52 in easton and ocean city. and you will notice there were sprinkles and clouds lingering overnight and left overclouds on north side we are break the pattern especially baltimore southbound, you should see sun for the commute and the sunrise is 35, 38 minutes away. we are expecting to have more sun to carry us into the afternoon with two degree guaranteed high by 4 p.m. of 73 degrees. our temperatures go up higher for the weekend. we will talk about that in a bit. right now here kim brown with the traffic. >> reporter: thanks. well here on the northeast corn fort of the beltway traffic looks good on both the inner and outer loop. however, we are getting reports of an incident on the inner loop lanes near the curtis creek draw bridge. no word of lane closures as of yet. as we check the maps, we are work several accidents around the area. up in pilesville st. mary's road closed in both direction between wheeler school road because of a crash. you can try using 165 this morning as an alternate. baltimore city, reports of an

accident involving a struck pedestrian at groveland avenue and hillsdale road. an accident at washington boulevard and mlk and down in hail thorp a crash at landsdown and hollins ferry road. 6:31. we will go to hurlock on the eastern shore. six family members were in the living room and they were dike on the floor because bullets were flying through the window. mother crawled on the floor to the phone to call 911 for help. sherrie johnson tells how's in trouble for all this. sherrie. >> reporter: a lot of people in dorchester county are shaking their heads this morning in disbelief after two teenagers were arrested in a murder plot. a teenage girl is accused of plotting with her boyfriend to murder her family. ten days ago, the family was in the living room when the glass in the sliding glass door was shattered by bullets. six family members dove to the floor and the mother crawled to the phone to call 911. deputies responded to that home just a day earlier on a

burglary case. they arrested 16-year-old william collins junior. the boyfriend of the teenage daughter in the family katelyn kirchoff. >> they found the cell phone with text messages plotting the murder. >> certainly a bizarre occurrence. certainly something you wouldn't expect to happen around here. again i. can't understand why two young 16-year-olds for any reason would want to do this to anybody much less people they know. and certainly you know, they have ruined their entire life because of these actions. >> reporter: authorities say kirchoff confessed to the plot. both teens are charged with attempted first and second degree murder charges. both are still in custody right now unable to post bail set at half a million dollars. in the studios, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. police in arkansas say a woman drove her car into a

laundromat. she was drunk and the incident was caught on tape. you can see the dark colored car coming at you over the curb straight through the glass into a row of dryers. the woman argued with police when they got on the scene and then demanned to take her to jail because she was drunk. a former prez presidential candidate john edwards edwards is being investigated accuseded of using campaign money to cover up an affair he had with a staffer rielle hunter. his attorney says a sizable number of subpoenas have been issued in north carolina. the news of the affair broke in 2007. things got worse for him when he admitted he had fathered a child with hunter. a claim he previously denied. john and his wife edwards separated after more than 30 years of marriage. a 24-year-old actress and write her attended northwestern university will move into chicago's museum of science and industry on october 20th. the msi announced the month at the museum contest back in

july. 1500 people worldwide applied for the job. the winner was announced with a chemistry test out of the five finalists only kate's class erupted when hydrogen peroxide was added. >> i am very excited. yes. >> why? >> why? because, well, okay. this is uncharted territory right? people have been do the moon but no one lived in the museum for 30 days. >> ben stiller did, though. didn't he? so kate will spend much of her downtime inside the cuban at nights she can wander the exhibits and she said she hopes to visit everyk. >> and cranny but can't -- every nook and cranny and for a month she will tweet and blog about the experience inside the museum. >> i think that's pretty cool. >> that's pretty neat. 6:35 right now. it's one of the biggest events in philly since the liberty bell cracked. no hitter in the playoffs. >> roy halladay was unhittable. game one of the playoffs except

for a walk, the doc made have thrown the second perfect game and is the first pitcher to get a hit and not gib up a hit. he becomes the first pitcher since don larson's perfect game in 1956 to throw a no-hitter in the post season. here's what the final out and diaz made a great play here. roy halladay a no hitter first time we have had two since nolan ryan in 73. >> go ahead. coming up next, her eyes started to water. >> oh, boy. >> i love this story. a beacon light for ships in the ocean. >> one area lighthouse is a beacon of a reminder for women during breast cancer awareness month. >> love that story. and senator theater has a new owner, a-we didn't know whether it would reopen until now. we will tell you what you can catch at the next movie.

