jeff hager is standing by live in carny with more on what they are recommending. jeff? >> reporter: if you have been running out today or in previous days to stores like the home depot, getting essentials, flosh lights and battery -- flashlights and batteries. you have been doing what emergency managers suggest you should do. be prepared. for those living along the chesapeake, those with boat tons water, another level of preparation has been going on all day and will continue in to the weekend. they have seen the boats, the flooded homes, before. those of us who are landlocked have plenty to get ready for with sandy. >> be prepared to be without power for a long period of time. no one likes that scenario, but if trees start coming down, which is quite likely, we have to be realistic, homes and businesses, maybe without power, for a period of days. a number of days. >> reporter: of course you remember the frustration surrounding irene, the executive addressed that today, he has received ainsurances that the -- assurances from bge that they will receive notices. the count

. >> as jeff hager tells us tonight, detectives rereleased surveillance photos to help jog your memory. >> police are hoping to turn back the clock where these surveillance photos show three men may have gotten away with murder. they followed 21-year-old n ico gayles and forced their way in. he called police. he was supposed to be picking up his mother at the subway that night. >> my husband called in route to tell me he may be in trouble and i didn't want to believe it but when i got to my destination and he wasn't there, i knew because my son would never not pick me up. >> later a few blocks away from the mcdonald's, someone noticed a car parked with a driver sitting unresponsive behind the wheel. this was nico. >> hes with found with multiple gunshot wounds. >> a year later police are no closer to solving it. he had aspired to be a musician and musician. >> some days are more difficult than others. there's never a day that goes by. it will be this way for the rest of our lives. >> reporter: this grieving mother is hoping even if it costs $10,000, someone will help find their son's k

jeff hager, abc2 news. >>> violent weekend in baltimore culminated with a double shooting in front of a popular downtown nightclub. a man apparently opened fire striking two victims outside of the mirage night club around 2 a.m. one man is in serious condition at the hospital. another man suffered injuries to his lower extreme mitt did extremities. businesses that experience at least three incidents of violence within a year are due to closure. >>> can you make out who these two people are in this surveillance video? they're right there on the bottom right hand side of the screen. they may be the key to solving the murder of 51-year-old peter marvit. he was killed on september 17th around 11:00 at night in the 2800 block of chesterfield avenue. >>> we continue to mourn the five lives lost in the fire last week. abc2's cheryl conner has more. >> reporter: the really cool part of this story is the fire victims had no connection to the towing industry. the two local companies hard the story and decided they wanted to do something. they are both located in ball. both gathered here tonight

. >> as jeff hager reports, the victim's family claims the driver had other drugs in their system. >> reporter: when investigators first looked at the crash on route 143, they learned the car had been driving 20 miles over the speed limit, crossed the center line and t boeing another car kelling -- kills another driver. the family is suing the meth lab for failing to test. >> you can directly link that back to the negligence act because they had the knowledge that this person, this patient of theirs was one who would come into the clinic having taken other drugs. >> more worried about taking the money for the methadone than following procedures. >> reporter: it's been said you can't place a price on a person's life. al bers is serving time for her role in the crash. the lawsuit is asking for $20 million in damages from the mat clinic of belcamp. the family is also lobbies maryland lawmakers to make sure such a tragedy never happens again. >> there are other states whereby laws have changed that requirement actual clinic to drive their patients to and from the methadone clinic so they

jeff hager, abc2 news. >>> two 12 year olds face charges for trying to trade a hand gun in school. another student saw the gun and told a teacher. one boy brought the weapon in hopes of trading to it another boy for an x box. there was no sign the students planned to harm anybody at the school. the gun was legally registered. >>> you would be hard pressed to find a woman who doesn't carry a purse everywhere she goes. >> sometimes the bags can be large and really heavy. how the size of your purse can cause aches and pains and tips to make your load lighter. >>> shuttle endeavor is on its final mission. why it's going the take time for the shuttle to make it to its final destination. >> reporter: i'm wyatt everhart, live at the zoo, we will have a live repot from the zoo straight ahead on abc2 news at 5:00. it's heavy lifting. you start with a democratic senator named ben. by getting bwi-marshall funding for new runways, he's helping us serve 21 million passengers a year, which helps keep 100,000 jobs that depend on the airport, and that means more cargo for more businesses and more

