>> reporter: muttering an unforgivable curse. are's watching the station that works for you " -- you're watching the station that works for you "good morning maryland" at 4:30. >> i am never see my baby. >> a family asking why. police asking the same question this morning after a deadly hit- and-run killed two teenagers. saying good-bye. the hundreds of people paying final respects to the nephew of congressman elijah cummings who was shot and killed. yes, yes. >> all right from cheers to downright bad behavior. jubilation in one city and riots in another. this after things get ugly following the bruins winning the stanley cup. those stories are just ahead on this thursday morning. thanks for joining us. it's 4:30. friday is upon us. i am megan pringle.

charley crowson is off and we start things off with meteorologist justin berk. i have to say i thought of you yesterday, it was so gorgeous out. >> thank you. >> you are welcome. i was appreciating you. >> i am so honored i was included in that. >> i thought of you. >> near perfect weather for so long. it's a shame we can't hold onto it much longer. but today is the difference as we have a little shift of the weather pattern. 60 currently. still a comfortable beautiful morning as we look at 61 in easton. 54 up towards york, p.a. high clouds have come in. we have a full moon but we are able to see it in many spots. showers on back to the west and looks like they are starting to struggle to get in our direction. but there will be scattered showers. look at the uv index. highlights more cloudiness in the mid to low range as we are expecting to have an increase in cloud cover threat of showers and we will talk about that weekend outlook in a moment. now traffic with tonya. >> reporter: good morning. we are accident free in baltimore city and baltimore county. so that is good news.

very light traffic out there elsewhere. let's look at 895 south of o'donnell. light traffic building in both directions. very he light hardly anyone out there. we have one incident in howard county that's 32 westbound at washington boulevard. that's in the cleanup stages. otherwise construction going on 395 northbound and the right lane and 95 southbound after 395. megan, back to to you. >> thanks. 4:32. a family looks for closure in the death of two teens killed in a hit-and-run that happened in downtown baltimore. friend and family showing support outsupporting of support as they gathered wednesday at the site of the accident for a emotional vigil. >> i got my grandmother, my grandfather, my aunt and uncles, we have friends and family up there that's going to take care of these girls. they were standing at them gates staying i am going through. >> dozens gathered last night at pratt and mlk to remember

emerald smith and courtney angeles. now they were killed in a hit- and-run late monday. charges are pending against the driver that police say they pulled over monday who may have been involved in the crash. right now we have a crew out on the scene live and these are live pictures. this is has had a huge impact on the community. the candles still burping from last night's vigil. -- burning from last night's vigil. we will bring you all new reaction in 30 minutes. hundreds are expected to turn out for a viewing of christopher cummings. last friday he was shot andkilled him and wound a friend and roommate. sherrie johnson is here with more on today's viewing. >> reporter: such a huge and tragic loss for friends and family. today they will say bye to 20- year-old christopher cummings. many are being expected at public viewing of the nephew of

congressman elijah cummings. he was fatally shot at his off campus apartment near old dominion. he will be -- the viewing will be held two days from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today and continues friday morning. now a wake will be held on saturday at victory prayer chapel in baltimore. funeral services are planned for 11 a.m. on saturday. congressman elijah cummings says he was proud to call christopher family. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. a consumer alert this morning. nine people in maryland filed complaints with the government following a 55 million dollar settlement over bad drywall that came from china. banner supply company is located in florida and sells chie nice -- chinese drywall to homes. homeowners says it made their houses smell like sulfur and rotted their pipes behind the walls and turned everything black. a lawyer handling the case says there are likely no victims from maryland but some of the

drywall could be headed to our state. a 13-year-old girl has a leg wrapped in banneddages after a -- can bandages after a pit bull attacked her. it happened late yesterday afternoon. she suffered puncture wiewdz and -- wounds and cuts to her legs. officers are not shower what set the dog off to a-- sure what set the dog off to attack the girl. officers want to issue more than a citation to vandal who damaged a speed camera. someone took a baseball bat and cracked it near padonia elementary school on greenside drive. officers say crews fixed it along with another one on north point avenue that had the lens spray painted. >> i understand it. i am not saying i approve of it, but i understand it. and the same way on the beltway with the speed cameras in the work zones. ideally, yes, but when they are not working,. >> why have them. >> why have them?

