get in your way. fort mchenry tunnel as well as harbor tunnel are nice and clear. that would be the same case using the jfx to get into the sety. no delays from the beltway downtown to ea

changed the complection of the match as the visitors went through the games in a second period secure in essex in a row now just one victory away from sesame record among test playing nation. now boxing great mike tyson has defended the current heavyweight division and in particular the klitschko brothers the ukrainian jew have dominated the category for the better part of a decade but often criticised for their unspectacular style with some labeling the pair boring i think it's good it's probably not betraying we people used to you throughout free meals to our drama it's almost like a soap opera you know we were fighting but it's very very serene because the champions are that way because it's good to refight you can't get away from that you know you can't blame be everybody in the vision. now if the ice were in the kontinental hockey league spot moscow thrashed an amen school one on home ice your mikhailov open for the muscovites in the opening period the game's effectively done and dusted in the second where the high started three more goals the third period was merely a formality as the ma

it doesn't connect to any of the on ramps directly but you can take also full folsom or essex to get to harrison. so there's lots of cars trying to get to the freeway. this moves the bicycles over but it's a very different design, very unique design, similar to when we good to england or australia and cars are on the other side of the road than we expect. bicycles would be headed northbound on the west side of the street, there could be additional confusion at alleyways or cross streets, drivers not expecting the bicycles to be coming from the right and also a little confusing for pedestrians. so we would leave about 12 1/2 feat for the bike way and provide an 8-foot planted buffer to separate the bicycles from the vehicles and one lane in each direction and parking on one side. again, we laz a little bit of parking but we're physically separating and protecting the bicycles. as i mentioned, there are pedestrian safety improvements in all designs. this slide is just meant to show some of the common design elements such as raised crosswalks, bulb outs. we're exploring the possibility

this is all sliding to essex and you will be under the gun in a matter of moments. so take that rain gear as you head out and about. temperatures are on the warm side this morning. 65 degrees in barnsville and the dew point is at 64. we're at northeast and that temperature is at 69 with a dew point of 66. with the dew points in the 70s and upper 60s we are feeling very humid out there this morning. this is what you can expect as we go through the hour by hour today. lunchtime, mostly cloudy skies but we will get some sunshine in here throughout the day. a temperature for a high coming in at 82 degrees. let's get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>> good morning lynette. well, we are dealing with several accidents. trouble in 95 with a crash along the southbound lanes at caton avenue. it has been confined to the shoulder but definitely causing a bit of a backup. and we have another accident, right on keith avenue at new vail street that you want to watch out for. and in fells point there's a house fire that's shut down fleet s

traffic is crawling towards essex. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. the family of george mcgovern said he is no longer responsive in hospice care. he lost to president richard nixon in 1970 to. he served 22 years on capitol hill and turned his focus to combating world hunger. a fire started in idaho. the blaze quickly spread to the town's five other buildings. the buildings will be torn down . lance armstrong has stepped down from his charity. he was implicated in a massive doping scandal. nike dropped their sponsorship of armstrong. >> american airlines is hiring 1500 flight attendants. the airline entered bankruptcy. it will begin screening applicants next month. people are shopping for the holidays but is not necessarily in the spirit of giving. the average holiday shoppers will spend about $750 on gifts. 6 in 10 shoppers there will spend $140 on gifts for themselves. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. how much, if anything, do you spend on yourself when you shop for the holidays? you can share your response on wbaltv.com, on o

. >> the entire political machine in essex county supported james. who was re-elected in. >> i admire bill, but there is nothing in the constitution that says we have a right to have illegal elections. >> i'm not advocating in any way someone who has the right to vote voting one, two, three times. >> in mississippi, come on it is wrong. >> and this is the effort that. >> if you had a voter id requirement it would be hard to keep voting the dead multiple times. >> come on larry, nobody is advocating that. >> i think the elect tore is hop e honest. i went through a situation where my writing votes were challenged. the judge said this is nuts. people should be encouraged to vote and i'm thinking of that 90-year-old woman in philadelphia or pittsburgh that doesn't have a driver's license and i think that is unfair. >> even in new jersey seniors are allowed to have id. >> you have to go pay for it. >> we are not done yet. >> time to move on with another topic. imperial president. team obama coerces companies to ignore the law and not hand out pink slip wa

in baltimore county are releasing these skull reconstruction of a man found dead under a bridge in essex. the discovery was made more than a year ago, back in september a year ago. detectives have been working through dna and fingerprint analysis but have not yet been able to identify the victim. he is described as a white man between 40-60 years of age. police say he may be from the dundalk area. in one of the operation should contact of our county police. police in montgomery county said 21-year-old woman is reporting being attacked and sexually assaulted in the bethesda area. police said the woman was jogging on the trail sunday around 7:00 when she stopped for a deer crossing at the trail. police say she was struck in the head and woke up in the woods just off the trail. is the same location where another sexual assault occurred earlier this year. >> a man in california is set on fire. details ahead as we cover the nation. >> a crisis for the bbc. details on a sex scandal centered on the host of a popular children's show. >> there was a weekend crash and a car went through this side

