the camera view is looking to ask your doctor about lyrica. the east as we have a shot of clearing skies just off the right side of the picture. you will see the hint of but i've got a warm, fresh baked strawber toaster strudel. clouds. see the difference? they've been holding tight overnight and now pushing through central/southern mmmm. i do. maryland. from annapolis to the eastern (announcer) pillsbury toaster strudel. shore, maybe dimming out the one kids want to eat. sunrise in the next 20 minutes but as far as we're concerned kids are hungry after school. we'll see the clouds slip to the south and maybe definitely that's why i always have totino's pizza rolls. a few more fair weather clouds big pizza taste. into the afternoon. in a bite size roll. our two-degree guarantee should get us up to 58 degrees and kids can't resist their delicious pizza flavor. temperatures will make a slow totino's pizza rolls. climb by the middle of the week. the pizza way to snack. we'll talk about some of that heat coming up. 5:30. let's check the roads. traffic flowing freely at greenspring avenue and past route 70. however, a couple of overnight construction projects still going on. they will reopen later. outer loop at whitemarsh boulevard, right lane and exit ramp remain closed. also, 95 southbound between route 175 and route 100 the left two lanes are closed for

construction. both projects will reopen as rush hour moves along. 95 southbound past whitemarsh boulevard on the far side, are the southbound lanes, traffic picking up a a lit, but still running smoothly at this time. this traffic report brought to you by baltimore's country station 93.1 wpoc. listen to music from stars like taylor swift, kenny chesney and keith urban back to you. later today in washington, dc a woman goes to trial charged with killing her children. banita jacks is accused of living with her four daughters and living with the decomposing bodies for nearly seven months. authorities discovered them when they came to the home of banita jacks, to carry out an eviction. police looking into the death of a woman whose body was found in a freezer last week. welcome back. authorities confirmed a tornado touched down in southern ohio family members say 83-year-old injuring around a half dozen doris lea cooke had been bed-ridden for years. people. the twister destroyed several

family told police that when she died at her home in glen homes, damaged others over the weekend. burnie several weeks ago they authorities closed roads put the body into a freezer. because of downed power lines, high water and storm debris. police initially found out about the case from another it's 5:39. let's look at the weather. relative. they are still awaiting autopsy yesterday we hit 90 for the first time since when? results to determine the exact cause of death and whether any april. >> april? charges are going to be filed. >> we had three days the end of let's look now overseas. april, nothing in may, nothing in june. doesn't sound good for north took to the second week of july to get us back to 90 degrees. korean leader kim jong il. today we get a mild start. officials in south korea and china are reporting the we're looking outside at 67-year-old has pancreatic parkville middle school. still a hint of high clouds cancer and if you have seen his into portions of the sky. picture lately you can see a 65 degrees. frail communist dictator. and as we switch over towards there he is right there. the beach just want to show you three cranes crashed today the early morning light. they are still dealing with while trying to lift the clouds and they've had showers collapsed steel girder that but you can actually see 71 fell in india in the metro rail now, feels like 77. they have that sea spray coming construction site after its worst ever accident that left off the ocean with the six people dead. four to six people were later found injured in the latest east-northeasterly breeze. accident. the girders collapsed yesterday generally seeing a wide range from the low 60s outside the killing six people and injuring beltway to near 70 by the bay. 13 others. five churches in baghdad this afternoon we'll call it have been bombed over a 48-hour sunny to partly cloudy as skies period. and officials in iraq say that will give way to an afternoon three of the bombs exploded within 15 minutes of each temperatures, or two-degree

