it is a strange tree which lives near me. this strange tree could not agree if this tree could ever see a stranger tree it would be. how is that for a tease. >> i'm impressed. >> it looked and sounded serious but had a simple explanation. wait until you hear this. those stories and more, a little more poetry for you on tuesday morning. >> should be under a tree somewhere. >> that is unbelievable. >> it is pretty funny. >> story of the day. >> yeah. >> let's find out about our story for the day. >> dr. suess would be so proud. i am impressed right like that off the top of her head. today is her day. you are off and away with

brains in your head and feet in your shoes and only you decide which direction you choose. >> do you know that was read at my wedding? >> yes. >> 51 baltimore. 52 easton. clouds will filter back in by this afternoon. a breezy and chilly day, could turn mostly cloudy at times. it will feel like fall. 6:31 a.m. hopefully we don't keep the rhyming theme going on. let's see what kim brown has for us on the road. >> nothing justin. no problems to let you know about here. route 50 and 97. we have some building volume in the westbound lanes. traffic appearing to be running smoothly as you make your way toward both belt ways, capitol and baltimore belt way. word of a crash southbound harrisburg expressway. just keep an eye out for that if you are travelling in that area. still dealing with the crash southbound 95, near the southwest side of the belt way.

that crash blocks now only the left lane. traffic slows at caton avenue. as we look at the jfx, north avenue, traffic looks great. no problems to let you know about. back to you. >> you will only see here on abc 2 news. now 6:31 a.m. police are looking for a suspect who hit a group of people, standing on a corner here in charles village. around 3:00 here this morning. police tell pete on the street o'neill four or five people were hurt. none of them seriously. they are looking for the driver of a silver lexus suv that hit the group. if you know anything call police. a cell phone tower looks like a tree. they think this is a good compromise but not everyone is happy about it. they hope the build the 80

tower in sparks glen coarea but the valley planning council is fighting it because it is designated national historic area and ski nick route. they say -- scenic route. they say it will stick out like a sore thumb amongst the other trees. >> blend in completely, seamlessly, no bottle brushes sticking out. >> by the time you take it and stick this in with the rest of the trees you have problems finding it. >> the debate continues. reps for verizon will meet with county leaders at a hearing october 14th. until then we want your two cents. would you be willing to have a cell phone tower in your neighbourhood if it meant a stronger cell phone signal? find out now at abc2news.com tell us what you think >> we want to know what you thing of the picture. make sure you pack lightly if you are travelling to europe. all major airline carriers added a $50 charge when you

check a second bag. subsequent and over weight bags have an additional fee. flights to asia, latin america will add the charges as well. if travelling on a budget. check policies before flying. officials say there was no threat aboard a united airlines jet cleared of passengers and searched for bombs. the passenger just really had to use the bathroom. it started as the plane was leaving the gate. the passenger defied a flight attendant's order to remain seated. he ran and locked himself in there. the passenger and friend were taken off and questioned. he just had to go to the bathroom. >> looks like the person said the cell phone tower looks like a toilet brush instead of a tree. >> very tall toilet brush. >> worth taking a look at. >> why one chicken owner is so proud of his hen and excited

for breakfast. >> 14 dancers ands strutted their stuff on the stage. who impressed the judges this week on dancing with the stars. pgh >> 6:34 a.m. not going to impress much this morning. temperatures mid-50s. clouds will come back in next couple hours. it will feel like a cool afternoon. let's see if you can plan accordingly. kim brown. >> thank you. no problems here, 50 and 96. southbound 95 war bow us the quite a different story. detail -- war bow us the quite a different story. >> good morning out there. on the bart train system, running 10-15. but the other trains are operating on time. light rail a 10 minute delay and saratoga at green and 17 diverted at corporate drive and international construction related. i am mark jones for the mta transit team

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welcome back. good tuesday morning. an amazing find in up state new york. check this out. a farmer in new york in rochester found a monster egg in his chicken coupe. little roberta. two and a half times the size of a normal egg. guiness once listed 142-gram egg as the world record holder. this one is just a few grams short >> i couldn't believe it. you open up the chicken coupe and sitting inside the nest with five others is this bee moth. >> there is an ostrich running around somewhere. you might wonder what is next for the monster egg. like many before, it is test inned for the frying pan.

