that's what's making news in this lets dish is all about making classic dishes with an inventive twist. we'll turn the original boston c . now, good morning maryland. >> 3 months since his nephew was shot to death, no arrest. elijah cummings has gone back to where it began seeking answers and help. all schools scheduled to start classes after power outages, i'm sherrie johnson, what parents have to say. storm barreling through the latest from tropical depression lee and video we have to show you. i'm charley crowson. >> i'm megan pringle. mother nature sparked amazing footage from earthquakes to irene to lee.

>> let's get to justin berk to see how this is going to hang around for today. >> the main word there, answering the question of the day, how do you dress the kids for school? it will be wet and cooler, pants, no shorts and the raincoat. we are definitely going to be sensing a little bit of autumn. frontal boundary pushed through. the rain extends to the deep south. over closer, a break in the action right now, expecting waves of rain to come through and it could be heavy at times. 63 where we start. not much movement on the thermometer throughout the day. we will talk about that and talk about the major hurricane katia. tanya is in studio. >> some people will be happy. i will get to that in a moment. we are accident free in baltimore city and county. light traffic now. let's look at the beltway, bel

air, light traffic in both directions. nothing to worry about, just the damp roads. light in conway, it's open, a lot of the streets are opening up, all opened up by 6:00 a.m. 394 north, access to howard and conway and as you can see here light and conway is open, watch out for cones and construction vehicles taking down the fences. when did you get your power on? for some a day after the storm, others waited until thursday and sunday afternoon. it's now tuesday morning as of yesterday everybody was back on line with bge. at one point 750,000 customers were without power all thanks to irene. bge says irene did more damage to the equipment than anything else. schools also suffered damage. due to the outages m had to

start late. 13 schools in baltimore opened for the first time. >> some are wondering for the priority of bge was not the schools. for more as well as the start of the day, sherrie johnson is live with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, we are here at perry hall elementary. look behind me, they are ready for the staff and students to come. a nice little welcome back balloon and flowers here, waiting to greet students and the teachers once they arrive this morning. again, later this morning, baltimore county school superintendent will make a stop here at this school to kick off his visit all baltimore county schools are scheduled to open today. students had a delayed start to the school year because of hurricane irene, and the power outages, dr. harrison decided to celebrate students return to school with a visit today. he plans to visit 7 elementary schools along with members of

the board of education of baltimore county and executive and students at 13 schools had an extra week off thanks to the power outages, the storm knocked out power to 65 schools in baltimore, bge brought in 2300 extra workers from 18 states, the largest effort since isabelle in 2003. some parents questioned bge's efforts. >> they did their best but i think they could hire more contractors. >> reporter: again, all baltimore county schools will have to make up the two days and have to determine about wednesday, thursday and friday, whether those schools will be waived as well. dr. hairston, will be visiting at 8:55 this morning. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. for a list of schools heading back and the latest on school information, head to

abc2news.com, and moms and dads for example you got a little one headed back to class, we want to see. sends us your pictures. abc2 news working for you as your college students are heading off and kicking off the new school year. important tips when it comes to financial safety. better business burreau row recommending first and foremost, kem get them a safe, they can keep credit cards and student identification in there. personal information, tell them not to share the credit card or pen numbers with anyone even with their roommate or best friend. make sure their computer has the latest antivirus and spyware. life is getting back to normal after the grand prix. how much did the race help our local economy? we will have to wait for the official results. those are expected to be released by thursday. businesses say it's helped and

hurt. reaction was mixed. reggie's bistro saw up 20% in sales. other shops shut down saying customers couldn't get to their stores. >> a lot of people stayed out of the city, regular shoppers, i had the impression most of the visitors were in the self enclosed area. it was self contained event. >> most business owners agree the traffic detour business scaring away customers. >> some numbers are in from the race, though, talking about television. it was a televised event. according to the numbers, the baltimore grand prix gave it the highest rated event in the history of their broadcasting. indy races showing off baltimore exceeded any other race. they aired by 5 9% and raised

the audience by a quarter. it was formally the outdoor life network. the traffic is stirring things up. most roads are open this morning and running normally. some other side streets downtown won't open until 6:00 this morning just in time for rush hour. we will check this with tonya for the latest in a moment. we are less than a week away from the 10th anniversary of the september 11th attacks. many are taking time to reflect, including a fellow fighter pilot, he watched the twin towers attacked. pilots were told to get to craft and the nation was under attack. the primary target was a 757 that turned around in ohio and started flying back for the capitol. dan and other pilots may have had to have killed thousands of americans. >> do i think we could have

done anything? i'm careful to say i don't know. i don't know whether we would have been able to detect them or able to position ourselves in a place to stop them and affectively execute an interat intercept. >> the passengers aboard flight 93 became the heroes that day. storm damage continues to be a major factor. >> tropical depression lee pours buckets of rain on residents. this is a peek of what they are experiencing. congressman cummings heads to the site where his nephew was murdered. a live look down at the nation's capitol building. =f>

