night to michael phelps. better check your toy box. little tikes has a big recall to tell you about. farese's cups, snickers, kisses, go ahead and let them melt in your mouth and not your hands. we have great news to you chocolate lovers. right now, on his third box of kleenex, here he is, maryland's best meteorologist mr. justin berk. what are you allergic to? >> apparently it's you. i was fine until -- the medicine kicked in, and then i came to work and lights out. >> look at that nose, man. >> no i still love you, man. it's like the cat and dog i grew up with. i loved them even though necessity made me sneeze. something's out there. you know what, though? our security guard lonny was saying he's allergic to the ink in the newspaper and he's still reading it. close the paper, watch us. we're looking at 69 degrees. i don't want to explain, i just

want to share in the misery with some of you out there. a little bit of patchy fog out there. 66 in easton. 78 in ocean city. i believe that thermometer's running a little too warm. we'll have to give it again that little to be disi tap and see if we can shake that -- that little fonzi tap and see if we can shake it back to normal. if you are headed out towards the beaches, could be small showers. she's allergy friday. >> reporter: i wasn't sniffing this morning. that's why i went allergy free. route 50 at 97 running without problems. a quick reminder, can you follow me on twitter at maryland traffic. i'll be tweeting all morning and every other morning as well. still dealing with debris on the roadway and cleanups at security boulevard.

695 between 895 at hollands ferry road, the two left lanes are blocked. they have the southwest side of the outer loop between washington boulevard and bw parkway running slow. looking at the jfx at 41st street, both directions are running along smoothly. southbound side looks good. jamie, back to you. michael phelps was in a car accident. now, he's not hurt. mees say you can forget beer and liquor. so when the biggest olympic champion of them all is in a car accident in his hometown, we send sherrie johnson live to hear what people have to say. sherrie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're here in loch raven talking to a lot of people at the 7eleven and what they are talking about is michael phelps. he was in a car accident last might. it happened around 9:00 at the intersection of biddle and calvert streets. now, he's okay. he was not injured in the car accident, but the other driver, a female driver driving a honda accord, was shaken up and taken to a local hospital as a

precaution. two passengers in phelps' car were not injured. phelps has been interviewed by police. officers say alcohol was not a factor. folks here at the 7-eleven hope he's okay. >> i probably feel bad for him and his family. i hope he recovers. >> oh, my god. i cannot believe that could happen to him. i mean, honestly, that's just amazing. i hope he's all right, though. >> reporter: meanwhile, police are still investigating this crash trying to figure out exactly what happened last night. reporting live in loch raven, sherrie johnson, abc 2 news. we have a massive recall of a popular children's toy to tell you about. little tikes are pulling back toy workshops and trucks half an 11-month-old child got a plastic nail stuck in his throat. it involves toys sold with the red or blue plastic toy nails that are about 3 inches long. they were sold around the country last june. you can go to our web site,

abc2news.com for more information on getting a refund or replacement toy. then you click on the links for little tikes. there is a new study out that shows chocolate can ward off the grim reaper. heart attack survivors who eat chocolate two or more times are more likely to live than those who don't even touch the stuff. the study says chocolate can lower your blood pressure and improve blood flow. this is the first study that seems to show that chocolate can rd off death. supporters called them an alternative to tobacco, but when it comes to electronic cigarettes, we have skeptics. the cigarettes don't burn tobacco. instead, they work as a vaporizer powered by a brattry. supporters say it is a safe alternative to smoking. the e-cigarette is not f dw. a approved. low levels of nick keen and other chemicals cause cancer. for some it's the only thing that gets them to put down the tobacco.

>> i tried chewing gum. i tried the nicotrol inhaler. >> they're not regulated. so is there a difference between the company making it in china and the company making it maybe in the university k some. >> the fda is testing the health effects of the e- cigarette. apparently johns hopkins is not only one of the best hospitals in the entire nation but among the best looking. it has been named one of the 20 most beautiful hospitals in the nation. winners were selected based on architectural style and distinctiveness. you are so good looking. all right. think getting a high school diploma is a major accomplishment? at least it used to be. now it's so easy even ape cat can do it. don't put your car in this parking spot. a note wasn't enough so the judge took drastic measures to keep people away. all right. 6:35. i don't think we'll keep people away from the beach despite

gloomy weather. we have that forecast and the 2 degree guarantee coming up. here's kim with the latest. >> reporter: the fog's not having too much of an impact this morning. now let's get a quick check of the buses and trains with mta's mark jones. >> reporter: good morning on the m.a.r.c. train systems. 8702 and 890 are move going. on the bus system, the number ten's running 20-minute lates. number 3 was a diversion in the area of hopkins place and pratt and the number 15 diverted at guilford and fayette due to construction. for the mta transit team, i'm mark jones.

