days. we have high humidity out there 68 degrees. fog's not widespread but it is trying to develop. sometimes it can quickly just poof, go there in an hour right around sunrise. we expect patchy fog even though we are dry. we are looking at the camera in parkville. not much fog to speak of. driving through towson, i did notice low clouds near loch raven resevoir. there may be fog pouring around the bay. temperatures go quickly into the 80s this afternoon. a slight chance of a late day thunderstorm with a high temperature around 85 degrees for our two degree guarantee. 5:30, let's get a check of the roads now with kim. >> reporter: thanks, justin. 95 southbound is moving along very nicely. a little bit of building volume as you approach the construction zone that has 95 southbound at the o'donnel

street exit. also construction going on, on the outer loop between -- excuse me, i can't remember. where's the -- thank you. 695 between 895 and hammonds ferry road. i apologize. they'll be taking that up soon. traffic is moving along without any problems on the jfx. jamie, back to you. first off, he wasn't hurt and secondly police ruled out alcohol, but when the most famous olympian is in a car accident in the town that raised him, that's news. jerry johnson is live with what happened last night. sherrie? [no audio ] >> we can't hear you, sherrie, so we'll come back in just a second. we want to talk about a disturbing discovery in baltimore. we have a local businessman who was found bound by zip ties inside his can'ten vending

business. his name is constantine dino frank. he was found face down and bound july 29th in the vestibule of presignificance vending. -- precision vending. that's in canton. police say this is where it gets bad. he managed to get one hand free, but apparently suffered a stroke during his struggle. >> the investigation revealed there was money taken out of a private safe of his located in an office. right now, we have no suspects, no people of interest, but we are getting good intelligence from the family and from employees. >> franks' death is now being investigated by the homicide unit and city wide robbery. an autopsy is being performed, and we'll bring it to you as soon as we learn it. let's go back to sherrie johnson with the accident involving michael phelps last night. >> reporter: good morning, jamie. we are here in loch raven catching up with a lot of

people running in and out getting the coffee. people are concerned here this morning. michael phelps was in a car accident last night. it happened about 9:00 at the intersection of biddle and calvert streets. fellps was not injured in the accident, but the other female driver of the honda accord was shaken up and take ton an area hospital as a precaution. two passengers in phelps' car were are not injured. phelps has been interviewed by police. they are told alcohol was not a factor, and we caught up with some of the people. here's their are reaction to the accident. >> i'm glad he's okay, but we all get into accidents. i mean, as long as everybody's okay, ain't no big deal. >> i hope he's okay. sending out best wishes to the family. >> reporter: as you can see a lot of folks out here hope phelps is okay. meanwhile, police continue to investigate to find out exactly what happened. reporting live in loch raven,

sherrie johnson, abc 2 news. >> here's a look at what's happening on from friday. a community activist shot in her own home this week. you know her as miss shirley. there will be a peace rally right in front of her cherry hill home. and taking part in an oyster reef building activity today. and the 2009 cal ripken world series opening ceremonies kick off starting tonight at 7:00. i will be the emcee up there for cal. the little copper penny has a brand new look. it's to commemorate abe lincoln's 200th birthday. it shows the 16th president right in front of the state capital in springfield, illinois. the last of the series comes up in november. speaking of money here, there is no place like home. even for a newly minted new york millionaire. he's 19 years old. he bought the ticket in may but

didn't scratch it off right away because he was rushing to play a game of cricket with friends. don't we all do that? last month, he found the ticket in his car, scratched it off and learned that he won. he says he will keep bunking with his siblings at his parents' apartment in brooklyn. he's not moving out, but staying with the million bucks. you can almost smell the smoke in the air, can't you? the battle of barbecue heats up right now in bel air. and steven tyler is not coming back on stage any time soon. here's our stage. 68 degrees as we get set. here's the mta's mark jones. everybody from red skinland made it back safely last night. >> good morning out there for the commute start. light rail and metro subways are operating on time. camden train 841 is running 10 to 15 minutes late. on the buses, the number 36 is working with a ten-minute

