that honor goes to sykesville.ording to businessweek.com, sykesville is the best town in our state to raise a child. the tenth best in the one comm in each state that offers parents and families not only affordable living, but also gets high scores in public education, safe streets, clean air, along with amentis and diversity. congratulations sykesville. >>> from spare rows' point high. not a bad ride for east baltimore's guy, ed hale. the owner is going to be honored next month in florida. hale's going to be one of three inaugural into the major indoor soccer league hall of fame. and many credit him with saving the entire league. ed hale has won five championships with your baltimore blast. >>> here's a look at what's coming up tonight at 11:00. your child's cell phone is for emergencies, but for them it's a tool for socializing. cbs works for you with a new app that'll help you keep a watchful eye over the phone. >>> your son or daughter has something from this store on their christmas list. we've got a preview o

another one in sykesville.veral early morning problems including an accident in severna park at ritchie highway. no problems along 50 aside from the fog. we check 29 at 32 to and from howard county in pretty good shape so far this morning. this is the northeast corner at bel air road. picking up in volume but no official delays to taco bell. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. -- dignified been no official delay to talk about. >> the 53 and 55 buses operating with delays. diversions as well. the 33 bus to verdict at coldspring. the 19 bus diverting at eutaw street and baltimore. light rail with a delight southbound, 15 minutes late. metro subway on schedule. no delays on the penn, camden, and brunswick lines. now back to tony pann. ♪ >> welcome back. this is our favorite part of the show. "where in the world is ava?" what is going on? >> good morning. i'm already freaked out about this assignment. we're in the westminster halls catacombs. this is where a

sykesville road that was cleared out pretty quickly. so you don't have to worry about that. drive times are still doing okay. if you are leaving now, 38 southbound from shawan to thebeltway is five minutes. top side of the beltway on outer loop between bel air and providence will take you about 6 minutes. charley. >>> you remember the two cent bottle tax passed last year? it could be going up more. abc2 news linda so is live this morning at city hall with what's in store should the plan go up from cr cents-- two cents to five. >> reporter: the mayor is expected to make a formal announcement at 11 this morning. we have learned she will hold a press conference later today with city council members and education leaders to talk about the proposed 5 cent bottle tax. it's part of the plan to boost funding for school construction. >> raise our youth, raise our city. >> reporter: hundreds of members from build organization -- it would race the bottle tax from 2 cents to 5 cents. city raised it to two cents that drew strong opposition from retailers and those in the beverage industr

. >>> police in sykesville are trying to get guns off the streets and they have turned in a turned in. the guns will be destroyed and ammo will be turned over to the state fire marshal's office for proper disposal. >>> about 2 dozen occupy wall street protesters are expect to be in dc today after a two- week, 240 mile march from new york. it is called occupy the highway and along the way, they picked up protesters in new jersey, pennsylvania, delaware and here in maryland. the group planned to be in dc for the announce men from the super committee on possible cuts and increases regarding tax but an organizer says occupy says the failure they reached thsuper committee failed to reach an agreement and that will strengthen protesters message. >>> millions from the occupying the highways and airports for the next couple days and you think it's going to be bad? wait until you get out there. you may be wrong. today may be the worst day out there on the roadways. let's go to abc2 news sherrie johnson with a report out of aberdeen. what's going on. >> reporter: hey, we are here at the marylan

the business -- sykesville. the business week says it's the best town in maryland to raise a child and tenth best place in the u.s. the website shows one community in each state offering parents and families not only affordable living but also great places for high school scores and public education, safe streets, clean air along with amenities and diversity. >>> we're taking a look at our weather net. i wanted to show this you to. baltimore and tide point 49 degrees. winds northwest at 9. one of the strongest wind gusts we've had in the last half-hour, 28 miles per hour. a sign of the really strong winds that are going to come in with this chill. now a steady north wind at 11 miles per hour. let's take you to anne arundel county. hanover right now you're 46 degrees. 47 in arnold. it will drop off as we're pushing the cold air across the region. as advertised everybody sliding their way through the 40s this morning. that 50 top of the hour in baltimore, we're still waiting for the update in a few minutes. it's 5

