. >> we have another accident at the sykesville area. we have a serious accident on the capital beltway. >> the weather will be quiet in chilly. we will check the seven-day forecast. very low wi >> sandy's impact wasn't as powerful as it could have been here. >> b.g.e. crews have been working around the clock. joining us with more is ken. thank you for coming in. you lost power as well. >> yes, we did. >> your crews have done a fantastic job restoring power. >> we have restored about 260,000. as the storm moves on, the jobs are smaller. we still have more people coming in from texas and oklahoma and new mexico, a total of 14 states and they are still arriving and they will be put to work. >> how do decide who gets power first? >> most critical or hospitals and pumping stations. yesterday we were trying to restore the backbone. then you can go into the local neighborhoods. today will try to get the most customers back as fast as we can. >> what did you learn from the derecho? >> we had no notice. this time we had time to prepare. much of

we are here in sykesville, students are in for a surprise today. ravens will be here to help them with the kickoff for the nfl play 60 challenge. we got to get them off the couch and up and moving, the goal is to end childhood obesity. i have health and pe teachers joining me. angie, jennifer, and beth. thank you ladies for being here. first of all, tell me a little bit about what is going on today. >> we are so excited. today is our surprise kickoff assembly to promote our project bases. nfl play of 60 event. >> reporter: why is this important for students to be involved in? >> we are trying to curve the current trends in childhood obesity. there are health issues, diabetes and early heart disease, high blood pressure, also active children excel in school. we want that to happen as well. >> can you tell me, what do you want students to take away? >> to plan a program that allows them to exercise 60 minute as day for life longs cut down on childhood obesity and understand how important the exercise is. >> any kid that completes the logs will have a

sherrie johnson is life in sykesville with more on what is going on. this is a great program.ting the players invoed. the heroes of the kids rs getting them active. >> we are live here inlinton springs elementary in sykesville, where kids are in store for a big day. it's a big surprise for them. joined by baltimore ravens players. this is a part of the nfl play 60 challenge, the goal is to get kids moving to fight off childhood obesity. this morning, i have donny white joining me live. he is a physical education teacher here at the school. thank you for being out here so early, we appreciate it donny. tell me about what is happening today. >> we are having our kick off assembly, we are going to challenge our kids to exercise and eat healthy for the next two weeks and the rest of their lives but the two week incentive program, 60 minutes a day. >> why is this so important? i know we are fighting childhood obesity. >> it's important for that reason, we are trying to fight heart disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity, like you said, also we want to have kids stress free, exercise pro

we are here atlinton springs in sykesville. very exciting day for the kids. they will have an assembly at 9:30 and ravens stop by the school and visit them. this is a part of the play 60 challenge. this morning, i'm joined by physical education teachers and health teachers. we have donny white, jennifer la point. they are joining us this morning. we really appreciate it. tell us a little bit about what happens today. you have players visiting, lots of things going on. >> an assembly planned at 9:30, to celebrate the kickoff of project aces, which started yesterday and the support from the ravens and the play 60 program. we are excited, torey smith is coming and the kids will be surprised. >> ex-lents. donny, tell me about the problems with childhood obesity and why the program is important. >> we know childhood obesity leads to heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and it's important because we want to be an advocate for a healthy, active lifestyle. >> reporter: what do you want students to take away from the event. >> we want them to exercise and understand the i

sherrie johnson is atlinton in sykesville. is about getting kids off the couch and getting them active. >> reporter: that's exactly right. it's so exciting because here at the school the students actually don't know about the program they are having this morning for them. it's a surprise. one i think they will enjoy. this is part of the nfl play 60 challenge , the goal is to get kids off the couch, get them moving, end childhood obesity. angie is a physical education teacher and beth, also a health teacher at the school, angie, what is happening here today? >> today's, we are having a surprise kickoff assembly for the project aces and nfl play 60 event. >> can you tell me about why the program is important? >> it's important to really reverse the trends of childhood obesity. obese children turn in to obese adults. there is a lot of health problems associated with that. it's important to get kids to fuel up on healthy foods and play 60, exercise 60 minutes everyday. >> what kind of problems are we seeing when we are talking abo

