>> reporter: thanks. traffic so far so good. we have very few delays around the area making your way north and south. in the harrisburg expressway, southbound lanes flowing freely. no issues on 95 coming from harford county approaching 695 and 895 split. we have one lingering accident in baltimore city that's at southwestern boulevard and wilkins avenue. joppa road up in towson continues to be closed at danaway continuing to fire cleanup in the utility issue continues in brooklyn that has ritchie highway closed at 11th street. use morgan road as an alternate. back to you. >> thanks. the city says it needs to spend less money and we all know that but police officers say not at the expense of public safety. an overwhelmingly no vote on a new contract for city officers and sherrie johnson joins with us what happens next. sherrie. >> reporter: that's right. the baltimore police union voted against a one-year contract that would have reduced the wages by nearly two percent in exchange

for five additional vacation days. 95% of the members of the fraternal order of police vote again the proposal. they were upset by pay cuts on the heels of an overhaul of the public safety pension system put in place by mayor stephanie rawlings-blake. the mayor released a statement last night right after the vote saying i am disappointed in the result of tonight's vote, but i remain confident that we can come to an agreement. i am grateful for the city employees who understand that this ecomony has affected everyone. the men and women of baltimore police department have made tough sacrifices and continue to do their jobs courageously and honorablely even during tough times. police and fire unions filed a federal lawsuit again city because they feel officials knowingly underfunded the pension for a decade and claimed the pension changes violate the contracts. that suit is scheduled for march. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. the passengers of the stranded carnival cruise ship

splendor are waking up to a good night sleep, hot coffee and some real food this morning. they docked in san diego yesterday. finally able to share their stories about the days adrift off the coast of mexico. abc's emily smith has the report. >> reporter: -- submit has the report. >> reporter: -- schmidt has the story. >> reporter: thousands of people welcomeed the ending of a vacation that never really began. >> we haven't had a hot meal for five days. we had no lights, no electricity, and we had no flashlight. we couldn't find the toilet. >> reporter: a litany of troubles unimaginable when the luxury one week mexican riviera cruise began. and vacation videos looked like this. >> it's our first night on the cruise. we have just gotten our meals. >> reporter: but monday's engine room fire changed every thing. >> all of a sudden, everything started to go dead. >> we open the doors and smoke was coming down the hallway. >> reporter: the fire went out, so did the power. a ship adrift pitch-blackness in the rooms and dark hours ahead.

>> cold showers and no toilet for 14 hours. that was not fun. >> it got pretty bad. people were sleeping in the hallways. >> reporter: the toilets worked again, refrigerated food went bad. >> after you get the mayo sandwiches for the 10th time and smell the rotting milk, you can't eat anymore. >> reporter: federal and panamanian investigators will look into what went wrong as passengers waived this -- waved this trip good-bye. >> what can you do? you have to make the best of it. >> reporter: the navy airlifted tens of thousands of supplies to the ship including case of spam. carnival tweeted despite immediate alreports, carnival splendor guests with not served spam. >> 6:33. it's a book title that's going to make your skin crawl. the pedophile's guide to love and pleasure a child lover's code of conduct. a colorado man wrote the book and is selling it on amazon.com

as an electronic book. the sale has sparked outrage and has been pulled from the site. hundreds have commented threatening to boycott amazon until it removes the book. the author says he wanted to establish rules for pedophiles so they don't hurt children. >> every time you see them on television they are murderers, rapist and kidnappers and that's not an accurate presentation of that sexuality. >> the one book he has for amazon was taken off the site. >> all right. a 61-year-old ohio woman proved to be be a tough cookie when she came face-to-face with a purse snatcher. she walks up to a suv after the driver asked for direction. a moment later, the driver grabbed her purse and hit the gas. here's thing, she held on to the handbag. she was dragged a few feet before letting go. police say she suffered a few bumps and bruise and right now

they are looking for the thief. all right. if you are a chocolate lover you might want to head to new york this weekend. look at this. the chocolate show opened yesterday. this year's vendors are look for ways to make the tasty -- looking for ways to make the tasty treat healthier. some are promoting organic and vegan products. but one 8-year-old consumer says it best. >> my favorite chocolate is milk chocolate. >> what is it that you like about milk chocolate? >> because milk is in it so it gives me -- i feel like it's healthier than dark chocolate. >> exactly. i love that kid. the show runs through sunday. 6:35 right now. wal-mart wants to help you save some money this holiday season. what they are doing that could make other retailers scramble to do the same. railroads a-- also ahead a. very special greeting at bwi for

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calling competition and we have demonstration and dock dog demonstration, wine tasting and, of course, a number of food vendors throughout the town. >> reporter: wow. so there's a lot going on out here today. we will talk more with ron later. but i want you to stick around for the 9:00 hour because we will talk about the arts, scupt sculpting and dock -- skull sculpting and dock -- sculpt and dock dog contest. fins you probably don't want to talk about the ravens game this morning, just talk about one player. ray rice. he tweeted about getting pulled over saying he gave the officer an autograph. so is the officer in trouble? we will find out. and a bold crime outside of a bar while people stood around. how did the suspect get away with such a big statue. and black friday sales are no longer limited to one day. toys will be starting to offer

the rock bottom prices. and harford county parents and students are fired up about a proposed redistricting plan for elementary schools. two reasons school leaders and some parents say it's a need for a change.

