year-old boy who went under in the patuxent river late this afternoon. we'll bring you more information as soon as it becomes available. tonight, thousands of air travelers are still in limbo as a result of the icelandic volcano that continues to spew out blinding ash. its effects are still e decidete to stand back and just wait. >> reporter: in baltimore, travelers trying to get overseas have done plenty of waiting, the british airways flights have been grounded for nearly a week. considering each flight could carry nearly 200 passengers, that means as many as 1,000 people could have been impacted. that's not counting the military. >> every day, we have to show up and do what they tell us. >> reporter: ashley has been showing up every day since thursday. she's headed overseas but has been stranded in baltimore. luckily, her husband jack was close by to keep her company. >> it has been a blessing that they have been hear or that my husband has been here. he's been able to take me to anything that we needed to do

to kill time. >> reporter: but it is a mixed blessing because every delay means another heartbreaking good-bye for a couple that won't see each other for half a year. >> it's a pain in the butt because good the byes get harder and harder. >> reporter: london isn't even on the board here. no one knows for sure when flights get off the ground so there's nothing to do but wait. a spokeswoman says they haven't had anyone camping out on the benches here waiting for flights. instead, they have been killing time for area hotels and even sight-seeing. >> we had to do it now. the government's trying to make it easier. >> reporter: but the sitting around never gets easier. many stranded travelers tell us it's a pain in the ash. joce sterman, abc 2 news. british airways has a flight scheduled to arrive tonight. and one that's supposed to head to london. both have been canceled because of the volcanic ash. be shauer to watch world news tonight with diane sawyer.

she will be reporting on how the backlogs are growing longer and longer. it begins tonight rate after abc 2 news at 6:00. you'll see that at 6:30. tonight, the nation is mourning the death of dr. dorothy height, a leading voice in the civil rights movement who fought for quality education, justice and human rights for everyone. officials here in maryland are remembering the pioneer. height served as a long time president of the national council of negro women and the leading female voice of the 1960 civil rights movement. she continued actively speaking out well into her 90 on women's issues and education. local leaders are reflecting on her life. senator ben cardin says dorr i had height was instrumental in the civil rights movement with her insistent voice for racial justice and gender equality in america. representative elijah cummings said of dr. heights, "in the press and history books, her time was often overshadowed by

the men in the civil rights movement. however, in the hearts and minds of the millions she touched, she will never be forgotten." >> and "as a generation of civil rights leaders pass away, it is important that we take time to teach our children about the sacrifices we made to ensure our government treats each individual with dignity. ." >> funeral arrangements have been announced for archbishop william borders. the 13th ar shall bishop died yesterday from colon cancer. he was 96 years old. a public viewing take place thursday at 10:30 at the cathedral of mary our queen located at 5200 north charles street. and on friday, reverend borders' funeral will begin at 1:00 p.m. the man who successfully brought down the mayor, robert warbah announced he will step down as maryland state

prosecutor when his six-year term expires in september. his construction investigation of the former mayor led to her resignation earlier this year. another high provide file case is credited with the prosecution of those who bribed city school employees in 2005. he plans to retire to his second home in florida. a baltimore city police officer who pulled a gun in a baltimore county bar has been fired. the incident happened friday night in the corinthian lounge and restaurant. and how the police department responded. >> reporter: the owner of the bar and lounge says the whole incident is bizarre. witnesses say jamar barnes was sitting at this table with his mother. he confronted the server yell ready he was a city cop and threatened security. then he walked down windsor mill road and pulled the same attitude on county police. there was a struggle and barness with arrested and charged with several counts of

assaults. at 21, the rookie officer arguably lost his cool and now along with it, his job. >> internal affairs immediately suspended that officer, took his gun and badge. today was notified the police commissioner will be terminating him. he is an officer on probation. the bottom line is we won't tell rate any behavior that undermines the hard work of this agency. >> reporter: barns termination is welcomed news to the regulars here feeling barnes or any officer should not be above the law. i feel like it's not right. i don't care who it is, here or anywhere. >> reporter: . barnes is not the only officer being investigated. two other city officers this week were suspended. one for a domestic incident just today and another charged with an assault stemming from a new year's day incident in atlantic city. city police continue to investigate these latest cases. in baltimore, larry keebler, abc 2 news. >> barnes is 21 years old and still on probation with the

