indonesia because of shaking ground after a powerful quake hit the coast. and kiss all puckered up for you at wal-mart. i want to rock 'n' roll all night and shop all day. we've come a long way from finding the records at corvettes. good morning, maryland, i'm jamie costello. megan still on her honeymoon. justin is off today. susan is here with the weather. good morning. >> good morning. a little muggy this morning and a little bit warm. let's look at the temperatures around the state. you can see now 74 in baltimore. 67 in perry hall. 72 fallston. havre de grace 70 degrees but there's already a heat index reading. it feels like we're 79 in baltimore. feels like 77 fallston. feels like 78 in manchester. right now we have a few clouds around. they are high thin ones and lots of breaks in there so we will be seeing partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies today. it should be a nice one for us. there are the temperatures, 85 degrees and mostly clear by noon. and this afternoon getting back up into the low 90s so it's going to be another warm one.

let's see what's happening on the roads with kim. >> good morning. as you look at 95 southbound approaching whitemarsh boulevard traffic is flowing freely at this time as you make your way to the 695/895 split. no problems to let you know about at either the harbor tunnel or fort mchenry tunnel, however we have a couple of lane blockages, for construction going on overnight. one at 395 southbound before i-95, right lane blocked. and eastbound route 50 in talbot county approaching route 662, right lane closed there, no real delays or problems at this time. at the jfx at cold spring lane, traffic is moving along nicely there. back to you. 10:00 saturday night at the inner harbor, fans leaving the orioles game, families getting ice cream, shots fired. a frustrated mayor and police commissioner. abc2 news linda so on what it will take to keep us safe down there. >> reporter: both the mayor and police commissioner are calling for a more aggressive police crackdown and today that's what you can expect to

see at the inner harbor. it's in response to estate -- saturday night's double shooting in the light street paflan near phillips seafood restaurant, a 20-year-old shot in the leg, a teenaged boy shot in the arm. according to "the baltimore sun" the commissioner says both victims are suspected members of the bloods gang. the shooting apparently broke out after members of the bloods and cripps got into a fight. this follows a troubled summer at the inner harbor. a number of assaults by young people had police boosting patrols. some say they won't come back to the inner harbor. others say they will. >> i like it here >> it's not going to change my opinion about the inner harbor. we would still come back. >> reporter: so far there have been no arrests in the case. if you have any information on the shootings you're asked to call baltimore police at 410-396-2411. linda so, abc2 news.

ocean city officials say they are going to be looking at tweaking the law requiring carbon monoxide detectors in hotels. three people were hospitalized and others sickened after a c.o. leak last week at the seven-story americana hotel. the hotel didn't have carbon monoxide detectors. let's go overseas. a report on a powerful earthquake off the coast of indonesia. the magnitude 6.7 tremor was located on the sea floor west of sumatra. the quake briefly did prompt a tsunami warning but there are no reports of any damage and no deaths. rescue efforts continue at the hour in taiwan. people still stranded by last week's typhoon, at least 35,000 "people are talking" have been rescued. , officials believe the death toll could go up. and some people were buried by mudslides in some villages. people are forced to live in temporary shelters in stadiums and tent cities. in moscow two russian air force jets collided while

rehearsing for an air show. they ever part of an elite russian knights team. one pilot was killed, another seriously injured. a woman on the ground was also hurt when one of the jets crashed right into her home. 5:34. here's what's happening today -- queen anne's county will take another step towards a new era in health care when ground is broken for the queen anne's emergency center. it's the grand reopening of hanover street. this marks the completion of the construction project, underground wires and replace city water, storm water and sanitary sewer pipelines, all going on today. this fall get ready to pucker up for a kiss at wal-mart. the veteran heavy metal group is joining a growing list of classic acts putting out new music through the world's largest retailer. sonic boom is due to be released only at wal-mart at sam's club coming up october 8th. and it will include a cd of the band's new music in some 11

years. other classic acts chose to release albums, include eagles, ac/dc and foreigner. wal-mart might be talking to bruce jacob soon, he works at the university of maryland as an engineering professor but his heart is in music. now he and two students designed an electrical guitar that can duplicate any sound. it's so good they have a patent pending on their coil guitar. a grant from the university of maryland helped them market this guitar. it's all about practice, practice. even more practice. when kids begin to read. coming up, we're going to show you how dogs are actually helping kids master the art of book storytelling. and taking a live look outside. 70 degrees now at brookman park. now with the trains and buses here's mark jones. >> reporter: good morning. for the start you'll find light rail running 30 minutes late. on the buses, number 33 bypassing armstead gardens due

to a watermain break repair. and number 3 diverted in the area of hopkins place and pratt. 15 with a diversion at guilford and fayette. marc is on time on the camden, penn, brunswick lines and the metro subway looks good for travel. for the mta transit team, i'm mark jones. how about a swim? i'm a little irregular today. don't you eat activia? for my little issues? summer is no time to put up with even occasional digestive problems. take the activia challenge now. it works, or it's free. ♪ activia how about a swim? i'm a little irregular today. don't you eat activia? for my little issues? summer is no time to put up with even occasional digestive problems. take the activia challenge now. it works, or it's free. ♪ activia