jeff hager, abc2 news. >>> flooding from hurricane sandy is a big concern down in annapolis. don harrison tells us what the capitol is doing get ready for sandy. >> hurricane sandy, is on the way. >> the mayor and his emergency management team are checking everything being this close to the water, the city keeps an eye on the weather. >> we have inspectors out, making sure we are eke checking the storm drain to remove debris and leaves. we are doing all the little things. >> reporter: preparations are nothing new for people who lyand own businesses downtown. >> the city as to courtesy of the residents and businesses provide sand and sandbags and it's a self service thing but we will do that again. one of the businesses that may need the sandbag, is steven's hardware, selling storm items from lamps to extension cords to tarps. even though some businesses have been through this before, it doesn't make it any easier, it's never easy because you rarely want to go through it again. you say i hope it never happens again. i have had earthquakes and tornados and hurricanes, high tide

jeff hager is outside. an area that kno flooding very well. let's see how the folks are preparing. >> reporter: earlier today we were along the chesapeake bay. we touched basin millers eye land even though they went through the bankrupt of it, they're seeing things they've never seen b sandwiched between the back river and chesapeake barks the millers island community may be one of the most exposed neighborhoods to surging water. >> we had a shore house right there that we're more concerned about because it's lower and on the water, but i think weir hear okay -- we're okay here. >> reporter: what do you do, hunker down? >> hunker down. >> reporter: many of the residents had to rebuild after us is a bell nine years ago. >> all the vehicles are gone. we've moved all the deck furniture, as you can see. the boat's out of the water. if we get a surge, we're prepared for it. >> reporter: north area -- the dave brothers aren't about to shelter in plashings for fear they might get stranded. >> we're going to whitewash. worried about trees coming down.

. >> jeff hager is standing by live in carny with more on how people and emergency managers are getting ready for sandy. >> reporter: as with any storm the rush is on. a flood of people coming to the home depot store along pairing parkway, a lot of them are going for the smaller items like flashlights, batteries and shovels, also, some of the bigger items, pallets of sandbags, play type coming out along with plywood and generators , the stakes are higher when you are preparing for a hurricane. ken is trying to beat the rush, the rush to get his boat out of the chesapeake bay ahead of hurricane sandy, he learned his lesson nine years ago. >> isabelle, we didn't think anything was going to happen. it was fine until 1:00 in the morning. woke up the next morning, everything was under water. >> reporter: ray morrison, no longer wait until the storm is upon him, choosing to prepare for almost anything. >> identify heard snow, high winds is what i'm most concerned about. i don't know what the rain, how much of that is going to be and where it's going to hit, whether it's going to be up the bay

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we want to send it out to jeff hager who is at buffalo wild wings getting a feeling of the crowd. >> reporter: right now it's the mumbling. there's a buzz in the air and it's growing louder and louder. the o's fans have been on the same roller coaster ride. they were looking at about a 12-hour day, counting down until that game that all eyes will be on tonight. it may sound like any other day here at vehicle service plus in bel air but a glance at this sign tells us all thoughts are on the orioles beating the rangers. >> it's going to be a tough game but i think we'll do well. even though we're in texas, we'll do well. the bull pen is hanging in there. >> reporter: the plaque and orange is evident -- black and orange is evident on main street. >> it's been so exciting. they're a young team. it's great to see them playing so hard. it really gets you excited for the orioles. >> reporter: city leaders are also feeling the o's magic. >> we're excited. we're calling it purple and orange fridays. we're doing hour monthly block parties. we'll have a little mini rally and give away prizes, g

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jeff hager is live with our team coverage. we hear you caught up with some of the crews. they've really been working hard. >> bge pulled in crews from as far away as florida, texas, new mexico to help restore power. it's helped to clear the outages. they faced a similar scene, clearing a large tree and the broken telephone pole that sent a transformer crashing to the ground. while homeowners felt fortunate the super storm didn't produce the kind of damage you might see from a direct hit, they do miss some common comfort. >> you walk into a room. the first thing you want to do is flip a light on and running water because we're on well here. just your daily showers and running water and flushing the commodes and just that sort of thing that you take for granted. >> reporter: appreciate it but that's not everyone. back live now, you see the big tree along register. a number of power lines. last night five bge trucks showed up but no one to cut the trees to make room for them to make the necessary electrical retears, something we saw during the duratio. certainly they're not

