shower popping around. we're leaning into the weekend. some people starting the weekend today. some of us have to wait for the real weekend. rehobeth, we have a walker out there on the boardwalk, 72 degrees. and back to baltimore. we have clear skies and a little bit haze around there. and look at the fog in westminster. wednesday the winds are north, northeast. that is just stall ago cross central maryland and the bay. and we brought in some showers overnight. and we have clearing around parts of the beltway where we had fog develop north and south of annapolis in the bay bridge and eastern shore with the shower overnight. and the patchy fog gives way to a partly sunny morning. and some scattered shower popping up this afternoon with a 2-degree guarantee high of 83. but it will remain in the 70s north and west of town. but right now, we've got to get

to thursday. -- get through a thursday. the bw parkway is running without any incident. southbound 29 looks good. in howard county, the crash is on the scene in ellicott city as eastbound route 100 approaching route 29, you'll see the police there. it should not cause you any delays. and kateville, an accident off the side of the road. and we have a crash on route 27 and route 26. cold spring lane running pretty good running into downtown this morning. lay and joe cooler all be there tonight. >> it will be great to catch up with all those guys on the field and in the stands as the raven fans tune it up for september. people are getting psyched up. >> reporter: they're psyched. we're here at penn station where a lot of the commuters

are pumped up about the beltway battle. and fans are excited and ready to see their teams in action. large crowds are inspectioned to fill area restaurants and bars. and this means lots of profit for area businesses. some business owners stocked up on beads and t-shirts and other paraphernalia expecting big profit. many feel this kind of fan excitement is good for the economy. the ravens' season opener will happen on september 13th. and a lot of folks are focusing their attention to that time. you can find out the player stats and game schedule and find out who won the big game if you you are not able to stay up that late.

log onto abc2news.com to get that information. investigators want to know who is responsible for vandalizing a football in baltimore county and stealing donated food out of the concession stand. >> they took like 25 cases of gatorade, all of our candies, potato chips. >> this happened this week at county home park in crockesyville. and the bleachers were also vandalized. this is one of the major fundraisers for the crockesyville football program. it helps to pay the reg station for fees for kids that can really afford it. >> it's not about the money. it's about the kids playing football. so the concession as lou us to get kids play that otherwise would not be able to. >> and police have no suspects and the league has received some donations to try to make up for what was stolen. federal officials investigating june's deadly train cash are now backing off

about statements made last week about the safety system. a spokeswoman for the ntsb said that they first learned about a march failure of the train's safety system last week. but on wednesday she said a metro employee spoke about the march incident the day after the june 22nd crash. a crash was avoided back in march only after a train operator used an emergency break to avoid hitting another train. consolation energy is going to help make the air cleaner and greener. the challenge is a nine-month program to raise awareness about energy conservation. they'll promote ways to reduce household energy use and recycling. energy conservation is not just about reducing your bills at home. >> energy independence and security. there's climate change and

other air quality issues. it's all linked together if we do our job at the grassroots basis, we'll have an impact on many global issues as well. >> the program also calls for the tree canopy and in the city to double in the next 30 years. we have a traffic warning for anyone driving in and around columbia this weekend. you can expect traffic delays because of a concert. large crowds are expected at the fish reunion concert. it will close from broken land parkway to the south entrance road from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. you should expect detours starting at 10:00 a.m. allow for lots of extra time. they'll have a big crowd there. good times. this is a story that you're going to shake your head. how one criminal think twice before interrupting happy hour. and how to avoid foreclosure. we're down into the upper 60s. a little patchy fog and thick

fog north and west. we'll talk about the slightly cooler temperatures coming up. traffic moving along nicely here at the bw parkway, no incidents to let you know b but let's get a check of the buses and the trains with mark jones. right now we're dealing with a couple of cancellations in the mix. you'll find pen trains 408 and 509 cancels and 513 operating with atown to 15 minute delay. and the number three bus is diverted in the area of hopkins plains due to a water main break repair. and the number 36 with a diversion in the area of the kirk due to a water main break repair. i'm mark jones. just as we promise 100% fresh produce...

