sherrie johnson joins us live with all the details. sherrie. >> reporter: well, we are here at the mcdonald's on bel air road in perry hall where this place is all decked out for halloween. okay w. you walk in the door -- okay. when you walk in the door you see mr. skelltor and you -- skell tore and you -- skelletor and you are greeteded by mr. evil. -- greeted by mr. evil. they have creepy crawly all types of things going on. and hey, look at this frog. it's oh, my gosh this is unbelievable here. they left no stone unturned. that's a big spider. look at this finger. like oh, gosh, that's unbelievable. and they have the rat thing eye but as and this thing right here, i don't know is that's crawling around there. unbelievable here. they have he got tombstones and -- they've got tombstones and bats and i got to show you this box. all you have to do is flip the switch up here and then you wait for it. and they have got look at that unbelievable. this place is is too scary. they got too much stuff going on. i have wanda the manager good mo

sherrie johnson is downtown live with the details. >> reporter: good morning, charley. that's right. we are learning this morning that a group of labor union leaders are actually offeringsupport to occupy baltimore and they wrote a letter asking the mayor stephanie rawlings blake not to remove them and continue dialogue in the situation. you can see all the tents that up here. occupy baltimore has been here at the inner harbor since october 4th and they don't plan on leaving. the city is asking the protesters to limit their overnight encampment to two people instead of about 30 or so folks who have been staying overnight now. and this morning, i have two folks joining me live here. let's tart with ian. tell me what are you thinking when you hear the labor unions have offered support sm. >> i really think it's essential that we have labor as a partner in our struggle because labor represents the democratic involvement of the worker in the process of employment and the same way we want to bring democracy back to the way our government operates. >> reporter: all right. now

sherrie johnson has the story. are you going to do another demonstration. >> reporter: i might. >> you are on a box don't do it. >> reporter: time to move is the case for youngsters in baltimore. and today emily price jones head start and national geographic kids magazine are teaming up at 3 p.m. for a jumping jacks event part of first lady michelle obama's let's move campaign. she is trying to reduce childhood obesity in the country and wants to drop the rate from 20% to 5% by 2030. and in today's event the goal is to break the guinness brook of world record for jumping jacks and in order to do that more than 20,000 people worldwide need to complete one minute of jumping jacks between 3 p.m. today and 3 p.m. tomorrow. mrs. obama is expect to kick off the 24 hour period with one minute of jumping jacks at the white house. national geographic kids magazine encourages kids and families to get teens and classmates organizations and communities to join them in break the magazine's 5th guinness world records. charley, t

. >>> baltimore police shot an armed man in south baltimore and sherrie johnson joins us live with more on the developing story. sherrie, this happened around 9:00 last night, right? >> reporter: that's exactly right. and you know what, this morning,authorities with the baltimore city police department are investigating that shooting and at last report the man that was shot was reported to be in critical condition. this all happened sunday night in the 3600 block of st. victor street in south baltimore. police got a call of an armed person in the home and the caller feared for their safety. when police arrived at the home, they say they found an adult male between 40 and 50 years old with a weapon. >> individuals holding a weapon officers entered the house asking individual to drop the weapon numerous times and he didn't comply with the officers commands and turned towards the officers with the weapon and one officer fired at least one defensive shot. >> reporter: now again that victim was taken to johns hopkins bayview medical center where at last was in critical condition. no one else

sherrie johnson joins us live from police head quarters were more. this happened before ten last night right? >> reporter: yes, actually it was 8:50 last night. and authorities here at the baltimore city police department are still investigating that shooting. at last report, the victim was in critical condition. now this all happened again about 8:50 last night in the 3600 block of st. victor street in south baltimore. police got a call of an armed person in a home and the caller feared for their safety. police say that when they arrived at the home, they found an adult male between 40 and 50 years old with a weapon. >> the individual was holding a weapon. officers entered the house asked the individual to drop the weapon. he didn't comply with the officers commands and turns towards the officers with the weapon and one officer fired at least one defensive shot. >> reporter: now that victim was taken to johns hopkins bayview medical center and reported to be in critical condition. no one else in the home was injured. and again we are told that homic

