i'm megan pringle. >> here is justin berk. we have ourselves a quiet weather pattern. a little chilly with more down into the 50s, but the afternoon will turn out nice and mild and a little cooler than yesterday. still a beautiful weather pattern setting up here. active tropics. we have hurricane igor still a category 4. it had gotten stronger overnight, but briefly slowing this morning. slightly slowing the winds down. julia a category 4 storm as well. a tropical storm about to hit mexico. stay tuned for that update. >> we're dry here and sitting at 55 in baltimore. ocean city. 49 in york but 62 in hager's town. notice the cool cases to our

west. follow the bottom of the screen because we'll have a warmup. >> we have our first crash of the morning on the main span of the key bridge and it is blocking the right lane. expect some minor delays, but right now really traffic moving pretty well around the rest of the area. northeast part of the belt way, traffic is moving really good. we don't have any problems, no delays. on the west side more volume, sluggish towards i 70 but no problems. traffic doing well here. 97 at route 100 moving well north and southbound. >> from delaware to new york, tea partyers are celebrating. abc's emily schmidt has the wrap up. >> reporter: one of the

nation's smallest states is now home to one of the year's largest political upsets. >> a candidate who had run and lost twice before won this time. she won against mike castle with the backing of the tea party and sarah palin. >> thank you, governor palin for your endorsement. >> i respect the decision. >> reporter: they thought castle could help pick up biden's old seat but o'donnell would not. >> if she were to be our nominee, we would lose this seat and lose it by unprecedented numbers. >> reporter: the senate race is neck and neck there. >> if we learned anything tonight, it is that new yorkers

are as mad and we're not going to take it anymore. >> reporter: nationwide voter refrain. >> we need to bring in some fresh people. >> reporter: this year's races shows 4 million more republicans have voted than democrat. that could prove critical in november's mid term elections. >> new york congressman won easily despite charges against him. he is returning to capitol hill stronger than ever. >> 5:33. the congressional mom nations up for grabs. roscoe bartlett earned the gop. he will have a shot at re- election in november. and in the third we have john and his chance to fight for his

re-election against will and he won in the first district, so he will face off against frank who was unopposed in the primary. >> longtime u.s. senator easily won the democratic primary over six challengessers. you may have heard he was running a comical yet biting t v add. she is seeing her fourth term, seeking her fourth term in the senate. we'll bing you all the latest information on good morning maryland so log on. a man and woman arrested and both charged with murder. the 22-year-old and 19-year-old are charged in the death of the

26-year-old. neighbors found demar yo collapsed outside his apartment with an apparent stab wound to the chest. he admitting to stabbing the victim between an argument. >> new this morning, wells fargo says a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed against the company. the suit accused the lender of targeting african-american neighborhoods for bad loans. they have taken fuel fest even further. police say more than 1500- gallons of diesel fuel has been stolen from the underground storage tanks at two area gas stations. it happened in the gas station and the other took place on august 26th. police don't have any suspects

so far and they are trying to figure out how the thief got access to the tanks and then got away with so many diesel fuel. >> somebody had to see something. can't everybody have their eyes closed at one time. it had to be a big truck. cameras were not working at the time so as far as the theft goes it remains under investigation. they are looking into it. >> i know you don't have bugs where you live but we're going to show you a man who was attacked boy a swarm of bees. >> i thought we lost him. i thought he was dead. we tried to pick him up and pull him as far as i could. >> quick thinking may have saved his life. >> we'll show you spectacular views of the storms from space. >> we'll see how the trains are moving along and the buses as

well. mark jones. >> good morning. number 10 and 30 taking a diversion. that is due to construction. light rail metro subway keeping pace. good for travel there. i'm mark jones. úoúoúó

we have some really spectacular pictures. two powerful hurricanes are gaining force across the atlantic. incredible views of igor and julia from the international space station. it is interesting when you see the pictures from space, a different vantage point. >> it looks like a syntha bon. maybe i'm hungry. >> good morning. i'm jamie costello. >> i'm megan pringle. thanks for joining us. a syntha bon? >> with a lot of frosting. >> here is justin berk. >> we are quiet.

we take a look there. there is not much to talk about. that is good news because as we go into the next day or so, continued beautiful weather. i say it is good news but we still need moisture. look at that. those high clouds still giving us a mostly sunny sky and temperatures reaching around 80 but in the shade it did feel a little chilly yesterday. we're down to 56 degrees this morning. it is 50 there. one of the warm spots by the bay in chester. our guaranteed high after a chilly start, we get more sun and a high of 78 degrees. >> we're getting reports of an accident in brooklyn park. that will be at ritchie highway and 9th avenue. no closures at this time, but expect to see emergency crews

on the scene. we're still working an accident on the interloop of the key bridge that is blocking the right lane. only able to get by to the left and causing delays. southbound lanes of delaney valley road. crews are making repairs but there is water in the roadway so keep your eye on that. she has the latest details on one of today's hottest stories. >> the numbers for the attorney's race is in, but it is too close to call. why the race could take a few days to decide. it is the closest primary race in decades. i'll have the latest on the democratic nods for the executive possession.

