finds as the nnmber of people living below the poverty high, hit a record high.rt highlights another symptom of3 the economic down turn. theenumber of americans living in poverty hit a record high nearly 4 million americann lived below the poverty line, that is more than 14% of the pop au lyings. $11,000. thh poverty rooe considering thú economic turmoil of last year..3 poverty levee will continue to climb possibly reaching 16% over the next decadd. the poorest area in the country is the south, while the northeast has the lowest poverty levels. mississippi hassthe lowest median ii the country. the average householddbrought in less than $36,000 a year coming in just above were arkansas and west virginia. on the wealthiess end, new hampshire had the highest median in theecountry. nee jersey aad connectiiut ranked second and 3rd. in new york, i'm stephanne ilum. >>> thh school yyar just started but some area students re already getting time off. the schools that are clossd today and what is causing the shutdoww..3 john ho kins, wher introducing the samsung fascinate

officiaas will announce the nnmber of visitors have visited ú%e kass ino!! n monday. >>> coming up on the early edition, major changes in the >> ttis will allow teechers to have some real input. >>> the nee criteria that will determine pay raises? and copious amounts of rainfall in the neighborhood >>> the remnants of tropical storm nicole are beaarng downni3 parts of baltiiore his morninn. fells point with the watches and the warnings. good morning, emily. >> reporter: good mooring, patrice. we're seeing flooding here at fells point and you weeare on the street and water is starting to ccme p. %nd this thing is nowhere near and warnings all over the immediate tte area. the immediaae one is the tornado watch that s in effect for all of the couuniee around oor area rrght now. that could be until this afternoon that the tornados could be a threaa for ur area, just one of the side effects of other thing is we are seeingg!!e flooding here on the streets and a flash-flood watch in effect through this evening. we will continue to see the rain ú%ening, all the way

>>we had 4,000 vote lead on thh nnmbers thattwe had, but there's addition and subtraction ttat has to frrm where te numbers come from. so we're waiting for those to come and it could be a long night. >> based on that, based on our current numbers, it's impossible to project winnerror aalooser %->> reporter: about 94% of the votes ii 13 press nths. preciicts,,you have ú%%-barttefeller pres precinct.3 there's been a late word sent to you by the kamenetz ccmpaign media at 11:00. they're talking abouttthe campaign moving forward, the interpretatiin there and that they do believe they won. >>> joel, thank you. ú%> former campaign bob ehrlich is -- governor boo hhlich is moving forrard to the election. brian murphy had gained momentum efer vice presidenttcandiiaae sarah palin last night. last night the local businees i invvstor co conceded defeat and3 said he would endorse ehrlich ii he want it had..3 >> in fact, marylanddfor our33 business people for the peoplee3 daa, our message is stop, wait, %-- laughter ]s >> givv us 7 weeks. platform. he alss says he wants to cut a 1% increaseein the

freshmen running back nnmber 21, graham bro haared.edy to play again after taking a big blow to the head. -p>> i was on where the varsity was. >> reporter: hen all of aa3 sudden ttings went dark. >> i probably hht wwth my elmet aad then i fell backwards like with dizziness and it got all black. >> reporter: coachhbrian %-to the ground.ng him fall down >> heegot hit pretty hard and went down for a few minutes. >> reporter: bro chard goo a connussion. against the front of he skull and again bangs back. it can actually stretch the nerves and affects the organ itsell. it's just because you have a helmet it doesn'' guarannee. >> reporter: brochard did that goes into the helmets changes. >> reporter: it's not just on the grid iron. the rate of concuusion in girl's -ootball. >> she took a major hit to her head in august and is still >> the headaches lingered and i %->> reporterr allisonfrom testifiee in front congress as lawmaaers investigate his growing ppobbem. high school athletes suffered an estimated 400,000 concussionss3 between 2005 an

based on their nnmbers. now remember they have volunteers in all the precincts.r numbers showed owe bartenfelder, ahead of his challenger, bb about 4000 votes3 there are a lot of supporters her tonight. at least 200. many of them constantly checcing cell phones for updates. bartenfelder as he did lastith minute campaigning. spent the last coupleeof days greetiig voters and targeting areas where he is not as well like randallstown and mount washington and telling voters exactly what he plans to do if elected as next county executive. >> run our ggvernmeet efficient and effectively. and ssill deliver the services that people xpect by the taxes they pay. >> now, a lot of firefighters, and police officers, are here tonight. that's because both of their -nions have endorsed bartenfelder. and he is hoping to cash in on those endorsements. because public safety issa big nern the county. you can see lots of bartenfelder signs out here tonight. so far, no sign of the candidate himseef. we do expect him to arrive shortly. live tonight in parkville, melinda roeder, fox 45 n