you can train your pet to do a lot of things, right?

i don't think can you do this. we have the big cat on litter campus. this cat got her high school diploma. her name is oriole and received hadder ged lou jefferson's online. her owner in control of the mouse, the cat took the online test and got mostly as and bs. her owner works for the better business bureau trying to expose it as a fraud. >> even a cat can get a high school diploma if they go to the right places. >> oriole's diploma cost $200 and although she hasn't found a job yet. they need the last name. look at that, a high school graduate right there. he is the most powerful man in the world. why this pint sized reporter got the interview most journalists can only dream of. right now, we're dreaming of a nice weekend, aren't we? 20 minutes away from "good morning america" at 7:00. we'll be right back.

very pleasant good morning to you. we can see the finish line. the weekend's almost here. here's a man used to finishing first before everybody else.

in the news this morning, he made the splash heard around the world and now it's the crash heard around the world. more on the travels of michael phelps. come on out, chairy hill, celebrate miss shirley. she was shot in her home but tonight she's coming out to stare crime in the face. and the president gets asked some very tough questions. here's justin berk. >> 132 months sounds impressive versus 11 years. temperatures this morning, back to 70. we have a little bit of patchy fog. a lot of moisture around and we've had fog report around portions in the bay and even up in baltimore county with a light east are i had push with moisture leftover from a shower. if you are traveling toward the beaches, that will be the better chance of storms

developing during the course of the afternoon. our computer model doesn't really hint at that much in terms of moisture, most of it locked down through southern virginia and north carolina. we will fill the clouds back in. we qo do the same thing tomorrow afternoon with the high heat and humidity. it looks like the temperatures well stay up there as we'll gradually degrease the humidity, meaning we get a chance to dry things out by the end of the weekend and early next week. this afternoon, downtown biewlt baltimore, that should read 85 degrees with a chance of a shower or thunderstorm. there's the two degree guarantee with scattered showers and storms. we're going to take you from baltimore to the beaches. looks like 83 will do it in ocean city. there will be a chance of showers and storms. a better chance out there this afternoon. leading into the weekend, temperature 83 tomorrow and 86's the pick of the weekend in ocean city. here's kim now with a check of

the roads. >> reporter: thanks, justin. good morning as we look at the outer loop. traffic is moving along nicely. we do have building volume at liberty road. no real incidents or delays to let you know about at this time. as we check the inner loop at security boulevard, good news for commuters in that direction. the earlier debris has been picked up. on the southwest side, crews were late picking up the construction project. it's going to be show as you make your way towards the bw parkway this morning. looking at the jfx at the northern parkway, traffic is moving nicely as you move southbound. remember, you can get your traffic updates tweeted directly to you. just follow me at maryland traffic. and let your better business bureau do the work for you. log on to abc2news.com/bbb. jamie, back to you. 6:46. we're told it was just an accident. i don't care if it's a paper

cut or stubbed toe when it involves superstar michael phelps, it makes news. cirie? >> reporter: good morning, jamie, yes. we're here at this la loch raven 7-eleven talking about michael phelps who was in a car accident about 9:00 last night at the intersection of biddle and calvert streets. we are told he was not injured in the crash. the other driver of the honda accord that he hit, that female driver was not injured but was taken to the hospital just as a precaution. two passengers in phelps' car were not injured. phelps has been interviewed by police and alcohol was in the a factor. here's what local folks have to say about the accident. >> he's influenced a lot of people. i just hope he's okay. >> i feel bad for him and that he's a really, really good person. i went to towson high with him. when i was younger, me and him were -- i used to go to

swimming classes, and, um, we had the same instructor. i went to swimming training and i stopped because my mom took me there to learn to, um, swim. other than that, i help he's okay. police are still investigating this crash to find out wha exactly what happened. sherrie johnson, abc 2 newsp. first time since the ravens got here that matt stover was not in a ravens uniform. derrick mason got a great ovation. joe flacco went right down the field, kicked a couple of field goes. ray rice ran great. receivers had their moments. defense was hard-hitting. tavarus gooden was real good. greg mattison, the new

