north. check this out, from reisterstown, westminster, manchester getting pummeled with a heavy downpour now. that is on the order of probably half-inch or more per hour. this thing is going to push through. that's the rainfall rate, definitely causing big puddles, we have to deal with it this morning. heavy rain has really hit all parts of the area. at one point or another, it's pretty light now in glen burnie but definitely more showers to be expected, near 50 now. only 59, a break in the rain briefly this afternoon. 5:30. here's kim with a check of traffic. yes, ponding and standing water will be an issue this morning. definitely use caution. reduce your speed and give yourself plenty of breaking space. 83 southbound, north of the beltway, traffic moving along nicely as you make your way from the pennsylvania state line headed to the beltway, no problems or incidents at this time. 695 is checking in clean as well. with -- but we have one accident in the area, howard county, southbound route 29 at route 40 that involves two vehicles, use caution. police activity in baltimore city, south highland street and east baltimore street. the roads closed. this is 95 at 395 here, traffic moving along pretty nicely. back to you. aim against homosexuality. i am against same-sex marriage. >> i want to live in a city that recognizes the love and commitment anybody in a relationship. >> both sides being well represented over the same-sex marriage bill in washington. the fight is heating up. some dc residents demanded a vote on gay marriages a the dc council began hearings on the issue. it's so hotly contested that when doors opened the gallery was flooded with supporters and opponents of the same-sex marriage. the council is still debating the issue this morning. 5:31. anne arundel county will be giving out the h1n1 vaccine by appointments only in a few hours. but before you line up not everyone's going to get it. here's abc2 news linda so to explain why. >> reporter: you have to be in the targeted priority group. either a health care worker, a child, infant caregiver or pregnant woman. and you have to make an appointment to get the vaccine. both the shot and nasal spray are available. 600 vaccines will be administered at three of the county health centers. the one in annapolis, glen burnie and odenton. it's on a first come/first serve basis but you can't just show up, you have to make an appointment over the phone. county officials say they will schedule more h1n1 clinics when they get more doses. a lot of doctors' offices haven't even gotten the vaccine yet. >> my doctors' office doesn't have it. we were there today. i talked to him about it. they don't know when they'll be getting it. >> reporter: the state health departments says more vaccines will arrive in the weeks ahead. go to abc2news.com for a link to the state's interactive map. it will tell you when the flu clinic will be held in your area. right now baltimore county has no flu clinics scheduled. nothing in harford county either. baltimore city will have an h1n1 clinic this friday at the hippodrome theatre. again, anne arundel county will begin accepting appointments today starting at 8:30 this morning. call 410-222-4896. in the studio, linda so, abc2 news. 5:33. here's a look at what is happening today, october 27th. the epa says it plans to hold public meetings in the six chesapeake bay water shed states to discuss pollution limits. governor martin o'malley supports pro bono week for families facing foreclosure. and todd heap and airtran officials will debut a custom painted airtran airways plane. the trial of three religious cult members accused of starving a toddler to death for not saying amen after meals has been postponed again. a fourth person in the trial is spend to plead guilty on friday. the mother of 1-year-old javon williams pled guilty to child abuse earlier this year. she's expected to testify against the other cult members. a new trial date has been set for late january. a baltimore man has been indicted on first degree murder charms in the burning death of his grandmother. police say tyrone mason sprayed 85-year-old ethel henderson with shellac thinner and set her on fire, this happened in march. apparently he set her on fire because she refused to give him money. a man found murdered in lansdowne over the weekend. 27-year-old tracey bowers died after he was found shot several times on barrow road early sunday morning. police have little information now on suspects and are asking anyone with information to please give them a call. 5:34 now. pennsylvania man is still behind bars after police say he tried to steal or carjack at least four cars within a matter of minutes. happened on saturday night in the 7400 block of railroad avenue near dorsey road. police say 42-year-old gary enser drove his pickup on to the train tracks just south of bwi marshall airport. the truck got stuck. moments after he abandoned it it was hit by a train. police say enser then roamed the area and tried to break in three cars and carjack another but was unsuccessful. he faces at least three attempted car theft charges, carjacking, reckless endangerment and possession of drug pairer in faila. and if you use the marc train to get to work, be prepared for extra time for the commute. this starts friday. transit police will be stepping up security so they say be ready for random bag checks on the camden, penn, or brunswick lines. officers and k-9 teams from the maryland transportation authority will help with all the screenings. tragedy strikes bruce springsteen. police say a member of had is road crew is found dead in a -- police say a member of his road crew is found dead in a los angeles motel. and the babe ruth museum is having their fall gala. and here's justin berk. to let you know how long you'll need the umbrella. >> kids need the rain boots. we have 1/3 inch of rain come through in the last couple hours. still heavy rain in parts of frederick, carroll and baltimore county. we'll detail maryland's most powerful doppler radar next. 5:36. mark jones with the mta. >> we're dealing with wet roads slowing buses up a bit. allow extra time for getting there if you travel by bus. among the delays the number 15 running about 20 minutes late. the 7 bus with a 20-minute delay. the numbers 1, 6, 10 and 20 are taking a diversion eastbound at schroeder and baltimore due to construction. the number 6, 13 and 35 eastbound diverted at monument and collington. for the mta transit team, i'm mark jones. what's this? lisa, your family thinks you might have "roasterphobia." i'm not roasterphobic... maybe a little. well, there's always my perdue® oven ready roaster. but that's a whole chicken. it's okay, dear. my perdue® oven ready roaster is already seasoned in its own cooking bag. and it cooks in about half the time. it's that easy. my work here is done. 