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into good morning, maryland. 5:38 let's look at the weather on this monday with meteorologist susan scrack. >> good morning. it's muggy but it's august. let's look at temperatures around the state. 70 baltimore. 74 hagerstown. 70 in easton. we're seeing some clouds around. they are high thin ones so they should burn off and clear out pretty nicely later on this morning. let's look, there's the 12-hour forecast, around 70 degrees most places as we wake up. noontime we're looking at 85 degrees and mostly sunny skies. mostly sunny still for us this afternoon. a high of 91 degrees. so another muggy one for us. another hot one. that is going to continue on into tomorrow. let's see what's happening on the roads with kim. >> thank you. 83 southbound is running very smoothly from the pennsylvania state line us a make your way to the beltway. so is 95 southbound coming down from about the harford county line through to about the whitemarsh boulevard area, running without problems

incident-free this morning. however, we have a couple of lane closures, because of some overnight construction projects. that should be getting picked up probably in the next half-hour to hour or so. that is 395 southbound approaching 95, right lane blocked for construction, eastbound route 50 in talbot county before route 662, right lane remains blocked because of a construction project there as well. checking at the jfx, cold spring lane, traffic moving along nicely. this traffic report brought to you by by baltimore's country station 93.1 wpoc, listen to country music from stars like taylor swift, kenny chesney and keith urban. back to you. claudette is acoming. southern states brace for her arrival. susan will be back to track the panhandle for you. my muscles ached all over.

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they have 35% of your daily value. hmm. oh, samples. hmm. autobahn. wackenschdol. fiber one chewy bars. cardboard no. delicious yes. let's look at the top stories. over the next few weeks expect beefed up police presence at the inner harbor. saturday fight a gunman opened fire in phillips seafood hitting two men. baltimore mayor sheila dixon says she will not tolerate violence at the inner harbor. linda so will have more. a high school teacher from maryland accused of having sex with a 16-year-old female student at his home in virginia. police say mark jackson is an rotc instructor at charles flowers high school in prince george's county. prosecutors say that jackson befriended the girl last year

when she was in his class. court documents indicate the girl's mother suspected something was going on and put in a recorded telephone call to jackson from a police station. jackson allegedly admitted having sex with the girl one time. olympic gold medalist michael phelps back in training mode today though he's suffering a sore ankle from the crash that happened thursday night. baltimore city police say phelps was driving with an invalid out of state license but the accident wasn't his fault. investigators determined that the other driver caused the accident when she ran a red light. if i told you to put on a helmet, strap in your car, hit the pedal and go as fast as you can on key highway you would think it's friday night at 5:00. but speed is coming to baltimore. sherrie johnson has more. >> reporter: sometimes driving around downtown baltimore can feel like you're on a racetrack. today there will be a news conference to announce a real racetrack coming to baltimore. the baltimore grand prix. the race is coming to baltimore

in 2011 on a course that will be near camden yards at the inner harbor. promosters say it means international exposure, bringing 150,000 people to baltimore and generating $100 million for the city. some worry while it can be a great tourist package, can the city get its roads into the track shape? >> i think it will do wonders for the city, clean up the roads. the roads do suck. they are not -- definitely not ready for a grand prix. i was in monaco. that race was amazing. >> reporter: the news conference kicks off at noon at the sports legends museum at camden yards. two-time indianapolis 500 winner al win unser jeaner is expected to attend that conference today. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> al will be here tomorrow on "good morning maryland" at 9:00. claudette officially made landfall in the panhandle of florida. it crossed fort walton beach

this morning becoming the first to hit the u.s. mainland this year. it's expected to bring up to six inches of rain in parts of the panhandle, alabama and southwestern georgia getting up to 10 inches. let's go to meteorologist susan schrack. >> good morning. look like a nice start for us. a little on the quiet side. a little haze. temperature now at 70 degrees, relative humidity 90%. winds calm, barometric pressure is on the way down. temperatures around the state, looking at 74, that is downtown. 67 perry hall. 70 fallston. 70 havre de grace. but it feels like we're a lot warmer than that. feels like upper to mid-70-degree range. it's sticky this morning. satellite and radar shows we have a couple of high thin clouds around. for the most part that will burn off. we'll also see a little patchy fog around for the morning commute. for the most part this will burn off nicely and looking at relatively clear skies for the

