walkersville is at 57 and we are going to be a little on the breezy side for today. those winds out of the south at about 10 to 15 miles an hour. let's get a check of the abc 2 time safer traffic with lauren. good morning. >> reporter: -- timesaver traffic with lauren good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there's crash on route 22 at shamrock road and baltimore city, there's another accident reported right on hillen road at lakeside drive. using the jfx to get into the city, watch out for the ongoing construction that continues to block one lane in both directions at 28th street. no backups at moment. but later on you might want to stick with falls road or charles street as an alternate route. and everything is up to speed through the fort mchenry tunnel. here's a live look at 895 at o'donnell street. no problems getting through the harbor a tunnel this morning either. that's a look at your abc timesaver traffic now back to you. more on the traffic alert that may not affect your commute today but could be an issue for late night drivers. sherrie johnson now standing by with more on the closures

happening along the jfx. what's going on out there. >> reporter: that's right. well, right now charley look behind me at the jfx, not too bad. we are seeing a little traffic but not too bad. but of course you know it will pick up. but be prepared for more delays if you are headed this way. you can see the sign over there that is telling you about alternate routes and overnight closures at the 29th street will continue for two more weeks. crews are working to repair collapsed drainage pipes and work on erosion that could damage the road. now during the closures, traffic will be routed on to the 28th street exit ramp. drivers can continue left on simson and then go to 29th sleet. once the lowsures are lifted the left lane will be off limits until the $2 million project is completed. this means tuesday through friday the northbound lanes will be closed from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. on saturday, through may 18th,

the southbound lanes will be closed from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. now these closures will cause delays. so for more information on alternate rods head to the website at abc2news.com and click on the traffic tab. that repair work is expected to take anywhere from about 6 to 8 weeks depending on how the work goes. reporting live in downtown baltimore, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. and the closures sure to affect o's fans head downtown for game 2 with the rangers. a team with which the orioles share the best record in baseball. it was a disappointing but not totally unexpected night last night for baltimore coming off a 17 inning 6 hour marathon in boston that was sunday. and monday night they lose 14-3 and in front of a crowd of more than 11,000. we have to step those numbers up. first pitch tonight set for 7:05. hockey now. stanley cup players. rangers beat the capitals 3-2

in overtime after a dramatic game tying goal with 7 seconds left in regulation. rangers defenseman stahl scored the game winner past caps goalie at the 1:35 mark at overtime giving new york the win and sending the series back to dc. caps trailing 2-3 and game 6 is set for wednesday. i'll have another is wake up in pimlicoch the kentucky derbywinner arrives nearly two weeks of the preakness. his trainer says that they got to churchill about a week before the race and the horse enjoyed that. i will have another -- i'll have another did good on the trip and he was traveling with seven other horse and the preakness is may 19th. democracy 2012 news. former gop presidential candidate rick santorum told supporters in an e-mail on monday that he is endorsing his one time rival mitt romney. santorum met with rom any last friday and told supporters he was fully able to determine

where the likely g-op nominee stood on a wide swath of issues. three states are holding primaries today, indiana, north carolina and west verge. in news around the nation authorities believe two tennessee imperils may be alive -- girls may be alive but the mother and older sister were found dead beside a mississippi home of adam mayes. joanne bain and her three daughters disappeared april 27th while mayes was helping them pack to move to arizona. two california police officers are accused of beating a homeless man to death last summer in california. surveillance camera was rolling during the incident and some may finite difficult to watch especially this early morning hour. two police officers are on paid leave from the department until it is determined if they should stand trial for kelly thomas' death last july. this video shows thomas slow to cooperate with officers request and being hit with batons. a police officer in oregon sways pulled over a sober

driver and a drunk passenger. hear's what was illegal about the -- here's what was illegal. the driver was 10 years old. jose torres face as variety of charges -- faces a variety of charges after a trooper found his 10-year-old son behind the wheel with him drunk in the passenger seat. photos from the scene show beer cans everywhere. the prosecutor says torres had a blood alcohol level almost three time the legal limit. >> that is just unbelievable. completely unbelievable. for parents to be that irresponsible especially with their children. >> the 10-year-old boy is with his mother. torres says he was fulfilling his son is's desire to drive and that he only had four beers at the time. torres has a history of drinking including four prior arrests. we come to know him as mr. me out and he captured the -- meow and he captured the hearts of many. >> the two bigger factors that led to the cat's death. >> we watched him puzzle

contestants over the last 28 years. what alex trebek had to say on retirement many we will tell you when we return. >> and the sun has been in hiding. and i will tell you when it makes the grand appearance once again. that's coming up after the break.

