for unemployment benefits last week. the latest on the ripple effects, take go on wall street. a surprising campaign promise from a presidential candidate. what michelle bachmann says she will do if elected. storms rolled through the areas, causing major damage. it is friday morning, thanks for joining us, i'm megan pringle. charlie crowson has the day off. sending it over to meteorologist justin burke. >> reporter: i think charlie had to go storm chase and go he didn't have to go too far. the largest hail i could find yesterday four miles south of

darlington. this one coming in at around 6:00 eastern. this one blew through and another series of showers moving through overnight. i think we get more clouds and could spark midday storms. especially toward dc, richmond, virginia. then the threat builds back in for the rest of us. we have a report of a disabled vehicle on the inner loop at wilkins. i-95 north of 195, we have a broken down car stopped. you can see the police officer there. most of our traffic is running southbound. this is the jfx, starting to

get some volume here. no problems to report with the drive time. that will take you about six minutes, traveling the outer loop from bel air to providence is six minutes and 695 to 70 is seven minutes. the asian stock market already open today and it is not good. it is all over concerns of a possible united states recession and the growing debt crisis in europe. this comes after another wild day on wall street. >> reporter: asian markets fell sharply today, sparked by growing fears of a second recession in the united states and the debt crisis in europe. the dow plunged 41 points yesterday and new jobless claims are up 400,000 again this week during the first ten days of august. $23.5 billion were pulled from 401-ks.

the worst hit since october of 2008. cash holdings are at their highest weddings in two years. fear based decisionmaking when can it comes to investments will always cause to you lose wealth. some say some companies say don't worry, some companies are buying back stocks in a show of confidence. president obama is preparing a major address on the economy after labor day. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. presidential hopeful michelle bachmann makes an unexpected campaign promise at a town hall meeting in greenville, south carolina. under president bachmann, you will see gasoline come down below $2 again. that will happen. experts say there is a problem with this claim, because

it is just unrealistic. it is completely fact free. in the first place, it is not up to the president to fix the oil prices. >> it is an entirely irrational, baseless claim. not doable. the only way you can bring gas prices to $2 is if you cut the price of a barrel of oil in half. the likely way to get there is a global depression. >> reporter: bachmann hasn't explained yet how she would get gas to $25 a gallon. making news around the nation this morning, a florida woman faces child neglect and careless driving charges. she put the baby she was watching in the we have had a pickup truck. witnesses saw the baby in the stroller of a truck and the babysitter was arrested. like a scene from the flint stones. listen to this. a michigan man uses feet to try to stop his truck. the driver must have thought he was in the stone age i don't what he was doing, it is so

stupid, it is funny. he admitted or knew that he had no brakes, and decided to drive anyhow. going down a major highway, at 40 miles per hour, it is just amazing that this wasn't more severe than it actually turned out to be. threatening ordeal for a family in detroit, their suv swallowed up by a sinkhole. they did manage to get out safely, however it is not known what caused the sinkhole in the first place. people in the area say there was a water main break repaired there this time last year and they have noticed a dip in the road recently. 6: 6:35 right now. a redesign when it is disguised as cheap stitching. you are going to be paying more to clothes this fall, even though you will be getting less. here in charm city, we'll

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now more pink slips are being handed out. the wall street journal is reporting this morning that bank of america is cutting 3500 jobs this quarter. and it is working on restructuring plans that could eliminate thousands of more additional positions. the initial cuts are expected to be completed by the end of september, with some employees having already been notified. it is possible that in the end, at least 10,000 positions may be cut. the airline that flies for puerto rico will now soon be heading to aruba as well. the service will be rolled out december 17th, just in time

for a sunny holiday get away. fares start at $159 each way. retailers are trying a few new tricks and are raising prices on merchandise an average of 10% this fall. they are trying to offset the rising costs for material and labor. stores are trying to hide the fact you are going to be paying more and merchants are worried customers who are weighed down will cringe at the high prices. certainly time is running out for you to save money to back to school shopping. because that tax free holiday ends tomorrow. however, in celebration of it, shoppers will benefit from this weekend's back to school super sale. it features three days of special promotions and shoppers can enjoy the family fun weekend, which they say includes live music and even some dancing. it is easier for you to buy

fresh, healthy food. the baltimore food co-op is aimed at bringing fresh, healthy food into the area. the market not only helps local people find fresh foods, but local businesses helping them too. >> for my budget, it's better for my pocketbook. the co-op has close to 600 members and is growing and had he hope to bring in more local foods and products and host a special event. purple friday is back. they are coming back on here at mnt for the ravens preseason home opener. strong storms in the area caused major damage, i'm sherrie

johnson. a look at what some people have coming up this morning. storms in west virginia, this try to go east and it is possible they get to central maryland close to the lunch hour. we have a couple of disabled vehicles not causing too much of a problem there. how things are moving along, when "good morning maryland" continues. @póo

good morning, and happy friday. thanks for joining us, i'm megan pringle. charlie crowson is off today. look at these temperatures. low 60s north and west. same story westminister. 66 laurel, you got hit hard with those storms yesterday, and numerous reports of one inch hail. darlington, just here south, you had golf ball-sized hail yesterday. not many problems on maryland's most popular radar. look at the cluster of lightning

pushing through central virginia. yes we could get some by midday, 84. through this evening, which may include the ravens game. we have a broken down car on the inner loop at bell air road. we are doing okay for the most par on the beltway. traffic is moving fine there 695 at liberty road. we have the jfx moving smoothly. volume running southbound. we are also doing fine at the 41st street overpass. this morning some people are waking up without power or have major damage to their homes. now the clean up begins. sherrie johnson is live this morning with what people are dealing with. >> reporter: crews worked all night and were able to restore

