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wyatt everhart. >> in a sentence, a lot more of the same. what we saw today, not much in the way of showers or storms, a lot of humidity, creeping across the state. now, other than the eastern shore, there are a few showers hitting travels down the i50 or u.s. 50, also down route 404, couple of showers in the direction. most of us dry, the humidity numbers, the dew point numbers, up close to 70. that's extreme humidity. that's the kind we see towards mid july. it is sticky and past the 6:00 hour, feeling like 93 in frederick and almost 90 downtown at the harbor and dc. sticky and warm the rest of the evening for the friday night, memorial day weekend travels, weather remains warm and dry. hotter each day this weekend. we will see you the details and talk about the beach forecast coming up. now the next question, you are asking, has traffic at the bay bridge thinned out enough to get to the ocean without me
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pulling out my hair. if you are in the traffic or watching on a cell phone or manage like that, u going to get stuck for a while. things are starting to back up as you approach the tolds. another look at the picture, don't think it's going to change much. this is also a big weekend for boaters, thousands often you will hit the waterways around the state. tomorrow annapolis, the coast guard h hold a safe boater program from 10:00 until 2:00. get a free safety inspection and be able to schedule a boating safety class. this weekend wraps up safe boater weekend in maryland. also tomorrow, baltimore kicks off the pool season, six park pools will open tomorrow. that will stay open on weekends through labor day. the walk to pools won't open until the big annual big splash on june 23rd. they will open five wading pools. admission fees are the same,
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$1.50 for park. right now baltimore city police are looking for this man, pop up on the screen right. there he may have been snapping cell phone pictures of a 15- year-old girl while she was using the toilet. this happened back on april 15th. the girl thought one of her friends was playing a joke. when she called out to the person, a man answered and said he was messing with his phone. these are photos from harbor place showing the man going in to and out of the bathroom that the victim was in. the death of a father and his two teen sons at a farm is been ruled accidental. glenn and his sons were found in a manure pit at a kennedyville farm thursday morning. not suffered injuries like lie caused by the propeller at the end of the huge auger used to circulate the liquid manure. 9 men are in custody, a lot of jail time after agents broke
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up an operation that produced thousands of fake documents in baltimore. jeff hager has more on the bust and the threats these people pose to national security. >> reporter: they will casualties of the struggling construction industry. baltimore's immigrants, struggling to make a buck. tim says undocumented workers learned they could change that for a price. >> how much would it cost? >> 50, $70. >> reporter: agents shut down an operation that targeted immigrants here along south broadway in fells point for over 2 years, flooding the streets with fake ids of every kind. including green cards, social security cards, and driver's licenses. >> the scope of the enterprise
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is remarkable. there were thousands of fraudulent identification cards created by the group of 9 individuals, they generated $1.7 million in profits, they did that by charging each customer $160 each. >> reporter: immigrants seeking the high quality space could order up in the morning and pick them up in the afternoon. immigration and customs enforcement or ice, rounds up people in this country illegally, special agent in charge, william, says this operation raised the stakes. posing a potential threat to homeland security. >> our concern is that they take the documents, whether a member of a criminal organization or terrorist organization, they get work at a critical infrastructure, area, airport, or nuclear power plant, or military base, or defense contractor. those are things that we worry about. >> jeff hager, abc2 news.
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>> the fake documents fueled identity thefts since people could use them to obtain credit card or get bogus income tax returns. men behind the wheel of a what areca that are slammed in in to a police cruiser and knocked the officer off of the jfx faces days in jail. he was found guilty of traffic violations including driving on a suspended license and failure to control speed. the crash threw the officer off to tjfx and off the embankment. she filed a lawsuit. new developments out of charlottesville, virginia involving the george huguely days. huguely's lawyers filed a motion for a new trial. in february, a jury on victed huguely of killing love in her off campus apartment. his lawyers claim the court rushed the trial and gave improper instructions to the
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jury. tonight a baltimore man can thank arundel county police for saving his life. officers were called to the tavern this morning and found him sitting in a car and choking and pulled a clear plastic baggy out of his throat and it contained 15 smaller bags which contained crack cocaine. violence maybe growing between the hours of 6:00 and 8:00 last night, there were two triple shootings and one single shooting originally the bullets claimed two lives and wounded five others. that may change. >> respike of violence stretched across a slot of the city. two triple shootings and one single shooting originally claimed the lives of two people and wounded five others. this afternoon, the boyfriend of one of the shooting victims say his girlfriend had succumb
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to the shot she took in the head which would bump the death toll up to three. the shootings were spread out from southwest baltimore to east, to north. police called the violence quote, intolerable and say they will respond with extra foot patrols in all three areas. police are following promising leads in the west baltimore triple shooting but struggling in the other two cases. >> preston street, the cooperation is not. there it's making it difficult. we are asking anyone with information to call us. >> investigators stress the victims in the shootings were targeted but they could use your help. if you know anything to help solve the cases, call the police homicide at 410-396- 2100. brian kuebler, abc2 news. the men accused of using craigslist to lure victims in to northwest baltimore is
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behind bars. david brown was arrested before noon today at a library. he was using a public computer and investigators think he may have been trying to set up the next victim. he lurevictims to the 3500 block of call away over 8 months after tricking them in to thinking he would sell them coins or jewelry. charity founded by alleged child sex abuser sandusky plans to close its doors. second mile is seeking approval to transfer to a texas organization continuing to provide services in pennsylvania. sandusky goes on trial for child sexual abuse charges in less than two weeks. ten victim were participants in the second mile charity. tonight the marine found dead inside barracks at fort meade has been identified. anthony ca ruseso is from north carolina. his death is under
