big trouble. tragic end for a search for 3-year-old. who is responsible for her death. >> reporter: i am sherrie johnson live in towson where people are driving by getting ready for the grand opening of gino's burgers and chicken. >> all that is straight ahead on this wednesday morning. good morning to you. i am charley crowson. >> i am megan pringle. thanks for joining us. beautiful night last night. rain came through, but i think people are sick of it even though we needed it. let's see what we have in store for the rest of the week and weekend. here justin berk. >> nearly perfect right now. i want to say good morning to charm city run in bel air. elementary school at 63 degrees. we have got comfortable humidity and a light wind and clear sky. and that's nearly a perfect morning to get out and get your jog on. we will check it out across the rest of the area. a warmer 68 in baltimore and near 70 annapolis. popping back to the eastern shore at 66 in easton. going the other direction and look at that. they have cooled down because they cleared out earlier up

towards york, p.a. at 57. megan said if there were showers that popped around midnight, charley said he got caught in it. why were you out at midnight. >> dylan. >> and you are chilling with bags under your eyes no you are not showing county annapolis and crafton between mid -- croftonbetween mid night and this morning. a high of 87 today and we will talk about storms returning in a moment. here tanya to rrn you back to work. >> reporter: overnight construction on pratt street downtown. two left lanes were closed. all those cones should be moved out of the way. let's look at the beltway. on the northwest side, at liberty road, no issues to report here through the inactive construction. outer loop most of the traffic with the oncoming traffic to the left of the screen. at the fort mchenry tunnel, everything is moving smoothly. these are the southbound cars out of the tunnel. no incidents in your way right

now. megan. >> news time is 5:31. as the ravens gear up for a new season, there is word this morning that a former player is in trouble with the law. linda so is here to tell us whypolice arrested jermaine lewis. >> reporter: the former wide receive ran over a sign with his car and left the scene. when they went to his house to question him, things got worse. police used a taser on lewis after they say he became combative and resisted arrest. we know him for the huge touchdown return during the ravens superbowl win in 2001. he played with the ravens for six years scoring 23 touchdowns. on monday night, people on the road say they saw lewis driving his dodge charger erratically. police say he ran into a sign at a volunteer firing company about a block from his home. cops went to his house and found him on the couch appearing intoxicated. when they tried to question him he was combative. police say he was tased and arrested. he was taken to the hospital. police say he admitted to

hitting the sign with his car and is out on bond but faces several charges failure to remain at the scene of an accident, driving on a suspended license and resisting arrest. linda so, abc2 news. around the nation this morning, remains of a 3-year- old girl from missouri missing for more than a week may have been found. police say a patrol officer found the body of breeann rodriguez in a ditch 8 miles from her hour cement was seen august 6th riding her bike in front of her home. authorities say a neighbor confessed to dumping the body after suffocating her with a plastic bag. he was arrested on saturday. i never been scared by lightning until today. it was we willry -- really scary. >> eight people were hurt in orlando at sea world. none were life-threatening injuries and luckily no one was hit directly. lightning hit the ground and people were warned about the oncoming storm and they were told to get out of the water. a couple climbers ended up stuck on 300 feet up in the air

as the ledge in california rescued crews were calledin to save them. the two 18-year-olds headed up without a harness and couldn't get back down. neither one was hurt. a taste of your childhood is coming back today. gino's which opened by baltimore cult great gino reopened and it is happening. many people cannot wait to walk in and walk down memory lane and get their hand on the food. >> reporter: we are here in front of gino's in towson. the opening is at 11 but there's a ribbon cutting at 10:30 this morning. right now i have one of the coowners joining me life. what an exciting day. are you expecting a great turnout? >> it should be an amazing turnout. we are expecting over a thousand people for lunch. >> reporter: unbelievable. highly anticipated. that's an understatement. >> underword of the day. >> reporter: and let's talk about the history here. tell me about gino's.

>> well it goes which back because my parents met and got engaged and married while working at gino's. >> reporter: and you have done a lot of preparation. they have had people driving -- people driving by all week and people have stopped by this morning in the parking lot trying to figure out what time it opens. >> we have had our staff in for two weeks and everyone clocked in 40 to 60 hours over the half the two weeks and we are trying to prepare as best as we can for the occasion. >> reporter: all right. thanks so much scott and good luck today. i am sure you are not going to need it. it will be tons of people here. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> reporter: so once again, it opens at 11:00 this morning and the ribbon cutting is at 10:30 and scott they are excited. they are going to have two police officers at the front door just to make sure everything is orderly and everyone has a great time. reporting live in towson, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. with touch and go for six

days, a oklahoma man comes down from his perch. >> what authorities did to talk the man down from a broadcast tower. and you run into the store for five minutes and come out to a parking ticket on your windshield. we have had that happen. a contest about parking ticket horror stories to prove a point. details coming up. when it comes to getting my family to eat breakfast, i could use all the help i can get. like nutella, a delicious hazelnut spread that's perfect on multigrain toast, even whole-wheat waffles, for a breakfast that my kids love and i feel good about serving. and nutella is made with simple, quality ingredients, like hazelnuts, skim milk, and a hint of cocoa. it's quick, easy and something everyone can agree on.