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those in tuscaloosa, alabama. forecasters say by northern alabama, they could have as much as 10 inches of rain. these are in from wood stock, georgia. many homes were damaged. fallen tree as huge problem. another storm around in the atlantic, check this out on radar, katia a category 4 storm, winds of 135 miles an hour. it's moving slowly. so far the only backlash from the storm are severe rich currents in the waters off of the far east coast. justin, we had a lot of rain here over the last day, so i know people are expecting going back to school, when is this going to stop? >> a long duration event. we can thank what we have for protecting us. see the latest imageries showing a little bit of a turn

towards northwest, a look here at hurricane katia, winds down now, winds come down, 125, category 3 storm breaking news, latest update from the national hurricane center as having issues with mid level wind sheer and how the models handle this. see the curve between bermuda and the united states. my babysitter is on a cruise with her family and unfortunately they will be dealing with high wave tons east coast. we got our problems here with the remnants of lee, that's continuing to spread through the deep south, along and backside of the frontal boundary. we are on the wet side. a few sprinkles this morning. rain to be expected. heavier in the afternoon. temperatures barely move out of the middle 60s. an accident with injuries, 95 southbound, at kateen. it's not causing too much of a problem traffic wise. let's look at the beltway on

the northwest side, 695 at liberty. the outer loop, where most of the volume is right now. traffic is building in both directions through the construction. 95 at 395, the top of your screen, it's hard to see. that's the ramp to 395, that's open. most of the roads after the grand prix are going to be open by 6:00 a.m. you can access pratt street but there are lots of cones and equipment, be careful as you get through there. also light and conway are open. the worst ght since the 1950, now to make matters worse, they are dealing with wild fires and big. the growing flames are forcing people to leave homes. magnolia, texas, threatening 150 acres this is fueled by strong winds. sheriff's deputies are going door to door to warn people. 60 wild fires started in the last two days. if you are heading to work

and driving a honda, you may want to think twice. >> we got all the information you need to know coming up. you head to e bay? one man is selling a unique item, a building. we will explain when we look around the nation. as we head live to break, we are going to look at these pictures, northern parkway, and karen, flooding an issue. that's the story around the county and around the city today. we will bring you live pictures and traffic updates throughout the morning, we'll be right back. ñw ñ[=

homeland security will be the topic of the day many our state. governor o'malley is hosting a cabinet meeting this afternoon in annapolis. reporters are not invited to the meeting, only for the governor's opening remarks.

a court hearing in florida for the teen accused of impersonating a physician's assistant. the 17-year-old is facing five felony accounts. he kept requesting access to restricted parts of the hospital that made them suspicious. they found he was a part time billing clerk, not a physician's assistant. race stalled before it got to the starting line yesterday. nascar had to postpone the race at atlanta motor speedway. it has been rescheduled today at 11:00. grab your phone and skinny latte, starbucks ceo is fed up with washington. tonight he is leading a national telephone town hall discussing ways to restore confidence in politics and the u.s. economy. it's hosted by a nonpartisan group calling them no labels. the oscars will be hosted by eddie murphy. media reports put him as the front run tore host next year.

director of murphy's next film, tower heist, is producing the show and he is expected to recommend murphy. a recall to tell you about. if you drive a honda, pay attention , the company is recalling nearly a million cars. the models are the 2006crv, and 2005 compact fit. honda says the voluntary recall was issued to replace power window switches which can cause fires. bmw are working on headlines with laser technology. the laser headlight produce a light a thousand times brighter and cut the consumption in half. it poses no harm to humans or animals. we have been following a tragic story of maryland congressman cummings nephew gunned down. the congressman traveled to

norfolk where this happened to see if he can make progress. >> it r the living in the unsame house wher someone killed his nephew. cummings asked the community to help especially with finding the person who killed his nephe cummings asked the community to help especially with finding the person who killed his ne. his nephew. cummings asked the community to help especially with finding the person who killed his nephew. >> whoever the persons were that did this, believe me, believe me, will do it again. you don't kill somebody that viciously, and not do it again. christopher is dead. he is gone. so i'm not here for him, i'm here for the other students.