i am sherrie johnson, vil more on the sit -- i will have more on the city's plan. >>> trick or treat something almost here but this year your kid might be disappointed. why they might not get as much candy this year. >> that straight ahead on this tuesday, october 25th a wonderful morning. i am charley crowson. wu before we get to the news -- let's check the forecast. we are thrilled to be joined bymeteorologist lynette charles. >> i am thrilled to deliver the wonderful weather we will be having for today. check out the headlines. we are going to be seeing late october sunshine. it will be nice and dry outside. temperatures will be above average and showers are likely going towards the end of the week around thursday. and then we will get much cooler by the weekend. so we are looking at maryland's most powerful radar and things are nice and dry. it will stay that way through the rest of today. the temperature in bel air right now coming in right around 51. and we are seeing more of that into ellicott city a little cooler around 46 degrees. time to get a check of the traffic with tany

sherrie johnson shows how it's making a difference. >> reporter: here at the y of central maryland, there's a lot of positive things going on. it's home to the mentoring practice. 10-year-old nathan comes from a single parent home. his mother was never really in his life and recently passed away. these days he enjoys the company of his mentor. >> he told me he would help me with my school work, math. i need help with my multiplication, but he helped me more. >> reporter: carl has men toured nathan for nine months. he helps with homework, encourages positive behavior. carl is a corrections officer with three kids of his own. help understands discipline. >> i felt it was a very effective way to give back to my community, to help out, give them a positive role model. >> reporter: this has been around for a year. the goal is to provide young people with a positive adult mentor outside of the child's family for added reinforce m mentors spend two hours a week with children at the y. it's a commitment that moves kids from risk to resiliency. >> it's important to have people who care about them. t

sherrie johnson is here with a look at how you can see a private service from not quite a week ago, but people can take part by visiting the website. >> big day in terms of steve jobs news, apple allowing the public to see his memorial service held at the headquarters and a book about his life comes out soon. apple posted a link sunday to the video of the service. it was held on wednesday morning in an outdoor amphitheater. the ceremony was private, closed to the public and media. jobs was apple's cofounder who died at 56 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. a book offer as behind the scenes look at steve jobs. the man behind the company that impacted our lives. his biographer talks about the last conversation he had with jobs about his health. >> he said, i didn't want my body to be opened. i didn't want to be violated in that way. >> you can find the memorial on apple's website, running 81 minutes and a glitches glimpse of the company in morning. >>> a terror for beach goers. a look at news around the world and how a man's trip turns in to disaster as tourists take a nervous dip. it

i'm sherrie johnson. hear why customers want to buy the phone. >> reporter: and tens of thousands of runners will be crossing the finish line here in baltimore. i'm linda so. all you need to know about the baltimore running

sherrie johnson is here with more on what some are saying as they are crunching the numbers from the grand prix race. >> we will soon find out if it was worth it. final economic report is due out today, it's been a month since the first grand prix race and supporters and opponents sat down and crunched the numbers. a previous study showed the race did not generate nearly as much money as the people of baltimore were promised. at a news conference, governor martin o'malley says the prix would produce 60 to $70 million in economic impact. the spending came to $25 million. $10million of that was from out of state visitors. a spokesman for baltimore city major riewlings blake says questions the samel size of 210 people out of 15,000 people. that final economic report on the grand prix race is expected out today. >>> kickoff of komen race for the cure was almost delayed because of an accident on 83. look at this. two vehicles including a van were involved. numerous reports that people had to be rescued. the race was 35,000 people that showed up. all dressed in pink. all of this taking pla

i'm sherrie johnson, coming up, hear why drivers say no way. >>> your cell phone may not be safe, especially when it comes to your kids. what a new study found. >>> we saw them high in the sky working to repair the monument, now repelling down another landmark. we will take a look at that on tuesday, october 18th. i'm charley crowson. let's get to it. say good morning to justin berk. last half hour, justin, he had one viewer saying they wanted you to use a magic wand. >> it didn't work. for the time being, we are stuck with the clicker and whatever else we can see. we've got ourselves and look here. 50 degrees in baltimore, 52 easton. patchy fog, temperatures allowed to drop a little bit overnight, through 40s, north and west of baltimore and reach the dew point. clouds trying to roll in for the last couple of hours, showers to the north. we stay dry today and intermittent clouds this morning, any little bit of morning sun peaking out, we will lose out to the advancing crowds ahead of the storm system. a little peak on the edge of the screen. it looks well organized. extended front across th

