how much debt they will have when they graduate. >> at least 25,000, between that and 30,000 depending if i go to graduate school. >> around 50,000. >> reporter: even though the default rate hasn't climbed here as it has across the country, townsend's assistant vice president of financial aid said job losses, foreclosures have left many rushing for help. >> seen a large increase in the number of students eligible for grants and loans. . >> reporter: but even students who find them find it's not enough to cover the entire bill. that's when they turn to loans but when they graduate if they can't find jobs the loans loom large. >> faced with that and they know they will have to go repay often will -- what they will do and were doing a review of that, finding a higher amount are in fact continuing on into graduate school. >> reporter: that's what tamiki's brother did when he couldn't find a job but that means more debt and she is worried enough over the monthly payments she will face after graduating. >> around 500. going to be hard. >> reporter: lottery ticket. >> yes. >> the avram student great outing in 2009 owed $24,000 according to the is it the study. we are working for you on the website. click onto the website, there you will find a story on the least expensive four year colleges right here in maryland. taking a look at some of the top stories, there seems to be a stalemate in the occupy baltimore protest. the city wants them to leave, they say they are peacing their freedom of speech. they have gathered near light and pratt. we will continue to watch the situation. a judge has found a locksmith guilty of forging a customer's signature charging her four times as much as she thought it would be. the victim claims he signed her signature on a bill for more than a thousand dollars. she said she was quoted $250. the sentencing is scheduled for friday. a man accused of being a peeping tom, trying to look into a young woman's bedroom tonight. the 30-year-old kenneth henry was arrested late last night. he has been charged with being a peeping tomas well as trespassing. >> all right. cloudy skies, and some showers at times. most of the showers actually starting to fizzle out as we take a closer look on the radar, baltimore actually no new rain coming down after the earlier wave has pushed over toward magnolia delaware, clearing the entire state. we will keep a chance for hit and miss showers but at least for the next hour or so it would appear things drying out. there are big changes toward friday, temperatures will drop and a freeze watch. >> thank you. the national weather service sent out three tornado warnings for the midatlantic but someone hacked into the service's e- mail and sent out the alert. they sent out that the alert is be ignored. the first snowstorm of the season in denver dumped up to eight inches and outside of the city and in the foothills they got wit with even more snow. the areas can expect up to a foot and a half of new snow before tonight. it was a major fire that captured headlines in illinois. firefighters were on the scene all morning of a fire that destroyed several buildings in downtown. reports of smoke from the back of the building. nobody was hurt, we still don't know what caused it. >> fall is here and people are finding creative things to do with their pumpkins. would you try this? coming up after the break, the creative adventure these students went on with one thousand pumpkins. were the judge's -- just how the game is played? the drama on dancing the stars went past the dancing floor. . news from around the nation. we start off where mother nature ripped whipped up a wedding surprise, a giant sand storm in the middle of the outdoor wedding last month. it happened just as they were preforming a sand ceremony where sand from two bottles is put out. they just moved the party inside. now to ohio where a yearly tradition has held. high school juniors and seniors spent most of the early morning hours throwing pumpkins down a hill. they had about a thousand in all and the nonsanctioned event. >> thousand pumpkins,. >> it's exciting. at first you are like i'm going to hit someone. >> wear a helmet. >> like excited to -- to excited to be afraid. >> this is really great. >> you -- you don't realize -- straight on your tailbone. it hurts so bad. >> greatest, greatest event in high school. >> looks scary. police made them go home around two and wrote tickets for illegal dumping. the cost usually split up by the participants. and you are not seeing things, that is a giant lego man. he washed up on a florida beach. he weighs nearly 100 pounds. not clear where he came from but a lego land recently opened in florida. the store denies any involvement. just a coincidence. officials removed the figure from the beach. the president's approval ratings are struggling. and later, did you see dancing the stars last night? the drama as always was intense and now we are seeing the fall out. what happened and who is making amends and who is not. i'm losing energy... i need a home performance with energy star audit to find out why! this sensor will show why my living room gets too hot and too cold! hm... need some heating and cooling system work. and insulation will help stop the drafts. get up to $2,450 dollars in rebates and keep saving with home performance with energy star. get started at bgesmartenergy.com. ahhh, now i'm comfortable- and energy efficient! . chaz and lacy. >> now down to six. chaz and lacey made it through six weeks before being voted off. now there is controversy brewing, one of the professional dancers spoke out on monday night's show turning the tables and giving them a critique. >> reporter: is he known for shaking his hips on dancing with the stars. now he is making news for shake up the judge's table during monday night's show. >> let me tell you, i have been in this business for nearly 50 years --. >> maybe it's time to get out. >> don't be disrespectful. >> everybody is putting a lot of effort. >> i won't let anybody talk to you like that. >> reporter: perhaps the most controversial comment came later. this is my show. >> did he just say this is my show? >> reporter: on tuesday the dance champ on apologized. >> came out wrong. it's not my show, i'm part of a very large cast and i'm very proud of being here. >> reporter: he stands by his sparring with the judges, so does chaz bono voted off last night. >> i was called a basketball, a penguin, ewok and i didn't appreciate it. >> reporter: this morning on gma the man now being called mad max didn't back down. he took a dig at derek, the show's only three time champion. >> he has been very supportive of his personal career on the show. >> reporter: he told gma he always speaks his mind ever since immigrate together united states 17 years ago. >> i grew up it wasn't possible. you know i'm a winner. >> reporter: if he does win the show's 13th season he will clearly have to do it without any special treatments the judge's table. abc news new york. >> the remaining six dance teams will move into week seven. it'll be a halloween themed week for only the second time in the show's history and you can watch it here on abc2 monday