i got nothing. how about that? that's what you want to hear. that's a good thing. this morning no clouds quiet temperatures. 62 in baltimore. 63 in easton and we go up a notch to 64 in ocean city but drop back down to 55 at york, p.a. patchy fog across the hereford zone and you might find patchy fog but we are cloud free. at least as far as the satellite season from space and that's a good thing this morning. now there may be clouds to pop up this afternoon. but otherwise mostly sunny skies. temperatures shoot above normal to 85. and we have one more day and a real taste of fall by the end of the week. so we have something to talk about. stick around. here's tanya to talk about traffic. >> reporter: good news dorsey road westbound reopened at mccormick drive south of bwi. we have a broken down car in the outer loop at dulaney valley road. let's look at jones fall expressway at northern parkway. a few cars going southbound

traffic building as more people are getting out the door. no incidents to report at the jfx at cold spring and all of this oncoming traffic is the southbound traffic going downtown. drive times are not bad right now. we are doing okay on 83 southbound from shawan to the beltway about five minutes. 95 southbound out of white marsh to the beltway 6 minutes and outer loop traveling bel air to providence 6 minutes and traveling from 795 to 70, that may take a couple extra minutes that's about 9 minutes at this time. back to you. >> the video was seen around the country a transgender woman being attacked in a local mcdonald's and today one of the women who admitted to the beating faces a sentence. we have the details. >> reporter: well, she pleaded guilty last month to first degree assault and a hate crime accused of beating a transgender woman last april at the rowsdale mcdealed. prosecutors plan to ask for a -- mcdonnel's. prosecutors plan to ask for

five years. since the attack the governor pledged great are protection for transgender people. abc2 news. it's 6:31. news around the nation orlando florida, police released video showing a officer pushing a woman to the ground. authorities say four officers had tried to get her under control and away from man she was trying to fight. that woman broke her tooth when the thing happened in february. and the officer will not face criminal charges that woman says she plans to sue. and an investigation is underway in boston after a baby is founded in a day care van. the 13-month-old child was left inside a hot van for a significant amount of time on monday. the driver is being questioned by police. and word this morning is all star slugger and retired big leaguer manny ramirez has been arrested in domestic dispute at a south florida home. the 39-year-old former red sox star is charged with battery. he retired in april rather than face a 100 game suspension for a second violation of major league baseball's drug policy.

arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords is getting ready for her first interview since being shot. the congresswoman has not decided if she will appear on camera. that will air november 1ág9 on the day before -- 14th on the day before her story -- book is due to hit shelves. a highflying mascot for a bun university hash little trouble. spirit one of three live eagles used before the football game. you watch closely and spirit hit the window and goes down into the fans and flaps the wings and goes back into the crowd. he may have gotten confused because he is not one of the usual pregame performers and that's why we call it a rookie mistake. and in utah a crash leads to a rescue caught on tape a motorcylist slammed into a bmw and both vehicles ignite. biker was underneath the car. you see it because about a

dozen bystanders jump into action to free the man. the police say he was unconscious under the bmw and they lifted the car and one person climbs under and pulls out the man. he was taken to a hospital and his condition is not known. they are trying to track down the 12 people to gib them the proper recognition for that sign of bravery. your team may be asking for a -- teen may be asking for a cell phone and may be under 12. what you need to keep in mind beforehanding the phone over to your tween. also it's september, and it seems early to be talking about christmas shopping. not if you are retailer. ahead, which stores are going to start the holiday shopping early. details ahead. what's now, now and next on your tuesday morning. a live look at our white house in washington, d.c. [ female announcer ] keurig brews more than just hot coffee.