other. eight people were injured in guarantee of 85. those bombings. after spending nearly a the rest of the outlook coming up in a bit. month trapped in a flooded mine i'm just getting word of a in southern china three men watermain break. have been found alive. that is going to be at golden the government says the miners ring road at kern avenue. i don't know about the impact but if you have to travel there but keep in mind you will probably see crews there. were recovered. one body still missing. no major incidents to let you know about. just a couple of overnight construction projects that should pick up in the next hour there may be a lot of trash or so. outer loop at whitemarsh but it is not going to get boulevard, right lane and exit picked up more. linda so has more. ramp remain blocked. >> reporter: you won't be 95 southbound between route 175 seeing any city trash trucks and rout 100, the left two out today. if you've already put out your lanes closed for a construction project there. garbage bring it back in. 95 southbound, in the far starting today the city is implementing its new schedule for trash and recycling pickup. lanes, far side of the screen, making your way towards it's all part of the city's new whitemarsh boulevard. we have a little increased one plus one plan. volume but traffic flowing mayor dixon says it will save freely at this time. millions of dollars and wack -- back to you. hopefully get more people to recycle. what this will mean to you, is charm city becoming new trash pickup will now only smelly city? happen once a week instead of >> reporter: some might think twice a week and recycling will so. trash pickup is getting an be collected once a week as well instead of every other extreme makeover in baltimore city. week. you should have received a i'm linda so live at city hall.

postcard from the city telling what the changes will mean to you what your new pickup dates you, coming up. will be but as we found out it this bar is an excellent source of fiber. could be a bumpy start to the new routine. some say they don't know what there's no fiber in this. tastes too good. to expect. there is fiber. >> i haven't got any mail. [ chuckle ] no. i wasn't told anything about it. i just heard from my neighbors i can't taste the fiber in this chocolate. but they don't know either. they have 35% of your daily value. >> reporter: if you still don't know when your trash or hmm. oh, samples. hmm. recycling will be picked up at your home you can call 311 or go to the city's web site, autobahn. wackenschdol. fiber one chewy bars. www.cleanergreenerbaltimore.org and click on one plus one. cardboard no. delicious yes. linda so, abc2 news. 5:34. it's july 13th. here's what's going on -- senator barbara mukulski will join johns hopkins medical patient safety experts to discuss how their innovative tools and strategies can save lives as well as money. plus, bge will unveil plans for one of the most advanced smarlt dwrid initiatives in the -- smart grid initiatives in the nation they say. and lieutenant governor anthony brown will present a check to

"open space" to sheila dixon and the baltimore city council. the wife of joe biden will be checking into a philadelphia hospital today. mrs. biden will have an outpatient procedure to relieve shoulder pain she's been dealing with for a while. the vice president will accompany her to the hospital. the bidens plan to spend the rest of the day today as well as tomorrow at their home in delaware. the facility on fort meade will house,000 of items. let's go to the pump. gas prices, the average price dropped 10 cents a gallon in two weeks, the national average is $2.56 a gallon. in maryland the average for a gallon of regular unleaded is $2.49 a gallon. last year at this time it was more than $4 a gallon. why the drop?

who knows? local students take to the archdiocese. >> their fight to save towson catholic high school. we'll tell you about it. and people in the midwest have their lives turned upside down after powerful storms ripped through their area. take a live look outside now and see what we're dealing with here, 64 degrees, not bad, we'll find out what the rest of the week looks like when we check in with justin. here's mark jones with the mta report >> good morning. the number 22 bus diverting eastbound at university and st. paul, and the number 22 diverted at university and 40th due to construction. number 17 bus diverted at nursery and winterson. and light rail and metro subway looking pretty good. marc, no delays reported on the camden, penn, brunswick lines. 5:44. get ready for a big change about trash pickup in baltimore. >> starting today the way your trash is picked up is my muscles ached all over. completely different. abc2 news linda so explains what this means to you. i felt this deep lingering pain >> reporter: the biggest that was a complete mystery to me. change you'll notice this morning is there will be no my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia muscle pain trash pickup at all if you

