it's strengthening, heavy downpours. some of the rain reaching into southeastern maryland but now the whole thing headed out to sea. we're seeing good clearing. it looks like a clear and pleasant evening. we'll fall through the 70s before shooting in the low to mid-80s tomorrow. the bright sunshine is back but for how long? with' answer that coming up. it has been a beast of an afternoon on 95 here today. as you can see northbound is wide open after a crash that slowed you down and stuck you in traffic. here's what it looked like near route 24. we know it involved two cars and a tractor-trailer. no word on anybody being injured in this. we'll bring you more as we get it but 94 back open at this hour. you know what it was like when we were in high school and the new sports illustrated swimsuit edition came out and

this was hid underred count are. now comes "50 shades of grey," not seeing the lied of day -- light of day in harford county. >> let me make this very clear to you. the book is not being banned or sensorred by the library. they just decided to stop paper cop pills. it's the latest in a pot boiler of a book. it's the new york time's best seller read by hundreds of thousands, mostly women. "50 shades of grey" is the first of a trilogy of books. it's written by a women in london. that's what we can tell you about it. the only thing we can read are the words -- chapter one. a lot of people at work are reading it. >> yes. >> are they talking about it? >> yes. >> reporter: there's a reason you're just hearing this woman's voice. people who read or know about it kind of don't want to admit to

it. in their words, the action is hot. >> burning narrowed eyes. >> reporter: harford county library has plenty of steamy novels, but you won't find this one. the book is not banned from the library. it's available through digital download if you're willing to wait weeks to get it, but mary hassle said they didn't buy paper copies. they have to make decisions on which books to buy in times of tight spending and this isn't a decision they made lightly. because this became so popular so quickly, the reviewers were quick to look at this. she said next we followed our board of selection process and the book did not moat our own standards. not and the board decided that the book would not go on the

shelfs in any of their branches. we don't buy pornography, she said. the library's decision is drawing mixed reviews. she doesn't want you to know she read the book. >> i think people should be able to read what they want and get it out of the library. it's a public service. i think it's important for us to enforce our rights for people to wreath what they want and read what they want. >> reporter: others say the book is way too hot to be on a library shelf where kids can get at it. >> it's porn. i wouldn't want my 15-year-old reading it. >> reporter: once again, we want to emphasize that the bach is available, not being banned but there's a very long waiting list at every branch.

roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. baltimore county police have issued a warrants for the arrest of a man who murdered a man in essex. police are asking for your help to find this man, len nell ellis. authorities found daryl augustus ii in a pickup truck that was covered in flames. and now they believe he had been murdered before being put in the truck. authorities believe augustus was killed in the apartment of a woman who was previously involved with ellis. burglars have struck about a dozen businesses. people in hoodies and surgical gloves smashed through windows to steal cash from registers. this is the third such robbery in the last year for several businesses on dobbin center way.

>> the third time this is happening. the last time about three or four months ago, the drawers were ripped over. >> the damage from that burglary caused $14,000 to repair. so if you know anything, call howard county police pat 413-313-stop. funeral arrangements have been made format through cheswick -- for matthew cheswick. he will be remembered in ellicott city tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 608 -- 6 to 8. diogo facchini, the man suspected of killing cheswick is in bail after bail was revoked.

he is set to appear in court on july 5th. baltimore officers are getting training o the assessment a too many designed to recognize victims of domestic violence by scag series of 1 -- asking a seer reese of 13 questions. the family crime unit is showing them how to use the assessment. you can find out more about the 13 questions on our home page at abc2 news.com. the proposal to put advertisements on baltimore city fire trucks is really getting closer to reality. we told you about the city council's vote to move the proposal forward. rick hoffman, the president of firefighter's 734 released a statement saying he is in favor

of forming a committee. >> the budget is a moving, living process, and i'm encouraged when council members want to work with me to create new ways to fund our priorities. we'll see where it goes. >> a spokesman for the mayor said revenue would likely not come in time to close the fire houses. on the heels of the latest in the string of several layoffs in fells point, baltimore county executive kevin kamenetz has a way to help. more than 1900 employees will be affected and layoffs are slated to start june the 4th. >> obviously, it's a roller coaster with some of the workers over the past few years and it doesn't appear to be getting any

easier. we are all keenly aware that 2,000 men and women and their family depend and are making it their livelihood. >> he will advise the county on the best uses for the property. the county executive also said they will work to ensure steel making continues. remember last month when a bomb threat closed kent county schools for a day. a 15-year-old has been arrested and charged. they got the information which led to the arrest. they included hand writing samples. evidently, investigators were able to match the hand writing to the bomb threat note. the trial of jerry sandusky is moving forward has scheduled. the judge rejected sandusky's

request for a delay. the trial will start as and june the 5th. he has 52 counts on sexual abuse. that shocking attack in miami where a man ate a homeless man's faissments the police had to shoot 33-year-old rudy eugene to get him to sto. experts believe he was high on bath salts. experts believe a new synthetic form could be out on the streets. >> reporter: we have people making bath salts that may mimic pcp. >> it may make users extremely violent. er's in florida have seen evidence of this in recent cases. a call or text offering to

pay your utility bill. coming up on abc2 news at 6:00, what to look out for so you don't become a victim. >> now they're expanding the family name in ab aberdeen. >> hey, 82 at bwi. that's four degrees above our average. 85 is your two-degree guarantee. we'll talk about beryl barreling back the coast again. stick around.