abc2 news education reporter sherrie johnson is here live with the details. >> well, charlie, we are here on the campus of university of maryland baltimore, where later today the board of regents will hold a public hearing to try to decide whether or not it is a good idea to -- [ inaudible ] >> -- baltimore, now maryland senate president mike miller actually called for the study of whether it is feasible for the two largest research campuses in the state university system to merge. leaders are looking at the possibility of increased research funding coming in. right now again they are in the study phase of this process. and while the idea is being considered the community and some civic leaders have expressed concern that merging the university of maryland baltimore campus with college park will have a negative impact on the city of baltimore and the anchor roll provided by them. she is expected to speak today and the legislation has mandated the university of mare lanked maryland must issue a report on this. it takes place today -- [ inaudible ] >> -- lombard street. so far -- [ ina

sherrie johnson has a pro preview. >> it -- it's time to move the bus. extreme makeover has been hard at work. the home was so bad it didn't have a working shower or bathtub. today that's about to change. the family has been visiting santa barbara california during brand eccaheóynew home. 16-year-old johnson lost his hand while working on the 80- year-old home last chris mat christmas eve. he has a passion for construction and design. the crew let him stay behind and work on the home. this home was built with the environment in mind and has be 3 solar panels on the roof to provide energy. >> the house has a little bit of everything. most importantly, though, i don't think the family is going to see an electric bill. it's going to make more power than it uses. >> spectators will gather at 10:00, the reveal is at 3:00 this afternoon. catch the episode on abc 2, december 9th. >>> minimum wage workers could see bigger paychecks thanks to laws requiring annual minimum wage adjustments to keep pace with inflation. there will be a 28 to 30-cent hourly bump. r

i'm sherrie johnson. that story is straight ahead.>> reporter: i'm linda so. the work that the lawmakers need to get before the regular session in january. >>> applaud sky in annapolis. and it feels like a -- partly cloudy sky in annapolis. >>> broken down cars and slowing down on the beltway. we'll take a closer look when "good morning maryland" continues. >>> good morning. i'm charles crowson. time for your abc 2 news to go on this monday. we have the latest on the search for a missing maryland boy. and there will be a special session convening today in annapolis and speed cameras will be going into operation today. and tonya has your traffic. but let's get over to justin berk. >>> baltimore is trout today after a -- is proud today after a beautiful weekend and successful baltimore running festival. we had beautiful sunshine and beautiful race this week. we had 50s in annapolis and 57 in columbia and 54 in westminster. the showers to the northwest, they're falling apart. we have a mix of clouds and sun this morning. we'll get to 69 by lunchtime. we'll have a

sherrie johnson. >>> look for updates on this story and new video. >>> this morning a young man is in custody in connection with the murder of a church caretaker. seven-year-old milton hill worked at the ark church in baltimore. >>> this morning a new report on robyn gardner, the maryland woman who has been missing in aruba. we are learning now the national enquirer has learned authorities received an anonymous tip. it says the woman from frederick is buried alive in a dog's grave. >>> howard county police are searching for a missing sex offender. james spivey is the only sex offender not found during the recent check in. there is a big fight over water, people are not happy about the possibility of a water tower being built right in their backyard. the area is growing, and needs a big tower. this one ensures homes will have proper water pressure and keep the public safe as it gives firefighters the water they need to do their job. residents say if the tower goes up, the property values are going to go down. >> we are trying to make decisions that involve the community. this is a proj

sherry johnson has more. >> reporter: this is considered among the most restrictive death penalty statute in the nation. today both sides will argue whether 2-year-old walter bishop jr. should be sentenced to death. bishop was convicted wednesday of fatally shooting william porter last year at a gas station he owned. it is a crime bishop is accused of committing at the request of port 30er's wife. and bishop could become the state's sixth death row inmate. to be eligible for the death penalty there must be dna or video evidence linking the defendant to the murder or video of a voluntary confession. despite pleas from his attorneys that a video confession he gave police in march of last year, saying it was not voluntary. yesterday began the penalty phase of the trial, and the panel will decide his sentence. >> for the latest on this case and what happens today, keep an eye on our website. for the latest updates, abc 2 news.com. >>> the trial of brittany norwood, a detective handling that case took the stand yesterday. detective deanna mackey testified she interviewed norwood at the hospita