they are in essex county. they are everywhere. no place to pinpoint. >> okay, john, we thank you. good luck in the days and weeks ahead. we know it will be difficult to get the lights back on and we wish you the best. factor in manhattan, we have our own power outage. our guide, brian quinn is in the middle of it. >> can you hear us? >> tell us where you are right now? >> as you can see, the evacuations are continuing. still lining up in the streets. >> brian, i don't know this is the time to talk about anybody. i do still find it so hard to believe that this hospital could have had this problem of the power going out. >> taking responsibility and, you know, [inaudible] evacuating many patients at this hospital. >> you know, clearly they have a backup system just to think that the backup system could have failed. >> so close to the water that makes sense in a way. right there by the east river. it least it is very impressive. we saw all of those ambulances. the evacuation plan, it seems to be going. a fleet of ambulance, going to sloan-kettering. >> we see some of the gurneys comi

we've provided support to the jersey city police department, the newark fire department, and the essexs office in the face of a citywide power outage in both jersey city and newark from high tidal surge. four high wheeled national guard vehicles were sent to jersey city from the jersey city armory to assist them with evacuations at the request of jersey city chief of police. the national guard has repo significanced equipment to strategic locations across new jersey and has more than 450 high water vehicles including humvees and heavy trucks. they are providing helicopters with video download capabilities to conduct reconnaissance of sharelines, river basins, and other areas of post landfall damage assessments. currently over 5,500 residents in state and local shelters as of our latest count. we're working to set up shelters as we learn of new needs. we are in the process of opening a sixth shelter at the rutgers athletic center that could support nearly 2,000 people. we want to make sure people have enough food and water for a while which is why we are working with the salvation army

sean essex live in los angeles. how's he doing, he going to play? >> he's going to play, yeah. he has a little strain of his hip flexor. he was taking batting practice yesterday, doing some sprints. he's been huge for the ball club. >> a lot of people calling that a cheap shot. do you think that was a dirty play? what's the clubhouse? looking for payback? >> it's the playoffs and they're not looking for retribution right now. i play with matt holliday. he plays a -- a hard player, he's definitely not a dirty player. he said, i slit a little bit late, it's not a dirty play, i didn't want to hurt the guy. fortunately for the giants, he is back on the field. if he wasn't back on the field, that might be a different story. >> he did talk ton reporters about it yesterday. let's listen. >> if someone wants to talk to you before the game -- >> [ bleep ] -- >> all right, he's kidding. his teammates may not be. we'll see if it's over or not. we will just see how it goes. we're certainly hoping for a win today for the team. >> what do you expect out there? these guys are going to keep it

in essex county we have the cody arena. they can call 211 for information in general about the northern new jersey area or in our city they can call 973-733-4311 and get all of that information. they can hear it all from my twitter feed accident facebook. we're putting it out in every way that we have. the key thing is right now the primary concern we have is the immediate safety of our residents as this storm barrels in with significant force. mayor, thank you so much. want to bring the governor on governor chris christie is talking about what more needs to be done. >> we need people to stay off the road. motor heists should check 511-nj.org for up to the minute information on road closures. we'll talk about the power situation. right now state-wide, these are approximate numbers, everybody. they're approximate numbers. 35,000 people state-wide without power. 21,000 of those are the atlantic city electric area. 13,000 from jcp & l and about 1,000 for psg & e from orange and rockland county company. bpu is working to assist

post properties, pps, mid-america, maa, and essex property trust, ess.ommon theme among them all, looking for pricing power, rent-income ratios where the tenant can afford to pay much more in the percentage of the income in rent going forward. we think those names offer that opportunity and they're all trading -- all the apartment reits are trading below net asset value. there is a huge disconnect between private market valuation and the public market valuations because so much of the momentum has gone to the home building stocks this year as opposed to the apartment trade. we think the apartments are actually the sector that -- the segment of the housing continuum that's showing the signs of the most demand and the most pent-up demand going forward. >> quickly, i thought i heard you say home building will slow because there is a labor shortage. you saying they can't find construction workers? >> there's a few pockets of shortage of activity. remember, this industry has been suffering for five or six years and a lot of the steel trade had to go and chang

an immediate declaration for individual and public assistance include atlantic, cape may, hudson, essexddlesex, monmouth, ocean, and union. please know this list is not final. other counties most certainly will be added as we make a damage assessment. the biggest issues we're facing right now, most impacted counties are search and rescue and restoration of power. we want to make sure we're getting to those who chose not to leave evacuated areas or got caught in unexpected floodwaters. our priority right now is to ensure the safety and security of every new jerseyan. our state police and national guard helicopters are in the air as we speak engaging in coastline rescue efforts. our swift water team is positioned in atlantic city. it has begun rescue and recovery for those who remain in atlantic city. units from central and south to union beach, middletown, belmar are beginning search and rescue operations. we saw significant tidal flooding in several areas. everywhere from jersey city to nurg bay area, sayreville, moonachie, and little ferry. in moonachie and little ferry we've tis patch

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