>> anyone with information about the vandalism is asked to call baltimore county police. number is at bottom of the screen 410-307-2020. people are upset in frederick county over speed cameras. according to the frederick news post, officers say someone damaged the speed camera but it's back up and running this morning. 4:36. new this morning, the secret nflplayer talks held in maryland took place at an undisclosed location on the eastern shore. the judge oversaw the talks yesterday between players and nfl commissioner roger goodall. all 32 owners are scheduled to meet in chicagonext week when a plan for a collective bargaining agreement could be prevented. we will keep you posted. who is not on facebook? this morning the social networking site is adding a newfeature. how facebook and iphone are linking up to help users share more information with one another.

plus, they are riding their beaks across the country in support of those who can't. we will explain more about this mission. you are watching "good morning maryland" at nine first and only at 4:30. before we head to break, a really cool picture of the moon in downtown baltimore. all those clouds that got justin aattention. we will have more on the weather, we will be right back.

now "good morning maryland" at 4:30. 4:39 right now. two guys from central pennsylvania are gearing up to bike across the country to raise awareness for disabled veterans. they both served in the army and decide they would bike from los angeles all the way to new york. the two set up a website bike usa.org. they want to help disabled vets in anyway they can. now maryland's most

powerful doppler radar and forecast certified most accurate by weatherate. >> the only way to describe the weather this week has been perfect. virtually clear skies have gave way to more clouds during the afternoon yesterday. we had clouds in the afternoon before but we started to dim out the sun late in the day. and temperatures this morning still pulled back. we have ourselves a part hi cloudy sky. you saw -- partly cloudy sky. you saw the moon shot. 57 cockeysville middle schoolsykesville and 56 up towards westminster. a little band of showers in the mountains that will have trouble getting in here a small chance of a shower increasing the clouds this morning. we will go to a high of 08, the two degree guarantee with late day storms. tonya has traffic. >> reporter: very quiet and accident free in the city and baltimore county. so that's great news. let's hope it stays that way for most of the morning. looking at the beltway on the northwest side, 695 at liberty, we have the usual construction on the inner loop to the right

of the screen. no problems, though, the outer loop has more involve to the left of the screen. we are dealing with basically construction. 395 northbound has the right lane closed. so be careful stay alert and there are workers on the jersey wall. 95 southbound after 395 they are wrapping up that construction on the right shoulder. megan. >> thanks. 4:41. facebook may soon release the photos sharing app for iphone. according to tech crunch the app is separate from the general iphone app i'm cord dogface book the site-- -- according to facebook, the site sees several per month. tech crunch says they will post more pictures of the app today. lynn bias death sent shock waves but another nba player makes a revelation.

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insurance are being denied treatment by doctors at much higher rates than those with private coverage. researchers say parents of sick kids seeking an appointment with a specialist. low medicaid reimbursements are likely the reason. today's defense will call the first witness in the casey anthony trial. the prosecution rested yesterday. over several weeks of testimony prosecutors have laid out the case. that caylee anthony was suffocated with duct tape and her mother is the one who did it. today is the gop leadership conference in new orleans. presidential candidate newt gingrich will deliver the keynote address. other speakers at the conference that runs through saturday include presidential candidates john huntsman and michelle bockmann. teens in baltimore city will have a safe place to go

