until further notice. the new restrictions are 13 feet 6 inches. also appear catching the mta this morning, no reported service delays with your local bus, metro subway, marc train, light rail commuter or mobility. looking live at 895 at the o'donnell street exit, traffic is moving well in both directions. if you are heading towards the fort mchenry tunnel, that's looking good in both directions as well. all good in the green. harrisburg towards the beltway only a 5-minute trip. 95 looking good on the southbound lanes from white marsh to the beltway a 6-minute ride. and we don't have any accidents. no major reported problems. height restrictions inside the harbor tunnel and a water main break blocking the right lane northbound route 2 at rob ison road. this is in severna park but the brings look good toward the capital beltway. no issues on the 95 corridor, bw parkway looks good, too. president obama is calling osama bin laden's death a milestone saying justice has been done for families nearly

3,000 victims from september 11th attacks. 63 here in maryland. emily smith has more from washington -- schmidt has more from washington. >> reporter: for months u.s. intelligence focused on a mansion in pakistan with some signs that bin laden could beininside. friday the president authorize admission to find out and yesterday special forces finally killed the number one target. in a 9-minute statement last night, president obama announced the end of a nearly 10-year manhunt. >> the united states conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden. the leader of al-qaeda. and a terrorists responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women and children. >> reporter: nearly 3,000 people died in the 9/11 attacks. but by the end of 2001 u.s. forces were bombing in afghanistan searching for bin laden. yesterday, a team of navy seals raided this mansion in pakistan. 40 minutes later, after a fire

fight where bin laden fought back, he was dead. >> we are once again reminded that america can do what ever we set our mind to. >> usa, usa, usa. >> reporter: within minutes of the president's speech, jubilant crowds gathered outside the white house. >> i am shocked. >> reporter: the celebration continued in times square. and the first family members of 9/11 victims began to weigh in. charles wolf's wife died in the world trade center. >> we beat them at their own game. we didn't give up. >> reporter: the search for bin laden began under former president george w. bush who says in a written statement no matter how long it takes justice will be done. president obama warns however there is no doubt al-qaeda will continue to pursue attacks against the u.s. overnight, state department issued a worldwide travel alert and police departments all across the country say they are stepping up security. but officials tell abc news as of right now, they are hearing of no specific threats against any specific targets. reporting live in washington,

emily schmidt, abc news, now back to you. >> all right. thanks so much. reaction pouring in this morning all over the world. maryland congressman elijah cummings said america is a strong, proud nation that will never allow our precious freedoms to fall under attack without mounting a great and mighty defense. the death of the osama bin laden shows the righteous might of our citizens and our military in response to the attacks on innocent americans civilians. and i offer all those involved the thanks of a grateful nation. when news of bin lad ann death broke senator mi culls case says this is a historic day -- mikulski says this is a historic day for our country. inso amia -- osama bin laden is dead she says she remembers watching the smoke on the pentagon and the feeling of-- smoke on the pentagon and the feeling of watching the towers

fall. 5:33 right now. myriam wrote god bless the us apartment and kevin says may 1st become a national holiday. coach so many of you are turning to social media to get your thoughts out. shaer ri john -- sherrie johnon is monitoring your comments -- johnson is monitoring your comments. >> reporter: the comments are flowing. everyone has something to say about the death of osama bin laden. let's look here at what some of you had to say. basically, if you missed any of this and are waving up, head to our website at abc2news.com and we have plenty of stories. you can go here to watch the president's speech from last night, 9-minute speech he gave. you can go here to death celebrated in dc and talking about the celebrations going on. news spreading socially and also u.s. leaders react to bin

laden's death and u.s. warns of retaliation over bin laden's death. and also, you can just scroll down to the bottom of the page and there you can go to facebook and click on some of the comments there and hear we can see let's see, some of the folks here michael here writes, i want to thank all the servicemen and women for all of their sacrifice and hard work that has gotten us to this point i want to thank their families who have endured so much. so plenty to see on our facebook fan page. also go to abc2news.com and read all the information if you missed any of it last night. and i am going to stay here and keep you update on the comments that are coming in. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. coming up on "good morning maryland" at six, we will go live to shanksville, pennsylvania where one of the mains crashed on september 11th. as the crowds gathered to celebrate the death of osama bin ladin, the -- bin laden,

the president will make his way to the airwaves. huge crowds gathered in times square as they listened to the mess ac from the president -- message from the president. but first, as we go to break, a live picture this morning at the white house. huge crowd were there, too. we will be right back.