>> court documents show investigators produced photo lineup of six people, a witness picked out a new port news man and he says he was at home hours before chris was murdered. the man was not arrested but police filed a warrant to search his home and take fingerprints along with dna. a massachusetts neighborhood is now grieving the deaths of an entire family. look at this. all of this after a mom and her two kids were killed in what police are calling a case of domestic violence. police arrested the boyfriend of 39-year-old ma leeca, accused of killing her and two teenage children. florida woman and her toddler son are alive thanks to a quick thinking teen. officials are saying the woman lost control of her mini van, crossed several lanes of traffic and plowed in to a pump at a gas station. the van caught fire. 18-year-old cody, saw what happened and jumped in to

action pulling the boy out of the van, mother and son were taken to a local hospital with minor injuries. the accident is being investigated. you can buy a lot of things on e bay. the real estate market has take an toll on first merchants bank tower the current owners say they have to sell them because they cannot afford the taxes. you can find pictures on e bay, asking price 4.5 million dollars. the realtor says he received inquiries from as far away as china and spain. hundreds bearing it all for the naked bike ride. riders of all shapes and sizes took it to the streets, we got a little bit of video, slightly bird. people lined the sidewalks to gawk as the bikers made their

way through downtown. it wrapped up the northern libraries, the bars welcomed the bare and slightly clad alikes. i have two questions, do they have specially designed seat? what happens if like the guys hit a bump? >> sounds painful. >> andra rather -- and rather unattractive, don't you think? >> i have a marathon, i think we scheduled that at the wrong time. ours is a clothed event. we got a look at weather where you want to dress accordingly. lee sitting and spitting somewhere near northern sections of alabama and north of georgia. slowly working up towards the north. trailing boundaries, severe weather pushing for the west coast of florida, tampa about twisters, sarasota region and north of orlando for today. pulling this up to the north, a lot of moisture here, and days

of rain continue upper level low sits here, katia off the coast. bands of rain on the cool side of a frontal boundary. future radar locked in on top of baltimore. we got the lock in of possible heavy rain, taking in through thursday morning. wet, the flood watch continues, and 68 degreess the best we are going to do this afternoon as we stall things and get down to 63, overnight checking out the extended outlook for the rest of the week in to the weekend coming up in the next half hour. now, the major accident we have is 95 southbound. an accident with injuries in the left lane. not causing too much of a traffic problem. this is 695, baltimore national pike, very light traffic. as the wet lens has the camera stopped. light in conway downtown. it's open after the grand prix.

pratt is also open but lots of cone, lots of equipment there trying to get the fencing down. be careful if you are traveling any of those newly opened streets. they should be open by 6:00. hostage situation in australia kept police busy all morning. >> theyest and how it's making news -- the latest and how it's making news. china may have helped supply weapons to libya during the uprising. why it's a problem, coming up in a bit. you are watching good morning maryland. a life look at some wet roadways. minor flooding, northern parkway. more on this coming up throughout the course of the morning. aa

too mu developing is story out of australia. there is possibly been a bomb, a man carrying a bomb taking a

child hostage in sydney. officials are saying the shirredless man could be seen wearing a wig, worn by australian lawmakers looking from the second floor window. he has a suspicious looking we'll backpack. police appear to be talking to the suspect now over the phone. libya, reports of shopping lists for weapons have been found. it contains weapons from rockets and machine guns, 150 million bullets, written by retired libyan army colonel, found in the trash in tripoli. the documents suggest china may have sold the weapons to libya despite a u.n. ban. then we put some of the scallops right across the top of the lettuce. now for a couple sprinkles and were good to go. take a little hardboiled egg. sprinkle on top.

it's a great lunch salad. remember those pieces of bread we put on the grill. took them off rubbed them with raw garlic. and a couple of those. finis report recommends the arms be sent to algeria and they would ship the types and quantitys to the arms to libya. officials acknowledge that a meeting did take place between the two countries but deny pakistan

baltimore roads, we got post grand prix coming up. all county schools are scheduled to open after power outages closed some of them. i'm sherrie johnson, coming up, what some students have to say about the delays. >> a look back at september 11, 2001, a tour of the towers replacing the world trade center. good wet tuesday to you. i'm charley crowson. >> i'm megan pringle. >> it keeps coming. it eased us, in the afternoon when i got up this morning, there it is. >> a lot of people are growning this morning as the people heading back to scoovment that's the big story. -- school, that's the big story. here comes the rain again. falling on my head like a -- yeah. rain, rain, all the down