sykesville the same, temperature coming in at 39 degrees, the dew point of 38. here is reduced visibility across the area, 8 baltimore, 5 frederick, take it easy as you step out and about. the clouds on the increase and so will the rain chances. now a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook. >>> we are dealing with patchy fog. a good morning to turn on the low beams, slow down and be careful. a crash in harford county, on route 7, hidden stream drive. if you are traveling on 95 now, no tee lays from bel air to -- delays from bel air. 695, harford road, everything up to speed, looking at the typical 11 minute ride on the outer loop from 95, towards 83. here is what the west side looks like, liberty, old court road. traffic is starting to pick up, no significant delays, 12 minutes on the outer op b 795, towards 95, if you are using the jfx, looking at the typical 11 minute ride. traveling southbound from 695, all the way downtown to east fayette street. >>> electric bone chilling o- maizing, three ways to describe the crowd. a 2 and a half hour rain delay

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right now, sykesville, 48 degrees, 50 annapolis, perry hall 48. also to add insult to injury, we have the winds kicking up this morning and that will continue through the the day. the winds northwest at 5-10 miles an hour. gusts up to 20. we are going to have the north westerly flow although maryland's most powerful radar is dries it will stay that way throughout the day and sunshine in here as well. by lunchtime the temperature around 63. now a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook. >>> happy to hear the rain is gone. we are dealing with with construction on 95, blocking the off rach to southbound route 295, watchout for that, if you are headed to the harrisburg expressway, a live look in hunt valley, shawan road, everything moving along, you are looking at a 22 minute ride from the mailed, pennsylvania state line, down to 695, jfx is going to be in great shape. as far as the beltway, no delay tons outer loop up to 83. that will take you 11 minutes, no problems to report over on the west side. a 10 minute ride on the outer loop from 795

sykesville 43 degrees. grab the coat as you head out the door this morning. as we check out what is going on for your planner, temperatures chilly, 49 degreess we move in to lunchtimes wondering what you should do. take the long walk, take the long lunch. the temperature 65 degrees, blame it on me if you want to. in to 3:00, the temperature warming up nicely. 70, that's above average as we head in to the evening time frame, quite dry outside with a temperature coming in at 64 degrees. a great day, get out and take advantage of it. now a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook. >> good morning. great forecast k not looking great, on the roads. several accidents, trouble in downtown baltimore, a crash on light street at east baltimore. baltimore county, another accident in dundalk, north point. if you are using 95, in white marsh, there is nothing right now to get in your way. a 15 minute ride to travel from route 43 in to the city. as we check in and look at 695, arford road, parkville, picking up. only 12 minutes now to travel from 95, all the way up

we are seeing some flakes flying, northern baltimore county into carroll county, into sykesville. cold temperatures, especially aloft where the radar is doing its scan. we're getting a little bit of a changeover. even though they're chilly, it will make you shiver but we are above freezing. look out to the west, talking about big snow where they had over two feet in cumberland. this guy is doing some digging here. they got the caterpillar working. let's take you back to the beaches where we can see the and of the ocean city pier, no longer there and sad to see it go but it his doing to be a big rebuild. man, what a storm, just tore the beach up. rehoboth, wart on the boardwalk -- water on the boardwalk. ocean city took a bigger hit with that south facing coastline as opposed to the east facing coastline. kent island, water levels up. we have a high tide to get through at 7. we're watching the harbor as well, of course, to see what happens. overthe next two days we're watching the susquehanna. that water flow has picked up and it's looking brown. 30s, 40s. winds have turned light,

we are at 54 in sykesville. west friendship at 52. we are dealing with patchy fog. the air is saturated so 100% humidity in reisterstown and that's where you are dealing with the fog. you want the low he beams on so you can-- low beams on so you can see less of the fog and more of the road. high pressure is building in for the most part slightly mainly to the south. but what's happening with this area of high pressure, it's going to allow for the cold front to move through. once that scoots off we will see more southerly return and temperatures will be more seasonable. we will warm up throughout the day. this cold front moves through and behind it, we have another area of high pressure bringing us plenty of sunshine in here and cooler temperatures as we head into tomorrow. if you can hold onto tomorrow we will see lots of sunshine in the forecast. now, the future trend not picking up on a whole lot. that front that moves through today will be a dry front. maybe a couple sprinkles and a few more clouds but we should stay dry going into the afternoon. this is the fore