defensive coordinator got the ball. it's back to work now. >> the eagles played the patriots but didn't seem to matter after news broke that michael vick signed a two-year deal with the eagles. vick spent nearly two years behind bar as bankrolling a dog fighting ring. you heard aleen gabey from the spca here saying she was pleased that the ravens did not sign it michael vick. coach reid says he doesn't know when he'll be football ready. a local businessman owner is found dead. he was found bound with zip ties inside his canton vending business. his name is constantine dino frank. died after being taken off life support on tuesday found face

down and bound july 29, inside precision building. pleas say he managed to but one arm free but may have suffer a stroke during the struggle. >> now we have no sus secretaries or people of interest. we're getting help from the family and employees. >> reporter: frank also owned pool halls and shopping centers around baltimore county. a 9-year-old child was bitten by a baltimore lifeguard during day camp. the incident took place at the aquatic center on oakley street in pimlico. the boy's mother says she needed to take her chile to the hospital. he admits the lifeguard bit the

child but only after the child bit him first. >> you are almost a grown man, you're 17. >> the little boy says he never bit the lifeguard. the mom would like her opinion back. don't you hate it when someone takes your parking spot? the one judge in la plate it maryland so fed up with losing his spot, the judge got back by deflating the tires of a woman who parked in his spot. there was construction on the street and she said she had no idea that the space was reserved. the judge says he left notes 0 on cars barked there before but the deflated tires are. the judge will not apologize. >> usually when someone does this, charges are filed.

i'd like to know what will happen in this case. the home of a community activist is shot in her own home this week. miss shirley was walking tv in her home and she was hit. the vigil will be at 6:00. mees so in suspect pz. yoonis kennedy shriver will be laid to rest in a private funeral. a group of special olympians will carry the special olympics torch into hyannis, massachusetts inside the church ahead of shriver's casket before the mass today. thousands attended a public wake yesterday. shriver was the sister of president john f. kennedy and massachusetts senator ted kennedy. lettary guitarist les paul has died at the age of 94. ♪ [music] ♪ yeah. mr. paul was an inventor as

well as a musician. he changed the course of music with the electric guitar and he also had a string of hits. remember how high the hoon? les paul died of complications from new moan ya. getting new frftion on the tragedy that killed nine people. two people have been placed on administrative leave. the faa says an air traffic controller was involved in inappropriate conversations on the telephone at the time of the crash. the supervisor wasn't even in the building at the time as required. however, the faa setz the employees' actions don't fear contribute to the department. we have damon weaver of south

florida child and interviewed president obama. >> right now, i'm waiting for him to arrive so i can interview him. i was a little nervous waiting for the president, but finally he arrived. >> how are you, sir? nice to meet you. >> everybody knows that you love basketball. i think it would be cool to have a president that can dunk. can you dunk? >> not anymore. i used to when i was young, but i'm almost 50 now, so your legs are the first thing to do. >> now that i interviewed you, would you like to become my homework some. >> absolutely. thank you, man. great job. >> thanks for making my dream come true. >> you did anout standing job. >> president obama is now my

home boy. 6:54. let's take one more step towards the weekend here. i want to focus on the fact that it does appear we'll have better weather and still an isolated thunderstorm in the afternoon saturday and sunday. temperatures wigging going to the upper 80s. 85 the two deagrees. we reach 90 next week. more showers try to return by wednesday and thursday with temperatures staying on the upside in the upper 80s, lows and the lower 70. here's a check on the roads with kim. >> fog warnings between route 155 and route 72, so use caution this. no problems on the outer loop of the beltway. traffic is moving along smoothly along baltimore national pike. the inner use as there.

695 and 895 in hollands ferry road. jamie? >> here's what we have for you. "good morning, maryland" coming up at 9:00. the annapolis market house is trying to be around a long time. why some say this time it will succeed. also, we begin our cooking series that teaches you the basics. we'll show you just zschau easy -- just how easy it is to make ice cream at 9:00. >> that's cool. >> everybody enjoy the weekend. >> the weekend? >> the weekend. >> yeah, we planned that well. thanks for choosing "good morning, maryland." for more news, ge to

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