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hey, you got any plans for the weekend? how about some barbecue with a side of competition? the barbecue bash in bel air will be firing up today. chefs compete for $10,000 in cash. the bash will be held right there at the county courthouse parking lot right there in historic downtown bel air. the party start as the 4:00 and goes until 10:00. saturday goes from noon until 10:00. it'll go past that. justin? >> let's take you outside and show you where fog is forming or appears as if it's forming on the storm center weather net in north baltimore. checking out rowland park at 68 degrees with 100% humidity. that is the criteria for developing fog as we condense the moisture in the air. 70 in reisterstown this morning. we are sounding the all clear at heeft in terms of rainfall, but we had showers last evening that helped contribute with

some of the added moisture. the reason we had patchy fog this morning, averaging to the upper 60s to around 70. this afternoon, isolated thunderstorms. our are two degree guaranteed high is 85. right now, 5:40. let's go to the roads with kim. >> you know it's a good friday when we check the roads and there are no accidents to report on the roadways. however, we do have slowing as you make your way southbound on 95 approaching the white marsh area as you approach the construction zone at the o'donnel street exit has the right lane closed there. also, we have lanes closed at hammonds ferry road. i remembered this time. two lanes are blocked but will be opening soon. checking the jfx, traffic is moving along without any problems there. all of this is being brought to you by wpoc. listen to country music. now let's check in with

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car crash involving superstar michael phelps. sherrie? >> reporter: we're here in loch raven where many people are talking about the accident this morning. it happened last night around 9:00 in the downtown baltimore area. michael phelps was not injured in this accident. we definitely want to say that. the other driver in the other car was driving a honda accord. she was shaken up and taken to an area hospital just as a precaution. the other folks in michael phelps' car were not injured as well. phelps has been interviewed by police, and officers say alcohol was not a factor in the crash. local people here, well, they are just hoping that he's okay. >> i hope he recovers. >> oh, my god. i cannot believe that can happen to him. i mean, honestly that's amazing. i hope he's all right, though. >> reporter: and once again, police continue to investigate this crash to find out exactly what happened. reporting live in loch raven,

sherrie johnson, abc 2 news. if you are traveling up 95 today and are around philadelphia, make sure you turn on philly talk radio. i can't imagine what they are talking about today except michael vick's signing. just out of prison off suspension, he signed a two- year deal with the philadelphia eagles. donovan mcnabb hosted vick when he was up in syracuse. so looks like donovan's okay. tony tony played a huge role in it and they talked to the local humane society. coach andy reid didn't even work vick out so he doesn't know when he'll be in football shape. top stories abc 2 news is working on. a former band director has been sentenced to nine years in jail for molesting a female student. he's mr. johnson. he'll have to register with the sex offender registry. the secret service is investigating a man who authorities say held up a sign

reading death to obama. he did it outside the hagerstown town hall meeting on health care reform. the washington county sheriff's department says the sign also read death to michelle and her two stupid kids. the sheriff's office turned the unidentified 51-year-old man over to secret service agents on wednesday. federal prosecutors say two men have been sentenced in a plot to steal the cash treasury checks. he was sentenced to more than six years in prison. theodore terrell of washington was sentenced to just under four years for this. if you are riding the metro, expect delays on the red and orange lines because of track maintenance. the red line trains will not serve the fort totten station. trains will operate between shady grove and brooklyn in between glenmont and tacoma from 10:00 p.m. tonight until the system shuts down on sunday. free shuttle buses will be provided, but expect to add at

least 30 minutes to your travel if you want to take that metro. graceland will be flooded with elvis fans as they pour into memphis. they will celebrate the 40th anniversary of his final number one single. anyone remember it? suspicious minds. bad news is the elvis faithful can't see the place where the record was made. there's nothing left, not even a historical marker could remind people. his mom died on this date way back when, too. even worse news for aerosmith fans. the rock group has now canceled the remainder of its summer tour because of the injuries for front man steven tyler. he fell off the stage on august 5th, broke his left shoulder, needed 20 stitches in his head. he says he zigged when he should have zagged. shaq proves he is the man in his new abc show "shack versus" in which he takes on the best in the world.

