we have volume building between whitemarsh boulevard and providence road. however, through the harford county area or 95 northbound, expect the off-ramp to be closed at riverside parkway. a crash at the exit ramp. and pasadena, cloverhill and gre grenada road closed at the intersection. use geneva as an alternate. and route 7 at creswell avenue is closed because of flooding. in dundalk, there's a fire at north point lane. avoid that if possible. fayette and st. paul street, no problems to let you know about there. here on the outer loop at 695 at liberty road, we have -- excuse me, 95 southbound headed through howard county towards the capitol beltway, traffic flowing freely at this time. back to you. it's 6:30. it's bad. you see the reports for yourself every single morning on our air. >> today at noon people will leave their homes to make sure we understand their pain.

sherrie johnson has more on our top story about a violence rally to stop it. >> reporter: good morning. it was another violent weekend in the city of baltimore and today community leaders are holding a rally to fight against crime. last sunday 18 people were shot in five different incidents. this weekend more violence. on saturday police say someone walked into an auto store in the 2100 block of edmondson avenue and shot a man in the back of the head. he's right now in critical condition. also on saturday a teen was stabbed to death on north paca street, a suspect was caught a little while later. on sunday police say an unknown person pulled out a gun in the 800 block of allendale street and opened fire. 18-year-old man was shot in the back, he died at shock trauma. a 47-year-old man is recovering after a shooting near the edgewood/lindhurst recreation center. local officials say there needs to be a hard focus on families. >> some don't know how to reach out to the person.

if there were advocates, if there were a focus on people who are in the circumstance i think it will help all of us. >> reporter: the west baltimore coalition is holding a rally today at noon, edmondson avenue at the auto store where one of the victims was shot. a neighborhood vigil is also planned for saturday. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. time now 6:32. let's look at news around the nation. a fisherman recovering after being bitten by a shark. right now we don't have too many details but the coast guard has this video. they say it's a rescue helicopter pulling a man from his boat. about 65 miles southeast of new orleans. the 56-year-old victim is from mississippi. we do know he was fishing from his boat. no one is saying how the shark got to him. his condition is now unknown. >> mechanical failure of some kind i guess. everyone did the best they could do. coast guard number one. >> again, the coast guard to the rescue here in florida.

this time a tow-in of an 85 foot fishing boat when it lost power. the princess had 50 people on board for a fishing trip when it happened no one was hurt though a lot of passengers were very seasick. sad sight in the middle of an oregon street. a full grown horse collapsed and died while working. witnesses say the horse was pulling a carriage, a carriage that a newly wed couple was in. one person overheard the driver say she went against her best judgment to take the 23-year-old horse out that day. no word on exactly what killed that horse. we're going to have a rough landing here. tense moments in minnesota after five tires blew out on this northwest airlines jet. no passengers on board but 50 employees were in the plane at the time. it landed without crashing or going off the runway. aviation officials noted the planes have dual wheels like semis that keep them stable if the tires do blow out. there's a big to-do list for today's hearing dealing

with a number of issues linked to michael jackson's estate and family issues. at least one hurdle was cleared last week with the covet key agreement -- custody agreement between jackson's mother and debbie rowe, the biological mother of the two older kids. today's hearing may decide the status of the two men controlling the popular estate. filings show the two already received $5.5 million and took possession of much of michael jackson's property. a someday full of music -- a day full of music and fun cut short in tragedy. >> what caused a tent to collapse during a music festival that attracts thousands he said he won the lottery. then he lost it. how heeds still hoping to get the jackpot. still a relatively mild 70 degrees. we make a few runs for 90 this week. we'll talk about that next. let's see what's happening on the roads with kim. ? all the southbound routes are flowing freely at this time as

you make your way towards the washington, dc area. let's check the buses and trains with mark. >> good morning. on the marc train, one delay on the brunswick line, 892, presently running 10 minutes late. the other trains and lines are on time. on the buses, the 17, a diversion at nursery and winterson. due to construction. just a heavy volume on the 7, 13 and 5 bus lines. for the mta transit team, i'm mark jones. this is one way of getting vitamins and minerals.

