now, abc 2 news, the latest at 11:00. tomorrow, kids across the country head back to the classroom and many of them will hear a loud speech from president barack obama. tonight the white house has released the text of what the president will say. but as cristian schaefer reports that is not quieting critics of the president s address to the nation s children. 65% of the voters in carol county voted for john mccain. the second highest percentage for the republican candidate in the state. behind only gary row county. it wasn t hard to find those that were not believed about the president addressing their kids but we did find some support for the president as well. the president s speech is expected to last about 15 minutes. we honestly don t feel like the politics should be in the schools, you can t have religion in schools, why have politics, it s not for the children. conservative commentators have called on schools and parents to boycott the address. in carol count
it is the top of the hour. it is still dry up here on the hill top. we are watching rain on the satellite/radar. sharon is watching the roads for you and marty is in the weather center. that is the northeast flow we have in the area. keep in mind, the flags are 35 stories above the harbor. nonetheless, we have a 9-mile- an-hour breeze here on terra firma. look at the doppler. we will get a bit of rain. we will have steady rain in the area today, tonight and tomorrow. it is entering the neighborhoods. south of the metro grid. look at the day planner through the day. it is going to be great. 70 at lunchtime. 71 with the chance of showers this evening. don. do we have rain on the traffic cameras? here is sharon in the traffic control center. not yet. we don t have many problems. just one. that will be an accident on i- 70 in the westbound lanes. at the patapsco river bridge, we checked out the wreck on the left shoulder with no delays. here is a look at the speeds at the
not sympathetic to the cause. i laughed. i thought it was cute. i thought it was right on. it s something to consider. obviously, we don t want to lose money and we don t want to create a situation where there s a lot of anger out there. reporter: baltimore county councilman kevin caminans says it s an issue they need to pick up in baltimore. the vote to authorize the camera is tomorrow night but if they should become a target of the vandals here, he would like to make sure maintenance is part of a contract they choose with the company. i want to know who would be responsible for the maintenance and repair of the cameras and perhaps that s something we would push back on to the vendor. reporter: but he believes vandalism seen in montgomery county will not be an issue here. cameras will be well marked, only tickets for over 12 miles per hour and function only in school and construction zones. in baltimore county, brian kuebler, abc2 news. baltimore county will vote
. now abc 2 news the latest at 11:00. more r students go back on tuesday, parents have been giving a home work assign m directly from the white house. as you may have heard a speech from president obama will be placed in class rooms across the country on tuesday. tomorrow you will get your first look at the speech. abc 2 news talked to local parents about the issue tonight. reporter: christian it comes down to fear of what the president will say. today the obama administration is on the defensive about the speech that no one expect today be controversial. president obama s back to school speech will be beamed over the internet and into class rooms tuesday as parents prepare for a new school year. some parents fear the president is using the address to indoctrinate their r children. so we headed to the state fair to see what families. so much has been jammed down our throats and this just adding one more fear. now he s going to our children. we are on the hoopla, a l