starting tonight. sherrie johnson is here with new reaction to the center and how the city's mayor says it's going to help. >> reporter: well, the goal is to keep youth off the street and keep them safe and out of trouble. starting today the overnight curfew center will open thursday, friday and saturday each week until august 27th. the center opens at 11 p.m. on thursdays and midnight on other days. it closes each morning at 6 a.m. and children will be offered donated boxed meals while waiting for their parents to pick them up. this curfew senter's collaboration of several city agencies and it also holds parents accountable and provides families are access to city services. >> together the past three years we reduced juvenile homicide by 56% and juvenile shootings by 65%. this is not a cause for celebration. it's a cause -- it's a call for action. >> reporter: the center is located at the success academy at 200 east north avenue in

baltimore. the curfew senter is coordinated by the mayor's office of criminal justice in partnership with bolt more a city school system. -- baltimore's city school system. the former nba basketball player says he was with len bias the night he died. bias was the former number 2 overall pick in the 1986 draft from the university of maryland. now chris washburn who was the third pick in that draft told hoop style.com "i was up the whole night doing drugs and look back and that could have been me. i could have easily been in his shoes back then. n ba. official been a -- can be nba. official banned him for failing a third drug test for two seasons. report says howard county police arrested more than two dozen people for drug possessionand a -- at a pair of fir con-- phish concerts this weekend. they took more than 2,000 dollars in cash and three vehicles containing drugs. police say they took drugs

including marijuana nitrous oxide and methamphetamine and they say they issued 22 alcohol citations as well. she will need daily intensive therapy but representative gabrielle giffords left the hospital. she will live in a suburb of houston with her husband astronaut mark kelly. experts say a home environment could help stimulate her recovery. >> this kind of injury you are looking at a death rate of 95%. and not only did she survive, but every day experienced real and measurable progress. >> the hospital says she will continue rehabilitation with the same team she worked with sense arriving in late january. u.s. regulators in maryland say that water. [audio not understandable] in japan did not dry up as earlier feared. official was nuclear regulatory

commission spoke in rockville yesterday. the chairman warned that all the water was gone from one of the spent fuel pools at japan's troubled nuclear power plant raising the possibility of widespread nuclear fallout. the inner harbor is getting a huge boost. now you will be able to experience the taste of gumbo after the national chain the bubba gump slink company had replace fill -- shrimp company will replane phillips. it is from the movie foafort gump. they -- forest gump. maryland parents are planning the funeral of a 12- year-old boy who died in a atv accident. 12-year-old charles wiles died at johns hopkins children's center in baltimore. he lost control of an atv on his family's property in washington county on monday in the driveway of the family's home in a rural community of

cearfoss ten minutes away from five. health officials in southern maryland say they are focusing more on the elderly. the 2005 study by the u.s. census maryland department of planning predicted the bayside counties will have the largest increase in adult residents 60 and older by 2030. calvert and charles counties are predicted to experience a 240% growth compared to baltimore's city's 25% growth. all right. you won't be able to say that police officers are not fit especially after you see what they are about to do this weekend. you are going to see 20 officeers from the baltimore city police -- officers from the baltimore city police department running. $2 will be donated for every runner that finishes the race. the charity gives money to officers who run into unexpected emergencies.

>> especially good to know officers are out there raising money for the great causes and for signal 13. officers raising for officers is very special. >> the race is saturday morning 7:30 at the maryland zoo and by the way, officers are not the only ones you will be surprised how fit they are. meteorologists too. it's benefiting the cool kids campaign and relays for rags. justin berk raising money for cool kids. >> i will be part of that. now maryland's most -- >> there we go. it interrupted us. i will be part of it. i've been working with my wind for change going to area schools and we have raised over $14,000 just since january. and i started last place and for every person i pass they will give one additional dollar to cool kids. we will see how we can hold on. the weather not nearly as crisp

as all week going into the weekend. we have temperatures modifying in the ohio valley. we are 60 in baltimore and 63 in cincinnati. 76 in memphis. warm air trying to stroll in here. cluster of thunderstorms really fell apart as it dove to the south and widespread clout cover to the south this morning. one thing you will notice, there will be a wind chit and -- shift and a band of showers that's not very impressive. whoa may get a quick sprirchg ul but it will -- sprinkle but it will usher in higher humidity and warmer temperatures which is not great news after the nearly perfect weather. cloud are thickening up throughout the day. showers and thunderstorms try to get in during the afternoon and evening showers. we will start to see some of that and in fact we are looking for overnight showers and storms that will start the morning on the delmarva in ocean city. a break midday and we look for more storms to redevelop during the afternoon and we will deal with that. but pushing out of here good news saturday morning it gets out and we may get a brief push of dry air at the start of the race. the forecast in a moment.

