bill clinton asked him to drop out and endorse independent charlie crist. the move would have tried to hold off front-runner and tea party backed marco rubio sources close to the mr. clinton said the request was made. >> me, marco rubio o and charlie crist at finish line. >> any time you try to dislodge power, you will have a fight. >> reporter: in alas cashes republican joe miller rallied with sarah palin last night. he today the incumbent in the primaries and now she is a write-in candidate. in california senate race, republican carly fiorina returned to campaigning thursday after spending two days in the hospital. she gave her first interview to "good morning america" robin roberts. >> i draw a lot of energy from the campaign i must say i. >> i am happy she is well. we are both well and strong. and now we are going to focus on the last few days. >> reporter: president obama will spend the weekend campaigning. tonight he shifts focus from the senate to make his first stop this election season for a member of the house. emily schmidt, abc news, washington. taking off your shoes, body scans if you thought you went through every hassle at the airport, get ready for the a new one. airport search, a very intensive patdown starts now. sherrieionson is live with -- sherrie johnson is live with what goes into effect today. >> reporter: starting today, the tsa has new security method involving body searches. we are talking about a revealing full body scan. some are calling it an x-rated patdown. and today it will get more thorough. in some cases agents are allowed to touch body parts that were once off limits. the tsa says patdowns are designed to poe address potentially dangerous items like imhe proviceed explosive devicives and components concealed on the body in an effort to stay ahead of evolving threats. but passengers don't like it. >> i just don't want to be violated. >> i was thinking, don't like that. >> it's intrusive, unnecessary and too much. >> reporter: as you can see, some passengers feel this is not a good idea. but, again, those new security measures go into effect today. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. 6:33. a look at news around the nation this morning. look at this new video out of east tennessee from thursday. if you watch closely, as this tornado lifted the building off its foundation, you can see it. look. it's incredible. the national weather service says the tornado left a path of destruction about 100 miles wide and traveled for over a mile on the ground. investigator with the president's oil spill commission say that test performed before the deadly blowout of oil well plowout should have raised doubts about cement used to seal it. haliburton says the mix was stable but now it being a nooninged that it never -- acknowledged that it never tested the final mixture after a last-minute change from bp. an arkansas school board member will resign after being accused of making antigay statements. he said that he posted on his facebook page comments encouraging gay people to commit suicide. yesterday a. group of protesters demanded he step down. hours later, he told cnn anderson cooper that he regrets the posts. and he does intends to step down. the arkansas commission of education has commended the remarks and the state says it will monitor schools cases where students being bullied because of the comment. have it your way. isn't that the slogan for subway a woman in connecticut learned the hard way. she got so angry over the sandwich shop's meat balls, she called on plyee and they got -- employee and the employee got scared and called 911. the customer said the meat balls were burned and disagreement ies cay -- escalated to where the employee called 911. >> we have a customer giving problems. >> you gave meet problem. >> i called for the other guy to look at it because they are black. as if they are burned. >> 911 should be called for threaten force or eminent use of force or a crime in progress but to report a burned black meat ball sandwich. >> it's meat balls. subway employee did start the 9 lev call by telling the operator that the -- 9 11 call by telling the operator it was not a emergency. you see political signs and for sale signs and security signs, what about the i love my wife signs? residents in one neighborhood in new jersey are scratching their heads after a surprising message popped up and it's big. one man's love for his wife now predominantly displayed in the front yard of their home. the first question is you probably asking, what did he do wrong? >> i think all spouse sometimes feel under appreciated and i think my husband did the most loving thing in the world, and made me feel like the most special wife in the world. >> i am going come home and find this same sign on my house. yeah, right. well e. may not have done anything wrong, but he is making other men in the neighborhood look bad. come on, fellas, step it up. make signs. it's 6:36 right now. coming up, halloween fun at patterson park this weekend. we will have the details about the annual halloween lantern parade and how to get involved in this. plus, if you are having grownup fun, the city want to make sure you get home safely. we will tell you how to get home if you've had a little too much fun. oowowowg it's fall. so you know what to do, right? break the rake! fall is the best time to feed your lawn. and leaves are good food. rich, organic nutrition. so mulch those leaves right in. then use scotts winterguard. it provides a fall feeding while helping those mulched leaves break down faster. for an extra nutritional boost. and a stronger, thicker lawn next spring. ♪ you got it! so break the rake, mulch leaves and use scotts winterguard. save $5 at scotts.com. 6:406789 we have a consume are alert tar -- 6:30. we have a con-- 6:40. we have a consume are alert. dollar tree stores are recalling halloween lanterns because of overheating. they are designed to resemble a pumpkin, ghost and skull. the bulb in the lantern can get too hot causing fire and they are burn hazards. if you have one, take it back to the store and they will give you a full refund. more information on