night. >> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> now the cloudy and mild and so why not take out the boat, check it out, beautiful shot here, people out taking in a little sail on the water while the temperatures are still holding up. that won't necessarily be the case here in another 24, 36 hours, 58, not bad. cloudy skies, rain has let up in the city. beautiful sky shot, jim, by facebook, he always hassin credible ones and is this not one of them. he was out at pretty boy and across much of the area over the next -- over the last 24 hours. german town. washington you see fall here but again tough to find much sun. there are a couple showers, here in baltimore things have cleared out and temperatures now, right around 60 degrees. not a bad evening overall weather wise. the next two hours quiet weather wise. almost no wind to speak of but more weather already brewing back over the ohio valley and we will look for more showers to continue as we go into the overnight time frame. this next wave and then another wave that will spin up behind that one that will affect things as we go later in the week here. for tonight more rain will come in and by tomorrow night wind and rain and colder temperatures. there is a freeze watch. friday, it'll be chilly and breezy and then the chance for a little more rain friday night this to early saturday, gulf of mexico still active, rina, 24 hours from making landfall in category one status, healthy hurricane in cancun. overnight 52, rain will be likely, better chances overnight. showers on and off through the dame not all day steady rain. there will be waves of showers and tomorrow night clearing out but colder. north and west of baltimore extending up into pennsylvania. seven day forecast, bottom line we look for the trend to remain cloudy as we go into the first half of the weekend, could see a few showers early saturday, sunnier and clearer weather on tap at least as we go from sunday into halloween monday. kelly. >> thank you. now to our continuing democracy2012 coverage. new polls give the president some good news about next year's election but also bad news. we have been going through all the surveys today and we are live with the latest. >> reporter: we will talk about numbers today and we will start in ohio a key battleground state in the upcoming election this is a poll that was given to voters in the state and basically it's a hypothetical match up between the president and the three gop front runners. the votes all decide that obama would beat caine, romey and perry but this next poll might contradict that. it's about his job approval and 43% of americans say they approve of the job the president is doing, compare that to 49 where is, who say they donta prove. i want you to look because this will give you a better sense of where that rating stands, when the president first took office it was up near 70% and has gone all the way down that steady hill there. the president himself has been out west campaigning talking to voters, listen to what he said in denver today. >> young people i need you guys involved, i need you active, i need you talking to congress. i need you to get the word out, like i said tweet them. >> reporter: so clearly he is using a little bit of humor maybe to try to get the youth vote. we still have a lot of time. >> definitely i think you have other information? >> reporter: yeah. maybe you talk about that at dinner when you get home. anyway, probably wonder what this piece of pizza is behind me. republican voters were asked which candidate, which republican they would like to have dinner with, 29% said caine, 22% said gingrich, the rest take up the rest but caine pretty appropriate we had pizza here. >> i was going to say. thank you. >> coming up all new, baltimore police are investigating the rape of a 14- year-old and need your help finding the man responsible. we will show you a free way to stay safe. it's a bright idea. those and more coming up for you at six. now a of world news. >> coming up on world news, new hope for women in the fight against breast cancer. the research trail sciencists have been following for decades, finally showing promise. we will see you on world news. . this is what we like to see. a lot of green on the board the dow up 162, the nasdaq up a 12 and a quarter and the s&p500 up almost 13. in consumer news, sales of new homes rose slightly in september. the bureau reports they rose nearly 1% as compared to august hitting 315,000 units for the first time in many months. new home sales are a bench mark indication for the housing market and the overall economy. ford motor company posted a $1.6 billion profit last quarter but slightly less than a year ago. it also marked the 9th straight profitable quarter for the detroit based automaker. and the new 787 dream liner took to the skies for it's maiden flight. the flight took off from tokoyo bound for hong kong. the dream liner is the first made from light weight composite carbon fiber material. that means a 20% saving in fuel costs and supposed to be a more enjoyable experience for passengers with better cabin pressure and even larger windows. >> the lighting and the windows and i feel a difference with the fresh air, i can feel the difference -- i think i'm feeling a little difference than typical. we flew over on a 777 and my ears why feeling it but now i'm not. >> it landed to much fanfare. they will start flying to boston in april. united will be the first united states to get it and it's scheduled to start in 2012 for flights houston to new zealand but they don't say anything about leg room. all this week we are working for you to help you protect your identity. for more on what you can do to protect yourself and your family log onto abc 2news.com and find out more under the featured story section. a local teen was arrested today after bringing a gun to school. we will tell you how it happened on the news at six which starts right now. . >> now, abc 2news at six. >> occupy baltimore may have one more night in this square. why and how that happened coming up. >> and if you are in college or just out and you owe a lot of money in student loans get ready for a break. what's in the works. we have been following him for months and tonight a judge rules. what this locksmith now has to do. first, like a house guest that won't leave. occupy baltimore has been in the square since the 4th. the city says you're leaving. let's go live to downtown baltimore. >> reporter: the city is asking the -- asking protesters to limit the number of people they have in the park over night. you can see they have the tent city still set up but want it limit from just about 30 or 40 people out here to two people. they said this is the only way to get their message out and the city said there has to be a better way. there is a lot going on. there is the protest of course but a kitchen that feeds the homeless and many causes have their own lobbies among the number of daily protesters here at occupy baltimore. there is a central theme. the inequality that exists in society. >> think that we just need to change, we need to do what we supposed to do, we need to worry about our un