power to over 20,000 customers. right now we are told 1100 customers are still without power and folks in the perry hall area are cleaning up this morning after major damage there. there was damage to 12 units in the chapel village condominiums off bel air road and perry hall. a bolt of lightning hit the building and sparked a fire there. no one was hurt. everyone made it out of the building safely. fire crews had at least two lightning strikes to deal with. a homeowner on fox well road heard a loud boom. lightning hit the shed next to his home. folks say a very scary nigh. on the one that hit this building it was like bang, bang, that quick. no pause. once again in the perry

hall area with the condition miniums, there was about $5000 worth of damage there. the american red cross is trying to help people find a place to live. you can track the storms down your very own street. download your weather apps down to your i-phone or weather pad. a group of 2500 motorcyclists are heading from pennsylvania all the way to arlington, virginia. the rally is in honor of those who lost their lives in the september 11th attacks. today the group would travel a route that includes several major roadways in washington and frederick counties. keep in mind they will be heading back through maryland. this morning police are searching for a murder suspect in the death of a teenager. it happened in nottingham.

bradley robinson had just graduated from high school and had been working two jobs. family members he received a phone call that lured him out of his house, where he became the target on jack pine place i can't you need to turn yourself in it is a shame, y'all have really hur his family he don't bother anybody. he don't go anywhere. i don't understand why would you do this to him? >> robinson's family plans to hold a candlelight vigil for him tomorrow on green needle drive. 64:00 right now. we have new information this morning on a missing frederick woman in aruba. authorities have postponed a search for the remains of robyn gardner until next week. they need more time to prepare for the large scale operation. it had been expected to end by

the end of this week. a man from gaithersburg named gary giardano is being held as a speck. learning this morning about rabid bats you need to be aware of. 12 bats have been captured in the city and they were testing positive for rabies. if you have been bitten or scratched, we are told immediately wash that wound, get some medical attention and call animal control. >> if they find one in the household, confine it to a space, call 311 and make a complaint. human rabies cases are extremely rare. the last one, in our case, dates back to 1976. the maryland department of health is confirming the first

case of west nile virus this year. 23 marylanders were inspected. if you want more information, all you have to do is head to our website abc2news.com. also this morning, three convicted people in memphis, tennessee. they were convicted of killing three boys back in 1993. they could be freed in a court hearing today. the west memphis three are expected to attend a court hearing in jonesboro, arkansas. the deal is in the works where the men can be freed and maintain their innocence. today in the midwest, governors from states along the missouri river will meet in omaha, nebraska talking about flood and go future preparations for flooding, happening again today. president obama begins his family vacation on marcia's vineyard. he was promoting his economic

policies. obama has been traveling with his counter trips ries im-- terrorism chief. the governor is going to attend the plan maryland conference. dr. joe harrison will address school leaders this morning. he is going to set the tone for the new school year and discuss expectations for the year ahead. the event starts at 8:30. 6:52 right now. the ravens are back and they are hitting the field tonight for the second preseason game. abc2 news's linda so has more on what fans are saying this morning. >> reporter: megan, get your purple on. purple friday is back. the ravens will face the cancer chiefs today. the game starts at 7:30 tonight. fans have been waiting

anxiously for the new season to begin. the first was on the road against the eagles. they lost that one 13-6. the ravens have gone through a lot of changes through the off season. you are going to see a lot of new layers and fans are looking forward to that. they are also excited about what joe flacco is going to do this season. >> wondering what's going to happen, i was sorry to see todd heap and derrick mason go. but they have signed some new players. i think it is going to be exciting. good to see what is going to happen. >> the game starts at 7:30 tonight. the ravens will be back on the field next thursday for their game against the redskins and they open the season here on september 11th at 1:00 p.m. against the pittsburgh

steelers. linda so, abc2 news. if you are looking for something to do tomorrow, comedian bill cosby is going to be in town, taking the stage at peer 6. if you want to see him, you have to hurry up and get in touch with pier 6. you can find those tickets on the website wasn't bad at all until we got hit with the afternoon boomers. the heavy rain and vivid lightning, somebody described it on twitter like war of the worlds. the lightning stretched it's up to hartford county wasn't -- its way up to hartford county. as you see this flaring up in the atmosphere, wrapping around a large pool of cool air

aloft. that is only going to destableize the area even more. typically when you get these disturbances passing through our south, that only is going to enhance the southeast early wind. the wind coming off the chesapeake, that often increases our threat of getting storms. showers and storms midday early afternoon, you see them watch them work toward the midwest. we could have another round, afternoon and evening of rough weather. done guarantee the stadium will get wet, there will be storm in the vicinity we bring it back in on sunday. today partly sunny we'll start

off with the dry weather and midday clouds. some could contain more hail and damaging wind and lightning. back to 66 overnight with a good chance of evening and overnight storms. i think we diminish the chance tomorrow with isolated afternoon storms, sunday and monday highs staying in upper 80s. we are doing better on the southwest side. 695 at wilkins, we have some volume. we are moving along nicely here. no problems to report. this is the beltway at harrisburg expressway. outer loop traffic is the oncoming traffic. not stop and go. nice to see traffic moving so smoothly on a friday. that sort of the bummer about the weather. on the weekend, come on.

i know. the sun, buckle up. >> be safe out there. have a great weekend, ale we'll have updates in about a half hour. have a great morning. [ dog barking ] mom!

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