jeff hager, abc2 news. >> well, you asked about millers island, right? the viewers are quick on their feet. they sent me a picture. they're seeing flooding. we are starting to see flooding out there, millers island one of the spots. coastal flood warning. we will see enhanced bay flooding tonight. kent at 9:50. port deposit you'll see your high tide after midnight. we'll take you to the sus question an na. flood stage is 23 1/2. it's flooding at ft. mchenry. we'll tack you down toward annapolis. flood sge being 2.4. we're above. so we're above one to two feet. i think we go about a foot, maybe a foot and a half. not an epic flooding event, nowhere close to where we were. what was the storm? isabelle. it's getting to be that. that's kelly. you're jamie. >> you're mike. >> there's concern about the conowingo dam. they're going to re-evaluate tomorrow. >>> it's not just the people hunting down during sandy. >> the animals were protected. we'll tell you how the critters at the national aquarium fared during superstorm sandy. >> and sandy still bringing snow

jeff hager, abc2 news. >> tonight cottle is being held at the detention center on $150,000 bond. >>> three women abducted, two of the victims teenagers who were shawltd, all of them forced into the car from bus stops from baltimore county and city. police say it was a similar mo in both cases as they would strong arm the suspects into a car, rob them and sexual assault at least two of the victims. it's a terrifying string of crimes that date back to the 25th. they arrested two suspects late last night. >> baltimore city detectives were able to get a partial tag. detectives from both jurisdictions worked together. they were able to identify the own are and connect one -- owner and connect one of the suspects. >> police believe there could be victims from other cases. dectives want to hear from you right away. >>> a pasadena man said he was trying to rescue exotic pets but anne arundel animal control said shane taylor let things get way out of hand so they took dozens of animals out of his home. >> reporter: kelly, anne arundel county, animal control removed 40 exotic animals. they ran

in cecil county, jeff hager. >> while the two male suspects wore masks and gloves, evidence was collected. >>> continuing coverage. a man accused of secretly recording women in their ellicott city home. michael stephen mckenny was being held on $100,000 bond but a george judge has -- judge has ordered him to be held without bond. he is a serious risk to the public. mckenny is accuse of stealing a key to the women's apartment, going in and had a camera that he moved around to watch him. police were able to identify him after he recorded himself. >> and george huguely is now serving his time at a different prison. he is in a facility in western va. for now the website for the prison lists his estimated release date as may 2030. >>> a new survey of kids between 10 and7 one in every 23 they had thought about killing themselves before. researchers from the university of new hampshire interviewed the children and also the kids who reported being bullied, attacked or threatened by pearce in the last -- piers in the last 12 months were likely to have suicide hall thoughts. kids in the survey who

reporting live in northeast baltimore, jeff hager. >> in another fire in southeast baltimore two firefighters were seriously burned. that started around 1:00 this morning on bonsal street. one firefighter has burns on his arm, and the other has burns on his face. >>> in the middle of fire prevention week. would you be able to get out of your home if it caught on fire. >> it's making people really reconsider their safety. roosevelt leftwich works for you. >> reporter: the last time a fire like this killed this many people was back in deals of 2010. since then efforts to help educate people about fire prevention and safety have increased it. takes something like this to happen to make people think. just can't imagine what they're going through. the family and friends hovered around as they tried to figure out what happened here. the cause of the fire not known. where it started, not known. whether there were working smoke detectors in the home, not known. but a grandmother and four grandchildren are dead. >> the city had a very significant loss last evening with the matriarch of the family peri

jeff hager, abc2 news. >>> temperatures now hovering around 60 degrees in spots. 61 in glen burnie. reisterstown at 60 degrees. temperatures will be falling from the 60s in the 50s. you seat wind gusts. peak wind gusts at 24. 27 baltimore. 33 the top wind gusts in gaithersburg. it's been a clear sky today there. is not much to the west. more clear weather due in over the next several days. just another hour or two in the 60s and then in the 50s on a light northwesterly breeze. much more on how things shape up is coming up in minutes. >>> we have breaking news. 13 people are hurt after a school bus collides with a mini van. abc2's cheryl conner has more. >> reporter: the van that was involved in the crash, we're at madison and enzoe. a school bus and a mini van collided. it was really close to la trobe homes. it happened around 3 this afternoon. a spokesman for the baltimore city fire department said 11 students suffered non-life-threatening injuries. all 13 patients were transported to area hospitals but are expect to survive. now how the accident happened, baltimore city police say