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good morning maryland." new details this morning about the bank of america restructuring plan. they say they will cut 30,000 jobs through 2014. the bank of america says the move is part of a plan to save 5 billion dollars and officials say they are expecting a significant portion of the jobs to go away through attrition or by eliminating unfilled spots. sprint will sell the iphone 5 when it comes out and the carrier is hoping to get a jump on the competition. print says they will offer unlimited data plans. right now iphone users don't get that offering through at&t or verizon. parents what age to you that i kid should have a cell phone? seems like the youngsters are wanting to get connected sooner and sooner these days. according to the national consumers league, there are a few things parents need to know before giving the tween the first cell phone. >> number one why does your kid

need a cell phone? do they need it? what would they use it for? what's the budget you want to set and how much do you want to spend. >> if you decide they are ready, more tips, set guidelines. set a monthly budget and consequence for overage fees. put limits on extra likes ring tones and apps and games and talk about the dangers that come with mobile devices things like cyber bullying and distractionsalways tell them about no talking or texting while bike or crossing streets. we have this on the hot topic today at the abc2 fan page. go to the official abc2 fan book fan page a what age is it appropriate to -- age is it appropriate for kid to have their moble devicer. some of you stared your christmas shopping. really? september? christmas shopping? most of us will spend less than last year. 82% polled to be exact. that poll was conduct by

america's research group as part of the into the of the new service. the holiday shopping season seems to start earlier each year with an effort to get retailers to make more money and get back in the black. costco rolled out holiday merchandise on september 1st. no kidding. home depot will start their september 19th and sears jc penny and wal-mart have holiday items available before the end of september. okay. so if you start christmas shopping you may be able to save. we are work for you to help you find the best deals and in september you can can get a great -- you can get a great deal on a car as dealers are trying to clear out inventory and great bedding be a bath -- and bath supplies and plane tickets but tvs and other big ticket electronic items is better served in november or december. anna bell davis can start shopping right now and juan million bucks and she was look for some mint in a chocolate

chip cookie. a mint in a chocolate chip cookie and walked away from roiled farms in chase. they were out of ice cream and she decided to buy three scratch off tickets and it paid off. she is now a leasing agent and her husband is a truck driver they will pay off their bills and make investment and take a overdue vacation so anna bell congratulations to you. still ahead on "good morning maryland, parents here's something to know. >> reporter: a local basketball coach is charged with molesting a teen in his program. i am linda so. why there's concern there could be more victims. it's primary election day for baltimore city. i am sherrie johnson. we will hear from the elects director about the polling sites. 6:41. the sun has come up and normal high is 79 we go above today but check out the record low in the 40s. something we will have to think about by the end of the week. the outer loof is slow. 79 -- outer loop is slow.

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good monk. i am charl -- morning. i am charley crowson. meteorologist justin berk. >> clear skies and some areas of patchy fog and we have a look the widespread temperatures. ellicott city 57. 66 in columbia. that is a widespread during morning hours. but that's what we get as we approach the autumn season. sun up and clear skies and there's the u.s. naval academy southbound sunrise is off to the left of this view. 66 degrees this morning. check out the other numbers. 64 in teachesville and easton and sparrows point. cooler 58 in hereford zone with patchy fog. 08 by lunchtime with sunshine. 85 the two degree guarantee. we will talk about autumn numbers in a few days coming up. here's tanya with traffic. >> reporter: 95 south bob at white marsh -- southbound at white marsh we had a broken down car but that's out of the way.

looking at the outer loop, from 795 this is near old court road, be a being see it's very slow here making are way around to 70 and instead of 7 minutes it could take from 10 to 15 minutes on the outer loop. inner loop is moving well. no incidents to report there. charley. all right parents listen up because it could be affecting your children a local basketball coach has been charged with molesting a teen during the summer camp program and there's a concern more victims could be out there. linda so is live with the latest from the baltimore county police headquarters. what can you tell us? >> reporter: parents are being encouraged to sit down and talk to their kids especially if they were coached by this man 55-year-old terry jordan who was arrested on friday held without bond at baltimore county jail e was a coach at the hoops summer camp at twin lakes racket club in windsor mill. he touched a 14-year-old boy- appropriately on august 31st while at the camp. this is not the first time he