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you're getting hit on kent island, portions of the eastern shore. either way you slice it, it's going to be wet. the rain should break out morning through lunchtime. more showers later this afternoon and into the evening. our 2-degree guarantee only a chilly 49. let's check the traffic with kim. >> traffic looks good on the harrisburg expressway approaching the beltway. no reports of incidents in the southbound lanes nor on the 695 baltimore beltway either. the tunnels are checking in smoothly as well. still an incident in baltimore city, south highland avenue and east baltimore street, that intersection remains closed due to police activity. in howard county, a crash at southbound route 29 and route 40, involves two vehicles so use caution there. i'm getting word of a new crash in hanover, route 170 at elm road. just getting word it has that intersection closed at this time. avoid that if possible. as we look at 95 at the 395 merge, traffic is moving pretty smoothly but you can see how slick the roads are so definitely be careful this morning. back to you. 5:41. h1n1 vaccines are ready for you today but before you head out you need to know this. >> there's only a limited number available in anne arundel county. not just anyone can get the vaccine. i'm linda so. we'll explain up next. ñññiñ ñ ñiññ0ñ,ñ/ññ versus 100 in the other leading brand and a taste you'll find... irresistible. light & fit. great taste, fewer calories. discover a light yogurt like no other. activia light! delicious, fat free, and above all... the only one that has bifidus regularis and is clinically proven to help regulate your digestive system. activia light. ♪ activiaaa! it can go from a scratchy throat in the morning. to a cough. to a full body ache... at night. new tylenol cold rapid release gels day and night work fast too. they release medicine fast to relieve painful coughs, congestion and sore throats. so you can rest, day and night. feel better, tylenol cold. 5. 44 on a tuesday morning. how quickly will 600 doses of the h1n1 vaccine go we're going to find out as anne arundel county gets ready to give out the vaccines by appointment only in just a few hours. linda so has details. >> reporter: anne arundel county will begin accepting appointments this morning if you want the vaccine. you also have to be in the targeted priority group, infant, child caregiver, or pregnant women. 600 vaccines will be administered at three of the county health centers, annapolis, glen burnie and odenton. it's on a first come/first serve basis but you can't just show up, you have to make an appointment over the phone. some counties have had to uncancel or delay clinics because they don't have the vaccine. >> it's frustrating because i do worry. my daughter has asthma. i would like for her to get vaccinated. >> reporter: the state health department says more vaccines will arrive in the weeks ahead. you can go to abc2news.com for a link to the state's interactive map. it will tell you when a flu clinic will be held in your area. baltimore city will have an h1n1 clinic this friday at the hippodrome theater. again, anne arundel county will begin accepting appointments today starting at 8:30 this morning. call 410-222-4896. in the studio, linda so, abc2 news. 5:46. today in severn, family and friends will come together to say their last goodbyes to walter brooks, the anne arundel county teen who died from complications from h1n1. brooks' parents say he came down with what appeared to be a cold, it got worse quickly. he was hospitalized and that's when doctors told his parents that walter brooks had the swine flu. brooks' funeral will be held at 11:00 at the heritage community church in severn today. president barack obama continues to insist he will not rush a new strategy decision on afghanistan. and the white house is not dropping hints on when it might happen. a spokesperson declined to say how soon obama might act or even if he'll wait for the afghanistan presidential runoff a week from saturday. >> both of these incidents with we do not believe that enemy action was responsible. >> officials say that u.s. military helicopter that crashed yesterday in afghanistan had been returning from the scene of a firefight with a suspected tadrug trafficker -- taliban drug trafficker. 10 americans including two dea agents were killed. two helicopters collided in the night skies over southern afghanistan. a city judge ordered that thomas meegan jr. will stay behind bars until his trial. police say that he is the man who hit and killed the johns hopkins student, miriam frankl but he's not been charged with directly hitting and killing her. right now he's charged with a string of traffic charges, the most series of which involves leaving the scene of an accident, involving bodily injury or death. and today a city police officer could find out how long he'll be suspended. he's accused of pulling out a gun at a haunted house in baltimore county. sergeant eric janik, a 14-year veteran with baltimore city allegedly pointed his service weapon at be a actor who was working at the house of screams in essex. employees called 911 and janik was questioned in the parking lot. county police say they smelled alcohol on his breath. check out entertainment headlines. a very serious story from kansas city to tell you about. bruce springsteen forced to cancel his concert last night after police say a road crew member was found dead in his hotel room. the man is believed to be springsteen's cousin and assistant tour manager. 