thanks for joining thus morning at 6:39. we are thinking pink all through oth and it's for breast cancer awareness month. last night, concord point lighthouse in havre de grace took on a pink glow. the folks with komen maryland say it is a fitting tribute to those fighting breast cancer but also a powerful reminder for all women who make breast health a priority. >> you know a. lighthouse is always something that you think about as you know saving ships. and so riley like the idea that it's going to be pink for breast cancer awareness month. hopefully women will see the lighthouse and that it's pink and think why is it pink? breast cancer awareness. maybe i should schedule a mammogram. >> i think it looks pretty with the water and everything. light house will continue to glow pink for the rest of the month. >> that's great. i love that. listen, the numbers are in from somebody's komen race for the cure which you saw here on abc2. we had 1500 people register for the race and participants will

join other teams and the funds raise led count towards the team competitions ending on october 31st. so in total komen look at numbers. komen had more than 28,500 participants. raising more than $2.7 million well on their way to the 3 million dollar goal and by registering for the race participants will receive a t-shirt. we will make it a $3 million. >> absolutely. coming up next, you and your neighbor joe might support governor o'malley. >> but you don't have quite as much clout as the guy who will be in town today with him. it probably doesn't get bigger than this. i am linda so. president obama is using his clout to stomp for the governor. and it's the most controversial case the supreme court has heard in years. it puts free speech against human dense. and they are hired to protect and serve and uphold the law. some police officers credibility is in question. allegation of cheating on a test that got them the job.

this is a spectacular sight. but last night's show had an extra surprise. and we are looking at no surprise here. it's 50, again. i think every morning this week has had that mark at this hourch the difference is today we get more sun and we begin a nice warming trend into the weekend. kim has look at traffic. >> reporter: for the second time this morning, the beltway is closed in both directions at the curtis creek draw bridge traveling around the key bridge this morning, that could affect your commute. we are work a road closure because of a bad crash up in harford county. more details when good morning, maryland returns after this. i think we need tax breaks to send kids to college. so i worked for a $2,500 tax credit to help pay for college. fought to get pell grants expanded and insisted that college loans go directly to kids instead of through banks.

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and tell you a feel good story but first, let's get to the weather and see if that can make us feel good with justin berk. >> i have another feel good story at 6:45. we have the clouds breaking up and a lot of you will see sun in some portion of your commute especially baltimore and south. we expect all of us across the state to get more sunshine for today. and the satellite showing the back edge of the cloud from the old storm pattern that. gets out of here. two degree guaranteed high with more sun gets us up to 73. and warming trend continues into the weekend. we will talk about that coming. here kim with traffic. >> reporter: okay. traffic is released across the curtis creek draw bridge. inerin outer loop can flow freely and few delays as result of that. in anne arundel county traffic is good in both directions. st. mary's road is closed at wheeler school drive due to a serious crash. baltimore county i will let you know about the other accidents in few moments. 6:46. their tact ribs distasteful by most. but it's the right to freedom

of speech that has the issue before the supreme court. it's the westboro baptist church versus albert snyder and the case could seat precedent. the radical religious group protested outside the tune ravel ed. >> ier's son lance corporal matthew snyder killed in iraq in 2006. >> it's something no family should have to live through. >> at the end of the day, the ish is not going to be -- the issue is not going to be how obnoxious and repug nan the speech with a by the people from the church. issue is going to be whether or not they have a right to outer that speech under circumstances such as this. >> the court is not expected to render a decision until the spring. question of protected speech purred media organization into action at least 21 different media outlets have filed briefs siding with the protesters them the say the demonstrations are distasteful but they are protected by free speech.

6:47 right now. all new this morning, we have a 16-year-old and her boyfriend behind bars accused of plotting to kill the girl's family. this happened in northern dorchester county in hurlock. police were called to the house after 16-year-old william collins walked in and started shooting. no one was hurt. . >>i can't undertanned why two young 16 yearlys for any reason would want to do this to anybody much less people they know. and certainly, you know, they have pretty much ruined their entire life because of the actions. >> the police discover the murder plot through text messages that collins exchanged with his girlfriend katelyn kirchoff. the couple are behind bars on half a million dollars bail. the woman accused of killing a pregnant woman from anne arundel county and cutting the unborn baby from her womb has pled if they to murder charges. -- pled guilty to murder charges. she will serve life in prison without parole.

in june of 2008, the body of heather knifely was found pledgeoned to death in oregon. knifely moved from edge watter to oregon to be with her fiancee. baby was due in a month. 6:48. jury deliberation continue for a 5th day in the murder trial of a city councilman ken harris even though the jury says it is deadlocked. the jurors told the judge that they had been unable to agree on charges of first and second degree murder against gary collins jerome william and charles mcgahee she. the judge said try again. three face counts of more than 2 dozen crimes connect to the robbery and murder of harris at the new haven lounge in september 2008. in prins george's county, dozens of police cadets are investigated accused of cheating on academy tests. it includes 146 police officers from three class since july of last year. at least 34 officers are facing specific cheating allegations.