has been in trouble. back in 97 he was charged with the third degree sex offense. we talked to teens in the apartment complex where jordan lives and they say the coach was always look out for you -- looking out for you. if you didn't have money he would likelet you into the club for free. >> he has to question what he did wrong. if it's true he has to face the consequences. >> reporter: if you think your child is a victim, call the crimes against children unit at 410-853-3650 we have a link on the website at abc2news.com with information on how to talk to your kids about sexual abuse. live at county police headquarters, linda so, abc2 news. new details in the disappearance of a law student from laurel maryland. a search has begun for lauren giddings. her remains in a landfill. the student disappeared in june after graduating from mercer walter f law school. her torso was found on june 20th in a trash can outside her

apartment. but her -- no other remains have been discovered. her former neighbor andclassmate has been charged with the murder. the search is expected to continue throughout the week. lieutenant governor brown will announce a initiative to try to reduce gang violence in schools. he will be at the benjamin stoddard middle school in he will be joined by the ce-o of united way of the national capital area which will launch a-year pilot program in two schools. the state grant from the governor's office of crime and control and prevention will help to fund the program. a woman is in critical condition after being shot around 10 last night in the 8700 block of hey shed lane. authorities are working to confirm the identity of the victim. also we are getting a better idea of how much money will be raised at the alcohol tax and what it is generating for the state. official estimate the state raised 6 million dollars in add revenue in july and 50% increase on sales tax on

alcohol. state workers say it's hard to gauge how much the state will make based on the july numbers since that's what it went into effect. it's hard to know whether or not people stocked up on alcoholic beverage in june. news time is 6:48. breaking news out of afghanistan. insurgents are firing rockets and assault rifles in the direction of the u.s. embassy according to news sources going on throughout the day. that's the afghan capital of kabul where it is the attack. a tall building has been under fire about 300 yard from the u.s. embassy. american official couldn't immediately be reaped for -- reached for comment. four afghans have been injured. more breaking news from the abc2 newsroom, news surfaced two american hikers are being released from iran in the deal has been reached. for more abc2's carin -- karen red mand is standing by. >> reporter: the iranian

president said the two blerns given 8 year prison sentences would be free in two days. he reportedly told the network that shane bauer and josh fatal will be released in two days. he made the unexpected announcement this morning in an interview with ann curry. the two have been in jail for two years. abc2 news. >> news time is 6:50. democracy 2011 it's primary election for baltimore city. many people will head to the polls to vote for the mayoral candidate and city council elections. sherrie johnson is live outside election headquarters with the latest. i guess polls will open in 10 minutes. >> reporter: that's exactly right. not long now. as a matter of fact, we are here right in front of the baltimore city board of elections office. and yes, they are frantically busy getting ready making sure there are no last-minute problems. a lot of candidates are hoping

for a good turnout today for the primary election. and again, the polls open at 7:00 this morning. today candidates will compete for the top job of mayor and several city council seats. 2011 merrill candidates frank conway, opis rolley wilson wilson and stephanie rawlings- blake and alfred griffin and havingy ann harding. -- vikki ann harding. stephanie rawlings-blake is mounting her first campaign for this office. and we caught up with the baltimore city elects director earlier this morning and here's what he has to say about voter turnout. >> i would hope to see at least 30%, 40% of the citizens come out. seems as though citizens are not motivated to come out and vote. but, we want to encourage them to come out. we are ready for you. judges are in place and all staff is in place. if they have problems, they can