this is already what we have had in bel air, over an inch of rain, close to an inch in sykesville. columbia an inch of rain. an inch in annapolis, over an inch in centerville. you are getting the feeling of what is going to be happening as we go throughout the day. we have the winds, going to be whipping around k tropical storm forced winds gusting up to that and the rainy conditions for today. stay in the you can and let the storm bass bivment tomorrows it -- pass, by tomorrow it will be better. >>> good morning, all of the rain is causing many roads to flood, a lot of intersections will be shut down, baltimore city, falls road is closed at lake avenue and going to be shutdown at old pimlico road. problems in baltimore county, storm damage now on park heights avenue at hooks lane and up in phoenix. jeretsville pike is shut down at paper mill road. something to keep in minds. the roads are extremely treacherous. if you don't have to go out, don't. stay at home. if you are using the main lines, here is the beltway, towson, delaney valley road. the speed limit has been reduced to 45

see the upper 50s in jessup and sykesville. 60 degrees in catonsville this morning. so you don't need the heavy coat. maybe a light sweater as you head out and about. and wind are calm. they will pick -- winds are calm. they will pick up out of the southwest. all is quiet and should stay that way throughout the day. a storm is brewing in the tropics. and also, we have a cold front that's going to interact. we have lots to talk about today. i will get to that later. as you step out the door, planning for your day, this is what we have. you wake up around 6:00 this morning, and we are looking at temperatures at 59 degrees. by about 9:00, 63. we will have the sun, cloud mix like yesterday. 76 degrees by lunchtime. that was the high yesterday. the high today i am going with 80 degrees. let's check the abc2 saim saver traffic with lawyer ann cook. >> reporter: 80 degrees is pretty nice. traveling on 95 no problems from white marsh into the city. that will take you 14 minutes. and everything will remain up to speed through the fort mchenry tunnel and harbor tunnel. checkin

and we are at 59 in sykesville and westminster. through the rest of today this is what you can expect. we can expect some patchy fog this morning. and a sun/cloud mix as we go into the afternoon. this 72 is going to be the high for today. that is going to be coming above average. let's get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>> good morning lynette. well, as you mentioned we are and unfortunately a crash on . the west side of the beltway in wood lawn on the outer loop at security boulevard. north of the scene, here's what it looks like at liberty road. checking in and taking a live look you'll notice it's causing a massive backup it's going to take you 14 minutes right now to travel that outer loop from 795 down towards 95. as far as the beltway is concerned in parkville a live look at harford road, normal conditions, no problems as you do travel up towards towson. and as we pull up another drive time the jfx going to be in great shape. no delays traveling from southbound -- southbound from 69

and sykesville at 45 degrees and this is what we are working with for the planner today as we head into 3:00. the high temperature 57 degrees and it's going to be cool. let's check the abc2 time saber traffic with lauren cook. also fog. >> reporter: yes. fog is going to be a big problem morning. you will want to expect reduced visibility and there are heavy delays on route 295 right now all due to a crash along the southbound lanes ever at route 100 confined to the shoulder but causing a backup. heading out to the beltway, here's a live look at northwest corner at old court road. traffic just crawling right now. it's going to take you 10 minutes extra to travel that outer loop from 795 down towards interstate 70. speeds clocking at 19 miles per hour. here's beltway at harford road. you will want to watch out for an accident as you make your way to towson on the inner loop at 83. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. megan over to you. >>> a playoff baseball is alive and well in baltimore. the o's last night kep the playoff hopes alive in a 3-2 win over the new york yankees. and

right now in millersville we're coming in at 54 degrees and 50 in sykesville and west friendship at 48 degrees. and the winds will be picking up out of the south today at about 5 to 15 miles an hour. gusts up to about 20, 25 miles an hour. and this is what future trend looks like throughout the day. does a pretty good job here, we can see the showers coming in around 7:00, 9:00. more of the same even through the overnight. so your commute to work tomorrow morning is going to be a wet one. a dicey one but i'll be here to walk you through it and we'll get through it together. we can see the thunderstorms early in the morning as well. then that front clears. we will be seeing plenty of sunshine as we head into friday afternoon. and that will continue as we head into the weekend. so good timing with this system. today, temperature coming in at 70 degrees. as we go through tonight, 55- degree the scattered showers, the we will be mild. then by tomorrow the temperature of 73 degrees and the seven day forecast looks like there. cool down into saturday, the komen race looks nice and dry but we