sherrie johnson is here with a preview of that, what can we expect tonight? >> reporter: well , the ladies are taking over tonight. i don't know, charlie. things could get wild. the event sold out again for a second year in a row. more than 6000 people are expected to turnout here at mt bank stadium for this, a purple evening. this is the 5th year. it's for the female ravens fans and gives them a chance to learn about up the close and personal. some players will sign autographs, participating in forums and field skilled sessions. fans will have stadium access, a purple evening evolved from the previous ravens women's festival and football 101 events offered in past years. the evening is not exclusive to women, it is definitely catered to female ravens fans. the event runs from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and gate a opens at 4:00, we are standing in front of grate 8. ofgate 8. start lining up at 8:00 to grab a wrist fan for autographs. i hear that our very own 5:00 a.m. producer, shavon garrett will be here tonight. hopefully they have good weather. >>> because it

on the eastern shore, sherrie johnson joins us with a sneak peek. is it time to move the bus? >> you are so right. today is the big day. it's time to move that bus. thai pennington and the crew have been hard at work. the home was so bad that it didn't have the working shower, or bat tub in the home. -- bathtub in the home. the family has been visiting santa barbara california during the build and today they will see their home. a 16 year old lost his hand while working on the home. he has a passion for construction and design. for the first time the crew let him stay behind and help work on the home. it has 33 solar panels to provide energy. >> the house has a little bit of everything. most importantly, i don't think the family be see an electric bill. it's going to make more power than it uses. >> spectators will gather around 10:00 to reveal. it takes place at 3:00. catch the episode on abc 2. >>> stay with abc2 news, and abc2news.com, continuing coverage as the family is going to head in and see their new home. annapolis, battle over same sex marriage carries on. martin o'

i am sherrie johnson. why police fired at a man. >>> the family of the catonsville man who died from eating tainted cont lope is speak out this morning. >>> and there's a

reporting live, sherrie johnson, abc2 now is. >>> and baltimore rain star ed reid are helping baltimore kids work up a sweat. he will host a fitness day at booker t washington middle school. his first fitness day there was in 2008 and the superstar free safety and teammates gave testimonials and demonstrated a variety of skills and a few drills. >>> there's macho ad campaign designed to get you to drink a diet soda. dr. pepper is proclapping, it's not -- proclaiming, it's not for women. they came up with the irene kassorla idea after the idea that men shy away from dietdrinks that are not manly enough of now it will be wrapped in gray metal packaging. >>> justin. >>> time for a check of the forecast with justin. would you drink dr. pepper 10? >> i would try it once you go i got the race so it's all watt they are weekend. that means frequent visits somewhere else. let's get this going right now. no, i am okay. you mentioned tide . some you know what i am talking -- tide point. some you have know what i am talking about. we are piling in moisture and this is what we had yesterday in downt

abc2's sherrie johnson joins us live with the details this morning. you still are dressed up. >> reporter: yes, i am still dressed up. i have my witch's uniform. good witch that is. good witch of the north. and we are here -- [ no audio from station ] >> reporter: they have so many things here. look at this skeleton. i mean it's unbelievable. you can see it right there shaking and moving. all right. and we are going to throw it back to charl hello, in the stewed -- charley in the studio. >> the ghost, ghouls and goblins have interfered with the audio so we will be back later when we get that corrected. >>> all right. check this out. some kid trick or treating in pittsburgh were greeted with this. a snowman halloween crossover. those pictures were taken from a scene and you can see the jack-o'-lantern. >>> and the white house is going orange. on saturday the president and first lady handed out goody bags for the trick or treaters. no costumes but they he were plenty dressed up. bags included cookies m&m and dried fruit mix and a healthy orange. >>> a w