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but a home in texas is baking them to help pay their back mortgage payments. both parents lost their jobs at the same time and they were struggling to keep up with medical bill after their daughter got sick. they came up with the idea to make apple cakes to try to avoid foreclosure. >> there's no way that i could have orchestrated this on our own. we're having to take one day at a time. >> they can't go. good neighbors are priceless. we'll all help the best we can. >> the family is already taken 65 orders for cakes at just 40dz a cake. they need to tell 35 more to have enough to pay off the late mortgage payments. it's so nice to see a community coming together like that. coming up next on "good morning maryland", a step forward for a proposed slot machine at m&t bank stadium. >> reporter: and the ravens take on the redskins. i'm sherrie johnson. i'll have the fan reactions coming up. to

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good morning. it's thursday, august 13th. before we take a look at justin berk's weather. let's take a look at what we're

working on for you today. a huge roadblock in president obama's push for healthcare reform. also, as you your dogs kick their water bowl, we have eight puppies ready for adoption. let's head over to justin. i want it start off here. it's been a quiet start to the tropical season. and i want to direct to you the hurricane senior page. there was a tropical depression that had weakened overnight. and there's a chance that it could redevelop to a tropical storm. there's the five-day tracking. you can get more information on this at abc2news.com in the hurricane center page. nothing of a threat to the eastern u.s. but we're looking

at a warm muggy an environment. slipping to 69 in town. and some patchy fog because of the rain that moved through yesterday, overnight and this morning. our front stalled around here. we have slightly cooler, drier air trying to work n but there will be showers redeveloping this afternoon. best chance will be around the lower eastern shore. the showers out of southern pa may try to make their way across the border. but a small chance for us tomorrow afternoon and this afternoon. we'll keep the moisture around for saturday morning and the eastern shore and the beaches with the showers trying to ling gear into the first part of the weekend. we'll go from partly sunny to mostly cloudy. the guarantee temperature in baltimore, 83. 78 in westminster and 79 in parkton. tomorrow make it back to about 89. i'll check on the beach and the weekend outlook in a bit.

a quick reminder to everybody. you can follow us on twitter from. the mayor: -- twitter -- traffic updates. and 95 southbound to the white marsh boulevard area. we have building volume. still dealing with a couple incidents around the area in howard county and the ellicott city. eastbound route 100 at long gate parkway. the crash remains on the scene there. and still dealing with police activity in maple avenue. and on the carroll county side, route 97 and 26, getting a report of a crash there as well. north parkway, you see the traffic moving along very nicely in both directions. huge roadblock for president obama's plan to overhaul the nation's healthcare system. the deficit hit a record now. $1.27trillion now many people

are wondering if the president is focused on the wrong problem. in a recent poll, 49% of people disapprove of how the president is handle being the deficit. the president maintains the healthcare plan will not increase the deficit. in hagerstown, maryland senator ben cardin got another earful about healthcare reform. the theater was packed with people. it only holds about 500 people and that meant as many were left outside. on several occasions, the senator was shouted at by demonstrators. but it was an 11-year-old that raised the best question about the controversy. >> say my dad and grandfather both came down with cancer, would my dad get prize or the care because he's younger and can contribute longer to society?

[ applause ] >> in today's system, there are different durations of care as a result of what healthcare plan you might be in. there's different coverage levels. but by age there should be and will not be any discrimination as to access to care. there will not be. >> senator ben cardin says he'll continue to meet with marylanders over the next couple weeks to discuss the healthcare plan. police are still looking for suspects in the shooting of a community activist who was just watching tv in her own living room and hit by a stray bullet. miss shirley is the backbone of the cherry hill neighborhood. she just came back to home after collecting fool supplies. >> i sit in the living room now with a little fear. it happened the first time, it can happen again. >> it's tough because she's been a community activists for a long time. and she gives everything to the

community, everything. she takes money out of her pocket to buy snacks to take to a rec center that's been closed for three years. >> she said she's more committed to help the neighborhood children and it brings inspiration to others n they're planning a peace march and rally right outside her home tomorrow night at 6:00. now toy developing story. the lawyer for a baltimore bicyclist killed last week and maryland avenue says that he has surveillance video proving the death was the direct result of a truck driver. he and the yates family are deciding whether to release the video he said that it clearly shows that the driver of the truck did not signal when he turned left on west lafayette when he hit and killed the biker. we could see preliminary plans for a proposed slot parlor that could be built mere the m m&t stadium. the bored of estimates approved

