Times. Just 11 minutes right now on the east side from 95 all the way up to 83. The outer loop will remain clear over on the west side of the beltway. Youre looking at just 11 minute trip traveling from 795 down to 95. And no concerns this morning traveling through the fort mchenry tunnel. Its going to take you just eight minutes northbound from the beltway all the way to the toll plaza. Thats a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. Megan and charlie, over to you. Hes only 59 years old and already he has had four strokes. Now michael brandy is walking across the United States in honor of stroke survivors everywhere. Brandy will arrive in baltimore today. Hes passing through the city on his way from maine to miami. Brandys mission is to raise awareness for the Early Warning signs of stroke. He hopes his efforts will also bring those recovering from strokes a little bit more hope. Brandy who does walk with a cane has already gone 800 miles since october 1st. The walk isnt the first time brandy has taken on this type of an adventure. Video and pictures from the past trips. In 2010 he walked from newport beach, california all the way to washington, d. C. Last year, he walked from san diego to seattle. Well be watching him. The neighborhoods surrounding Johns Hopkins University May soon be getting the makeover. Today the president of the college and the mayor will be on hand for the announce. The new plan comes after last years Homewood Community partners initiative. It brought together Community Members and the university to come up with ways to help the North Baltimore area thrive more. Many couples have been waiting a lifetime for today. Today same sex couples are unstop closer to one step closer to getting legally married. Abc2 news Sherrie Johnson is Downtown Live with more on this story. This is a big day. Reporter yes, it certainly is. We are here live in front of courthouse east where many same sex couples are expected to line up today for their marriage licenses. The place will be a pretty busy place today. Even though they will have the license, they wont actually be able to tie the knot until january 1st when that new law goes into effect. The governor is expected to formally ratify the Election Results allowing clerks to hand out marriage certificates today. Now the clerk of courts can choose not to issue licenses until january 2nd when the law officially goes into effect. One of the compromises proponents of same sex marriage struck to get enough votes in the house of delegates was a provision that prevented the new law from taking effect before midnight, december 31st. Now attorney general doug gansler says that clerks may issue licenses as soon as the governor declares same sex marriage approved by voters which hes going to do today. The only restriction was that the licenses cannot be affected before midnight on january its. A pretty big day 1st. A pretty big day for same sex couples. Reporting live in downtown baltimore, Sherrie Johnson, abc2 news. Baltimore County School superintendent proves he is open to all suggestions with making your Childs School better place. Dr. Dance held the first of two student town Hall Meetings yesterday. About 60 county High Schoolers attended that meeting and they got to chance to ask their superintendent direct questions about what hes doing to improve the schools. And i think well have a really, really good plan for being reacted. What i try to do is change the conversation to be proactive. When youre proactive you actually have environments that are built where kids feel like theyre connected to the school. Thats why you always hear me talk about do our kids really feel like someone at the school knows them and understands them and they can go to the person if they have a problem with anything. Some schools are doing extremely well. Some schools are building the system now. He is also engaging students through social media and they could submit questions through twitter as well as facebook. Making National Headlines today. Members of the team gathered to say farewell. Players coaches and staff joined belchers family and friends at a Memorial Service yesterday. Belcher killed himself in a murder suicide last week. He killed his girlfriend perkins at their home saturday morning and then shot himself in front of chiefs coaches and management at the stadium. Belcher and perkins leave behind a 3monthold daughter. The aurora, colorado Movie Theater where the gunman opened fire earlier this year getting ready to reopen. The citys mayor says it will open to the public on january 18th. Before the reopening family members of shooting victims will be allowed inside that Movie Theater. The Movie Theater plans to run free movies to the public for the first couple of days. It has been undergoing remodeling and a revamping for the last two months. James holmes is accused of killing 12 people and hurting 58 others in that theater shooting that happened earlier this year. Beginning today people in Washington State can legally smoke pot. Adults will be allowed to have up to an ounce of marijuana. Just like drinking you cant smoke pot in public places. Earlier this morning people in Washington State broke that new law. They held a smokeout beneath seattles space needle. Others are planning to hold a party in seattle. A movie hasnt even hit theaters yet and its already creating incredible oscar buzz. Were talking about the film zero dark thirty and depiction of the hunt for osama bin laden. The attention its already receiving and why some say this film is one that you dont want to miss. And no bonuses. Youll learn why more americans are spending the holidays with the security of a little extra cash and why employers are handing those bonuses out. Use freedom and get cash back. Ack. Five percent at best buy. Wow my definition is high. Activate your 5 cash back at chase. Com freedom. Everybody get, everybody get one film that isnt even out yet is already creating some oscar buzz. Zero dark thirty has been named the best film of 2012. The director and actress jessica