investigation into michael jackson's death and why authorities are now looking into this video. it's 25 years old. we're going to show it to you, coming up. and if you plan on taking metro's red line today we have important closures you need to know about. >> and today marks the 40th anniversary of the nation's first manned mission to the moon. plus, why nasa is a little concerned about endeavour's recent launch. thank you for joining us. thursday morning, july 16th. >> looks like tiger is now even after 5 holes over at the british open. i'll keep you posted all morning long. lee westwood is 3 under after four. >> thank goodness you're here. >> all right. here's justin berk. >> the guy is washed up. let's stop covering him. >> it's over? our wake-up window at the bottom of the screen. our, look at this -- for those of you that missed summer, for those of you that weren't complaining it was not warm enough, here you go, it's a little muggy for the muggles out there. 72 degrees in baltimore.

80 in ocean city. there's some summer stuff for you we have not seen in a while. showers and storms on the lower eastern shore by the logo blocking it but it's still coming down. a few showers coming into the mountains. so in between, we may develop showers late morning. i had to adjust this 12-hour forecast. we're near 70 and we have a chance of showers running through early afternoon. the sun pops out later today with temperatures soaring to about 89. that is the upper limit of our two-degree guarantee. if the sun comes out sooner it's a possibility that committee could be aiming into the -- we could be aiming into the 90s. we'll try to keep it at 89 for those that don't like the heat and humidity. 5:3. let's go to the maps. >> 50 eastbound at baydale drive, that right lane has been closed, two lanes get by from the earlier disabled boat crash there. traffic flowing freely here at this time.

and the beltway, pretty clean at this hour, however there's construction going on in the fort mchenry tunnel that has one tube blocked in each direction. shouldn't cause any delays at this time during this point of the rush hour but just keep it in mind if you're traveling soon. this is 695 at the bw parkway, traffic flowing freely in both directions, no incidents at this time. back to you. 5:32. no motive, no suspects in a shooting in anne arundel county that left one man dead. it happened at the rainbow view apartments yesterday morning in glen burnie. neighbors say they heard shots and called police after seeing 28-year-old lamont gordon junior lying there on the ground. >> you get up in the morning, come outside and i see all this happening here. it's a shock to the whole community. >> i've been here two years and nothing, never happened like this out here. never. i do feel unsafe now. >> again, police have no motive or suspects in this

deadly shooting. we'll stay on top of it. >> baltimore city police make an arrest after a woman was shot in fells point. 48-year-old josephine lewitowsky died at the hospital after she was found tuesday morning on register street in eastern avenue. police arrested a man, 22-year-old dante mccrea after surveillance cameras captured him putting a shotgun into a car. he's been charged with murder. police haven't released a possible motive in this case. could the department of defense confirm that the bodies of at least two killed in afghanistan are back home. michael heed jr. of pennsylvania has family here in maryland. he was killed in combat on monday. his body arrived at dover air force base in delaware last night. the latest on michael jackson. it's taken 25 years for us to see this. that u.s. weekly just released never before seen footage of his 1984 pepsi shoot. there's michael's hair. it catches on fire and the clips show take after take up

until the pyrotechnics exploded too early and ignited his hair. security rushes in to smother out the fire. there's speculation this incident led to jackson to start taking prescription medications to ease the pain from the second degree and third degree burns he suffered. that issue of "u.s. weekly" hits news stands tomorrow. in iran, they are trying to determine what caused a plane to crash killing all 168 people on board. this flight was headed from tehran to the are a -- armenian cap tell and went down yesterday morning. it crashed 16 minutes after takeoff. it was caspian air. if you have to use the metro red line, the takoma station will be closed. metro says it will closed from 10:00 to 3:00 and saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. the national transportation safety board is going to conduct tests on the tracks from the takoma and fort totten

stations requiring metro to suspend service. shuttles will take riders around the testing sites. here's what's happening on this july 16th -- maryland comptroller peter franchot will discuss the overall condition of our economy at a news conference. and the announcement that laurelville is a good place to buy a good but sturdy antique house in our state. nasa says it's not worried but its engineers are reviewing all the pictures from the launch of endeavour. after several delays and scrubbed launches the shuttle finally lifted off yesterday to the international space station. officials say eight or nine pieces of foam insulation came off the external fuel tank. this was during liftoff and the shuttle hit at least two or three times. nasa says endeavour, the crew, has shuttle repair work and kits on board so they will try to take care of that. today marks the 40th anniversary of the apollo 11

