it is monday morning, thank you for going us. i'm megan pringle. >> our sign on the weather, justin burke. >> good morning, it is 6:29. a clear sky this morning, mostly clear, and temperatures pulling back with a fresh wind, check out howard county, this is glenn county school at 53- degree, winds north, northeast at 50 miles per hour. one thing we have been talking expabt you have been talking about over the weekend is the tremendous buildup of pollen across the area. we have not had a lot of rain lately but we have had a lot of moisture in the ground and warm temperatures, that is a perfect combination to build that pollen up to near record levels: you will feel it today and relief around the corner but if anything the wind will stir that up a little more and you may be feeling the pinch already especially if you kept the win dose up, 56 with winds gusting, and overall maryland most powerful doppler

radar and four additional radar sweep, five total across the chesapeake and we are sounding the all clear, a few high clouds this morning, passing off to the eastern shore and we start off low 50s, official sunrise at 6:34, minutes aweigh 46 by lunchtime and as the strong breeze yets us to about 7 downtown baltimore and back to the 60s by this evening with sun set at 7:41. here is troy. thank you, justin. heading to the roadways a lot of people ready to go to work. please be careful and give yourself extra time. look at the m d.o.t., 695. traffic building on the outer loop ton west side, but still moving pretty freely. also, 695, traffic building as well. your travel times, 695, one with minute ride, a little buildup, to 695 is a seven minute ride, to northern parkway, a five minute ride,

also looking at the issue s, that vehicle is on the shoulder and a accident on rice teartowns road. back to you. 6:32. cut out your coffee runs, going ocean city snow of hawaii and buying the store brand yogurt but what if the balance meant cutting firefighters or police officers, a preview of the budget proposal this morning. linda. >> reporter: we should learn how many jobs will be cut, also what kind of taxes and fees will go up. the city thus find a way to plug a $120 million deficit. under the proposed budget there were calls to lay off more than 100 -- 600 city employees including 120 police officers and 90 fair fighter, the police department would also lose the helicopter uni, the mayor hopes to reverse some of those with new taxes and fees, one thing

proposing is a $0.04 tax on beverage containers, the budge et also includes cuts to programs that benefit youth and senior, wreck and parks would be hit particularly hard losing nearly 1/3 of the budget. the mayor has promised to try to avoid only of the deep cut, and will outline the revised budget plan later this morning at city hall. we are live at city hall, abc 2 news. it is 6:33, more information about the investigation of the worst mine, will arrive today, at the scene of west virginia mining disaster, a tweak the day after an explosion claimed 29 lives, yesterday people gathered in churches to mourn the get r dead approximate honor their profession. >> -- [inaudible]. hell bound, this is the church at it again, in charleston,

west virginia they claim the mine deaths happened because god is angry with america because it alouse gays and gays and lesbian, one man was arrested for spitting on the church members. the long time home of the dallas cowboys is just a memory, after six months of planning it only took seconds to turn it into concrete and twisted metal. the cowboys moved from the stadium to arlington after the 2008 season. clean up expected to take until july. more than 300 signs have been spotted from new york and miami to san diego and at first glance they look official but messages both amewsing and a little absurd. you saw one, it proclaims you are not cool. or this sign sprodding up

outside of a fast food restaurant. this double crossing appears from a major bank. see it at the work of a mysterious group, urban art is and prank administers, they said quote, we hope to crack a few smiles and hopefully make people think along the way. life is too short, the double down will be more famous at kfc, first the boneless wings and now, kentucky fried chicken be serve up, you can order a sandwich with two chicken fillets taking the place of bread slices between the bacon and cheese and sauce. it is $5 they say it is 540- calories, i don't know about that. you can buy the double down or if you are thinking there's no bread that makes it healthier, think again, the american heart association warning us to watch out this has a lot of salt and a lot of fat.