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as kids and their parents gear up for back-to-school some towns are finding new ways to stretch a buck in these tough times. in new mexico a church there held a meet to let moms and dads pick up free outfits for

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6:43. welcome back. i'm jamie costello. >> i'm megan pringle. thank you for joining us. august 3rd. hope a great day is ahead. before we get to justin's weather let's look at the top stories we're working on for you. more violence hitting the streets of baltimore. how neighbors hope to clean up this mess. kevin costner dodges a close call in cabda. -- canada. >> and gone fishing. we're going to look for white

marlins this morning. >> megan getting married friday. i ran into somebody ating withmans who said give me the lowdown. she got married this past saturday. no, you're getting married friday. >> on friday. i ran into somebody at the grocery store. he said what are you doing here? aren't you supposed to be getting married? >> in a week. i still have to eat. >> stop running into people because you bruise easy. >> i do. >> want you to look good for friday. ocean city, last year nearly $1 million for the top prize of the top marlin, the white marlin, that is. about stein 500,000 for the blue marlin. good weather for the tournament to start. 70 in town. 60s back to the northwest. that is a sign of cool dry air beginning to -- well, slightly drier air, cooler air working in. we'll heat up through the afternoon. just clouds left along the shoreline.

a little cloudiness this morning. by the way, detroit, michigan. that is one of the home spots for miss pringle. showers to the northwest. we're following their weather. they may have showers this afternoon and through tomorrow. we'll follow that same system trying to pass through pennsylvania and could bring an isolated shower as we head through tomorrow. then a better chance even though it doesn't look like it on wednesday morning, wednesday afternoon more showers try to roll back into town. today our two-degree guarantee gets us to 89. an isolated thundershower popping up. that 89 were added humidity will feel like lower 90s. we settle back down to 65 overnight with patchy fog. we'll have the rest of the week's outlook in a bit. our check of the roads now with kim. >> thank you. checking around the tunnels and beltway we really don't have incidents to let you know about at this time. no delays. however, through harford, 95 northbound, off-ramp to route 543, riverside parkway, expect to see that remain closed because of a crash involving a tractor-trailer and passenger vehicle. in pasadena, bedford road

remains closed between grenada road and cloverhill road because of downed trees. tree gee geneva as an alternate. and hillside road and greenspring avenue. and dundalk, north point boulevard closed in both directions because of of a fire at the north point diner there. this is 50 eastbound, east of the sever earn river, no problems to let you know about -- actually, this is the jfx -- now let's 50 eastbound, severn river, no problems in either direction there as well. back to you. 6:46. enough is enough. that's what people in baltimore are saying after yet another violent weekend. >> more people were shot and killed over the weekend. today community leaders try to find a solution. abc2 news sherrie johnson with more. >> reporter: today people will hit the pavement to take back their city streets. community members will hold a rally in west baltimore, the site of one of the latest acts of violence, many people are alarmed after two violent

weekends on the streets of baltimore. last sunday 18 people were shot in five different incidents. this weekend has brought even more violence. we start with saturday in the 2100 block of edmondson avenue. police say someone walked into an auto store and shot a man in the back of the head. he's in critical condition. also on saturday a teen was stabbed to death early on north paca street. a suspect was caught a little while later. on sunday police say an unknown suspect pulled out a gun in the 800 block of allendale street and opened fire. an 18-year-old man was shot in the back. he died at shock trauma. a 47-year-old man is recovering after a shooting near the edgewood lindhurst recreation center. area neighbors say they want it to stop. >> our goals tore are to rebuild the community, it's time we come out and say no more. >> reporter: the west baltimore coalition is holding a rally today at noon, edmondson avenue at the store where one of the victims was shot. a neighborhood vigil is also

planned for next saturday. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. in northwest baltimore a man was shot by police when they say he lunged at them with a screw driver. police say officers walked in on the man as he was robbing a convenience store in northwest baltimore early saturday morning. the suspect was reportedly wearing a mask when he lunged at the officer. the officer fired one shot hitting the map in the head. right now police have not released his name. 6:48. decades after being shot down on the first night of the 1991 gulf war the remains of a navy pilot have been found in the iraqi desert. michael speicher's body was found when an iraqi citizen led marines to his grave where he had apparently been buried. without a body some believe he had been captured. the president says he hopes the recovered remains will give the pilot's family a sense of closure. three men's who crossed -- three americans who crossed the border from iraq into iran are in custody this morning. they were captured by military forces. the swiss embassy is now acting for the united states, looking

for answers on the three americans. the stories are conflicting. in iran the tv stations there say the three were warned not to cross the bod border. shane bower, sarah shroud, and josha fatal, a environmental worker in oregon, reportedly curious about his father's native land of iraq. >> i think there's a decent chance iran will portray these three as spies and leave it up to the united states or the three individuals to prove their innocence. >> family members hope that the americans will not be used as bargaining chips. fatal's father wrote a statement to abc news saying currently we're only concerned about the well being of joshua and the other two people. we hope they come home as soon as possible. the music stopped early for a four-day festival that attracts 25,000 people a day. canada's largest country music festival called off after an