08 today. and chances of scattered showers and we will look for temperatures overnight back down to about 65 and still a threat of showers. temperatures will be warming up. in fact 88 tomorrow. upper 80s to low 90s over the weekend and a large stretch of lo did have-- of low 90s next week. after the latest round of showers, hopefully we will get a brief dry spell. 65 to 70 partly cloudy race time at the maryland zoo at 7:30. hopefully you can cheer us on. it will be about 10,000 people out there half running. how about the traffic tonya? >> reporter: we are very light out there. great news. light traffic, light volume, no major accidents causing any major delays. let's look at 695 at providence. very light traffic. hardly anyone in the inner loop. we have the usual volume on the outer loop to the left of the screen. so far, construction is about to wrap up by 5 a.m. 359 northbound on the right lane and 95 southbound after 395 on the right shoulder.

>> thanks so much. pretty wild images out of vancouver. up next, why police had to be brought in after game 7 of thestanley cup finals between the canucks and bruins. plus, they buried osama bin laden at sea. now the crew of the navy ship is back on american water he. we will take you to the sell -- water. we will take you to the celebration coming up next.

now "good morning maryland" at # 4:30. yes. yes. news around the nation look at this. boston police some in riot gear is keeping a close watch on the boston bruin fans. they are celebrating the first stanley cup championship in nearly four decades. previous celebration resulted in three deaths and widespread

vandalism. but this is the scene look at this, vancouver british columbia overnight. fans rioted by torching cars and burned a bear the mascot of the bruins in effigy and vancouvercanuck fans were git getting in fist fights and flipping a car. it's believed the single campfire likely started the largest wild fire ever in the state of arizona. officials say they have two persons of interest that are being questioned. they row fuse to call them suspects or speculate whether charges will be filed. -- refuse to call them suspects or speculate whether charges will be filed. some residents have been allowed to return to their homes but evacuation orders remain in effect in other towns. . >> the ship that buried osama bin lad ann ship at sea is back in san diego. uss carl vinson returned seven month after the ship and crew were deployed to the middle east a asia. it was in the north arabian sea

when they picked up the body. after a religion remarks were made, u.s. military officials say osama bin lad ann body was tipped into the -- lad n's body was tipped into the oh -- osama bin laden's body was tipped into the ocean. now good morning maryland." >> so many people were so grateful. >> words of gratitude from a heart broken family who gathered with hundreds last night to remember two teenage girls killed in a hit-and-run. today, members of the public can start to pay tribute to the member of elijah cummings' family. details for the funeral plans for christopher cummings. and some say it's outrageous and they want something done about it. where you can voice your opinion on the proposed toll increases set to take place in october. those stories are just ahead. it's thursday, one day away from friday. thanks so much for joining us here on june 16th on good

morning maryland" i am megan pringle. justin is here to tell you about the weather. people want to know what it's going to be like on friday. >> and saturday and sunday. and we will get the beach weather as well. yesterday, it was so nice. and in fact, even warmer than last couple days. and we had ourselves less wind and more sun. cloud into the afternoon. this is glen oak and a lovely feegd behind late day cloud with temperatures in the 80s. down into the 50s west. we have 56 frederick and westminster. look at this. dc get that u.s. open thing going on. they are at 71 this morning and 66 in annapolis. so contrast this to what's happening up here. widespread across the region and there's a lig push of -- a little push of more clouds. highlighting showers west of hagerstown so if you are driving out 70 to 68