johnson has some parents remarks and reaction for you with a live report this morning. hey,. >> reporter: good morning. we are here at city hall where there's talk of closing recreation centers and all new this morning, we have learned that a church group plans to demonstrate at the r-ec and park headquarters tomorrow. basically, they are concerned about mayor stephanie rawlings- blake plan to end privatation and that could close some rment ec centers and some -- rec centers and some parents and community leaders are not happy about it. the kids come after school to find a safe place to play and stay off the streets a plan proposed by rawlings-blake would shift fund requesting and operation of the 55rec senters to private companies or charities. call for bids on running them brought 6 viable entries and the mayor says it's part of a effort to revitalize the rec center system. parents and kids say without the centers, they would be at a loss. >> i if it weren't here i would probably be home but being at home isn't at fun as the r-ec. >> there are some of us barely making

sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> ten years after the anthrax attacks that made 17 sick and killed 5 people. scientists don't believe the man deemed responsible was working alone. they have written a paper questioning the government's finding on the army microbiologist at fort dietrich who is solely responsible so theclaims went. the paper takes the position that there are connections that need to be investigated before the case can be officially closed. a spokesman says the agency stands by the conclusion that he acted alone. >>> now is the time to move or you are going to be subject to arrest. >> we are. [audio not understandable] >> now to the protest okay poi wall street. this is occupy -- occupy wall street. this is occupy boston. a hundred people were arrested fortress passing. police commissioner says one police officer was hit in the face and at least a thousand or more protesters are involved. they are saying they are staying on top of this or we are staying on top of this. more coming up at six. >>> protesters for occupying dc say they are not going to leave soon. u.s. park offici

with your latest news, here is sherrie johnson. >>> jury selection starts this morning in the murder trial of britney norwood, charged with killing a co-worker at an upscale yoga clothing store. she bludgeoned murray in march inside the shop. prosecutors say the killing came after murray found stolen merchandise in norwood's bag. >>> officials at thur good marshal say no one was hurt when a southwest airline jet collided with a fuel truck. it was taken out of service while the crash is being investigated. a weather update in 30 minutes. more of good morning america. >>> in the world. i just wanted to open up a little dialogue on the state of honesty. the state of truth. the state of truth as it pertains to literature and media. >> ashton kucher. don't have to look to close and see there's though wedding ring on that video. >> takes the media to task as well. >>> and inside the madoff family. bernie's daughter-in-law, stephanie madoff mack is here live this morning. was it too much for her husband, mark, to bear. he did commit suicide. >>> does harry have a new girlfriend? we'll intro

sherrie job son has -- johnson has the story. >> reporter: the learning continues on this saturday afternoon with free reading screenings. she brought her 11-year-old daughter for testing. >> she's having some problems with her reading fluency, so i thought it was important to figure out. >> reporter: october is dyslexia awareness month. educators want to make sure children are on the right path. they offer specialized instruction for children with dyslexia. the reading screenings help parents identify if their child is reading at grade level or below. >> we want to catch the children early so that we can determine why they're not reading and begin to address theiric skills. >> she loves school right now. i don't want it to continue to be a struggle for her. i'd hate for her to get into middle school and find the work too challenging. >> reporter: they however it on two saturdays in the month of october. the goal is to get students on the right track early to get them on the right path to academic success. >> this is the first year the highland school held the free reading screening. adminis

. >> sherri ly, thank you. >>> congratulations go out to the winners of this year's nobel peace prize. it will be divided among these three women. the committee announced the president of liberia, ellen johnson sirleaf, and leymah gbowee, and tawakul karman of yemen will receive the honor. the committee chose the three for their nonviolent struggle for the safety of women and women's rights. >>> 8:10 now on this friday morning. coming up, we're going to check out the other stories making headlines this morning, including more on the conviction of a virginia woman in the death of her 2-year-old granddaughter. >>> also another check of our beautiful weekend forecast, and ontime traffic report is ahead. stay with us.         style like a fashionista. save like a maxxinista. fashion direct from designers. savings direct to you. t.j.maxx. let us make a maxxinista out of you. >>> 8:13 now on this friday morning. guilty of first degree murder, that was the verdict in a case of a grandmother who tossed her granddaughter from a walkway at tysons corner. jurors deliberat