5:39. during a late night statement president obama announces to the world that osama bin laden has been killed. he says a small team of americans carried out an attack and took custody of the al- qaeda leader's body. crowd gathered outside times square in new york city early this morning as word spread of bin laden's death after a global manhunt that lasted nearly a decade. >> i don't know it's going to make our, you know, our country safer, but, at least we have the satisfaction of knowing he is not alive anymore. >> bin laden has been the focus of global intelligence efforts for a reportedly master mining the -- masterminding the attacks in africa in 1998 as

well. usa. >> also a spot marked by the tragedy now places celebration. thousands came together at ground zero cheering for the usa anding thousands of lives lost. new york city sent baltimore counties providence volunteer fire company a piece of the world trade center from september 11th. pros den renovated the ed by -- providence renovated the building and put in garden of memories with buy a brick program. a piece of the world trade center will be the centerpiece of the garden which weighs more than 500 pounds. now, maryland he most powerful doppler radar and forecast -- maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherate. >> the wind for change down in annapolis, we were at the olive bet jewish school. i want to thank miss heather for setting the visit up. we had 30 kids involved and we

are calculating the totals. but what a fantastic little program and really what good time. so we will passe long more information as soon as we can tally the results. but, it was a good time and there's more to g i appreciate the support they have given for the cool kids campaign. good morning to them and to all of you. we wake up this morning with temperatures near by edgewater 56 degrees. 58 across the bay at easton, rock hall and sparrows point. one of the cooler spots best to the -- back to the west, westminster. and 49 in frederick. not much going on right now. that's about the about to change as we have a little rain showing up. maryland's most powerful doppler radar highlighting that and looks as if we may have a little wet weather in the next couple hours. mostly cloudy skies. showers roll in and it will be with us on and off throughout the day. a warmer high of 72. more on the forecast coming up. here's kim brown with traffic. >> reporter: thanks. well, still very calm start on the roadways. no major incidents reported. we have a couple accidents and

one vehicle fire in baltimore county. but as we look at the beltway, it's looking good on both loops. 695 at wilkins avenue outer loop towards 95 more volume there. inner loop looks good towards i- 70 and further up towards the 83s. there's going to be in the green drive times no problems around the beltway. an accident in bell camp route 543 at pulaski highway and baltimore county in arbutus, eastbound 195 as you approach the bw parkway, reports of a vehicle fire. no lanes reported to be blocked. however, you could see police and fire activity off to the shoulder. megan and charley, back to you. >> thanks, kim. it's 5:42. scrubbed again. nasa is once again delaying the final launch of the space shutten he ever do you ever -- endeavour. there was a big to do with president obama scheduled to attend and the shuttle commander's wife congresswoman giffords but she is back in houston this morning and for

now nasa says they will aim for another launch window for the end of the week. cause for the delay, heating panels not working properly. people across the country breathing easier this morning after hearing about the death of osama bin laden. >> yeah. up next, we will talk to a man who lost his son on september 11th and hear what the news means to him. >> reporter: it's a moment that will go down in history. i am linda so. osama bin laden is dead. we are live at penn station this morning talking to folks who some of them are finding out for the first time this morning.

good morning "maryland." 5:46. president obama says justice has been done. osama bin laden was killed in a fire fight with u.s. forces. his death end the decade long manhunt. he was reported the mastermind behind september 11th. linda so joins us at penn station where many will be making their way. linda. >> reporter: yeah, well, we grabbed the baltimore sun this morning to see the front page. the headlines is just one word. dead. i think a lot of people you know this is a day that many

still can't believe is here. you know, you know, for ten years almost, there was the hunt for osama bin laden. many thought that he would never be captured and now he has, and he is dead, people are in disbelief. we talked with a lot of people this morning who you know if they are up at this hour heading to work, they were asleep when the president made ate nounsment that osama bin laden is dead. so there was a lot of surprise. a lot of disbelief and we spoke with a woman who it's to tell her what happened and she really couldn't believe it. she was like what? and then she asked me how do they know for sure. a lot of disbelief and price. -- surprise. another commute we are spoke with who remembers the day when 9/11 happened was supposed to head up to new york for work, but obviously that trip got canceled and he says he is glad that this happened before the