jeff hager, abc2 news. >>> toyota is recalling more than 7 million cars and trucks worldwide. the power windows could catch fire. the switch on the driver's side did in the get enough grease during production to cause trick son. this includes dozens of models from 2005 to 2010. it's the largest for toyota since twine -- 2009, 2010. >> your weather was nice. warmer than the last few days. take a look at the shot downtown, looking good and feeling good. 68 in town. 68 at the eastern shore. close to 70 degrees. a little bit of a wind kicked out of the westerly direction. that's a dry wind. some cooler layer will come. >>> play as we head into the overnight hours. speak of the evening hours, 60 degrees. this is the yankee stadium forecast. 60 through the course of the evening. 53 for the nighttime hours and a chilly 41 degrees as we head into the predawn hours tomorrow. we'll talk about a cooldown as we go into thursday and friday. we'll discuss that coming up. >> thanks. a 13-year-old girl taken too soon from her family. monae turnage was shot earlier this year by two friends p

. >> jeff hager is joining us live. >> sadly we have seen it before. plenty of times. sandy is expected to take her toll coming and going. people there already bracing themselves for the high water. >> reporter: they can not move their stuff to higher ground fast enough with hurricane sandy on the way. long-time residents know all too well what will happen when the river spills over its banks. >> as much as a ceiling. we had to replace all the washers and dryers. this one here is going to be a lot worse than that one was. >> reporter: flooding small river front town in the process. >> with all the gates opened you are talking two to three million gallons a second coming through the dam. >> that's a lot of water. water is the most destructive force in the world. you can not control it. >> reporter: it will help with expected flooding and rescue. furniture and piling up sandbags. now comes the tough part. waits out the storm. >> we'll get a lot of storms. we want people to stay inside. don't come out. we stress that because what looks like maybe a dead power line may be

. >> reporter: jeff hager. >> the county executive has ordered an audit of what went wrong. he also plans to review the names by which power is supplied to the plant and what may be needed to keep this from happening again. >>> some customers are dealing with power outages from sandy. on giddings avenue in the city they are seeing outages. bge was on the scene, which was giving residents some hope. this time their power will come back on sooner than it did back in june. >> hopefully it will be a shorter duration this time. this was about a week last time. hopefully it will be a much quicker process. >> residents lost it about 1:00 this morning when a transformer blew. crews are working to restore power through the area. >>> you don't usually expect to see snow before halloween, but thanks to sandy, some of the conditions are getting snowy. >> could we see snow? let's check in with meteorologist wyatt everhart who is dressed up as mike masco. >> we've used the storm -- term super storm. i don't think anyone's ever seen hurricane force winds and go 500 miles inland and you're

jeff hager is out in the elements. i joined him one occasion. it looks like it is heavier now, jeff. >> reporter: kelly, in the last 15 minutes or so, sandy sort of showing her mixed bag of trainings here. as you look at the leaves now, it looks like it is misting. intermittently in the last few minutes we've seen some of the rain driving side to side and gusts probably up to around 30, 35. not to overstate it. nothing like the 65 or 70 they might be calling for in the northern counties of maryland. most of the people are off the road. probably a good thing. hunker down for the night. in the morning, the width and extent of the storm and how it will continue, how we have the back half of it to come with all kinds of peculiar tees, you know how it is going to behave. do not go out. the gusts can make it dangerous for you on the roads. that's it for here, back to you. >> thank you, jeff. let's check out roosevelt. she is all over harper counties checking out the conditions for this evening and this afternoon. we'll see what she has to say about wh

. >> and that's jeff hager. >> the situation in port deposit not good but they are used to flooding and hard to do anything about it. stay with us this morning, we are work for you as good morning maryland at 5 gets ready to roll on. >> we will have continuing coverage on the latest getting ready for hurricane sandy. we will look at most air -- areas most prone for flooding. >> and if you rely on public transportation to get around, we have important information you will need to know about. the buses and trains and plane cancellations. we will be right back. >>> impending hurricanes forcing officials to make big changes for today. gorgeor o'malley canceled -- governor o'malley canceled early voting and the president and mitt romney canceled rallies in key bate ground states. >>> we have more coming your way as we continue to track hurricane sandy. >> what you need to know to keep yourself and your family safe. good morning maryland at 5 begins right now. >> you're watching the station that works for you. now, good morning maryland. >> sandy churns over the atlantic but she is making her