police department. he faces three counts of assault and one count of disorderly conduct. a maryland house committee chairman says he regrets that an ignition interlock bill failed. the bill was designed to crack down and never need out of committee because the chairman never called for a vote. volario wanted to alter the senate version of a bill but says he regrets that it failed. four more setbacks tonight for the lexus suv recall. just as toyota agreed to pay the $16 million fine, toyota announced it will recall 9400 lexus gs460 sales. consumer reports announced it as a do not buy. peter kits miller is is the president of the maryland automobile dealers association and understands the pressure dealers are under right now. >> we're sort of the front line

people. we're the ones to take care of the problem. so the dealers have been working closely with toyota to tell them, look, we'll make sure we take care of the customers and we have a process in place now to do that. >> reporter: experts say only time will tell if toyota can with stand another blow to its safety image. well, it's mimby3 hundred ton times over. plans for a megadevelopment could land 300 houses, condos, and town homes in this backyard in the near future. >> we don't want all of that crack going on. they're just saturating it. you go back 20 years, 24 wasn't even there. >> we're the bad guy because we're selling this property. and, you know, we have a retail meat business. we go to a farmer's market. nobody in camelot or the

neighbors will support us. >> reporter: the family plans to take the money it make from selling the farm to purchase more land to relocate to nearby hickory. comprehensive zoning is already in place to make the megadevelopment probable. tomorrow morning, the county will hold a preliminary site plan review for the property that begins at 9:00 in the morning at the county government headquarters in bel air. just a fantastic looking day of weather for april. not bad at all across maryland. as we worked into the afternoon hours here we have seen cloud cover rolling out of the west. fortunately no showers with that. take a look right now. looks like a dry commute as the clouds will not be rain producers but will be moving out of here. we'll get into brief clearing later. temperature-wise, we've been up close to 70 earlier today. now hanging on to 66 at bwi. 68 in washington and you'll find a 70-degree reading down toward culpepper, virginia. the rest of the evening, down

to the low 60s. variable cloudy skies. enjoy it and enjoy a dry start tomorrow. after tomorrow early, things begin to change. we'll talk about when the rain comes in and when it blows out all coming up. let's talk pets. specifically stink bugs. what exactly is a stink bug? they are those pesky, creepy, crawly bugs that invade our gardens and communities. they are easy to spot, too, with the brown armor plated outer shells, but what makes the bugs smell so bad? it's when you kill them. experts say the owedder is something you will remember. that's why they have to wear latex gloves. >> reporter: people that have no problem will just squish it although the stink will be all over their hands. >> experts say the stink bug is considered a good bug since it eats all of the harmful insects like clover, worm caterpillars, things that eat up your garden. coming up, it is an eye

ontic compound with nacl. you know it as table salt. coming up, why the fda is cracking down on how much a pinch really is when it's put in your food. it is a good thing our childhood doesn't determine the rest of our lives. see how one man defies all of the odds when he registers to run. looking at columbia tonight currently at 67 degrees. rain's headed our way. wyatt has the latest coming up in a few.

in our health alert tonight there's nothing wrong with a little dash of salt from time to time but times are changing. the fda plans to gradually reduce salt by eliminating how

much can be allowed in our foods. christie paul explains why a pinch here and a dash there can really add up and hurt you. >> reporter: shake it or pour it, americans use too much salt. sodium plays an important role in regulating body pressure, health experts say we consume 50% more sodium than we should. doctors say all that salt can cause water retention leading to heart problems and stroke. >> we know it can assume more water, assume more weight, assume more of a difficult situation for the body to work well. >> reporter: how much is enough in the american heart association recommends you limit to no more than 1500 milligrams of sodium per day. salt is in everything especially processed foods like lunch meats and diet tv dinners. >> it is a very inexpensive way to give something flavor. >> reporter: the best thing to do?