rest of the day. the forecast shows we have a decent condition today. by tuesday we're still looking at nice conditions. a front comes through by wednesday. that could bring us a chance for unsettled weatherable some storms coming into the forecast. at the tropics, it's active, this is the peak of the hurricane season. tropical storm claudette made landfall in florida and the panhandle. it's moving into alabama throughout the day today. dumping anywhere from three so six inches, widespread as far as the rain is concerned, could see locally heavy amounts, up to 10 inches. let's look farther out into the atlantic, looking at tropical depression ana the winds are 35 miles per hour. not real impressive now but look at the track this storm will be taking. most likely track has it coming right towards florida and in towards the panhandle. much like this storm claudette has done. so be aware of that. and hurricane bill, this is our first hurricane of the season. winds of 75 miles per hour. pressure 29.15.

it's till very far out there you but the track at this point in time takes it, yeah, you guessed it, right up to northwesterly fashion up towards the mid-atlantic coastline. for today, what you're looking at, 91 degrees, partly sunny and another hot one for us. that will continue on into tomorrow. let's see what's happening on the roads with kim. >> thank you. traffic is moving along great this monday morning, no real incidents at this hour. 95 southbound at route 32 through howard county, headed towards the capitol beltway here, no problems to let you know about there. just a couple of lane closures, because of overnight construction projects that will be getting picked up before the real morning rush hour commences. southbound 395 before i-95, right lane blocked there. also eastbound route 50 before route 662, construction blocks the right lane as well. checking downtown, mlk at fayette street. traffic moving smoothly without problems. back to you. 5:48. you remember breaking out under

the moon to read to your child? how about giving the book to your boy or girl to read fido and lassie? ron claiborne with the morning story that will open your eyes. >> yeah. he likes you. >> reporter: theo, a 5-year-old collie/greyhound mix may be a young reader's best friend. >> rule number one, i'm thal from dog. >> do you think he's listening when you read to him? >> mm-hmm because he's looking at pictures. >> reporter: theo is part of an innovative program at the new york public library in which trainers like kimberly wang bring in their dogs so children can pick a book and read it to them. >> i have an idea she told him. >> reporter: theo is friendly, attentive and nonjudgmental which is especially helpful to children who are struggling with reading. >> once upon a time there were -- once upon a time - >> kids have to practice, practice, practice to be good

readers. and, yeah, when you're practicing, if you make a mistake it can feel risky or uncomfortable. but if you're practicing with a dog you don't mind making a mistake. >> give me the - >> reporter: encouragement, something dogs like theo are trained to give. a gentle nudge to keep trying or paw placed on a page to offer support. many of the children are convinced theo understands what they are reading. >> he looks at the storybook. he smiles a lot. when the story is scared he's scared. >> reporter: he likes the book? >> he understands and likes it. >> reporter: you think he understood it? >> he was looking. >> reporter: first grader ezra schwartz even asked theo to choose the book. >> this one? or this one? >> he had run away.

>> reporter: new york's bideawee pet adoption service has an unusual variation of the program. dogs are brought to children living at a shelter for home lefamilies in the bronx. homeless children sometimes have trouble in school because of the stresses and strains of having been displaced. >> mommy, daddy. look. >> reporter: sandra has been reading to misty, a 9-year-old shepherd mix for about two years. >> where do you get this from? i read to a dog. they say, really? >> if i make a mistake when i read there's no one around me to laugh. >> the dog slept so soundly. >> i used to live in a tall apartment building. >> reporter: children learning to read better by reading to a friend.

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welcome back. bakery in detroit, passed the record for the world's largest cupcake at the annual dream cruise celebration this weekend. the folks here crushed that record and they cooked up a whopping 224-pound piece of pastry. the initial attempt to make it 7,000 pounds fell a little short. visitors will get a chance to taste and pose for a photo for a donation benefiting breast cancer research. by the way that cake is two million calories. we'll take a break and we'll be right back with the 6:00 news. your exclusive weathernet outside the door now. we are in centreville, good morning centreville, 70 degrees.

>> welcome back. shops, bars, gangs, which one doesn't fit at the inner harbor? linda so will report on the violence over the weekend. the orioles battled for hours on a sunday afternoon only to fall apart in the 13th inning. this and more coming up on "good morning maryland." now for the weather with meteorologist susan schrack. >> good morning. a little on the muggy side for us but we have cooled down a little bit sips our daytime high yesterday. we were in the 90s. now down to 7 odegrees. 70 in baltimore as well as easton. 74 in york. 72 in hagerstown. we have a few high thin clouds around. we are going to be clearing out very nicely today though. those are just high thin clouds. we may see a li