a deal yesterday that replaces the ray lewis gateway sports complex with a gambling complex run by the baltimore group it gives them a more visible location and larger plot of land for up to 3700 slot machines. a ocean city hotel will remain closed till they find the source of a carbon monoxide leak. the hotel's gas burning equipment has not been ruled unite as the source for the leak. they're searching the entire building. and the hotel does not have carbon monoxide detectors even though ocean city law requires them. eight retriever nix puppies are looking for a good home this morning after they were found in a trash dumpster. they were discovered by two young men in highland town. they were in a plastic box, close to death. the men cooled the pups down with water and air

conditioning. if you would like to adopt them or one or more, get on line right now at abc2news.com. the fellows in suburban park don't see eye to i with those that live in laurel. >> it is the ravens' preseason opener and sherrie johnson is live to see how everybody is getting ready for tonight's kickoff. a big deal. >> reporter: it is a very big deal. lots of excitement out here. there is a beltway battle bruising tonight against the ravens and the redskins. and people at penn station, the commuters are excited and pumped up to see that game. and it kicks off at m&t stadium tonight. fans want to see their teams in action. large crowds are expected to fill area restaurants and bars. and this means big profit for area businesses. and some business owners stocked up on beads and t- shirts and other types of paraphernalia. and we caught up with commuters

this morning to hear what they think about the game. >> i'm excited. i think that the ravens are going to kick butt. i think we got really good players this year. >> i think the ravens are going to kill them tonight. they're going to knock them out. i got toss on it and i'm laid off. >> reporter: there you have it. some diehard ravens fans expecting a good game tonight and the ravens season opener will be on september 13th. reporting live at penn station, sherrie johnson, "abc 2 news". a public wake for eunice kennedy shriver is scheduled for a cape cod church this afternoon. the wake will be held at a roman catholic church not far from the family's compound. an invitation nal funeral mass will be held on friday. had he died tuesday morning at cape cod hospital. she was 98 years old. she's probably best known for

founding the special olympics. the president handed out the nation's highest honor to 16 people. they received the presidential medal of freedom. that was billy jean king there. sandra day o connor. those are a few of the people that received the honor. the presidential medal of freedom was created when president truman wanted to honor civilian service during the war. a popular website where you can buy tickets for attractions in florida is in trouble this morning h ticket mania based in orange county florida accused of using stolen credit cards, using them to buy tickets and then selling them for less money on line. and the damage could total more than $100,000. >> they have no knowledge some of the people that their credit

card numbers were stolen and used to purchase the ticks. >> so investigators found out that ticket mania was running a fake refinancing program to lure the victims. the people would turn over the financial information and ticket man i can't would get the credit card numbers from the applications. talk about wrong place, wrong time. >> some people have bad timing. a wisconsin rob arer decided to hold up a bar while it was full of cops. a group of off-duty officers stopped into jamesville, wisconsin after a golf outing. and they were just enjoying a couple of drinks and and the teenage driver came in. the cops just grabbed the guy and through him to the ground. a couple cops asked for copy of the security tape as a souvenir. that is good stuff. if you go to the beach this

weekend and you meet a woman named shavon with a big smile on her face, police make sure she comes back that is our producer. we'll be a high of 83 tomorrow. and we have a chance of showers around because of this slow moving frontal boundary. by sunday we try to break it out a little bit. that seem to be the best pick for the weekend for the ocean city surf temperature. any weekend at the beach is a good weekend. 83 today, 84 tomorrow. and in town we'll push to the upper 80s over the weekend with isolated storms. we'll try to dry it out next week. we've had a quiet rush hour to start off your morning. looking at 95 southbound in the white marsh boulevard area, you see the traffic is moving along nicely and i'm getting word of

a crash 95 subsabb at route 100. and howard county, route eastbound 100 that crash remains on the scene at kateville. and route 97 and route 26, that crash remains on the scene. jfx, you see the traffic is moving along as you make your way southbound. thing has are looking good. we have a lot of if stuff coming up on the 9:00 a.m. show. it gets you in shape for the big day. sherrie johnson is going to show us what it's all about. >> she's got some moves. >> we'll have that and how to combat violence in baltimore. we talk to the kids about that at 9:00.

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