now "good morning maryland." news time 5:39. the largest cat in the country is passed away and to complication from his obesity. the cat was named meow and weighed in at 37 pounds. that's the eyey lent of a person weighing 600 pound. he just started a weight loss program and the care takes sees the respiratory track started to failed and he died 24 hours later. who is alex trebek the answer to the question of who is talking about retiring from the game show jeopardy. after 28 years, puzzling contestants and audiences, he says that he is now thinking about retiring. he told fox news on fox news sunday that he may hold out another two years so he can retire after 30 years of doing the show. he says he would love to focus on his charity work but would

miss doing jeopardy. all right. it was the most competitive night on the season of dancing with the stars. six couples are left but two of them are going home tonight. so each couple had to perform two dances last night. william and cheryl shot to the top with a perfect score. maria with her partner she got a perfect score last week and is towards the bottom of the pack and melissa gilbert is at bottom. so watch abc2 tonight to see the two couples who are eliminated. bank of america is going to help out with some mortgage borrowers struggling to make payments. >> coming, how the bank is going to give breaks on payments and why the company is doing it for the very first time. >> also ahead, a pet foodcompany expanded the recall on do food. so find out -- dog food. so find out if your dog's chow is on the list. >> we do have several accidents. better news in harford county war crash cleared from route 20 did-- where a crash has cleared from route 22 at shamrock row.

in baltimore an accident at hillen road at lakeside drive. if you are using the jfx to get into the city, wonk out for -- watch out for the ongoing construction that blocks one lane in both directions at 28th street. as the morning continues, falls road and charles street is not a bad alternate. everything up to speed through the fort mchenry tunnel and the harbor tunnel. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. stay with us, much more to come. you are watching "good morning maryland "o g

now "good morning maryland." u.s. intelligence official broke up a bomb plot to bring down an airline that was reportedly headed for the u.s. and this morning abc2 news linda so is here with details on the foiled plot and where officials found the explosive device. linda this is not new for them. >> reporter: yeah, charley that device similar to a ied is now in the hands of the fbi. agents with the cia seized it in yemen after following a man who hadn't picket a target or bought a plane ticket. a senior administration official says the intended user is no longer's threat meaning the person could be dead or arrestedch the fbi is studying the device that's an improved version of the underwear bomb used in a failed attempt to

blow up an airliner on christmas day 2009. the new bomb has a highly redefined dead nation system without any metallic parts meaning metal detectors would have been ineffective and fooled by the scanners and may not have caught the device. >> what this means is that there could be bombs that would get through u.s. security. >> reporter: almost all airports use bomb sniffing dogs and random trace detection but security officials worry terrorists are designing bombs to beat the tactics. linda so, abc2 news. consume air remember the this morning for -- consumer alert for dog owners. diamond pet foods is recallingpet food because of 14 peoplethat got sick with salmonella. the cdc says the affected dog food was manufactured in south carolina. but the illness is found in nine states. the recall affects these brands. you have the chicken soup for pet lovers soul, diamond and diamond natural preium edge taste of the wild and kirkland

signature. more on this at abc2news.com. chrysler is recalling a about 119,000 chrysler 300 dodge charger sedan. there's problem that could cause the antilock brakes and electronics stability control sis tomes fail. in the recalled cars a fuse from the computer controller that runs the safety systems can overheat. probably didn't cause crashes and no one was hurt but they want to make sure you know about this. take the car to a chrysler dealership to have the fuse replaced. phillips is closing doors at the manufacturing facility and distribution center in baltimore. about 100 people will be out of work as a result of the shutdown. the fort avenue location will continue to be the world headquarters for phillips. company officials say this will not impact restaurants or crab deck set is opening this summer at a power plant. select group of mortgage borrowers will get a break. executives at bank of america say they will begin mailing 200,000 letters offering

certain customers a mortgage principle reduction. they could get as much as $150 knocked off the balance of the mortgages. this is part of the 25 billion dollar settlement reached this year between federal and state agencies at the nation's five largest mortgage services over fraudulent foreclosure document processing. what do you do when you too broke to file for bank result sigh. that's a question hundreds of thousands of americans facech average cost to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy prosection is $1500. this means many americans who have seen the debt get out of control because of job loss foreclosure or medical emergencies during the economic downturn can't afford the last financial life line. just in time for mother's day, a list is out of the best and worst countries for moms. >> the study examines the well- being of mothers and their children. in 165 countries based on things such as education, maturnity leave and infant mortality. the united states is 25 on the