call the board of elections at 410-396-5550. and we will be happy to answer questions they have. >> reporter: now he also said they have well trained election judges. about 2100 of them and they are well prepared for the start of the primary election day which kicks off at 7 this morning. reporting live in downtown baltimore, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> again polls open in a few minutes. 9 minutes to be exact. they will remain open until 8 tonight. if you need to find your polling place, you can do so by going to abc2news.com. five things before heading out this morning. president obama is traveling to columbus, ohio to sell the jobs plan to americans. he is going to deliver remarks on the american jobs act. the house and senate panel is working to cut the budget deficit and could hear testimony from the head of the congressional budget office. he is expectedded to say they need to give up government

services to pay for the services to be put in place. and census figures will be released more and more working age americans don't have employer provide insurance and that's expected to show a newlow for 2010. barely more than 55% of the people have some form of coverage. and today the usda will announce meat producer must test for 7 additional strains of e.coli. originally it was required to test for one strain and the additional tests heckly will speed up recalls of i if he caned meat. no class today for public school students in tacoma washington. teachers voted to go on strike. they have been working with a -- without a contract since september 1st and the school district will ask the court to stop the walkout immediately. justin. 6:53 and 62 degrees here in baltimore. look at that 70 in new york. let's go the other way and yes, we have got it on the map. we have to go way to

thenorthwestern great lakes 37 this morning and wove 33 degree reading and they may be closer to us by the end of the week. we have a flare-up of showers and storms expected for today. this is not our cold front. we have a warm environment but back in the mountains they have showers and storms. and like yesterday, we may get afternoon clouds all shooting from those. first real push of showers diminish but frontal poundry works in here on thursday. that's the transition day. we have two warm days coming up, and then we turn the coin for the end of the woke and tap into the cool -- week and tap into the canadian air mass that spills in leading into the weekend. 85 today which puts us above normal which would be 79. today, it will not be the day to do that. back to 64 tonight and tomorrow. holding in mid to upper 80s. isolated thundershowers tomorrow. we build in clouds and showers on thursday. our transition day sliding back through the 70s. look at overnight lows of 48.

that's probably where we start on friday. friday afternoon will be a cool day. partly cloudy day and a high about 65 degrees. that's starting to run about 15 degrees below normal and overnight lows in the mid-40s around town means some of the far-reaching areas and maybe even the icebox of southern p.a. near joshing could start off the weekend in the 30s. now we will get back and recover over the weekend. partly cloudy saturday, 68. we will push 71 on sunday and overnight lows climbing back into the 50s but an eastern wind piles in more moisture and early next week more clouds and maybe a return of showers highs below normal in the low to mid- 70s. how about traffic at 6:5 5 here's tanya. >> reporter: a few incidents. 95 northbound at the beltway in arbutus a broken down car at 97i-97 northbound at beltway a broken down car there as well. so just be careful. this is the outer loop top side. at harford road, stop and go traffic here. this will last all the way around to york road.

and then again you will run into a slowdown 795 to 70. that stretch takes about 7 minutes and could take up to 15 minutes to travel that stretch right now. but i will end it on good note route 222 at route 1 is open at conowingo. and that's great news. >> very good. >> reporter: we have been waiting for that road to open. both directions. >> you have two young boys. >> uh-huh. >> at what ainge should they be allowed to have a mobile de-- age should they be allowed to have a mobile device. >> the older one is playing for an unattached mobile device but can't make phone calls. i don't know. >> i say 14 high school. >> high school. >> i think high school. >> dating 16, 14 for the phone? >> should be teenagers. you know. >> yeah what do you think? go to the facebook fan page and let us know what age do you think it's appropriate for a kids to have mobile device. phones and whatnot. you know your kid is calling japan and you don't realize it. >> he is probably going to be

grabbing it away from me before he hits middle school. have a great morning. let's go to new york for good morning america. ♪ ooh baby, looks like you need a little help there ♪ ♪ ooh baby, (what) can i do for you today? ♪ [ female announcer ] need help keeping your digestive balance? align can help. only align has bifantis, a patented probiotic that naturally helps maintain your digestive balance. try align to help retain a balanced digestive system. try the #1 gastroenterologist recommended probiotic. align.