it is a quarter to 6:00. they call this a photo finish in our ongoing democracy 2010. this won't be over for awhile. the race for city state's attorney. good morning linda. >> good morning. burnstein has won, but a lot is up in the air. absentee ballots could be the

deciding factor in this race. both camps will regroup do look over the results. one thing to keep in mind though with 100% of the precincts reporting burnstein leads with about 1400 votes but there are still thousands of absentee ballots that have not been counted. about 3600 baltimore democrats requested absentees. 1600 have been returned but that may be enough to sway the results in this case. they met with supporters after the polls closed both feeling confident they ran a good race. >> from all the polling places we went to throughout the day, we got the same level of enthusiasm and excitement than we have gotten throughout the campaign. we have gone through neighborhoods all over the city. >> we're confident that the voters elected the best person

so we'll await the return. >> with 100% of the precincts voting, burnstein leads with about 1400 votes but absentee ballots could be the deciding factor. >> 5:47 right now. a lawyer and a farmer for the county executive in baltimore county. it looks like it will be kevin who has an 8 point lead over joe who has 94% of precincts voting this morning. neither side has declared victory or concede. sherrie. >> yes, megan. i'm here and this morning the democratic nods is proving to be the closest primary race in decades for that office. right now about 94% of the precincts are reporting. it looks like kevin is leading

with about 52% of the votes and joe has about 44% of the votes. he is a lawyer and barton felder a farmer. we caught up with them at their respective camps last night. here are their thoughts on the primary. >> i've never ever seen an election turnout this low and it was so low, it was unbelievable. it was a good day, good weather day. they didn't turn out. that is a shame. >> the numbers have been cast. they just haven't been recorded. once recorded them, we can confirm where we safely are and have some good news for our camp we hope. >> now, the winner of this race will face off against ken holt, republican ken holt coming up.

sherrie johnson abc news. >> the show is on. former governor ehrlich topping brian murphy who was endorsed by palin. o'malley winning easily over jaffee. >> the people spoke and believe me in seven weeks they speak very loud in the state of maryland. >> we'll see a november 2nd rematch of the 2006 maryland governor's race. >> primary day is in the books and the votes have been cast but was drastically low. the turnout was really a surprise at the polls. far fewer voters casted their ballots. >> now, the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate and maryland's most powerful radar. good morning. 5:50 on the clock right now.

ever i had ten minutes to talk about the tropics it still would not be enough time. we have some more incredible pictures to show you in the next half-hour. hurricane julia off to category 4 strength. we're effort range of the top 20 to 15% of storms receiving category 4. this is the fourth storm this year that has made that status. no threat to land. we're going to look at hurricane igor, winds down to 145. category 4 storm. will move into cooler waters eventually and almost a direct hit on bermuda. this will be a problem for them. it will be a problem this weekend for them. it will be a large storm, big waves on the east coast but a long distance away from ocean city. just the waves this weekend.

caribbean, development hereof tropical storm karl, but it is almost on the verge of reaching hurricane status, 65-mile-an- hour winds and 75 would make it a hurricane. >> it is near the border with ba lead. it crosses the yucatan. it is south of kos mel. we'll be south of the south padres islands in texas. this will be a big problem for mexico. three named active storms in the atlantic. that is all we have time too talk about this morning. patchy fog and 55. again there may be some fog near the reservoirs and some of those valleys. if you normally encounter them on the commute, that could be the issue. we'll throw high clouds into the mix. mostly sunny afternoon sky. the next cold front comes in

with thunderstorms thursday evening. it gets out of here and most of friday turns out nice for the weekend. 78 degrees, mostly sunny sky. 56 overnight. then temperatures as we head through tomorrow, about 82. a late shower could extend through a thunderstorm early friday morning. 78 then. 79 and dry on saturday. look at sunday, monday and tuesday. we're back into the low to mid- 80s. police are on the scene of a crash in brooklyn park. expect to see emergency crews on the scene there. our drive times no problems. all good there. this will be the key bridge interloop side. traffic is jammed only down to one lane because there is an accident blocking the right lane. traffic does get by to the left so expect some delays. stay with us because we do have more of your news, weather and

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aroundd quarter to 4:00 i heard a scream in the newsroom. a texas man thought he was

going to die after getting stung more than 1200 times by a squirm of bees but quick thinking boy his son may have saved his life. >> spit all of them out before i could est breathe. they got up my nose and down in my ears. >> oh, man. well lamar spent a week in the hospital recovering from the attack and family members say there could have been as many as 70,000 bees living in an old water heater. >> it is hard to watch video. >> kid rock is defending himself in the court room today. he is citing a civil lawsuit he was in in october of 2007. the surveillance video from the fight shows robert james ritchie, kid rock, being sued saying he was beaten up by kid

rock's on ter rank. kid rock pleaded guilty. he was sentenced to 12 months probation and anger management counseling. >> i can see that. >> well, fashion changes day today. it is hard to keep up. young adults want to keep current and hot. >> five tips on how the young adult in your home can spruce up their wardrobe. >> one student makes one of the toughest exams in the nation look easy.

when you went to bed last night it was too close to call but will we have a new prosecutor? >> who will lead the democratic ticket? >> it is the november showdown part 2 o'malley ve