watch your labels and count your salt milligrams. that's why it's important to talk about your salt intake with your doctor. i'm christie paul. at 3 years old, dreg warner suffered a brain aneurysm that caused neurological disabilities. today he's overcoming the odds and ran in yesterday's boston marathon. >> reporter: 27-year-old greg wag is not your average runner. he suffers from severe nerve damage on the right side of his body. today he's training for the boston marathon at mcdaniel college where he started running several years ago. >> it's really my way of giving back and showing people what i've done and where i've gotten myself to show them that running a marathon is not impossible and really anything that you dream about doing and anything that you want to do,

no matter how impossible it seems, if you believe in it and don't doubt it's possible. >> reporter: at 3 years old, he suffered a brain aneurysm and stroke that nearly killed him. doctors didn't think he would survive, let alone grow up to run a 26-mile marathon. >> you can't see that he has severe neuroalmost damage down the entire right side of his body. what he's doing is literally impossible. >> reporter: greg endured physical therapy since he was 3 years old. he was never like the other kids in school, but that only made him stronger. living with disabilities that include loss of peripheral vision, greg is determined to succeed. he not only wants to run in the marathon, he wants to run an eight-minute mile, which is not easy. >> the way i view my life is each day i live is the healthiest and strongest i've known my body to be because the disability i live with is the only thing i've known.

>> reporter: greg wag has beaten the odds -- greg wagner has beaten the odds. he hopes he can motivate other people with a disability. greg is an advocate. he's running for the brain aneurysm foundation and encourage people with disabilities to believe in themselves. >> whatever your marathon is that you want to run, you can do it because as long as you approach it one day at a time, one step at a time and do a little more than you did yesterday, you are going to get there before you know it. >> reporter: and that's how greg approaches life, one step at a time. sherrie johnson, abc 2 news. >> we checked in with greg, and did he finish the marathon. we want to let you know that he did injure himself during the race, but we understand he will be okay. he's considering possibly running the boston marathon again next year. he is a role model for all of us. and we -- i wish we could

put today on a postcard. >> nice day with temperatures pushing 70 out there. one silver lining, people aren't happy about the wet weather pattern but no big time cold snaps. if you like to warm, you get that just a few showers. >> all right. we can't have it all. >> it is spring. we don't want to dry out too fast this summer, all right? let's look at the inner harbor. temperature-wise, not bad. we're sitting at 66 right now. humidity 32%, winds calm and barometer 29.990 holding steady. wanted to show you first off through the day today and we started off with plenty of sunshine. then the clouds, the clod deck comes in. that kind of is the prelude to a little more active weather coming our way tomorrow. mount airy similar story, carroll county where i happened to be today towards westminster. a beautiful start to the day and a few more clouds building into the afternoon.

temperature-wise, mid to upper 60s even now. earlier today, the numbers were closer to 70. we did get to 70 in a few spots clouding frederick. 61 from dover. 64 from pawtuxent naval air station. broader perspective across the mid-atlantic, philly got to 68, norfolk 67. richmond, virginia almost 70 degrees at the top of the hour. visible satellite pictures. you can see that boundary coming through and clearing back south of us that will come through later tonight. then we'll cloud up as the next disturbance moves in tomorrow during the day. you can soo he that disturbance is already putting the rain down across eastern kentucky and down into western north carolina down towards asheville. that's moving in our direction as we push into the day tomorrow. a couple things going on with the weather pattern. a little bit still of a cool one as we get high pressure spinning some cooler air. at least areas just north of maryland. then we've got the showers coming out of the south

disturbance here. thing about this particular storm system doesn't look that impressive meaning it doesn't look like the showers will hold together all that well. could see scattered showers. that could mean slick roads for the evening commute. traffic headaches with that. then it quickly fizzles out tomorrow night overnight. i think this partly cloudy thursday. so a better looking day thursday into friday. tonight, 47 degrees. tomorrow up to 62 or so. cloudy skies and showers will develop through the afternoon. 45 tomorrow night, scattered showers and they will be clorring out overnight into the day on thursday so other than a morning shower or two on thursday. i think we're look going and we're looking at a beautiful friday but a chance pore showers comes back into the weekend. hey it is april. let's take a live look now at 695 and harford road. no rain yet so it looks look a smooth sailing commute. no delays to report on. we'll be back with a look at

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