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now "good morning maryland." so it was stand off for the record books a 25-year-old man climbed up on a radio tower last thursday and didn't agree to come down until yesterday. he was on the tower for more than 125 hours make it the longest stand off ever for police. they say that he went -- went without food or water since friday. he was taken to the hospital and now he faces trespassing charges. a nonstop drought is causing nonstop water main breaks. water is wasted in what's call a daily epidemic. there are 600 breaks across the city of houston and crews can repair between 80 to 100 a day on a given day a lot of people are under strict water restrictions during the hottest

time of the year. we thought york road was bad. we have a look at towson on what's going to be a beautiful day. west towson elementary getting the glow over the eastern sky. we are a little more than half an hour from sunrise. 65. we could drop another notch or to. basically a very light wind and a beautiful set up here. virtually cloud free skies and there was a little flare-up of a shower. around baltimore and between south baltimore, and annapolis, we had some showers try to pop up between about midnight and 2 in the morning. just a little band of clouds dropping their way southward through the bay and we have virtually clear skies with high pressure in control and that's going to remain for the day a mostly sunny skies. we will start between 65 and 70 and the official sunrise there at 6:22. we take it from 8 a.m. to noon and warm it up to 83. the two degree guaranteed high with a sunny to partly cloudy afternoon, 87. and this evening through this evening at 8:00 at 80 degrees. we expect to have a look at

showers and storms for the rest of the week that we will talk about in a mom. here tanya. >> reporter: security boulevard that intersection reopened. all the water main work is now complete. let's look at 95. no issues to report on the southwest side. this is north of 195. all of that traffic is heading southbound. south of here 95 northbound at 198 there is a disabled vehicle there. 895 at the ritchie spur no incidents to report in either direction. although you do see a car parked over on a the right shoulder. so be careful there. charley. it was someone with a squeaky clean record can't afford a meter maid. >> we probably have had that story or we have heard it before. a parking ticket you get it when you run no a place quickly. a businessman in california desighed to hold a contest to -- decided to hold a contest to figure out the most infuriating situation a woman got two tickets in one week for overstaying in a two-hour parking zone. she moved her car but the mta told her she didn't move it far

enough. >> can't move around the corner or across the street, you can't move down the block. you have to be a complete city block away from where you were originally. the signs doesn't say that. it says you know two hour parking. >> implied rule. >> exactly. her prize was the business paid off the ticket which is nice. the small business owners who organized the contest are trying to prove parking enforcement has become so aggressive that it is scaring away customers. plans could be in the works to save a historic baltimore landmark. what's being done to keep an american writer's home from becoming nevermore. more controversy this morning over the baltimore grand prix. i am linda so. why several lawsuits have been filed.

three more weeks until the grand prix race is in downtown. but we have had an off the street fight that needs to be sete and -- set ed and linda so -- settled and linda so here is to explain. >> reporter: they say they have not been paid for the idea. you see a baltimore man and four of his associates came up

with the idea for the grand prix and sold it to the group organizing the race. sean connally says the group baltimore racing development was supposed to make a small payment several months ago and they didn't. that's why they filed lawsuits in baltimore city circuit court suing for hundreds of thousands of dollars. the lawsuits will not affect the three-day race. construction on the track, walls and grandstand are almost finished. no word on when the suits are come up in court. linda so, abc2 news. we want to at the . you avoid the traffic troubles when -- we want to help you avoid the traffic troubles when you go downtown. go to abc2news.com and find the suggested detours to help you get around the troubled spots. it's 5:46. the court hearing is scheduled for a woman charged with killing a coworker at an upscale yoga shop in bethesda a jump is expected -- judge is expected to discuss a filing of

pretrial motion for defense britney norwood due to stand trial on october 24th in the march splaying of jenna murray inside lululemon athletic store. they will seek a sentence of life without parole. if convicted of first-degree murder. a boat washed-up onshore and the boater nowhere to be found. this happened tuesday afternoon around 3:00 in the 4700 block of bayfield road. police say the man in the boat was 52-year-old dean dixon. he had been be crabbing for the day. the last time his family heard from him was around 11 on tuesday morning. national -- a national study on well-being found child poverty increased from 2000 to 2009. 20% of children were poor in 2009 representing a 2 1/2 million increase from 2000 when 17% of the nation's youth lived in low income homes. nevada had the highest rate of child poverty and parents