>> looks good though. >> it has a lot of salt and a lot of fat. >> all right. hey, it is the hardest risk, a woman three miles from where her car flipped and amazingly she survived. an entire village of legos on displace. a few clouds this morning, more sunshine developing throughout the day and a cool north, northeast wind at 56 degrees right now, a nice looking weather monday. but some rain arriving by tomorrow. we will talk about that coming up. it is 6:36. let's check on the traffic now with troy. >> let's look at the roadways, not too bad so far, but there are some this, 695 and wilkins avenue, traffic building ton outer loop, also taking a look at the maps we have an accident and southbound on northern parkway, also on the outer loop of the beltway on the east side a disabled vehicle at 95 and

eastern avenue. look out for that. travel time, 795 southbound 40 to franklin boulevard a 3 minute ride, northbound franklin boulevard, a 2 minute ride and 795 southbound, to 695, a 4 minute ride. that's your look at traffic this morning. let's look at what's going on with the mta, mark jones this has latest. >> reporter: you will find the train system doing better, armier delay, we are good for travel overall, light rain mel row subway looking tabooed and- i have and-volume but no major delay. >> i'm mark jones.

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the top russian government says it does not appear there were technical l l problems on board plane that went down in russia over the weekend. it killed 95 people including poland's president, meanwhile the flight, the president is back now if. a dramatic river rescue in california after a car with three people on board flipped into a canal, that sent at least one of the passengers into a fast moving river. a first spontaneouser called it in and said it was most intense rescue he has ever done. the woman was pulled from the water about three miles away from where the crash happened, recovering in hospital this morning. at 641 tim tim, lego artists, the first over northern california lego convention, dubbed bricks by the bay. took place over the week en, lego artists from across the land were in town showing off creations on dismr.

i for the castles and entire city, look at this. >> they're amazing, you have the statue of liberty, that's incredible. >> look at that. >> one stop, well, some of the stop to dunkin' donuts, at home to try to save money; right. >> the mayor has cut backs the city cars and city firefighters. . >> the mayor will reveal the revised budget plan. just how bad public safety coil take a hit. . >> plus, you don't want to pay $45 pack your bags, against out ray gas baggage fees. >> we have been through a rot this year and it means a lot to share joy together. >> the attention is all on tiger but it was an emotional win for a different golfer, that has us all reaching for the tissues at the end of the masters.

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maryland the forecast today, here is justin jus berk, all of the temperatures still above normal at 55 here, and some clouds leftover beline the boundary, if they're above you it may look more cloudy than it is which is a clouds trying to pass through this morn, northeast winds gusting to 16 miles per hour, and that's really going pull back on the throttle even though we start off above normal l. 37 in york,pa, the cool winds from the north and niece, tapping into chilly area across central pa. it will be a tough call up to full warm weather spue the afternoon, so we may have another band through during the morning hours but we expect sunshine, and we are watching cool winds really building from the north and northeast, the

frontal boundary is staling, the next system across the northern plains, great lakes and ohio valley. it will arrive here on tuesday, and even though we have high pressure billing in, and a nice start to the work week, chainings on the way through tonight and tomorrow, this is actually a good thing, if you are like me and allergies, you will feel the benefit of tomorrow. it will be chilly through the midday, showers build in during the afternoon hours and it can be at thier bansover rain, on into the mountains into the afternoon hours, we expect that rain to buildup during the late afternoon, and evening tomorrow, and take us through tomorrow night, leftover clouds and cool wind on wednesday morning and we will break this pattern through wednesday afternoon, the benefit of the rain in march and all of the show over the winter and the heat we had last week really causing the explosion of pollen, we will try to take that out of air for tomorrow,

today, one more rough day, sunshine breezy and 70 in downtown, we cool back a little bit, 67 west minister, hopping toward the eastern shore, partly cloudy, and low 70s. through the extended forecast, there's rain tomorrow, 58 degreece, but a dry morn, late afternoon with a rain rain comes and it shall be out on wednesday machin morning, on thursday and friday, here is troy look at the traffic. >> thank you, jeff. traffic of course building now as the rush hour and full effect right now, please be careful and look at the m d.o.t. cameras, 695 traffic is slowing as you can see, moving pretty good on the inner loop right now, we also have your drive times, to look at that, it looks like if you are headed

695 to providence, 95 southbound, white marsh and 695 is a five minute ride and 695 on the outer loop, 85 is a one minute ride, the day of disabled vehicles, we have several of those, on the outer loop and 95 northbound at 395, and one at pikesville on the outer loop at stevenson road, good news, at the fort mchenry, to clear way and two accidents, one at and an accident in kingsville. megan and jamie back to you. >> >> time now is 6:49. you have so many dollars to pay for police, fire, roads,. >> it goes on and on but the dollars are not stretching like they used to so the mayor has a plan, abc 2 news linda joins us live with what this plan is. >> reporter: the major had warned from the beginning jobs swrowld to be cut, now taxes and fees could also go up as the city tries to plug a you