abc2news.com. if you don't feel like going to a halloween party, take your kids out for pancakes. ihop is going away scarry face and kicks to kids under 12 all day long. so the design your own scary face pancake includes an oversized buttermilk pancake with a whipped cream topping mouth and strawberriy nose serve with two mini oreo yikes candy corn for decorations. all on the side. so, kid are going to have a sugar high and a little fun with the create your own hot cake. it's part of ihop's effort to provide trick or treating for a safe halloween fun celebration. the deal goes from 7 this morning until 10 tonight. and you can send your kids to school to get a good education. so why worry about this? >> reporter: baltimore police say a trusted mentor sexually abused one of the students. where he taught and why there could be more victims. coming up with the summer's hot temperatures, the bge bill is pretty high. but don't expect to pay that much more this year. we will tell you no matter what the weather is like. also ahead, if you in washington, d.c. this weekend, you will have a lot of company. major crowd are going to see comedy central stars jon stewart and steven colbert and the rally this weekend. also ahead, put your kids costume in the trick or treating. take them to the zoo. halloween option if you don't want to walk around the neighborhood. we have the details coming up. not the great pumpkin but look at this on the sun yesterday. nasa's sdo capture the largest twister ever, 200,000 miles tall, ejected into space. not near earth but that could lead to solar flares in the short-term future. we have a freeze watch in the future. we will talk about it coming up. how about it kim, what's up with the roads. >> reporter: very few problems this morning on roadways. looking at i-70 a mile west of the beltway you see traffic starting to build but really no major problems but we get a complete check of the road in a few moments when good morning -- "good morning maryland" returns after this. good friday morning. thanks for joining us. this is your abc2 news to go i am megan pringle. jamie is off and justin is here and we always start off with weather. hello,. >> hello. 6:45 and we will say hello, autumn it's returning after days and days this week in the 70s. we are going to get a taste of cooler temperatures. this morning we are down to 47 in annapolis. 49 in dundalk and back towards 58 the two degree guarantee. more on freeze watch for tonight coming up. here kim with traffic. >> reporter: we are having a little bit of minor volume or minor congestion southbound 83 approaching mount carmel road many no problems on i-70 at 695. traffic moves well. one incident at this time a disabled vehicle blocking one of the toll lanes eastbound at the bay bridge toll plaza with reported police activity. traffic is able to get around it with no problem. mealingan, back to you. >> -- megan, back to you. he spent a lot of time around children and this morning police want you to pay close attention to his name. mark citroa. trusted volunteered is charged with abusing a student. linda so joins nuts studio with more details on the investigation. linda. >> reporter: well, police are concerned there might be more victims. citro served as a mentor at friendship of academy of engineer and technology and information. the victim is a student the mark citro furled a relationship with the 14 -- formed a relationship with the 14-year-old boy. he allowed the boy to sleep at his home. we spoke with his wife who tells us the boy did sleep over but her husband didn't do anything wrong. police paint a different picture. charging dock ooments show the victim told -- documents show the victim told that citro exposed himself and stole his underwear. cit-ro is charged with impersonating a police officer. >> dresseded as police officer and -- dressed as a police officer and had badges and stayed he worked with the fbi and baltimore and state police to put child predators behind bars and turnsous he's child predator himself. >> reporter: citro's wife says her husband is a deacon at church of christ and country. and he is being held without bond this morning. in the studio, linda so, abc2 news. a baltimore business owner takes matters into his hands after a would be burglar breaks in. the owner of black essential beauty and barber supply shot the suspect. owner was sleeping inside of the store when the break-in happened. >> discovered that the owner of the business shot a prospected intruder as he entersch the intruder was -- enters. the intruder was shot in the leg and trance ford the hospital and is expected to recover. 6:48. charges are pending in this case. today, friends and family will remember a baltimore city judge who will be laid to rest. the funeral for judge john preebas is today -- prevas is today. he will lie in state from 10:30 to 11. the funeral will immediately follow. the judge died on monday night of a supposed heart attack. he was only 63 years old. a baltimore county woman who claimed she had cancer to con friends into giving her money thousands of dollars is now heading to prison. a circuit court judge sentenced dina leone to 15 years behind bars and ordered to repay more than $1,000 to her victims -- $14,000 to her victims. she shaved her head and told former classmates she had stage 4 stomach cancer in a false bid to collect donations. >> she wanted to be a predator to them to take their money and to lock them up so they wouldn't report it. and that really bad. she got what she deserved. every day of it. >> she received a 10-year suspend sendence -- sentence in 2004 for a mortgage fraud. now that case may add to her prison sentence. 6:49 right now. bge customers will save an average of $192 a year on electricity starting next summer. that's good news. falling prices pushed rates to the lowest points. there was a spike that sparked outrage several years ago. the drop in price means that the rate next summer will be slightly lower than what customers are having to pay right now in the off peak season. this is very unusual because consumers itcally see a spike in -- typically see a spike in their rates during the summer. today, 80 members of the maryland national guard will be deployed to afghanistan. they are the members of the aviation depot maintenance round out unit. the guard members will be serving approximately one year during the deployment. they will provide aviation maintenance, support, and stability operations while they are overseas. 