tonight's consumer alert. we have a better business bureau

warning us about a new scam. it involves the president and your utility bit. the bbb said people have been getting calls and text messages and visits from scammers saying the president has authorized credits that will pay your utility bill. you know it's too good to be true which they ask -- when they ask for your social security number. well, you don't see many made in the usa stickers on electronics these days, but one tech giant is hoping to bring more production back to our shores. >> reporter: apple's ceo tim cook is making buzz worthy comments. cook says he hopes to one day see an apple product manufactured in the u.s. right now many of the devices are made in china. cook pointed out that certain

components are made in america. chips are made in texas. a factory in kentucky makes the so-called guerrilla glass but bringing more jobs to the u.s. may not be so easy. it's much more expensive to hire u.s. works and the u.s. does not have the infrastructure to make them on massive scale. critics talked about steve jobs. >> at some point late last year i sort of -- somebody shook mow and said it's time to get on. so that shadness was replaced by this intense determination to continue the journey. that's where it is today. so what did i learn from him? i learned we could be here all

night and probably all month. i learned that focus is co. >> reporter: cooks said jobs told him to do what is right. >> hurricane season is almost upon us. technically it starts tomorrow and runs through november. although bge spends all year preparing for storms in our area they say new is the time for us to start getting ready. some of the things they recommend have on hands, flash lights, blankets and nonperishable foods. today they gave us a demonstration. the winner can be tough because of the snow. you know what? these hot summer days take a toll, too. >> the heat and humidity is really a big issue because of all the stuff that we have to wear. dehydration is very critical. >> tell you what, if you do lose

your power, bge wants you to be patient. this is a cline income. it's right nor the 6300 block of york road. this saturday the clinic is holding a community open house from 10 until 2. come in and complete your health screenings. you get the flu shots and also a physical. all right. we're talking about the tropical scenario out there. this is unusual. here we are before the first day ofdown. we've got tropical storm beryl, what was tropical storm beryl, now a tropical depression but strengthening off the coast here of virginia beach, off ocean city. the water is relatively warm but

we may get back to tropical storm strength. we may see the center and sending rain into the ocean city area in the lower eastern shore, some rain falling down here but of course its rain we need and it did come in after, after the holiday weekend but some pretty big weather offshore. you can see the effects of aboutle. this is our abc2 weather bug camera. the winds which were gusting up to 40 at times, rain on and off actually at the beach from the outer rings of tropical depression beryl and clouding up annapolis. now the sun is out in baltimore, looking good here in charm city. wind is calm. temperatures have been more comfortable. part of the reason the circulation over the virginia beach area drawing in cooler

northeasterly breezes. that's dropping humidity, especially from baltimore west. we're down below 50%. low humidity, low to mid-80s. beautiful weather reisterstown to arbutus. we've got big weather just offshore and this is a pattern that we're going to enjoy for about 36 to 48 hours. by friday night a new weather maker on the march. this front pushing in will not only drop our humidity but cope beryl from coming a i shore -- coming ashore and looking at a gorgeous thursday as a result. here comes our next weather maker and sort of a typical late spring, early storm system. this will be a weather maker. it could bring rain as early as friday night into the early part of our saturday.

things will stay unsettled into saturday. maybe not a completely dry weekend, especially not friday night but on the whole this looks like a much cooler, much seasonable weekend. overnight 62 with a few clouds. tomorrow 8 4, mostly sunny and less humid. tomorrow night down to 60. that seven-day forecast shows basically a pretty good look trend. completely dry all weekend, maybe not. chances for showers especially friday night into saturday, but on the whole, again, i think the temperature s trade -- temperature tradeoff is pretty good. >> tomorrow is the last day of may. >> june coming in on a mild note. in baseball there's a term where the pitcher throws it on the hitter's hands. cal ripken is in the kitchen with his brother and super star bill. so this will be like going to the boardwalk mixed in with the food court. wing and burrito bar, conrad's

crabs. charred ribs, and cal and bill have formed the double play dining concession's, so the play is ripken to rosetta top giants. they're make the burger. iron birds opens up on june the 20th. all right, the art scape is set for the july 0 -- 20th. brian mcknight headlines. we have music, food and drink and the award money has dwron -- gone up to $30,000. spellers from across the country, including some right here in maryland took the stage today at the 2012 scripps national spelling bee. there are 270 spellers in all between the ages of 6 and 15 and

today is the preliminary rip round. and those who make this past that will move on to the semis with a chance to advance to the finals. you can catch it on espn channels. 10 in the morning on espn 2 and tomorrow night at 8:00 on espn. all right. we'll come right back. wyatt will tell us the rest of the forecast and we'll tell you what's coming up tonight on the 11:00 news.

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before we go, here's a look at what we're looking at. could something as simple as a shirt keep them calm? tonight we ask does the thunder shirt work? plus, thinking about buying a new flat screen tv? we'll tell you why you need to hurry up. the thunder shirt, does this work? >> i don't know. a lot of dogs, their canine friends don't like the rumble. take a look at this. we've got big weather in the carolinas. dogs in virginia beach probably not too happy with the active

weather. we've got sunshine over baltimore tomorrow, mid-80s, not that humid. >> all right. thanks for watching us at 6:00. we'll see you at 11:00.

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