6:44 right now. thanks for joining us on "guide morning, maryland" jammy is off and this is your news to go. before we get to the news, let's get to meteorologist justin berk. >> all right. we are looking at clear skies and a beautiful scene here. we are about three to five minutes away from sunrise. there's the range whereof you might happen to be. 41 right now in glen burnie. and we have been talking about temperatures freezing at bwi-marshall. the sun will help us get out of a frosty start. here kim with traffic. >> reporter: we are getting word of an accident at tustin road and falls road war vehicle hit a pole. on the big highway we are looking pretty good. no issues on 59 or the beltway. but we have the utility issue that has ritchie highway closed

at 11th street. avoid that or use morgan road as an alternate. back to you. >> thanks. this week the harford county school system released the first draft of the restudies tributing -- redistricting plan. some parents and children are not happy about the changes. here's sherrie johnson with more. >> reporter: it's been 8 years since harford county redistributed the elementary schools. administrators say it's time for a change since some of the schools are overcrowded and others are undercapacity. some parents say that problem shouldn't come at their kids expense. under the proposed plan, some students from all of the 33 school districts would move to a new school. parents say friendships will be disrupted if student move and disrupted again when the kid return to their district for middle school. a spokeswoman for the school system said they need to prepare schools in time for the new arrival of new families because of the base realignment and closure or brac process. >> sometimes when you goat a point like this where we have

schools that are severely overcrowded week need to balance out. >> aid very rough transition from elementary to middle. and -- it's a very rough transition from elementary to middle he. when you have no one around you that you know and is your friend. maybe six to 10 i don't think that's the right way to go about this. >> reporter: the harford county school board has public meeting scheduled before vote on the plan. it's expected to happen in march. parents can comment at the meetings. a man accused of trying to shoot a carroll county sheriff deputy is expected to go on trial in march. brian hill waived his right to a speedy trial. he has been charged with attempted murder. his attorney said he need time to prepare for the defense. maryland law would have required hill be be tried before february 9th. he was accused of trying to shoot a detective back on june 14th after webb pulled him

over. the deputy at this approach the vehicle and hill stalk handgun out of the window and tried to fire it and tried to shoot the deputy. but the gun misfired. it's 6:47. the trial for a baltimore city officer accused of trying to kill an unarmed veteran over the summer has been postponed. the officer was scheduled to start today. he is charged with first-degree murder for the death of 32-year-old tyrone brown an iraq war veteran. the two whyr at a bar when fight broke out. police say that's when the officer shot at brown. a new trial date has been set for march 7th. a federal appeals court says a frederick county sheriff's deputy can be tried for allegedly using excessive force by firing a electronic stun gun. corporal tore sees accused of using the stun gun on a 20-year-old jarre-ll gray while trying to break up a fight in november of 2007. a grand jury found in 2008 that gray had not obeyed torres

commands to show his hands. gray's family says he was simply trying to comply. they are seeking a 145 million dollars from torres. the sheriff's office and fed ribbing county. 6:48. the operators of a christian academy say that former students are suspected in the theft of computers and sound equipment taken from a school. the baltimore school had 17 new desk top computers and they had been set up with the purpose and potential christian arts academy. two weeks earl yerks they knew where the -- earlier, they knew where the items were. they were able to take the computers which were bought by a state grant. that left two grand in electric pianos driving it down to a hallway -- dragging it down a hallway. drug smugglers are getting more creative with transporting drugs. customs and border protection agents intercepted a package

from the philippines at bwi and inside the box were dresses with very large buttons on them. agents say the heroin was stuffed inside the buttons. the drugs were valued at $50,000. two people now face charges of conspiracy to import a a controlled substance. 6:49. it's hard these days to know how thieves get away with it. but somehow, they managed to do it. somebody made off with a heavy bronze statue a rearing ram from ram head live the tavern in annapolis. it is open full of people. and the statue weighs in at 40 pound and was last seen sunday during a football game. >> disappointing, but not surprising. we have had floor mats. [audio not understandable] and people take the carpet. i don't know what they do with the stuff burks i guess they outfit their house with it. but they will take about anything if you are not watching. >> folks at rams head home someone is watching and see the