6:50 right now. washington, d.c. is gearing up for john stew -- jon stewart's rally to restore sanity and steven colbert's counter rally march to keep fear alive. preps underway for the big event. ten phs thousands are expected to flog -- tens of thousands are expected to flock to the area for the rally. it's been billed as the rally for people who are too busy to go to rallies. >> aid wonderful opportunity to witness -- it's a wonderful opportunity to witness the way you want america to be, collaborative and community, and bipartisan. all of the extremes on either side are uncomfortable to me, but this gives me an opportunity to be positive. >> musical acts for this rally were announced already and you can hear the roots as well as cheryl crow during rally which runs by the way, from noon until 3 on saturday. most baseball fans in texas are rooting hard for hometown rangers in the world series, but one family is cheering its heart out for san francisco giants because of a former o joe turner was diagnosed with a tumor one of the first people to be there was giants first baseman who used to play here. he flew joe and his family out to san francisco earlier this season to hand out. [audio not understandable] joe gave hof a bracelet this says going to bat for joe and hof has worn -- huff has worn it throughout the playoffs. >> i feel good he is cheering for me and helped me win the battle over cancer. >> especially knowing to reach out to our son and during this time and he is such a special guy to do that. >> joe and his family will be happy after the end of the world series regardless who have wins. joe is expected to be declared cancer free very soon. congratulations. it's a tough fight. if you plant to you go out on halloween, don't drink and drive. baltimore city wants to make sure you have options if you have too much to drink. maybe a little bit too much fun in fells point. once again that halloween, the city is offering the tepeesy taxi program -- tipsy taxi program. it will given at len tomorrow night through four in the morning. use it on 11 halloween night until 4 a.m. the next morning to take advantage of the service. just call 1-877-963-taxi and the number is there on the screen. and we will put it on the website as well. the halloween spirit is definitely in the air at wood home -- woodholmese elementary. instead of decorating halls with ghost and goblins they have a cosab larry -- vocabulary parade. they dressed up as their favorite vocabulariy word. >> children have to write a sentence about their word and includes the definition. and then represent their words through costume or just on a sheet of paper like i have in front of me. >> i love it. the vice president of the school pta says aid great way to get kids -- it's a great way to get kid in the spirit of halloween without offending anyone and learning a little bit along the way. look for something to do this -- look for something to do this week -- looking for something to do this weekend? the annual zoo boo runs through sunday. maryland zoo will have halloween activities for the whole family including a costume contest, trick or treating, pumpkin painting and elephants smash pumpkin a great time. it runs from 10 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon. today, tomorrow, and sunday. that pumpkin looks good. zoo boo. and patterson park, go there for the halloween lantern parade. this year's theme is grow and celebrate food and community gardens. you can get dressed up and march with the lantern parade. organizers say to get there by 7 to he gone joy the hay rides and arts -- to enjoy the hay rides and arts and crafts. and if you are just coming for the parade, get there around 7:30, they say. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. good morning. 6:54. temperatures 48 degrees and not much variation across mid atlantic. 49 richmond and philly. 53 up toward new york. 40s in western pa but we had temperatures in the 70. s yesterday. say bye to that. and say hello, to a taste of winter? perhaps. a few high clouds mixed in central northern maryland and the clouds do wrap up around the hills. around the city north and west. and south and east you wind up with more sunshine. we get the wind and get the chill spilling in. and have you noticed the purple shading back there? there's snow showers we have had in the western sections of pa. that's a sign of the cold air that oozes in tonight. we have a freeze watch. temperatures could dip in the upper 20s north and west of the city. 58 the two degree guarantee. more afternoon clouds and winds gusting to 30 miles per hour. tonight down to 34. and to near 30 north and west of town and this weekend, upper 50s to near 60 tomorrow. and someday we are looking for -- sun, we are looking for sunshine and clouds at 6 3. halloween will be dry. overnight lows in the 40s. we are back in the 50s next week and it's early november so we spec to have some -- expect to have some spotty showers especially heading through tuesday and wednesday and cooling back into the mid to lower 50s. let's see what's happening on the roads with kim. >> reporter: we have managed to escape the early part of morning rush without any disint accidents which is if he nome -- without any accidents which is phenomenal. at old court road outer loop lanes moving well towards i-70. no problem on the inner loop toward the 83. looking at the maps, we have a disabled vehicle blocking one of the toll lanes at the eastbound part of the bay bridge toll plaza. traffic is able to get around that with no problem. 97 southbound past the beltway so rocks in the roadway so watch out for that. megan. >> all right. thanks so much for joining us. hope you have a wonderful weekend. don't forget about "good morning maryland" at nine. we will see you then.