10-year anniversary. and, she says we will keep a close eye on what this means for al-qaeda now and just the -- and how they will work without the leader. but, again, a big day today, and the headline on the baltimore sun reads dead. osama bin laden is dead during a raid in pakistan that happened overnight. we will talk to folks all this morning as they are heading in for work. but again, the overall sense is surprise and relief. that finally osama bin laden is dead. after almost 10 years. live at penn station, linda so, abc2 news. >> 5:48. people all over the country are reacting to the news that osama bin laden is dead. hundreds gathered in washington, d.c. as news of his killing began to spread. among them, a man who lost his son on september 11th due to the attacks. he said that he knew he had to be at the white house. >> i feel that finally some vindication has been done. there's still a lot more to be done, we know that. and the threat is not over.

we all know that. but at least this is a big step i came up from woodbridge when i heard. it's to be here. this is where it's to be tonight. it's to bring my son with me. so we could share this time together. >> bin laden was killed following a fire fight with u.s. forces and the source tells cnn he was shot in the head. three other men were killed in that raid ahong with the woman. no americans were injured. take a look at this. photographs of u.s. troops watching president obama's announcement. troops sent into afghanistan weeks after 9/11 to fight alkita and track down bin laden. mission accomplished. 5:49. we are covering this story in every way possible updating the website with new video and photographs and reaction to osama bin laden's death. now, maryland's most powerful dop later -- doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherate. >> a couple hours of rain on sunday and we will try to build the rain back on monday after

getting a little bit of a reprieve after a cloudy start and fill in the cloud back in this morning. we have got ourselves a band of rain to the west that will move through the area. a sign and signal of the atmosphere trying to pump in warm air. but that has to come with the price tag of showers this morning. temperatures will warm up as we go through the week and getting our way back up to normal and above normal for two days before we slide back in the other direction for a few days as well. we think the cool weather will win out for the first half of may. on this second day of may, as we look at the normals and records, we want to point out first date on the calendar in baltimore where we have sun set beyond the 8:00 hour. for today, we expect mostly cloudy skies. there will be a chance of showers this morning. and if a few scattered showers this afternoon. maybe a thunderstorm as we will push highs up to about 72. that's near normal and in the 50s overnight. a scattered shower. pumping in warmer temperatures tomorrow ahead of the frontal

bondry a front getting active but like the last front, a slow mover. we are not talking about theextensive widespread severe weather outbreak. this is going to be a heavy rain producer and unfortunately, this on the anniversary of historic floods that took out operaland near nashville tennessee. they are warning people in a 100 year flood plain it's time toget out because they could have extensive flooding. looks like we will have ourselves the showers coming during the morning hours and maybe scattered storms into the afternoon. most being a to the west. the slow moving front is closer and by tomorrow afternoon, we could have scattered showers and storms pumping our temperatures up to near 80. but like we have had most of the spring so far, one or two really warm days. and it erodes away quickly. showers and storms tomorrow night in through wednesday. and that will take you to the other side of the extremes. our weather outlook highlights the fact temperatures go to 806789 scattered showers and

thunderstorms. more like a tuesday evening to wednesday morning event. and i know we have what couple round of morning severe weather in the past month. let's not do that again hopefully. but there could be rumbles wednesday morning early clearing late 62. 65 on cinco de mayo. and catered -- scattered showers friday and cool next weekend. >> reporter: this morning we don't have issues reported on route 50 or on i-97 coming through anne arundel county and looking live at 95. here in baltimore county, this is at 195 near arbutus. north and southbound lanes wide open. southbound lanes clear as you coming from baltimore county towards howard toward pg and on toward the capital beltway. northbound lanes look pretty good heading up towards the baltimore beltway and 395 and the tunnels. we have an accident reported out in bell camp route 543 at pulaski highway. also i have more details about the tight restrictions inside

the harbor testimony affecting the southbound lanes -- affecting the southbound lanes and they are working on the height sensors that are not work properly. the height restrictions are at 13 feet 6 inches and a vehicle fire eastbound i-195 as you approach the bw parkway. all activity is off to the shoulder. some drivers are slowing down to take a look at that. stay with us. there's more news, weather and traffic coming back when "good morning maryland" returns after this.

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