his teacher wants to take it into class for show and tell. big egg there. >> how would you like to be the chicken that followed that one. >> oh. >> coming up next on good morning maryland. >> how the ravens are inspiring kids to get moving. >> reporter: kids are working out thanks to ravens players. i will have that story coming up. >> my wife is due in 6 weeks. i have to show her that egg picture to fete her response. we are looking at temperatures, 50s. lk about chilly air, 6:40 a.m., see what is happening on the roads, kim. >> justin, traffic is looking good on the outer liberty road. no problems to let you know about as you make your way toward route 70. arbutus backed up because of the earlier crash. details up next ring ring ring ring.

hey, your chicken noodles ringing. ring ring. progresso. hi, may i speak to my oggy please? thank you. i'm sorry, who? my grandma. this is obviously her chicken noodle soup. only hers tastes like this. just put my oggy on the phone. thanks so much. hold one moment please. another person calling for her grandmother. she thinks it's her soup huh? i'm told she's in the garden picking herbs. she is so cute. okay well i'll hold. she's holding. wha? she's holding.

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afghanistan. >> obama poll has secret service wondering who is asking the questions. trying to keep gym in school. what they mean today in glen bernie. >> 6:43 a.m. good tuesday morning. thanks for joining us, i am megan pringle. >> i am jamie costello. here is jussen burke. we are looking outside, temperatures have been flirting with the 40-degree mark in the baltimore area. we briefly slip back to 49, back up to 51. most everyone is in the 50s. exception of one spot up there towards new york city. otherwise a scent of cool air working its way in and that will dominate for the rest to have week. boundary swing through yesterday afternoon and evening. that is helping to usher in some much cooler air pulling across the border. this is all in response to this area of low pressure. watch it spin around here across southeast ontario bringing rain across new york state. this area of low pressure will drag in chillier air and

dominate as we head into the next couple days. what you see here is a clear morning. unstable air will build in more cloud. this afternoon, partly sunny downtown baltimore. 69 degrees. breeze gusting. stronger winds to the northwest. fill in clouds 9 to 10:00 temperatures will hold to 70 on the eastern shore. let's go back to the roads right now. thank you justin. activity is building on the belt way. a lot of volume towards route 70 interchange. on the west side of the belt way. traffic slow. a couple different areas, southbound 95 approaching the belt way and tunnels this morning. we still have a crash southbound 95 on the southwest side of the belt way going to be in the arbutus area now has only theleft lane blocked traffic fills caton avenue.

another crash southbound harrisburg expressway. middle river. eastern avenue closed both directions, martin avenue and kingston due to a struck pedestrian. traffic beginning to build as you make your way southbound but moving along with no delays. quarter to 7. around the world and also in washington the debate is heating up over u.s. military presence in afghanistan. >> on the heals of a death of an american marine in maryland. linda. >> he was just 24 years old. as a child he listened to story about his grandfather a marine who served in vietnam. when he was 8 he said he would follow in those footsteps. parents say they are proud he died doing what he wanted to do. he left for afghanistan back in may. they begain a major operation in the southern provinces. late last week he was shot and killed on the battlefield.

in washington tensions grow over the decision to send more troops to afghanistan. his parents are skeptical. >> it is just never going to end. i mean, i don't ware how many troops they send it will not end. it will keep on going >> my whole thoughts are bring them home. it is too late for my baby. but bring the others home so their parents don't have to do this. >> he leaves behind a wife, amber, a brother )and two sisters. he will be buried not far from where he grew up in frederick county. something you will only see here, two people recovering in the hospital after being shot inside of a strip club in southeast baltimore. 2:00 a.m. this morning at club eldorado. east lombard street and new haven. sources tell us a woman was shot in the wrist and a man shot in the back both take on the bay view hospital. students at delaney high

school have a difficult day ahead of them. this morning they are dealing with the tragic death of a 17- year-old student, quest logan. he was a student at the school. the teen died in a car crash his mother reported him missing sunday night and his car was found yesterday morning off 83 near the 695 ramp. a facebook group was started by his friends more than 450 students joined to share memories about logan. a baltimore man will spend at least 10 years in prison for his involvement in a shooting. he fired shots into a chinese food restaurant last year. daniel taylor was hit in the arm. the teen was grazed in the head, perez pled guilty to assault and handgun possession. sentenced to 25 years in prison. the judge suspended all but 10 years with five years probation. >> funeral arraignmentments set for a mount eerie family found

dead in their family. the service will be held saturday for the tall tan father or mother lay. -- tall on the family. charles dalton shot his sleeping wife then his two children and then himself. they think financial issues caused him to kill his family. two teens are charged with the attempted murder of off duty police officer aaron harris. he is still recovering but at one point over the weekend he was put on life support. he is now listed in stable condition. montgomery county police say a rockville woman was killed when a tree fell on her in her front yard. she was doing yard work in front of her home on oak tree road 5:00 p.m. sunday when a tree fell. police say she was taken to a nearby hospital where she died. this incident remains under investigation but rainfall may have led to the tree being up