mission. that was our country's first manned mission to the moon. a relatively small crew compared to missions we have today. the three brave men of course, neal armstrong, buzz all driven -- adlrin and michael collins. there's a scam that could bilk you out of hundreds of dollars. and michael phelps beats another record. this time he beat out a tiger. outside now, 72 degrees over the inner harbor. exp >> mark jones has the commute report. >> you'll find light rail and metro subway on time. and marc showing no present delays but on the buses, number 3 is 20 minutes late. 3 and 64 buses being diverted at charles and center for artscape preparation. you'll find the 21 among those delays related to artscape westbound, diverted at preston and maryland. and the 22, eastbound diversion at university and st. paul and once again at university and 40th for

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nice little flashback. let's take you outside this morning on maryland's most powerful doppler radar. mugyu, that was the name of the cute little furry. >> you're on a time travel to 1983. >> trying to live back to the day. showers on the lower eastern shore, back to the beaches, you're not missing much this morning. we're not looking at rain now around the baltimore area but on storm center weathernet, you can see we're warm and muggy, 68 in westminster under partly sunny skies and look at this. today we're near 70. a spotty shower or thunderstorm possible from now througharily afternoon. this afternoon on the upper limit of our two-degree guarantee of 89. let's see what's happening on the roads with kim. >> an update on the earlier accident involving a disabled boat on baydale drive, the two

left lanes get by. however, there are no delays according to some cell phone callers on the scene there. this is the beltway, no problems from about the top side over to the east side between whitemarsh boulevard and harford road. no incidents. if you're traveling from pennsylvania, the pennsylvania state line, 83 southbound is running smoothly without incident. a quick look now, this is 695 at the bw parkway, you can see traffic is light, headed in the northbound and southbound directions of 295. back to you. two teens are hit by a light rail train. >> and police say there are more clues. >> baltimore county police say there may be a witness to a light rail accident which could prove to be very important to this investigation. i'm sherrie johnson, that story is coming up.

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into to the latest on the light rail accident that killed two people two weeks ago. police say they are trying to find a potential witness who could help baltimore county police. abc2 news sherrie johnson now with the story. >> reporter: baltimore county police continue to search for answers after a light rail train hit and killed two teenagers. now police may have a new lead. they are searching for a man who was on board the light rail train when it hit the teens during the fourth of july weekend. officers are trying to find in man because he could provide vital information in this case. police say the passenger is

not in any trouble but they think he may have something that could help. garret connor peterson and kyle wankmiller both died when a light rail train hit and killed them. authorities say the teens were walking on the tracks near the lutherville station when hit by the train. the family members want to know, how did the accident happen? how did two trains run over two teens twice? and how did the first driver not stop? >> i'm waiting for him. i'm still waiting for him. i know they are not coming back. >> reporter: if you know the man police are looking for you're asked to call baltimore county police at 410-307-2020. again, this man not in any trouble. officers say his information could be vital to their investigation. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. and mta officials confirm a woman was hit earlier yesterday by a light rail train, this time it happened at the mount washington station just after 4:00. the unidentified woman was hit by a southbound train as she was trying to cross the

tracks at the station. she was taken to the hospital with with nonlife-threatening injuries. time is 5:45. let's look at the other top stories we're working on this morning. police say last night the eastern part of baltimore county, two men were injured after a shooting in middle river. police tell us that one victim was found in an apartment on starwood court suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. a second victim was at the intersection of rossville boulevard and philadelphia road. investigators say a third man tried to drive that victim to the hospital but then ran out of gas on the way there. the driver went to get gas but then the victim had flagged down rescue crews. no word on whether either man's injuries are life threatening. and baltimore's own michael phelps reins at the espy awards. he takes the five-year crown away from tiger woods. last night the 14-time olympic gold medalist five won esp -- five espy's including

best male olympian at the beijing games. ben cardin and sotomayor hit a home run in the confirm hearing. >> you allow the season to continue socal so cal ripken can become the iron man in 2005. we invite to you a oriole game and we promise it won't be when the yankees are playing so it won't be for the baltimore orioles. >> it's a great invitation and good morning, senator. you can assure baltimore fans i have been to camden yards, to beautiful stadium. >> she's right about that. in 1995, sotomayor issued an injunction against the baseball team owners effectively ending that lengthy strike. 5:47.