underemployed and drop out rates and infant mortality rates around the country are down. we can lrn more about the plans to -- learn more about the plans to save the home of edgar allen po. work is to find outside donors to continue funding to keep the house open. thousands visit the site but eye mate knob -- but it may not be enough to keep the doors opening in mayor stephanie rawlings blake will join members of the brooklyn home tenant council in celebration of a art project and community garden. the events start at 11 this morning and it is over on 10th street. today will be a busier day than normal at the cal rinkin world series. he will meet with but a players and -- ball players and coaches from japan and give them gifts. he first met with them last week when he announced he is going to visit japan this fall. the ongoing role as a public diplomat envoy and ripkin says with the baseball staff they will conduct a clinic with kids

from japan. the young baseball players were victims of the tsunami and earthquake that struck japan earlier this year. now "maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherate. >> today is a important date for baltimore. according to the almanac on this date every year, the 17th of august, it's the last date of the year that we have 8:00 sunshine. normally 65 in the morning and 85 due in the afternoon but in terms of the sun, as we are losing about 2 minutes of daylight each day as we accelerate towards the autumn season, the 6:21 sunrise but there's the 8:00 sunset we will talk about not having sun in the 8:00 hour beginning tomorrow. check out wide view. plenty of sunshine for today. high pressure is in control and the high pressure has a grip for just about a day and a half. and it slides off toward the east in a fast moving pattern but the wind flow behind it will increase out of the

southwest. that pumps in more heat. there's a cold front on the move through the great lakes and although not a tremendous a moisture with it, it has clouds and will spark showers and storms as it slides in our direction. again, about a day away. day and a half away. we will watch the future radar which ignites some showers ahead of the front during the morning. and we could get debris clouds mixing in during the day tomorrow. it will be a warm day and we will watch the showers and storms flare up here across the mountain. this is going to be an interesting setup. while we watch that back to the west, we are going to watch the surge of moisture trying to come up the coast. now we will have to see how that plays out during the day on thursday. and friday itself. a lot of rain is moving up the eastern seaboard not good news for the beaches for friday. and some of that could get pulled back northwest especially if our boundaries stalls out nearby and we will enhance the threat of rain. friday could be a stormy day and an improvement over the weekend. a warm one today, sunshine and with high pressure in control, and the winds out of the southwest will push it to 87.

our two degree guaranteed high. tonight back to about 67. mainly clear to start but then clouds roll in towards daybreak and then we will have to see what happens as this frontal boundary probably just to the west could spark some late day showers and storms. we will go to about 86. mid-80s but i expect more clouds and it could be stormy and wet for some of us on friday. something to keep in mind as the ravens are playing their home opener preseason game 85. 84 and an improvement on saturday. sunday evening through monday could be more storms returning back into central maryland. so far so good out there. no major incidents on our highways. we are going to check the southwest side of the beltway. 695 at wilkins avenue, we are doing fine at this point. traffic is building in both directions but it is flowing freely. everyone is at speed. let's go top side of the beltway at the harrisburg expressway, outer loop to the

right. with the entrance ramp, there's a truck on the right shoulder so many be careful as you -- so be careful as you pass. inner loop is fine. charley. >> after a few days on the road, the president is wrapping up his bus tour. >> where he is planning on making stops before heading back to washington. a suspect appears in a court. what investigators have been doing trying to connect him to that murder. you are watching "good morning maryland" a live look downtown harbor cam. we are back in a bit. when it comes to getting my family to eat breakfast,

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five things know before heading out the door. president obama continues toth three-state midwestern tour with the return to his home state. today, marks the third and final day of the president's midwestern tour where he hold town hall events in illinois. the president wraps up the bus tour. vice presidento bidesen in abea and in beijing today speaking about improved diplomatic and economic relations. second place fin initial

iowa straw poll republican presidential home fop ron paul is lawn pg his -- hopeful ron paul is launching his tour. accused jack mccullougha will be in court in connect with cold case that is a half century old. he is suspected a 7-year-old in 1957. the body was exhumed as they search for dma evidence connecting him to the murderer. governor o'malley will travel to ocean city where he will congratulate the ocean city development corporation on their 100th year project. now the buckingham hotel is the 100th building renovated under the improvement program. a huge sink hole in iowa caused drivers a major headache. crews stopped the leak. were they able to prevent roadcollapse. the campaign to save starving families in drought stricken kenya. how people around the world are responding. and the effects your looks

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you are watching the station that works for you "good morning maryland. we remember his it up down return during the ravens superbowl win in tampa this morning. jermaine lieuis is in trouble with the law. neighbors don't know they are there. people living by don't buy that excuse. this morning the latest on a fight to keep a crematorium out of a anne arundel county community. >> reporter: gino's is back. i am sherrie johnson. live in towson with more on the grand opening of gino's, an old favorite night wednesday morning. thanks for joining us. i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson. what's wednesday have in store for us? let's get that from meteorologist justin berk. >> donald said the severn was like a mirror this morning because of