. >>> police in sykesville are doing their part to keep guns off the street and held the first turn inrogram saturday. 13 guns were turned in along with 35 pounds of ammunition. officers tell a paper about 30 people dropped off their guns and ammo. the guns will be destroyed and ammunition will be turned over to state fire marshal's office for proper disposal. >>> the state of maryland is threatening the company that runs a baltimore grand prix with a lawsuit. baltimore racing development owes nearly 600,000 in unpaid tacks. on monday the comp trol are's office fied a lien on property that company owns. several local businesses and vendors say balmmore racing development owes them -- baltimore racing development owes them money. >>> later the final stretch of the inner county connector will open in time for the tuesday rush and holiday travel it connects i-270 and i -- and it is free until december 4th when the mtl will charge 6 to $3.20 depending when you use the road. >>> if you thought tomorrow would be the bad day for travel when you hit the roads and airports, it may be the day. -

another problem in sykesville. several accidents this morning. one in severna park at ritchie parkway. take your time this morning. we will show you what the fog looks like. not quite as bad as 29 at 32. this is traffic on the northeast corner at belair road. outer loop traffic continuing to move well over towards the west side. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> total chaos overnight on penn as studentss campus protest the firing of joe paterno and the university president. the demonstration turned violent when some students toppled a newsman and pelted a photographer with a rock. joe paterno announced he would retire at the end of the year, but the border trustees fired the legendary coach. our big story focuses on the victims of the scandal. so far nine have come forward saying they were sexy assaulted by jerry sandusky. jennifer franciotti joins us live with what parents can do to protect their children. >> good morning. experts say the more you talk to your kids, the better chance you have of knowing if something is wrong. officials

it will warm up nicely. 43 and the sykesville bid -- 43 in sykesville did not as warm as yesterday.ow at 8:30 on this wednesday morning. it it's the 9th day of november, 2011. matt's around the world adventure. this is something you don't see every day. >> this is a beautiful local dance, these people are called the mameri tribe. they're from a place called kari isla island, which is about an hour and a half from kuala lumpur. >> this is the welcome dance. in addition to being phenomenal dancers they also make the beautiful masks in this village as well. these wood carvings you can see throughout the area that tourists buy with different meanings. beautiful pieces of art. >> a lot of the traditions of the area, and by the way we want to tell you also that we have gathered quite a crowd of americans. >> hey! they have signs, matt. did they know you were coming? >> well, if this is supposed to be a secret and if you guys didn't know where we were, how did you know we were here? someone yelled out "the american embassy!" >> busted by the american embassy. we better give secretary of st

sykesville road that was cleared out pretty quickly. so you don't have to worry about that. drive times are still doing okay. if you are leaving now, 38 southbound from shawan to thebeltway is five minutes. top side of the beltway on outer loop between bel air and providence will take you about 6 minutes. charley. >>> you remember the two cent bottle tax passed last year? it could be going up more. abc2 news linda so is live this morning at city hall with what's in store should the plan go up from cr cents-- two cents to five. >> reporter: the mayor is expected to make a formal announcement at 11 this morning. we have learned she will hold a press conference later today with city council members and education leaders to talk about the proposed 5 cent bottle tax. it's part of the plan to boost funding for school construction. >> raise our youth, raise our city. >> reporter: hundreds of members from build organization -- it would race the bottle tax from 2 cents to 5 cents. city raised it to two cents that drew strong opposition from retailers and those in the beverage industr

annapolis and we have had clearing we have had temperatures into the 40s to towson and back in sykesville morning. overall, we have been watching the break in the clouds across our region. rain west of garrett county and down the ohio valley and in through the deep south. that's snow mixing in across the lower mississippi valley. a unique storm on the warm side with 66 today and tonight we develop some fog and showers towards daybreak with lows mild in the low to mid-50s a look at traffic once again with tanya. >> reporter: a multivehicle accident in howard county 95 northbound right before 175. the delays begin at 2:16 two -- 216. two two right lanes are closed so stay to the left. beltway at 144, frederick road, both directions are moving finethrough catonsville. slow between harford and charles street and 795 to frederick road. the outer loop will be stop and go. jfx at northern parkway slow traffic here it will be slow between the city county line and the 41st street overpat pass down to cold spring lane improving a little bit but you have the volume heading down towards the 41st stre