something we have not had in quite some time, morning temperatures in the 70s. 72 degrees officially in baltimore. and everywhere on the regional map. our scope up to new york and philly, 73. even pittsburgh 73. richmond and charleston at 70. we've had showers popping up here. showers running your way on through the portion of the delmarva and jersey shoreline. they are rolling out to sea. we have another line of showers rolling across the mountains to central pennsylvania and back through garrett county. that pivots through late morning through early afternoon. that's when we have a shot at developing showers here. again, during the morning hours, primarily around the bay and eastern shore. we could get a sprinkle but that line of showers, that whole disturbed area will line up around 95. it appears as if north and east of baltimore the better chance of getting afternoon rain but the models still subject to error, for the possibility we could wind up with rain stretching its way down across baltimore. we've kept that chance. after that the sun comes out. depending on how much sun we see this afternoon, we could shoot temperatures back up into

the 90s. it's a possibility. tomorrow, warm, muggy and looking for showers and thunderstorms erupting late in the day. in the evening, overnight, this is a 2:30 saturday morning plot with some moderate-to-heavy rain. this system is likely going to plague us throughout most of the day saturday. we throw back a cooler wind and hold temperatures down. today, two-degree guarantee, i'm going on the upper limit of 89 but there's a possibility if we see more sun in the afternoon we could go into the 90s. as we head into the night we'll drop again near 70. as we head through tomorrow, 88, showers and storms, saturday 81. and temperatures back near 80 on sunday and monday as well. next week looks like a wet one to continue. right now to the roads, here's kim. we have a really quiet start to the morning commute. no real issues around our area. however, they are still cleaning up that accident, 50 eastbound at baydale drive. the right lane remains blocked, two left lanes get by, from what i understand there are no delays at this time. taking a quick look now, the

west side of the beltway, liberty road at 695, no problems to let you know about there. the fort mchenry tunnel, one lane remains closed in either direction at the fort mchenry tunnel because of a construction project that should be wrapping up pretty soon. as we look now at the cameras, this is 695 at the bw parkway, no problems to let you know about there. this traffic report brought to you by baltimore's country station 93.1 wpoc where you'll find great music from stars like taylor swift, kenny chesney and keith urban. and rascall flatts. back to you. if you're looking for a place to rent, whether a home, a cottage, apartment, foreign scammers are coming after your money. our consumer reporter john matarese shows us how this slick new scam is luring renters in so you don't waste your money. >> reporter: is someone in your family looking for a new place to live in perhaps trying to rent out an apartment or house? if so you need to know about a slick scam now targeting landlords and renters that could leave you out hundreds of dollars or more.

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believes at least two families may have sent a $1,300 deposit to the scammer who is posting her house for rent. while her legitimate ad gets ignored. if you're looking to rent always make sure the landlord is locatal, not a mysterious out of towner and never mail or wire a cash deposit even if you can drive by and look at the place for rent. that person may not be the real landlord. so don't waste your money. i'm john matarese. >> love this. 45 years ago the beatles erupted on to the u.s. music scene. >> like old times when sir paul mccartney hit the streets of manhattan to perform a beats classic hit. and how you can live at the beach for $99. huh? you have to give a powerful word or two. my doctor told me i had to start doing things for my heart,

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there. hundreds of people packed the streets in manhattan yesterday for a free concert to see paul mccartney. he was inside 45 years ago with three of husband bidious and outside -- three of his buddies and outside for "david letterman." letterman said why haven't you been here before? mccartney said i didn't like you before. now he does. >> he also said -- >> here we go, now we got him back. he'll be coming here, he'll play in maryland. sir paul will. so go out and see him. >> perfect. a look at our exclusive weathernet. we'll be right back with the 6:00 news. (alistair) resolve iple action helps you keep the good memories...

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the death is still a mystery. baltimore county police need your help to find a witness they say was on the train that hit and killed two teenaged boys more than a few weeks ago. and police are out there searching for suspects in a double shooting in baltimore county. and, baltimore's own michael phelps, there he is, with more hardware. winner at the espy awards. just ahead. that and more coming up. let's check the first forecast now. >> good morning. weather and traffic together here and a minute before 6:00. our 9:00 "good morning maryland" yesterday jamie costello live on the air walked up to the tv screen and started hitting the thermometer. it worked. >> see? >> it worked. a little fonzie move. who knew it? look at the temperatures this morning. we are at 66 in towson. 65 ellicott city. those are our cool spots. by the water, sparrows point 4. 73 annapolis and on the eastern shore. 77 chestertown. so, yes, most of us within a