ravens players host the event at elementary schools in baltimore and sykesville.it's an incentive program aimed at getting kids to move for 60 minutes every day. get out and play. the nfl hopes this will reverse a trend of childhood obesity. throughout program students will receive prizes for reaching specific bench marks. >>> if you are looking for things to do and don't want to spend a ton of money check out free fall baltimore kibe off today and runs through -- kicks off today and rns through october 21st. 90 cultural locations offers hundreds of free items for october. we have a list of the activities at abc2news.com. head there if you want to plan fall events for the month of october. and the weather is feeling like fall. >> yes. it feels like fall this morning. although aid little cool. temperatures -- did it's a little cool. temperatures below average a little. stephenson at 47. edgewood and mount airy at 48 and a chilly 46 in columbia this morning. annapolis at 52. cambridge 54 and fed ralsburg 51 and -- federalsburg at 5 157b rock -- 51. and not a whole l

more of the same in sykesville 42 degrees, don't leave the house this morning without that coat.that temperature coming in below with the dew point of 33. the winds are light out of the northwest right now at about 3 miles an hour. and owings mills temperatures is at 40 degrees with a dew point coming in around 36 degrees. so maryland's most powerful radar is dry right now. and it will stay that way as we go throughout the day. we're going to get lots of sunshine in here. make sure you enjoy your day. change is coming. but not so quickly. i'll have those details coming you but look at the planner. as we head into lunchtime today 58 degrees a great day to get out there and maybe run the errands going to the post office. 61 degrees into the afternoon and mostly sunny skies. this temperature coming in well below average. let's get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>> good morning lynette. well traffic is really starting to pick up. we are dealing with several accidents across the region. trouble in baltimore county with a crash right on mount

and then sykesville 46 at the dew point of 46 as you venture out and about take it easy buseswe are seeing-- easy because we are seeing patchy fog. dense fog advisory for frederick county and washington county and allegheny county until 10:00 this morning. we are seeing a quarter of a mile or less of this dense fog so it's nasty and we have maryland's most powerful radar dry right now. but we will see changes in the forecast and that hour by hour forecast brings us up to 72 by this afternoon. mostly cloudy skies. let's check the traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: good morning. in addition to the fog we are dealing with several accidents. we have trouble up in harford county there's crash in bel air on emmerton road at barrington place. expect foggy conditions in that area. particularly along route 1 and in baltimore county we have a crash to tell you about. right in dundalk on german hill road. and if you traveling on 95 this morning, as we

right now though here are the temperatures that are on the warm side. 70 in owings mills and sykesville at 68 and 70 arbutus right now. we have the patchy fog out there and the warm temperatures by this afternoon. let's get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>> good morning lynette. well, as you mentioned we are dealing with patchy fog across the region and it's really going to be bad in frederick. so if you are traveling in that area be extra careful and slow down, turn on the low beams. we do have an update on a crash for you on 95. it has just been cleared from the southbound lanes at cayton avenue. the delays really dissipated. a live look at 95 heading south. just -- here at interstate 195 everything moving right along. no problems getting up to the beltway. or if you are traveling southbound down towards d.c.. and as we pull up the drive times no delay right now on the jfx. the typical 11 minute ride right now traveling from the beltway all the way down to fayette street. 695 in great shape from parkville all the way up to towson. and there

visibility may be down a little bit in your neighborhood. 48 in sykesville. 48 in jarrettsville. 56 degrees in annapolis. becoming mostly cloudy. sunshine early this morning. high temperature between 69 and 74. if you take the boat out, there'll be some visibility problems this morning. wave heights a foot or less. tonight, becoming cloudy. a chance for some rain tonight. sunset this evening at 6:48. a good chance for rain tomorrow. off and on showers on tuesday with a high near 75. mild on wednesday with temperatures around 80. scattered light showers on friday and saturday. temperatures in the 60's by sunday. >> general motors is recalling more than 40,000 vehicles because of a faulty fuel pump. if you try the cheverly kobocob alt, the pontiac and the saturn ion. the pumps in those vehicles could crack. contact your dealer for a free replace ben. -- for a free replacement. southwest comes in second with fewer than 40% of flights offering access. passengers on the verge in america will find wifi on all flights -- passengers on virgin america. chris clackum has more. >> two huge drawbacks r