statue and return the mascot and turn the thief in. thirty untiers wants to make sure baltimore city teens has healthy hearts. the free exams will look for key risk factors like high blood pressure and high cholesterol and obesity. they hope to curb bad eating and exercising as well, and bad habits before they are engrained in a teen. hop kens officials had been screening maryland athletes for heart abnormality and decide to expand it to 2000, 13-year-old expected to attend high school fairs. this is tomorrow from 9 a.m. until 2 in the afternoon. all right. the falcons, the game was ugly. ravens knew it would be a tough one. and now the falcons haver 19-1. first half of the falcons they

had the ball nearly twice as much as the ravens. flacco and the boys rallied hard with one minute left in the 4th quarter. heath cod a touchdown pass and ravens were ahead by one point. but with the final minutes minute, the defense couldn't stop the falcons as they ran for a final touchdown. >> we why confident we had them. they made the plays and we didn't. it's a difficult loss. but, you know, with our defense 50 second left you figure you will stop them. and our guys fought hard and did a excellent job but we came up short. >> so the ravens lost 26-21 and play the panthers in carolina next sunday. baltimore county police won't discipline the officer who got an autograph from ray rice after warning him about tinted windows on the car. investigators determined that rice didn't get any special treatment and this was no quid pro quo for the awed graph and

says rice offer the autograph for the officer's son. he posted a statement suggesting he got out of a ticket in exchange for the autograph. he deleted the post and said it was poorly worded. consumer news this morning. wal-mart wants to give you an early holiday gift. so you can send out your holiday gifts early, retailer says it will offer free shipping on the online items from now until december 20th. this basically sets up price wars with other retailers who could be forced to offer similar deals to keep up. target didn't have a comment on the free shipping but before wal-mart announcement they were offering free shipment on online purchases over $50. more consume air remember the news this morning. this involves nissan -- consume are alert news this morning. nissan is recall 600,000 vehicles. 2002 and 2004 frontier and xterra vehicles have a problem with the steering column and

2011sentras have a problem with the battery cables. drivers are encouraged to call the dealers to get more information. black friday is coming a day early for toys r us. the toy seller said thursday toys r us stores will open at 10 p.m. nationwide on thanksgiving day. recently stores had been opening the doors earlier even on thanksgiving during the holiday. this is the earliest that toys r us has kicked off the black friday holiday door buster deals. they say they hope it will help with the crowd alleviate the crowds on black friday. all right. it's 6:53. a hero's welcome for some of the men and women on veterans day. [ applause ] >> operation welcome home maryland provided the opportunity for family and friends to welcome home loved ones. this captain came in and said it allowed him to reflect on the past but the future as well.

>> it's great feeling to know that i can come home and be recognized for what it is that i did the service i provided and more so that you know i can continue in the same lines that those before me had the service they had given. >> volunteers of operation welcome home maryland are dedicated to making sure that when our men and women come home from the airport they feel welcomeed and appreciated upon their return home. all right. if you're irish you don't have to be irish, vol little luck this weekend heading to the timonium fairgrounds. the irish fest cal kicks off tonight. aid 35 year tradition and features great food and music and dancing sponsored by the irish charities of maryland and takes place at the fair ground in timonium. here's information to know. it kicks off at 6:00 tonight and go until 11. and it goes from noon until 11

on saturday and from noon until 6 on sunday. tickets will cost you about $10 to get in. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherrate. >> 6:55. we have a coastal flood advisory because of the storm off the coast helping to pile water off the chesapeake preventing the low tides from draining out and each high tide goes up. all areas around the check pee -- chesapeake are susceptible to high water. waves and bowies over 40 feet high. that's on the at lant he can but helping to lap up the weaves along the shoreline. we are watching a storm system out west that will stay there. but helping to pump in warm air. we hit 62 yesterday. 76 louisville and 78 in memphis . some of the warm air will try

to get her but not that warm. the storm will bring in cloud during the day on sunday. through sunday morning, we are dry. today, we are sunny and we are dry despite the coastal flood advisory. 63 the two degree guaranteed. down into the upper 20ans low 30s overnight. tomorrow 65. the pick of the weekend, and we are dry through monday evening rain and 50s with rain next week. kim. >> reporter: minor delays on 95 south approaching the beltway coming from the white marsh boulevard area. here around the west side of the outer and inner loop at liberty road, traffic is moving well. no delays at this time of the no accidents on the beltway. we have serious crash up in reisterstown that has an accident reported that's at tustin and falls road a vehicle is into a pole. expect lane closures there. in essex a crash at old eastern avenue and route 702 and accident in dundalk at delvale and head up they are going to pick up the utility problem in brooklyn on ritchie highway and

11th street. >> more weather and traffic updates throughout the morning and don't forget about "good morning, maryland" at nine. now to new york for "good morning, america" have a good friday.