the allegation is that the 34 were given answers by an instructor to a number of the tests administered prior to graduation. that raised suspicion among some officials. >> not only could it call into question the truth telling abilities but could call into question the legality of any arrest they might make. >> i am asking the public, the police to stand behind them and give them support while we try to figure out what's going on here. >> a list of the officers in question could be released soon and those officers will be taken off the streets as early as today. they may be retrained or potentially even fired and the head of the police union says it's too early to judge. stop the sitting around. that's the message the president plans to deliver to democrats as he starts campaigning less than a month away from the election and the first to is beautiful bowie. linda so has a preview for us

this morning. linda. >> reporter: gamey, president president -- jamie, the president will show up to throw his support behind o'malley and a lot is at stwaik republicans -- at stake with republicans look to take over the administration. here in maryland, democrats outfum republicans 2-1 -- outnumber republicans 2-1. and poll shows o'malley widen the lead over ehrlich with 52% of likely voters supporting o'malley and 41% saying they will support ehrlich. the president will also stom for barbara mikulski who is seeking his 5th term. doors will -- doors will open at one and the event is to start at three. in the studio, linda so, abc2 news. the plan to build a shopping center in baltimore city with a wal-mart and low' home improvement store cleared a hurdle last night. city council land committee voted unanimously to approve the

project in reamington. some were -- remmingt. sow were concerned with track but many support the plan. councilwoman who supports the area says negotiation between the city and wal-mart and developer over wages for future employees are going on. >> get more for the workers and residents and we will continue to work on that. night done deal yet. -- it's not a done deal yet. >> business earns neighbors close to remmington are worried about the big box stores and they might drive out local businesses. the full city council will vote next month. at 6:51, we have good news to tell you about from city schools achee. graduation rates up mayor the mayor joined dr. alonzo to make announcement. achievement is up in every area including math and reading and the city high schools have

higher enrollment and fewer dropouts equaling -- leading to a higher graduation rate. >> for the past seven years maryland stewed nt assessments have improved in almost every single grade increasingly elementary and middle school students are not just scoring proficient but also advanced in reading and in math. >> that's great news. official credit the spike in achievement to hard work teem teachers more parental involvement and student who just love to learn. and there's more good news. the number of city high school student who pass the hsas went up by a little more than 500 from last year. the new owners of the senator theater will announce future plans tonight. >> they do. owners say they have uncovered and restored the original wood paneling and the row tundra entrance. the new owner says that he would like to reopen as soon as next

friday. we will wait and see and they say the first movie is rent. >> here's a story to put a smile on your face. >> it's like a scene straight from a movie at cirque dreams at the hippodrome. >> it was a well orchestrated skit involving a lover and his carllet and jealous boyfriend and ending on a happy note. phillip clark got down on one knee and proposed to his girlfriend jennifer and she said she was surprised. >> i was -- assumed it was random luck, chance. i assumed it was just because of his uniform. but that he got chosen. it's no idea that it was set up and i understand why he's been a little nervous all night.

>> i really wanted to do something special. so i contacted the website and asked them if we could do this and they were happily able to set this up and work with me on this. >> clark returned from his third tour in iraq and they hope to take a little time to plan the wedding. congratulationses to them. that's great. now, mayor land most powerful -- maryland's most powerful dop rare radar and fore-- doppler radar and forecast cert fight most accurate by weather rate. >> temperatures looks like 4 days in a row at 50 at this hour. we will start warming up as you may notice breaks in the clouds. and some blue shining through. you can see the back edge of the clouds passing pittsburgh and passing western maryland and there may be some left over this morning. we begin the improvement from here on end. look at circulation around new england.

it's underneath upper-level low and producing rain across eastern section of new york. all the capital district and passing on into central new england. they will have to deal with it for today. that's the cool wind and the pocket of chilly air that kept us cloudy and with the showers for the last couple days. beyond that, we shift the winds to the southwest. there's a lot of dry air to be found across the nation's heartland and that's what builds in the warmer temperatures over the next couple days. we bring it back home, get rid of the pattern and that begins our improvement as we expect more sun and going a little above normal for the two degree guaranteed high of 7 3. tonight, clear and that allows to us chill intoed mid-40s. check out extend forecast and you will like it. tomorrow about 76 degrees, 78 saturday and 70s as the ravens come back to town on sunday. kim. >> reporter: traffic is slow a little bit southbound 795 approaching owens mills boulevard up ahead of 695. as we look at harrisburg expressway, traffic is look pretty moderate. you don't encounter too much congestion until you approach a done yeah

but no problems on the harrisburg expressway. we have a serious scratch in pilesville st. mary's road is closed in both directions between wheeler school road and graceton streets. use 165 this morning as an alternate. in baltimore city, we have a crash at washington boulevard and mlk and another one involving a pedestrian at groveland and hillsdale road. now back to you. >> thanks so much for joining us. >> we will see you at nine this morning for good morning, maryland at nine. it's funny how that works. >> that's crazy. >> very interesting. i thought it was crazy feeding in the fall.

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