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investigation.. 7 members of the military will be honored at ceremony. it is free and open to the public. on sunday, the folks in mission barbecue in glen burnie will host 40 veterans, they age from 85- 101 years old. traveling from california as part of the honor flight program. the restaurant will stand and sing the national anthem. the group will head to dc for memorial day to visit the world war ii memorial. the oilers will pay tribute to military members as well on sunday, the team will wear jerseys and hats. uniforms will have the orioles stripped stripped in camouflage and numbers and names in green. first pitch is set up for 1:35. this memorial day, we want you to send us your pictures of
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your veteran or member of the military. pix@abc2news.com@wmar.com. speaking of the orioles, the news running around town today is a possible contract extension for jones. the rumors started swirling this morning when fox reported a deal was very, very close. reports of the deal will have jones wearing the orange and black for six seasons and probably a big payday. jones and the rest of the o's will hit camden yards to take on the royals. birds had the first day off since the beginning of the month yesterday. seems you may not be loving mcdonald's as much as they would like for you to. the new additions come to the menu and differences if the restaurants over the next few
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>> you are looking at a beautiful picture of kent island, skies look good. cars are flying over the bay bridge. wyatt everhart will have a look at the forecast in 3 minutes or so. we know thousands of you will be stuck in the traffic as you try to head down the ocean. people left early taking off today. i think some people took off yesterday. others of you are heading out tonight or tomorrow. checking out the bay bridge at sandy point, things are looking, it's going to take you a while to get down there but it will be worth it. have ice cream when you get there. the ticket or clicket program is off to a start. officers handed out 157 citations and made a warrant arrest. most handed out to people who weren't buckled up. police officers will continue the program throughout the holiday weekend. ever wonder if you are taken for a ride when you pay the tolls on out of state
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highways. according to the associated press, new jersey, rhode island and west virginia charge out of towners more when they pass through the lanes. the system can tell where they bought easy passes. in new jersey locals who drive pay over 10 bucks out of staters pay close to $14. >> you are loving it, mcdonald's qants you to love it more, the fast food chain is rolling out more changes. john matarese explains so you don't waste your money. >> reporter: have you taken the kids to mcdonald's lately? familys have been skipping the happy meal the past couple of years so the giant food chain is planning changes to bring you back. mcdonald's may be the king of fast food but with competition heating up from can which i pole tee and other -- there are changes. to lure back moms and dads and
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the kids. among them, more entrees for the happy meal which is limited to burgers and mc nuggets for years. skim milk options for mc cafe beverages to compete with star bucks and more fruits on the menu than just apple dipper slices. mcdonald's will continue rehabbing restaurants with leather boots and plasma tvs to look upscale and make them more appealing to the health conscious ipad generation. 22nd annual boat race at the duck pond. celebrates the last day of classes for the exam starts. the red barron, angels and the devils and of course the justice league.
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>> the paddles were breaking. we kept trying. we tried to stay in unison. we did pretty good. >> it gave us an advantage overcome pet -- overcome pet tores today. u.s. olympian is in training in baltimore, it's not michael phelps. britney reese is the long jumpers training and make a special appearance at the state high school track and field championships. reese is the current indoor and outdoor long jump champion. she qualified for beijing and
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looking to do the same this year in london. really hot as we go towards second half of the holiday weekend. remember this is a misleading, this is the airport and it does not factor in the humidity effect, which is pronounced right now. it was pronounced this morning. fog coming in off of the ocean. it burns off in a hurry. the board walk, plaza hotel, look how packed the sand is. people getting down there early. ocean city, a bigger beach, our view, towards the ocean city pier, this is going to be packed as we go in to the day tomorrow and sunday and monday as well. beach forecast, for you, talking mid to upper 70s through the weekend. we may get to 80 at the beach monday. chance of isolated pop up
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storm. water temperature 65. closer to 67 by the ped end of the weekend. a nice cool sea breeze, it will be sunny and on the warm side. mailed's most powerful radar, relatively quiet at the moment. showers south. for drivers, down 50 or schmidt off through denton and across the if you. the dew point numbers are up close to 70. that's sticky, that's july- like. as a result it feels like mid- 80s to low 90s depending where you are. almost at 90 still, in the heart of the city, with the humidity. terms of what it feels like. across the east coast, nothing happening on the surrounding states of the mid atlantic. big disturbance offshore.
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watching high pressure slowly trekking east. as this centers up on maryland, it is going to be a big heat bubble. getting hotter, staying as humid and chances for showers look slim, not impossible, looks like limited chances for a few pop up showers or storms in the peak heat this afternoon. tropical disturbance off of north carolina, closest range, several hundred miles out, cape hatteras. not expected to move north in to our area. it's going to retro grade in to georgia and south carolina. overnight 65, partly cloudy, two degree guarantee tomorrow 86. lots of sun, feels hotter with the humidity. 67 tomorrow. temperatures pushing up at or close to 890 all weekend with the humidity it will feel hotter a couple of pop up storms, no big concerns. the heat will break towards the middle of next week. >> memorial day. >> exactly. >> i'm thinking ahead already.
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>> the weekend after looks cooler. if you are not heading out of town, here is a great way to spend saturday with the kids. lock raven dam, tour the dam, take guided hikes, enjoy music and see rangers dressed in 17th century garb. hot rangers in deed. the best part for familys is lock raven day, going to be free. get your fishing gear ready. it get net you 10 grand. diamond gem thursday, specially tagged striped bass is swimming in the bay as part of the fishing challenge. if no one catches jim before midnight , the cash prize jumps to 20 grand and to 25 grand in august. good day to go fishing. hopefully you will get there to do fishing on the bay. look at the traffic. a quick check of the weather coming up. hopefully the folks will get to
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