once you get away from the city, it drops off quickly. 40 in sykesville, and the far western suburbs managed to drop in the 30s. could be a little frost out in the western part of carroll and frederick counties. partly cloudy skies to start. going to make it up to 57 this afternoon. the average high is 69. after about 4:00 or 5:00, there's a chance for a few light rain showers that may carry into tonight. we'll talk more about the forecast for the o's game when i come back in a few minutes. >>> scouring the nation this morning, funeral services are scheduled to be held for a border patrol agent killed last week on the mexican border. according to the head of the border patrol agents' union, it was the case of friendly fire. aye si opened fire on two fellow agents thinking they were army smugglers and killed when they returned fire. hugo chavez has won a sixth year in office. the socialist leader won more than 54% of the vote over a former for formfor formfor former venezuela governor. it's going to embolden chavez. >> the first commercial space flight is on the way to the internation

we want to let you know about the sykesville accident at klees mill road and liberty road.our all the way down to edmondson. caton avenue and benson ave, watch for crash. here is a quick live look at traffic. update for you on 95 and 198. outer loop accident on 95 and the capital beltway. eight miles of jammed conditions there. usual delays approaching middletown to mount carmel. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> weather is nice and quiet, at least. sprinkles in a few neighborhoods, but other than that, nothing that will slow down the commute. upper 30s in the northern suburbs. forecasts on this halloween day -- no problems expected for trick-or-treating. slight chance for eight shower or sprinkle high temperature or 55. this will be the fifth team going into the weekend. going into the weekend. -- the small business owner: question seven means thousands of jobs... in baltimore and across maryland... anncr: and labor groups... construction worker: question seven lets us bring good jobs... back home. anncr: the teachers back it... teacher: millions of dollars will g

sykesville, a lot of spots picking up a lot of rain today. now the fog. we're at 72 degrees with the northeast win at 72 miles an hour. along with the fog, we could see periods of a little drizzle. for the most part, the rain is kind of had heing out of here. continuing to do so. especially that one area where it has been lingering over southern maryland, calvert, saint mary's county through the northern neck. and it is sliding northeastward into spots like delaware and new jersey. a little wet down to the south and east. kind of drizzly and misty coming our way for the overnight and tomorrow morning with that fog. 68 and the temperature only in around gaithersburg. good evening to you folks. 63 to 66. still hanging on to a little bit of warmth on the other side of that front. mid to upper 70s here then. low 60s to the north of us. tomorrow, we're back into the warm stuff. as a matter of fact, i don't think our temperatures will drop a whole lot by tomorrow morning. we've got 70 degrees around 11:00 p.m. 70 to 69 degrees for tomorrow morning. so it is dri

another one in sykesville and rte. 26 and calvert way.ou can see delays on the north side and west side. inner loop of belair road, watch for a crash. 16 miles per hour on average because of that. inner loop traffic is still very heavy, but even here on the outer loop towards dulaney valley. southbound harrisburg expressway is crawling from the parkton region. over to you, tony. >> you can see the bright orange and red there. this is going to continue to come through in waves during the day to day. 65 at the airport, 63 in cockeysville. we should make it into the mid- 70's this afternoon. off and on rainshowers. pleasing temperatures in the next few days. we will ♪ ♪ i tried playing it cool >> 7:30 now on this tuesday morning. it's the 2nd of october, 2012. and are you seeing what starts and becomes a huge production as dozens of people come together for one epic wedding proposal. we'll show it to you. i don't know how you proposed to your wife, david, but in this day and age you've got to put on a show. >> if it doesn't happen on youtube

. >> quiet start, weather-wise. 46 at the airport, 49 in sykesville, 48 in parkton.rm system in the ohio valley. this will produce showers and thunderstorms for us, but not until tonight. a mixture of sunshine and a few clouds. high temperatures will climb into the upper 60s and low 70's. into the upper 60s and low 70's. ♪ an economic issue ♪ obama care >> we're back now at 7:30 on a thursday morning, october 18th, 2012 with a creative look at this week's second presidential debate from youtube star the gregory brothers. we're going to hear more of this video in just a little while. candy crowley playing a mean keyboard in this one. >>> meanwhile, inside studio 1a, i'm matt lauer alongside savannah gurthrie. >> it's hilarious. >>> also ahead, do you pose for your family picture ever do anything interesting? well, a group of siblings does. they've got this running tradition and it goes back 23 years. they always strike that same silly pose. it's fun and it's also helped them through difficult times. they'll be here to tell us how it all started. and they are ready for