rooted and falling in the first place. 20 years in prison the sentence for a man who crash add stolen truck into the side of a home in monk moncton last year. he had more than a dozen charges on his record before that crime spree that led to the death of mary sullivan. >> losing her probably the most difficult thing any of us have had to deal with. we feel like justice has been served. if he just would get his life together and come out in 20 years as a new person, that is all we can pray for. sullivan's teenage daughters awoke from sleep in another room inside the house to find their mother dead. this man thomas lee skipper charged with robbery and second degree assault. on friday he tried to steal several items from wal-mart in

severance. a loss prevention officer tried to hold him for police but skipper nearly stabbed the man in the face with a hypodermic need spotlight got away. skipper was later found at his home. president obama heading to denmark hoping to bring home the gold, silver and bronze. chicago is his adopted hometown and wants to be home of the summer olympics. so much so he will take a day off from health care to go with his first lady michelle and go over on thursday and make sure they are going to give a double dose of charm to the international olympic committee hoping to win a nod for the windy city. >> american people ared with. we want these games. now the president is the first sitting president to make an olympic pitch in person. the first american city to host the summer games since atlanta did it in 1996. competition is fierce, madrid, tokyo rio are all in the

running. a facebook poll is causing a lot of controversy. the poll asked respondents should obama be killed. choices no, maybe, yes and yes, if he cuts my health care. the poll was taken off the social networking site shortly after being posted. the question was created by an independent person using an add on application suspended from the site. >> sarah palin finished her memoir. four months after being announced. the release date moved up from spring to november 17th. the book is 400 pages. it is called going row an american life. the huge first printing of a half million copies. 6:52 a.m. run, skip, jump doesn't matter. the governor and ravens want children on their feet. >> sherrie is live in glen bernie with a big announcement.

>> reporter: food morning jamie and megan -- good morning jamie and megan. they are here to receive a big check here later this morning in an effort to help kids get fit and prevent childhood obesity. nfl network teamed up with martin o'malley for the big announcement. the program is called nfl play 60. league's youth and health campaign to keep gym in school. the goal is to get children to work out 60 minutes a day. brendan matt will be here to lead students through a fitness test and minicamp. right now debbie montgomery is joining us live. she is the school's principal. what do you think about receiving this big check to help your school? >> this is such a wonderful opportunity for corcoran. it will allow us to fete extra special equipment and refurbish

some of the older equipment that needed upgrades. >> we are talking about childhood obesity. how big a problem is that? >> i think it is becoming more and more a problem. i see it in make up of the children there, sid tear habits, less willing to -- sedden tear habits. less willing to participate. we have a nice core of kids who are athletically inclined. participate in a lot of sports outside school and our own intramural program but this will help us. >> matt and darren here. >> we let the children apply for the minicamp. we have over 100 kids out on the field after the pep rally and i know they are just going to have a blast. >> thank you so much for joining us. how exciting for the kids. thank you so much. this all kicks off at 10:00 a.m. this morning. i understand they have some

surprise guests that will be dropping in. really exciting day for the kids. live in glen bernie, sherrie johnson. >> of course this is the man. his day. former raven oj battling lou gehrigs disease. not long after his diagnosis he and his wife started brigansk brigade. they are hoping to help others. today his former teammates from the cfl and nfl days along with current ravens will join him to celebrate his 40th birthday and tackle als. it is dubbed two rings for oj. tickets are $125. for more information check out the links on your screen or head to abc2news.com. what a night for oj. 14 performers took the stage for week 2 of dancing with the stars. >> backstreet boys brother and r&b singer stole the show.

aaron carter and maya had the highest scores. there was a special guest judge. we are looking at dances right now going on. bruno and kerry anne. we will find out tonight how everyone did. tune in tonight at 8:00. the forecast certified most accurate in baltimore. >> today we start off clear and cool but quickly develop clouds north and west, 69 this afternoon, winds gusting to 20 miles per hour. 40s overnight. 67, partly sunny. tomorrow night, thursday morning lower 40s. 68 thursday. 69 friday, 70 this weekend with rain showers. >> anyone piece of advice i could give you avoid hasher tunnel southbound. closed because of a crash. they are holding traffic at this time. try to avoid it right now. don't go there. >> you can hit it up on

twitter. twitter do it/maryland traffic. >> sew you at 9:00. thanks for choosing good morning maryland. for more news watch good morning maryland at 9 or go now to abc2news.com.

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