up next on mirror mirror. this is a good secret tip. the secret's behind successful home hair coloring. jeans now come in every color of the rainbow. making this bright trend work for your figure. all sunglasses are not created equal. they're going to give you great depth perception from lens color to sun protection features. family pleads for help months after christopher cummings death. still no arrests this morning. all baltimore county public schools are open after power outages closed some of the schools. i'm sherrie johnson, coming up i will tell you about special visitors that will be touring the schools today. how far would you go to find a missing pet? a family spares no expense to find their four legged friend. it's august 6th, the wet one,

people getting back to work after the labor day holiday. thank you for joining us. tough to get back to work when the weather is like it is today. harder i would imagine for kids going back to school. that's the case today. >> that's the case. one of the biggest questions i've had over the weekend, last night is how do i dress the kids for school? my own boy was like, come on, it's early september. don't put the jeans out. it's going to be wet and cooler and they will be happy that you did dress them in typical autumn gear. pants, long sleeve shirts. a lot of rain, rain extends the bottom of the screen up the ohio, tennessee river valley, to the appalachians. a lull overnight, a bands of rain pushing through montgomery county. starting to surgery up. s wearing it tonal coloring.

front came through overnight. that shifted the winds not really strong as of now but colder. 63 baltimore. 57 back towards altuna. 76 ocean city, and 80 norfolk. there is the boundary and risk of severe weather. stay on the cool side of a boundary with rain that becomes steadier. we are looking for temperatures staying in the mid, maybe upper 60s in to the afternoon. that qualifies for jeans and a long sleeve shirt. sounds good to me. an accident arundel, i-97 southbound at new cut road. earlier accident 95, southbound, cleared out of the way. beltway, this may look like it's not moving but traffic is fine. no problems to report. jfx north avenue, no issues downtown, the roads downtown for the most part are open, lots of cones out of the way but the barriers are up.

light and conway, no issues to report. be careful going through the open roads. baltimore county superintendent is taking time to welcome students. sherrie johnson is live at perry hall with more on a great welcome back. . >> reporter: we are here at perry hall. take a look, the staff has worked hard to welcome students back. look at this, balloons all over the front of the school here, nice flowers here. a welcome sight. today, students are going to have a special guesting severalment schools superten dan, dr. joe will make a stop here at this school later this morning, students had a delayed start to the school year because of hurricane irene, dr. harrisston decided to celebrate with a visit today and plans to visit 7 elementary schools along with members of the board

of education of baltimore county and county executive, kevin cam nant. students at 13 schools had another week off because of power outages from hurricane irene. staff and students are ready to focus on teaching and learning. all baltimore county students h have to make up the days missed. the state board of education will determine if last wednesday, thursday, and friday will be waived for the remaining schools. the tour kicks off at perry hall elementary at 8:55 and coming up, we will hear a little bit about what some parents have to say about the delays with starting school because of the power outages. sherrie johnson, abc 2 news. it's been 3 months since chris cummings was shot at his off campus apartment in virginia. no one has been charged. congressman elijah cummings

went there to speak to students that moved in to chris' home where this took place. and dan. >> 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. >> court documents show investigators produced a photo lineup of six people in the case. the witness picked out a 20 year-old new port news man saying he was there hours before the murder. the man was not arrested but police filed a warrant to search his home and take fingerprints and dna. a shooting on the parade in brooklyn left three people dead. gun shots rang out after the

parade, marred by deadly shootings in 03 and 05, post parade parties are common. police won't say it was related to any events. wild fire burns out of control in texas. thousands of people have basketball forced to evacuate. the forest service says satellite images shows the fire stretching 25,000-acres and firefighters are used black hawk holters to douse the flames. they are in the middle of the worst fire season in history, worst brought since 1950. quick thinking grandfather is hail adhere hailed a hero. a missing dog has a family going to extremes to find him. what they are doing to get their beloved pooch back.

grandfather in chattanooga,

tennessee is being called a hero. they were visiting from memphis for a family reunion, rising flood waters carried their car several feet. he thought quickly to save himself and dprapped kids. >> i had to pick -- grand kids. >> i had to pick both of them up. >> i wanted to get out of the water, that's why i was crying. >> yates was a hero. they are fine this morning as for the super beetle, the car didn't make it. hurricane katia looked impressive overnight. see the eye going through. little bit of sheer on the west side, hint of the winds ahead

of what is remaining from lee and helping to steer this off the coast. that's been the projection here and we are sticking to it. it's made the curve to the northwest. may resurge a little bit today if we can regenerate the eye wall. rip currents across the east coast. we got our own problems, with the remnants of lee rolling up our stalled frontal boundary. we are on the cooler side. how long does it last? we are explain in a couple of minutes. a broken down car, 95 southbound, somewhere near the ramp to keith avenue. be careful. 95, north of 195s traffic is running southbound. no problems reported between the beltways. 195 clear to bwi. jfx moving well at northern parkway. light traffic now, most of it running southbound, no problems to report.