already put it out, bring it back in because trash and then he recommended lyrica. trucks will not be out fibromyalgia is thought to be the result collecting garbage today. it's part of the city's one of over-active nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. plus one program. trash collection will now be lyrica is fda-approved streamlined to a tuesday through friday schedule. to help relieve the unique pain of fibromyalgia. everyone's designated pickup and with less pain, i can do more during my day. day is different. it depends on where you live. instead of putting out your how sweet is that? trash twice a week pickup will lyrica is not for everyone. tell you doctor about any serious allergic reaction only happen once a week and recycling will be picked up that causes swelling or affects breathing or skin, once a week as well. mayor dixon says the new plan or changes eyesight including blurry vision will save the city millions of dollars and hopefully encourage or muscle pain with fever or tired feeling. more people to recycle. lyrica may cause suicidal thoughts you should have received a or actions in a very small number of people. postcard from the city telling you what your new dates for some of the most common side effects of lyrica trash and recycling will be but are dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain if you still don't know you can call 311 or go to and swelling of hands and feet. do not drink alcohol while taking lyrica. you should never drive or operate machinery until you know how lyrica affects you. www.cleanergreenerbaltimore.org if you think and click on one plus one. you might have fibromyalgia, live at city hall, linda so, abc2 news. a look at the other top stories. sonia sotomayor takes the national spotlight today when senate confirmation hearings begin on her nomination to be

the first hispanic woman on the supreme court. today sotomayor will likely tell her life story. tomorrow she'll be grilled on her rulings and stances on national issues. some of president barack obama's allies are pushing for investigations into his predecessors anti-terrorism policies. some are suggesting the bush administration broke the law when concealing a cia counterterrorism program from congress. and that they say dick cheney ordered cia officials to say quiet about the program. eric holder is thinking of a criminal investigation. joe jackson -- latoya jackson is the latest member of the family who say she believes her brother was murdered as part of a conspiracy to steal his fortune. she reportedly told two british tabloids her brother, michael jackson was worth more than a billion dollars and she believes that made him a tempting target. she also claims the $2 million

in jewelry was stolen from his home right after he died. abc is going to be airing a special trialtime "family secrets, the jacksons, after michael," tomorrow night right here at 10:00 on constitution abc2. nasa tries to get endeavour off the ground again. the launch team came within minutes of sending endeavour and seven astronauts to the international space station yesterday but that's when thunderstorms moved in scrubbing the launch. these are live pictures from florida, from cape canaveral on the launch pad. it was the fourth launch attempt in the past month. 5:47. police in anne arundel county are working to confirm the identity of a body pulled from a marina in the town of deale. police say the body was found in shipwrights harbor marina, off herring bay road. the victim is 62 years old, a white man, they are still trying to notify family. an autopsy is pending the man's death. an fbi profiler concluded

two unusual double murders in the largo area not connected. both crimes happened on mondays, within a half mile of one another. police have no suspects in either of these cases. now to some people who have a lot of energy. the soon-to-be former towson high school -- students refusing to give up. >> reporter: brittney gordon reports. >> reporter: supporters of towson catholic came out to the corner of bosley and joppa with a mission. they do not want the archdiocese to close down their school. current students can't believe this is happening. >> i can't believe we have to look for a new school instead of looking for colleges at this point. i couldn't believe it. i thought it was a joke. >> reporter: with enrollment down like never before and the school thousands of dollars in debt from unpaid tuition bills the school is not opening in

the fall. but those out here say this school holds a special place in this community and they are willing to raise the money to save it. >> we believe that $650,000 is absolutely achievable and quite frankly all we've had to do is ask and we've been receiving pledge promises out of the woodwork to the tune of thousands of dollars. >> reporter: supporters say this grassroots effort is not going to back down quietly. they plan on pulling out all the stops to save the school for generations to come. >> that was brittney gordon reporting. the decision was made to close the school. they only had 163 students registered to attend next year. the families will be allowed to pay the same tuition as they did at towson catholic at whatever school they choose in the fall. there's a new report from college math professors. it says that the public schools are not doing a good enough job teefl g -- teaching basic

arithmetic and many are rced to take remedial classes. no better at umbc. the dean there says students are taught too early to rely on calculators and can't do basic multiplication or even division. 5:50. 64 degrees at bwi marshall. 54 altoona. hugging the low 70s across the delmarva. generally looking at this band of clouds. one of the reasons the temperatures are held up but you can see the general push sliding through the area. we've already seen predawn light pictures with clearing skies around the baltimore metro area and pushing down towards the south. as we watch this system slide off to the south, reinforces the cool air in new england. keeps us pleasant and comfortable and keeps us on the edge of the storm pattern.