outdoor thunderstorm caused the outdoor stage to collapse. one person was killed, 70 were injured. actor kevin costner was caught under the stage but wasn't hurt. while investigators believe weather is to blame for the collapse this morning they are still looking into whether the construction of the stage played a role. as the obama administration deals with the growing deficit top economic aides have not ruled out there could be a future tax increase to deal with this problem. nobody likes to hear that. but tim geithner says that the economy to grow over the long term administration will have to bring the deficits down while the economic council director larry summers says health care overhaul will have to come from somewhere. there will be a veterans town hall forum to discuss health care reform in baltimore. congressman elijah cummings plans to be in attendance. the forum is set for today at 5:00 at the veterans center for education and training, 201

north high street. 372 pitches. that is the equivalent to four little league games. the football preseason still weeks away but we got a taste of it at camden yards. the red sox beat the os yesterday 18-10. with the win the red sox sweep the entire weekend series. boston has a total of 28 runs and 47 hits. they have now beaten the orioles 11 times in 13 tries. the orioles left -- the orioles are just 2-5 on the home stand. now the orioles go to detroit -- >> hey. that's why they are there. joe flacco has his main target back. derrick mason ended his retirement and came back to a standing ovation in westminster. linda so, with more on what you think about this. >> reporter: there are plenty of ravens fans out here at the 7-eleven in carney.

they say this is great news for a monday morning. derek derrick mason's comeback just the pick me up they need. the star receiver announced retirement three weeks ago but since had a change of heart. he was back on the field sunday for first practice with the ravens and despite the rain fans were delighted to see him. the 35-year-old pro bowler said his family was the main reason he decided to retire. that decision came not long after the unexpected death of former teammate steve mcnair. after numerous calls and visits from teammates and coaches mason changed his mind. fans say they can't wait nor a great season. >> for the last six years i've seen the ravens go up and down. last year with joe flacco coming on i was really excited because i saw how he played. it was all about the ravens. then when they just lost that one little game, we all kind of felt really bad. i'm excited that mason is

coming back. i think the ravens have a really good shot this year. >> reporter: this is mason's time year of his contract he hasn't announced plans after that, only that he's concentrating on this season and possibly getting to that super bowl. linda so, abc2 news. hard to believe but today's already the start of a white marlin open, in ocean city. the summer goes by fast. the 36th annual is the world's largest tournament of its kind with more than $2 million in prize money. 300 boats are out there. it goes until friday. if you can't get to ocean city we'll have the action from the harbor island marina live from their weigh-in web cam. you can find a link to that on abc2news.com. 6:53.

we're checking out the 7-day forecast. looking good for the white marlin anglers and of course around here, that michigan forecast, a little iffy. let's take you out there today. two-degree guarantee gets us back to 89. an isolated thundershower this afternoon. comfortably back in the mid-60s overnight. 91 on the thermometer tomorrow, upper 80s with showers and storms moving back in on wednesday. low 80s for the tail end of the week. looking for the chance of more showers and storms trying to roll back in friday. then again with mid-80s by the end of the weekend. back to the roads with kim. we have building volume around the beltway especially between liberty road and baltimore national pike. harford county, 95 northbound the exit ramp to riverside parkway remains closed because of the earlier crash. pasadena, bedford road at cloverhill road closed because of downed power lines. also in pikesville, that intersection at hillside road and greenspring avenue closed because of downed trees and power lines. in dundalk, north point

boulevard closed in both directions because of a fire at the diner, that is between north lane and trappe road there. this is -- mlk at fayette street. no problems there. 50 in both directions running smoothly. back to you. after "good morning america" is "good morning maryland" at 9:00. here's what we're working on -- believe it or not there are just three or so weeks away until school starts. everybody needs to get the supplies. we're going to tell you about bargains you can find. also talk about how there's help for those of you that can't afford new notebooks, pencils, all of that. looking to pie a new home or refinance? carl delmont will be here to explain why it's now easier to buy a gun than a home. how about that and they are one of the hottest country acts and they are coming to abc2. we're going to chat live with jennifer and christian of sugarland on their success and their first ever network tv special. coming up on "good morning

maryland" at 9:00. >> sugarland is to be on "good morning america" next at 7:00. >> they are good. >> the theme song. >> she had vocal problems that forced her off the road for a while but now she's back on. it will be great. one more look. >> four days. >> we got heat here. we'll break the heat by the end of the week. temperature again making it close to 90 today through wednesday. low 80s by the ends of the week which means it will be cooler in michigan. how cool? how wet? inquiring minds want to know. >> let's hope. >> i'll work on it. >> i haven't really looked at it. >> how is traffic in detroit? >> i'm sure it's running pretty good at 5:00 a.m. detroit time. take care. when i was seventeen i was not good to my skin.

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