$120 million hole. under the proposed budget plan more than 600 city employees were to be laid off including 120 police officers and 90 firefighters, the fire d. would also lose the helicopter unit, with taxes and fees, r one thing is a $0.04 tax on beverage container, the budget also includes cuts to programs, recks and parks losing nearly 1/3 of the budget. budget that i had to put forward had to be honest based ton projections of rev new you that we have, my hope is that while we are going to council we is k have a plan to restore some of those cuts. the ma i yore has promised to work with city council and hopes to aacoyed only testify deep cuts -- avoid some of the cuts in public safety. abc 2 new. >> city police and firefighters plan to rally

today to protest public safety cuts according to facebook, this afternoon at 3:30. they plan to meet at the mall and search to town hall to show unity. there is still work to be done in annapolis of maryland as $13.2 billion operating budget. the fiscal year of 2011, relies on cuts, one time spending trance fers, from reverse accounts and federal stimulus money to close e the budget gap. >> video regarding a massive late night fire in new york city. that's the work video. the seven alarm, tore through clay china town injuring three people and dozens of firefighters, residents were left homeless by the flames,

more than 250 fire departments departments fought this fire. >> up until last week, you could describe wavererly, he is tore cal village, diverse, school on the edge, solid working neighbor, but the improvement association is about as active as you will find but what happen today the label of it being safe. sherrie johnson with what is happening there. >> reporter: this morning baltimore city police are look for suspects in connections to two murders in the waverly area, authorities say a fight out at a carry out restaurant at 33 r street on saturday afternoon when the victim left the shooter followed him and he was gunned down. now this was the second murder within days, a vietnam veteran was shot and killed while picking up food ton way to

work. >> we do to do a better job of being consistent of keeping that crime prevention mode first and foremost. >> now police are out of the krierses and walking around the -- cruiser and walking around the area. sherrie johnson, abc 2 news. last week, airlines wants to charge you for carry ons starting in august as much 45z dollars one way for the overhead bin but they urge government regulators to prevent these for carry on bags. >> let me just say passengers are hit a breaking point ton fees being imposed month after month exam year after year. it seeps every time you buy a ticket there's new you are being charged for.

the airline is fog to add measuring devices at gates to determine which carry ons deserve the fee. a bike ride today to honor a cycle list, to ride from baltimore to annapolis for a bill that would make sibling a lot safer. it would require motorists to pass at a distance of three feet, 43-year-old laura of owens mill died last week while biking on butler road. in support of changes to this new law. >> we are six minutes from 7:00, who did you root for yet, was it phil, tiger, freddy? it was a great masters weekend and phil mickelson would be won the third green jacket, two phil moments when he was putting and something planned in his path and he bounced over it and he was behind two trees and he made it through.

his wife battling breast cancer was there when he was done. it was an emotional sun. >> we have been through a lot this career and it means a lot to share some joy together. [cheering and applause] >> the tiger who had 144 days lay off is back to fire hydrant came in fourth. he played welcoming off. >> baltimore mayor, stephanie, rawlings-blake took on the title of ring master this weekend. >> she is in the middle of all of the action, the elephant, tigers, high wire ac, the zang zoom, and she sur vied. apparently no worse, the circus is in town until next sunday. now, the forecast certified most accurately weather rate and maryland's most powerful doppler ray -- 655, the sun is will dominate. it will get back to 70

downtown, 60s outside the beltway, and clouds tonight will bring us rain tomorrow, especially during the afternoon, and the late afternoon evening best chance of rain widespread only 58, a much cooler day. now, the weather starts off cloudy, and cool on wednesday but we go partly sunny and 61 in afternoon, back to 70 on thursday and shore remain silent take intuse the 60s next weekend. troy. thank you, justin. as you look at your drive time this morning, looks like heavy traffic. please be careful. it is expected on a monday, 795 southbound, 140, seven minute, 795, to owens mills, if you are on 795,. >> is going to pay our taxes for us. >> we like that. >> see you at 9:00. ♪

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