list. best country for moms, norway. the worst nigeria. but the reason the united states came in at 25 is because the country performs below average overall and poorly on the risk of things like dying from child birth, mortality rate of children and maturnity leave policies. time for a check of the forecast. lynette is back in. and you say that it might not make us happy today weather wise, but on down the week we may be happier. >> exactly. looks like mother's day could be a good one. we need the rain so we will grin and bear it as we go through tomorrow. and later this evening. right now, though, temperature wise we are mild. 60 in baltimore. 56 in new york and look at those upper 60s and 70 in memphis. that's the warmer air that's going to be moving our way as we go through the rest of the afternoon. now the wind are going to play a factor in that because these winds are out of the south today. that is that southerly flow that's a warming flow. and it is helping to warm us

up. 5 to 15 miles an hour is what we are getting in sustained wind right now. still 8 in easton not much change. baltimore has gone down a bit from the last time i showed you this at 3 miles an hour sustained wind. but we will have gusts up to about 20 to 25 miles an hour. the satellite and radar just picking up on a chalk full of clouds. mostly cloudy skies and you can see the wet weather and showers and couple thunderstorms off toward the west. you can see them in west virginia right now. and also ohio and even into western pennsylvania. some of those could slide our way as we head later into the morning hours and also this evening. but the bulk of it will start to weaken and future trend picking up on that just light rain showers this evening. and then they fizzle out. but, good news i am smiling because they work their way back in here as we go into wednesday. and this is good news due to the fact that the eastern shore is in severe drought right now and looks like they are going to get the bulk of the rain. which is much needed. more sunshine returns in the forecast as we go into

thursday. and hold on if you like the sunshine it will be back out. showers for today, possible, 75 is what i am going with. and check out the game day forecast for you at first pitch at 7:05. temperature at 73 degrees. and the winds out of the south at about 10 to 15 miles an hour. all right let's check the traffic with lauren. good morning. >> reporter: good morning lynette. we are dealing with several accidents. trouble in baltimore city where there's a crash on hillen road at lakeside drive and using the jfx to get into the city, watch out for the ongoing construction. one lane will be shut down in both directions at 28th street. not causing too of a backup just yet but later stick with falls road or charles street as an alternate. traveling through both the fort mchenry and harbor tunnel up to speed. but problems on 695. here's a live look at west side of the beltway a crash that just happened on the outer loop at liberty road. and as we check in and look live, you will notice it's causing a backup. so do expect delays traveling

on that outer loop. traffic will be jammed all the way back to 795. that's the abc2 time safer traffic meg aband charley back to you. in 1960 a photographer took photographs of marilyn monroe when she went for a swim. >> how to own one of the never before seen photos from the last photo shoot. >> and president obama is is on the campaign trail. where he is scheduled to speak later this morning. details when "good morning maryland" continues.

president obama is heading to albany new york to talk about the economy. he is going to be speaking at a college this morning. the college of science and engineering. a peruvian judge will consider a judge to extradite joran van der sloot to the u.s. to be trilled on extortion. ness peruvian prison for murderer. linda evans frr dynasty and linda gray from dallas are participating in news conference today. meals for moms is a campaign for meals on wheels association of america that delivers to home bound moms. and today is world red cross and world red crescent day. a day to reflect on the work

the organizations do each day helping those in needch red cross and red crescent societies are the largest humanitarianorganization. an auction house is holding a sale of the topless photograph of marilyn monroe estimated tosell for thrar 24,000. -- $24,000. other high lits are a nude photograph of madonna in 1990. -- highlights are a nude photograph of madonna in 1990. do you fill out surveys? >> retailers offer incentives to fill out and get something in credit budget we found some of the surveys may be a waste of your time. the national cathedral preparing to dedicate a car toughing a civil rights pioneer. >> how to own a tangible piece of pop culture and the woman who took tanning to a new level. lynette. >> and maryland's most powerful radar is dry right now. but if you are a rain lover, i have good news for you. stick around.

>> reporter: and an accident is causing heavy congestion here on the west side of the beltway. i will show you how it will affect your commute coming up on good l

you are watching the station that works for you "good morning maryland." >> reporter: more overnight close yours on the jfx. i will have -- closures on the jfxi i will have alternate routes. >> americans are getting bigger

and bigger. what a report shows about obesity rates in this country. >> let's look live from the camera down at the inner harbor on this thursday, may 8th. thanks for joining us. not the prettiest day but we will find out what's in store later on i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson. let's head over to lynette for acheck of what's going on outside and how it could affect your day. >> people are stepping out this morning, and they could bring the rain gear just in case. but for right now, we are pretty much dry. maryland's most powerful radar not picking up on a whole lot. you have to head off to the north and west to get in some of the showers and thunderstorm activity around butler youngs tab and we are looking at --youngstown and we are looking at portion of pennsylvania and ojai wrote. 61 in edge -- ohio. 61 in edgemere. we have winds out of the south today at about 5 to 10 miles an hour. and we will get gusts up to about 20 to 25 miles an hour. so it will be a breezy