it does appear there's fast level winds that could help to generate showers along the i-95 stretch from northern virginia on in through northern delaware as we head in through the evening. that would be after sunset and before midnight. most of us will probably miss that. it will be gone by morning. mostly cloudy skies tomorrow through wednesday. allowing us to heat up before the next round of showers push in. for today our two-degree guarantee gets us back to 85. sunny to partly cloudy. that means we'll have sun this morning with high thin clouds. it will actually build up more clouds in the afternoon. typical summer stuff. nothing to be worried about. 85 degrees, again, our two-degree guarantee and pleasant. but this evening, after dark, before midnight, could be scattered showers, down to 57 by daybreak. which means low 60s though downtown. tomorrow, mostly sunny, back to 84. low near 60. 86 wednesday. maybe an isolated shower wednesday afternoon, better chance on thursday with a cold front. should push about 89 degrees. to keep us below that 90-degree mark. again we've only hit it once this summer and it may be a

while before we get back there. we go back to the lower and mid-80s. scattered showers for the first part of the weekend on sunday. 5:51. let's see what's happening on the roads. >> a quick update on the watermain break, golden ring road. i'm getting reports of water in the roadway. not impacting the commute so far but that could change. we're looking good on the major highways and thoroughfares at this hour. a couple of construction projects will be wrapped up in the next hour, that is the outer loop at whitemarsh boulevard, right lane and exit ramp are blocked and 95 northbound between route 175 and route 100, left two lanes closed for construction. this is 95 southbound on the far side lanes, that is approaching whitemarsh boulevard, you can see traffic light and flowing freely at this time. 5:52. still ahead on "good morning maryland" -- this land was made for you and me. and the little lego people. how one man is reconstructing

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this? unique artists in oklahoma re-creating major landmarks and doing it with toys we all played with. curt zemmered is using legos to create a cityscape of oklahoma city. he's an official lego master builder. >> he's worked 12 hours a day using more than a million lego bricks to create one of the largest and most unique lego displays in the world. he says the biggest challenge will be creating the one building he has yet to build, the six-sided tower. the oklahoma cityscape will be on display in november. incredible. >> pretty neat. way to go. our exclusive look now outside our window as we get set for this monday in july. on the 13th. mmmm... what are you eating?

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good monday morning. i'm jamie costello. >> i'm megan pringle. thank you for joining us. here are the top stories we're

working on. new trash rules go into effect this morning for baltimore city residents. we'll tell you what you need to know. >> we'll have the latest on the bizarre story from anne arundel county. the body of an elderly woman found in a freezer. >> and the confirmation process begins this morning for supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor. these stories and more coming up this morning. first, a check of the forecast. >> here he is with maryland's most powerful doppler radar. justin berk. >> good to have you back. >> thank you. >> good morning to you. we've got a few clouds trying to slip through the area now. we're trying to get the sun up here. parkville middle school, 65 degrees. we go downtown baltimore, you can see the clouds slipping off into the distance at 72. now check out the rest of the area. towson 57. 57 ellicott city. even back towards frederick. yet by the way it's 67 in edgemere. 65 in rock hall. big spread across the region this morning. we're going to go generally throughout the 60s to near 70 as we start off the morning

hours, we're generally looking for sunny to partly cloudy skies today into the afternoon. our two-degree guarantee 85. let's see what is happening on the roads now with kim. >> thank you. traffic is looking good early on this