next tuesday, he takes on pittsburgh steelers quarterback ben roethlisberger. the week after, it's shaq versus misty may-trainer and kerry walsh. that i'll watch. i'll watch, too. right off camera right now, i have to let you know, i have my second love. there is a sheltie in the studio for adoption, right? this is a beautiful dog. a little skittish, but we've made a love connection going on in the studio right now. you may want to stick around and stay closer to the tv to see this beautiful dog. a miniature lassie for those of you who are not familiar. a little bit of patchy fog. we've got low clouds and the frontal boundary. you can see more clouds this and still the influence of showers. we have a light northeast ler i wind that's helped to develop fog around the bay in the city. we have this east to

southeasterly flow. very muggy and humid along the shoreline. more showers and thunderstorms will develop out there this afternoon. especially for those of you headed to the beach, keep that in mind. it won't be horrible beach weather but it's not going to be the best beach weather. forecast model highlighting most of the rain on south here, but essentially spotty showers this afternoon and tomorrow after moon. still moisture lingering very close to the southern tip of the delmarva. today here in town, we'll call it partly sunny. after we burn off the morning clouds, we could go a few hours of mostly sunny skies. today we back it down to 65 with patchy fog. tomorrow we're looking at 86 degrees. today, tomorrow ocean city the best pick. quickly, we'll climb into the upper 80s to near 90 by sunday and monday. here's kim now with a check of the road. >> friday's rush hour is off to

a fantastic start. we check at 695 at the bw parkway. traffic is knowing nicely in the northbound and southbound direction. often no problems to let you know about at the tunnels. we still have the right lane blocked on 95 southbound at the o'donnel street exit because of a construction project there. same thing between 895 and hammonds ferry road. checking here at the jfx at north avenue, you see traffic is moving along very nice as you make your way southbound headed towards downtown with no problems to let you know about. jamie, back to you. a lean gabey from the maryland spca is here. look at this. watch this aleen. the tv host in british columbia must have worn the right perfume because phi doe is all over her, i mean, all over her. i mean would not let her go. [ laughter ] >> awe. >> i think she did take the dog home.

i'll tell you that much. >> look. >> did she really? >> oh, yeah. wow, how about that. the real aleen gabey's here with us. beautiful doggie. >> she's a little more reserved but she does warm up. i agree with justin, they have really fallen in love and she looks at him adoringly. >> a lot is going on. there we go. look at you looking around. >> that's the love connection. here's chuck woolery right here. >> look at justin. >> that was very funny. you know, sometimes that could be a sign of submission, but sometimes if a dog is sort of on top of you, it's more dominant. >> estly. >> that -- evidently. >> that dog could use some training. philadelphia signed

michael vick. >> i'm glad he's not here. part of me as an employer says why would you want him working for your company, too. it's hard to explain to kids. if somebody could have bane nay on the wall seeing what he was doing. >> they said that they went to -- i don't know who did, but they went to the humane society. what could they possibly tell you if that were to happen here? what could they possible i had tell you face-to-face? >> he's really tainted goods. you know, you want everybody to have a second chance, but hearing about what he did was so horrific. i wouldn't have been a fan of having him in this town because you want to be a humane town, and he doesn't represent that. i want to ask you about the eight puppies dropped off in a dumpster. >> that was a hot day, wasn't it? >> a 100 degree day. >> that's a shame. >> there are places we can drop the dogs or come see you, go to the police, anything, right? >> puppies are easy to find

homes for. people like to have little babies and raise them with the kids. so it's completely unnecessary. we want to have a humane community, and that's not the way to do did. that's help out there. >> let's put up the number again, 235-8826. we'll be right back. take a look at what we're talking about today. we're going to check out -- how about this. this is the monster trucks. they are crushing the clunkers. s ached all over. i felt this deep lingering pain that was a complete mystery to me. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia muscle pain and then he recommended lyrica. fibromyalgia is thought to be the result of over-active nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is fda-approved to help relieve the unique pain of fibromyalgia. and with less pain, i can do more during my day.

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captions by: caption colorado, llc (800) 775-7838 comments@captioncolorado.com "good morning, maryland." i'm jamie costello. wave that flag and surrender the weekend because it is here. every time he moves it is news. when he doesn't make it through a baltimore intersection, then we are on it. what happened with michael phelps last night? we'll find out. the ravens moved the ball and stopped the red skins from moving there. more on the preseason opener last night. if could you read his lips, it says my biggest concern is when the government gets involved and mess it up. these stories and much, much more leading right up to 7 with "good morning, maryland." now, the weekend weat