we are doing okay at cold spring. on coming traffic is heading southbound. back to you. make a big difference. women get stuck in these makeup ruts. you love roxy, how much would you pay if she ran away? >> i would do anything to get her back. >> they live near dc, money, no object, to get back their beagle. she has been missing since april. look at that face. the dog disappeared while they were out with a dog walker, since then, they pulled out all the stops to get their pooch back and hired out of state trackers at $100 an hour, and set up a website, dedicated a phone line and set up a motion sensor camera, the cost so far, more than $10,000. >> we made a promise to try and take care of her,. >> it's crazy, how much you would spend on a lost dog but

it shows how much these people care about their animal. >> the efforts resulted in phone calls and emails. not all are people wanting to help. the last sighting came in from chevy chase, maryland. when people are make-up shopping they're drawn to afe co are the is a big shakeup coming on the way for one presidential hopeful. they think dusty rose, or something that's very neutral and the truth is

now, good morning maryland. >> 13 schools in baltimore will go back for the first time after a lot of power outages. some parents wondering for schools maybe weren't a big priority for bge. for the latest we will send it live to sherrie johnson, she is at perry hall elementary this monning. >> reporter: let me tell you, in just a few hours here at perry hall elementary school, students and staff will be headed right through those doors here at 8:55 this morning. they are in for a treat. special guests joining them.

baltimore county school superintendent, will make a stop here this morning. all baltimore county schools are scheduled to open today. students had a delayed start to the school year because of hurricane irene. dr. harrisston decided to celebrate students return with a visit today and plans to visit 7 along with members of the board of education of baltimore county and county executive. students 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, it's the largest effort since isabelle in 2003. with that, some parents question bge's efforts. >> they did their best, but i think they could hire for contractors. >> reporter: see little welcome

signs along the front of the school. all schools will have to make up two days. the state board of education will determine if last wednesday, thursday, and friday will be waived for the remaining schools. that tour kicks off at 85:00 this morning with dr. -- 8:55 this morning with dr. harrisston. new for the flu season this year , the first flu shot that workings with a tiny needleless scary of a skin prick and hitting this market this fall. but it's for adults and limited in availability. wider distribution is set for next year. doctors say there is plenty of more vaccines to go around. campaign chief and manager for michele bachmann, leaving in a campaign shake you have. bachmann manager says he doesn't have the stamina for 12- 14 hour days on the trail.

he says he planned transition after putting to place a campaign team and getting past the straw poll. he plans to continue as a senior advisor. david polanski decided it was good for him to leave as well. college football, miami and maryland wrapping up week one at the stadium. terps, sporting new uniforms. randy says he took the look as an effort to get the state behind his team. back and forth throughout much of the four quarters, 26-24, this was the field goal that put miami up and a little bit later, 26-24 rs maryland, and chris steps in from of a offing from the miami quarterback, goes 56 yards, final score, 32- 24, everyone talking about the

maryland uniforms, there you go, what do you think? >> they are interesting. my sister wrote us a text message saying did maryland lose a bet? >> the uniforms are 32 different designs. this is the design he rolled out yesterday. players loved it. that was their choice for the opening game last night. >> maryland's spirit. we posted the story in a shot of the uniforms if you want to weigh in, we would love to know what you think. >> there you go. this is not allowed. no. does this length matter at all? no. . 63 degrees, that temperature not going to change much today. perry hall but not at the elementary school.

61, north wind 5. many of you picked up an inch and a half yesterday and we could add more for today. how about schools in arundel, power it back on. arnold, 62. 63 edgewood, deerfield. edgewater 63 degrees, central middle school. satellite, radar composite. we had a lull. if you are getting ready to head out the door for example -- the rain is knocking on the doorstep. backside and west side of the bellway. this is the reason, the remnant of lee sitting there and rolling near hundredsville, alabama. -- huntsville, alabama. through florida up on the east side. a front call boundary came through. we are on the cold side which keeps our temperatures down and diminishes our threat of outbreaks. temperatures near 80 virginia beach. they could have severe weather

today. we get moderate to heavy rainfall. rolling on in through thursday morning as well. not much movement today. 68 at best with the flood watch. heavy rain at times tonight back to 63, warming things up a little bit, 70s tomorrow. approaching 80s by thursday and showers in to the start of the weekend. i-97 southbound, arundel, an accident over on the right shoulder. be careful as you pass, stay to the left if you can. 95 north of i-95. southbound traffic to the right, going to slow down ahead because an accident reported 95 south at 195, 195 is clear. jfx, 41st, from the overpass, a little bit of traffic southbound downtown, no problems to report. we are doing fine, jfx, north

avenue. it's safe to go downtown once again. he wore scrubs, lab coat and a badge, but he was not a doctor. the charges a 17 year old is facing after he lied his way in to one local hospital and helped with a pending patient. ceo for starbucks calling on washington to make changes. how he plans to get his voice and yours heard. the mac 'n cheese big daddy patty melt. and you thought just the name was a mouthful. the new "let's get cheesy" menu. starting at $4.99. only at denny's.

so, skin tags are usually just a benign growth. it's not harmful, and they show up as a fleshy tag, with a little stalk, that grows off either the neck, under the breast, under the armpits, or the groin. former massachusetts governor mitt romney  address supporters. career politicians cannot fix the u.s. economic woes, he says, will roll out his own plan. the move comes as barack obama prepares to release his portion of the jobs plan thursday night. a teenager faces felony charges for performing procedures on patients. howard shultz is fed up with washington so he is leading a telephone town hall meeting tonight discussing ways

to restore confidence in politics and the economy. the call in is hosted by the nonpartisan group calling themselves no labels. last thing anyone wants to see live power lines in the backyard. >> we will tell you what to do if you see them in your neighborhood, what one resident did after fears kept going up. a look at westbound northern parkway. the rain will affect your morning commute. republicans are doing and saying whatever they can in an attempt to takeover the white house. we will look at that in a bit. you are watching good morning maryland what is new and next, on your tuesday morning. [ whistling ]

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