which is tape also scored awards. Actor ben affleck will receive a special film making achievement ward for his film. Are you expecting a Holiday Bonus to help with all that Christmas Shopping you still have to do . If so think of another way the complete that list. According to a survey of employers Many Companies are not paying their workers full bonuses this year. Theyre blaming the increase in eligibility standards and the struggling economy for the new trend. You called it a roller coaster lynette. Warm a few days ago, this morning when i walked outside. Uhhuh. Did you have the coat . No. You didnt bring your coat . Whats wrong with you . I didnt want to go back in and get the coat. Ill suffer. Okay, dont do what charlie did people. You want the coat this morning. He is not a good example whatsoever. Make sure you layer yourself as you head out the door this morning and we have lots of sunshine though throughout the day. Temperatures really dropping off this morning. Because we dont have any type of cloud cover. No type of weather to talk about. If you want the weather you have to head back over towards the midwest because youre getting some rain and snow across michigan this morning and also wisconsin and were dealing with some wet weather and also this will continue as we go through time and that area. But were not going to be dealing with that today. Well be dealing with lots of sunshine to the bus this morning. 31 degrees the sun is not going to warm us up through the day. 44 by this afternoon. Lets get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. If you are traveling in Anne Arundel County watch out for malfunctioning travel lights on crane highway at mayo road. But in baltimore everyoning is nice can everything nice and clear here on the jfx. No delays heading downtown. 695 also in great shape. No delays all the way around. And heres a look at 95 just north of 195. Traffic picking up along the northbound lanes but no delays as you head up towards the tunnels and it is nice and clear traveling southbound to d. C. Thats a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. Megan and charlie, over to you. Its a challenge one mayor is up for to see how millions of us live. You knew thered the challenges along the be challenges along the way. How corey booker is doing on the challenge. And the holidays can be hard. This morning one man who is doing his part making a season a bit brighter for some who are returning home from the front lines. How do you always have my favorite coffee . Girl well, inside the brewer, theres a giant staircase, and the room is filled with all these different kinds of coffee. Actually, i just press this button. Brew what you love, simply. Keurig. Taking a look at some of the stories making headlines around the world this morning. Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi is expected to address the nation later on today. His chief of staff made the announcement early this morning as protestors battled the president s supporters outside of the palace. Last night in egypt the demonstrations erupted into violence and people are angry over his assumption of sweeping powers last month. They reported at least five people died overnight in those fights. Egypt inches closer to a scheduled december 15th referendum on a new constitution. To syria now where there are now fears the country has bombs armed with deadly gas. It can kill a person in a matter of minutes with just a tiny drop. The Syrian Regime has been very careful not to confirm they have the weapons. The state department belows the on going fighting in the country is growing closer to the president. Officials in u. S. Are now looking into reports that president s assad people are looking for place for him to go into exile. They were pink to awareness of Breast Cancer and now professional firefighters in Anne Arundel County are making a big donation to the cause. A check for 10,000 to the susan g. Komen Foundation Later today. Chris christie will be asking for more help rebuilding his state after Hurricane Sandy devastated that area. Hell then head to new york. Chick peas and lettuce, thats all hes eating for breakfast. Newark mayor booker is now into the third day of living on food stamps. Now until december 12th he agreed to eat only what he could buy for 4 a day. This idea came from a twitter conversation he had with a woman. People in the u. S. Can now travel to cuba. President barack obama eased restrictions earlier this year but the tourists still cant come and go as they please. There are still restrictions on what they can see and what they can do. Its been put in place by the u. S. Government. The voices will be back in baltimore this weekend. Were talking about the joyous voices of the acappella caroling group. Theyre going to perform at the Walters Art Museum on sunday. It will take place in the afternoon and filled with hot cocoa and a lot of holiday goodies. The concert runs from 1 00 until 4 00 sunday afternoon. This time last year u. S. Military personnel were deployed to iraq and afghanistan. Now many are spending christmas with their families for the first time in years and abc2 news lament williams explains. Reporter lupus was stationed in iraq. His wife mary was home with four children and trying to literally hold down the fort. The lawn mower would chase me down the hill. It would take me three days to mow it because i would have to do it during nap time. The older kids were too small to help out. Reporter the Services Include helping deployed veterans maintain their lawns. It was like nearly impossible for her to take care of the lawn. So we took care of the lawn for the summer. Reporter as the Christmas Season approached the season turns to decorating houses. Remembering jeff was deployed i thought id decorate their house. I asked them about it and we did it in red and green while i was in bel air. You are just trying to survive christmas let alone get up the christmas lites. Reporter jeff didnt return home from iraq until april and didnt see the decorated house. Roble decided