36-year-old lenny sullivan. authorities don't suspect foul play in his death. it's been more than a week since 20-year-old morgan harrington went missing from a metallica concert. the virginia tech student hasn't been seen since. now the famed heavy metal rockers are helping in the search for her adding $50,000 to reward information leading to her whereabouts. right now that $50,000 pledge is from metallica and there's $150,000 reward for information to help find the student. you name them, bill cosby likely had an influence on them. the comedian, actor and activist received the mark twain prize for american humor, the highest prize for humor. he was honored by willie nelson, chris rock, jerry encyclopedia -- jerry seinfeld to name a few. also involved, the famous family from "the cosby show." a special night for brooks robinson down at the myer hauf. some of baltimore's greatest sports legends came out to pay tribute to the hall of fame third baseman. robinson was the guest of honor at the babe ruth museum's fall gail ---- gala. and among the big names, powell, paul blair andic dempsey. brooks summed up the night. >> my heart couldn't take much more there. it's nice. a lot of people came a long distance. >> brooks played every play that could be made of a third baseman and no one did it better than he did. >> he maid the game with such childhood enthusiasm. he was always positive in a game that tends to be very negative. >> anybody who has met him, he's about the nicest guy you'll ever meet. part of the proceeds from last night's event also went to the american cancer society. 52 degrees official lein baltimore. low 50s to 67 in norfolk, cared to the low 40s back to our west. this gradient, this temperature switch from the warm east and cool west is along the boundary that has erupted the last couple of hours just after midnight, rain rolled into southern maryland and just evolved on top of us. just still sitting to the northwest, carroll, baltimore county, up towards southern pennsylvania, out towards philly, new jersey, new york, all areas with heavy rain to deal with this morning. our forecast model playing catch-up. still lingering showers though i think the bulk of the rain for this round is done. it's not a washout all day but keep the umbrella handy because by the evening commute the next wave moves in. 11:30, heavier rain will build in around the i-95 stretch into the appalachian mountains, eases up by daybreak with another burst coming through late morning or mimidday tomorrow. we'll be left with some partial clearing. this afternoon, it's going to be wet. again, there will be periods of rain, keep the umbrella handy, it will be breezy. 59 degrees. carroll county, it's expected to be a little colder, 56 westminster. 57 parkton. the rain likely with temperatures up near 60 on the eastern shore. tonight we're back to 53. periods of rain and fog. tomorrow, morning rain may clear in the afternoon a little bit with highs only in the upper 50s. as we look at the northeast corner of the beltway at harford road you can see traffic still light and moving nicely, no problems on the inner loop or outer loop on 695. looking pretty good on the tunnels as well. southbound on the harrisburg expressway no problems to report and 95 looks good. but the crashes are beginning to come in. i'm getting word of another crash northbound on the bw parkway at route 175, use caution there. earlier police activity that we had at south highland street at east baltimore street, i'm getting word it's just about cleared away so you can probably get through that intersection in a few minutes. still working a crash in howard county southbound route 29 at the baltimore national pike and another crash in hanover has route 170 at elm road closed. so use caution as you head out for the commute this morning. as we look at the jfx at cold spring lane traffic is moving about pretty nicely in both the southbound and northbound lanes. back to you. still ahead, mass weddings happen, all types of reasons, this one was a little different and they didn't have to pay for it. i'd like one of those desserts and some coffee. sure. cake or pie? pie. apple or cherry? cherry. oil or cream? oil or cream? cream! 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(announcer) some use hydrogenated oil. reddi wip uses real dairy cream. nothing's more real than reddi wip. welcome back. listen to this -- 18 couples got married in a joint ceremony. this happened in dallas over the weekend. you're going to ask -- an offer from the pastor for free wedding for any unmarried couples that were living together. the pastor says all the couples enjoyed living together without the benefits of marriage. so he pointed out all the great things about being married and most of them figured why not? so the church originally signed up 30 couples but only 18 made it to the altar. still a pretty good showing, including a couple in their late 70s who were longtime friends, now are partners for the rest of their lives. congratulations to all of them. that does it for the 5:00 news. but the 6:00 news is around the corner. we hope you'll keep the tv on and stay with us for the rest of the morning. we'll be right back. a big announcement just hours away in washington. the report that will outline the cause of last year's medevac crash in maryland. h1n1 vaccinations. they are getting harder to find. that won't be easy to get in anne arundel county. he was showing me how to handle the power and clout that comes with - >> the comedian some call the greatest ever and thousands of people that turned out to honor bill cosby. those stories and more coming up on this tuesday morning. in the meantime thank you for joining me. i'm megan pringle. jamie costello is off today but justin berk is here keeping an eye on what looks to be a wet morning. >> all right a wet morning and heavy rain continuing. to give you an idea of how much rain we've had,