to do the rob decided to do the house again for pro. I know its from his heart. Hes in the spirit of giving and i think its wonderful. Its great. Reporter besides, if rob and his Company Christmas decor werent on the roof, guess who would be . I would be up there doing this right now. If it werent for these guys. It wouldnt be as pretty . Glamorous i dont think. I would actually be kind of concerned whether or not he would make it off the roof. We have lights. Its like a little gift. Give a Little Something back. Just a good feeling. Just to have everyone home together and being able to enjoy everything together. Just its a huge you look at it differently. Reporter in aberdeen, im lament williams, abc2 news. Since were talking about the spirit of giving we want to tell you you can get involved and spread Holiday Cheer to children this holiday season. The kinder time toy drive. Give new unwrapped toy to help make the holidays special for maryland families in need. Were taking toys up until december 19. The spirit of giving and for the season go to abc2news. Com for all those dropoff locations. How you can help out. So while it is the season of giving, needs to feel like the holidays too. Absolutely and were getting there lynette because its finally that feeling of that chill in the air. That winter sort of represents especially the holidaysment but its been crazy because we have 70 earlier this week. Exactly and were getting a little bit for everybody. A lot of people liking these colder temperatures on the facebook they have been sounding off. Im glad about that. 31 degrees in glen oak this morning. 29 in hickory. And 34 in annapolis this morning. Chesapeake beach coming in at 34 and good morning to you chestertown youre at 31. Elkton 30 and 31 mardela springs. You know what this all means . You need the bigots and dress in layers. As you big coats and dress in layers throughout the day. Because we have High Pressure at the surface. With that you get that northwesterly flow. That clockwise flow bringing in that colder air. This will continue throughout the day. And then we will begin to see some change in the forecast. And this is represented in the future trend. So looking good. High pressure lots of sunshine. But as we go into the evening time frame thats when well begin to have more clouds tomorrow we do have a chance for a shower in the forecast for us, but for today that temperature coming in 44 degrees, mostly sunny and colder. Lets get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. Good morning. Good morning lynette. Well we are off to a cold start and if you are traveling in glen burnie this morning you will want to be extra careful on crane highway. We have malfunctioning traffic lighting at mayo road as well as hospital drive. Treat these intersections as a four way stop. No delays right now on 97. Its nice and clear whether youre heading down to route 50 or headed authority up to 695. As we north up to 695. As we head up to hunt valley. Traffic moving right along. And as we check in and take a look at the other drive times. 695 in great shape. Youre looking at just 11 minute ride right now on the outer loop from 95 all the way up to 83. And no problems on the west side of the beltway. 1 minute ride as well traveling the outer loop from 795 down to 95. Thats a look at your traffic. Megan and charlie, over to you. For some of Us Retirement cant get here soon enough. Others though see in reason in quitting after hitting 65. Up next you will meet a man still giving it his all to bring their families their news even as he gets closer and closer to hitting the century mark. How are you doing . Lets say you want to get ahead in your career. How do you get from here. To here . At university of phoenix were moving Career Planning forward so you can start figuring that out sooner. Ln fact, by thinking about where want your education to lead, while youre still in school, you might find the best route. Leads somewhere you werent even looking. Lets get to work. Over the river and down the road [ female announcer ] at Nature Valley, we know nature comes together in amazing ways. Thats why we bring together natural ingredients, like dark chocolate with toasted oats, or sweet golden honey. Perfect combinations of natures delicious ingredients, from Nature Valley. I was thinking that i hope this never ends [ female announcer ] Nature Valley granola bars, nature at its most delicious. Thank you for joining us on this thursday morning. The title is paper boy but at one mans age probably considered a paper man. The 86yearold great grandfather loves riding his bike. He does it delivering newspapers. Bud share loads the basket with bulletins and every afternoon at 3 00 the great grandpa delivers and becomes a paper boy. He says delivering the paper is not just a job. But an opportunity to get around and meet new people. Im going to drop here too that one in the country here. However, ive never had a younger paper boy thats dependable as this older paper boy is. I just called him my paper try it some time. Youll like it too. Thats the paper pop. Good for you. With age comes responsibility. You hear that guy . He gets its done. He says only a foot of snow would prevent him from riding that bike and delivering the news. Well, it could be the last chance for one father to fight for his daughter here in the United States. Coming up in morning at 6 00 this morning at 6 00 the superior court is now set Supreme Court is now set to hear a complicated custody case involving International Borders and treaties. There are common items found around the home in the winter months. How to keep your kids safe from the dangers of eye drops and nasal spray. And marylands most powerful radar is dry right now. But there are some showers in the forecast, when those arrive coming up. And everything is up to speed here on 95 and white marsh at route 43. We do however have some trouble in glen burnie. Ill have all the details coming up on good morning maryland. Same sex couples who have been waiting to say tear i dos their i dos are