morning. but they are going to get a little bit cooler into the afternoon compared to what we had yesterday because of the northerly flow. now maryland's most powerful radar is nice and dry. we have all five sweeps on. and we're going to stay dry as we go throughout the day but briefly, now you heard me talk about the rains yesterday. well, those rains all that moisture, we are now looking at reduced visibility in easton only about five miles. we have some patchy fog out there. more of the same in salisbury. zero right now in ocean city. got a lot of rain yesterday too. right now temperatures coming in 62 degrees in woodbine. good morning to you. and edge mere 68 degrees. and the winds will begin to turn off towards the north and west as we go throughout the day. that will dry us out even more. let's get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren. good morning. and we've started out busy on your side of things, calmed down a bit? not at all lynette. we are still dealing with the accident up in harford county in darlington and continues to shut down route 161 at

castleton road. the delmarva power is on the scene trying to remove all the fallen power lines. stick with castleton rote as your alternate route. as far as the main lines are concerned the harrisburg expressway, going to be in great shape here's a live look at swan road in hunt valley. no concerns whatsoever. an easy ride going down 695. and it will remain clear on the jfx. just an 11 minute ride. and that was a look at the beltway at harford road where there are absolutely no delays, an easy ride from 95 up to 83. traveling through the tunnels is up to speed. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. megan and charlie, back to you. news time 5:30 this morning and now the latest on a car fire in essex that led police to launch a murder investigation. abc2 news linda so is live this morning at baltimore county police headquarters with the latest on the search for the

suspect. linda? >> reporter: i talked to county dispatch about an hour ago. the suspect is still on the run and we have all new information on the victim this morning. we have learned that friends of daryl augustus will hold a vigil for him tonight. he's 32-year-old lennell ellis. police say on saturday ill legislation went to the home of a woman he has been in a relationship with and found augustus there. the apartment is on dun haven place in carney. police say a fight broke out and ellis stabbed augustus in the leg and he bled to death. ellis drove the body to a remote area in essex and set the pickup truck on fire. back at the apartment neighbors knew something once right. >> i did notice an odor in the hallway. and it just kept getting stronger and stronger. and it was really bad. >> reporter: plan to hold that vigil tonight at 7:00 in the church parking lot behind the immaculate conception in towson. if you know where the suspect

is, ellis, you should call county police. baltimore county police at 1- 866-7lockup. linda so, abc2 news. police are asking for your help this morning to find a burglary suspect. who struck almost a dozen businesses in the eastern part of columbia. now we're told that surveillance video showed people in hoodies with surgical gloves smashing front door windows, crawling across the floor to steal cash from the registers without setting off the security alarms. this is the third such robbery in the last year for one business on dobbin center way. >> this is the third time it's happening. and we are -- the last time about three, four months ago. the drawers were ripped off and thrown in the trash. >> the damage from that previous burglary cost $14,000 to repair. burglars also struck businesses on dobbin road and snowden river parkway. and anyone with information is asked to call howard county

police. its is now 5:33 and an illinois state lawmaker lost his cool during a meeting at the state house. now his rant certainly has gotten the attention of his colleagues and in fact, he got everyone in the room's attention. >> you should be ashamed of yourselves! i'm sick of it. every year, we give power to one person. it was not made that way in the constitution. he was around when it was written. >> that's mike boast and he was talking to the house speaker and he's pretty upset about a new plan to overhaul the state pension system in illinois. now boast later told the local media he doesn't normally act like that but doesn't regret a word he said. police say a mother left her baby in the car to get a body piercing and they also claim she was drunk and pregnant. and an employee says the woman came in asking how long it would take to get a piercing. this is inside a houston, texas tattoo parlor. she told him she had a sleeping baby in the car and that's when

the employee called police. >> she was looking for trouble. she got what everything she served she got because the babassus in danger. -- baby was in danger. >> they found some beer bottles and some xanax in the car. the space x is now headed back to earth. it will be a splashdown in the pacific later this morning. astronauts from the international space station will detach the cargo vessel and they'll move it away using a robotic arm. the dragon is the first commercial spacecraft to dock with the international space station. well, apparently someone in mitt romney's camp wants a better americia. >> and possibly a spell check too. a new mitt romney iphone app allows romney supporters to photograph themselves with one of his slogans, it's supposed to be a better america. the problem is that one of the slogans had america misspelled and the romney camp is downplaying this and working with apple to fix the app. all right, well bieber

fever could now be -- some say i'm not sure about this, comparable to -- >> this is not good. >> beatle mania. >> really? >> i know. >> okay. well a state of emergency of sorts and that teen heartthrobs, all of his screaming fans, megan, you are one of them you know it. >> oh, yeah. >> he came out trying to contain those girls. ♪ >> have you seen this jet? it's so cute. it's an important question and one guy did it with a lot of help. the incredible proposal video that you have to see. >> oh i love that. all right, so hurricane season officially begins tomorrow. so where's beryl and is there anything else lurking out in the tropics? i'll answer those questions coming up. >> no delays to talk about here on 695 at green spring avenue. i'll let you know if that's the same case on 95 and the jfx coming up in my abc2 timesaver

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morning. bieber fever is taking over oslo, norway. thousands of screaming girls are finding it hard to contain their excitement, take a look at this. kind of scary, they gathered outside the opera house where he was going to perform. police have put all available resources in the area to gain control of the situation. bieber canceled a press conference and a meet and greet with some of his fans because of the record company. they say he feared for actually the health of both the star and the fans that the concert though could go on. okay so guys if you're thinking about proposing do not let your girlfriend or potential fiancee see this. >> a man named isaac enlisted the help of about 60 people to pop the question. ♪ ♪who cares baby, i think i want to marry you ♪ >> okay so isaac told his girlfriend to meet at his parents' house for dinner.

when she showed up his brother put headphones on her and then the performance started. >> he called it the first live lip dubbed proposal. they danced to "marry you" by bruno mars and she definitely said this. if you want to see the whole five minute long proposal head to the website. we put all five minutes on there for you. it's abc2news.com and it's really sweet. >> what if he went to all of that trouble all these people to help and she said no i'm going to have to think about that. >> i know people never think about that when they do the public proposals but this worked out in his favorite. all the hard work paid off. i thought it was very sweet. governor o'malley is asking sweep news and small businesses to pitch their business on a new social media platform pinterest. >> if you entered the contest some great prizes are in store for you. so the announcement the governor will make later on today. >> also hundreds will take to the streets in philly today. why so many are concerned about the planned budget cuts. >> well, we have trouble in what are fords county with an

accident shutting down route 161 at castleton road. so if you are traveling in the area you do want to stick with castleton road as the alternate route. there are fallen power lines in the area. no problems to report though on 95 to baltimore county. if you are going to the harrisburg expressway, no delays to talk about from hunt valley all the way down towards 695. if you are going to the west side of the beltway here's exactly what it looks like fortunately no delays to talk about. you are looking at an 11 minute ride on the outer loop from 795 down towards 95. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. stay with us. there is much more to come. you're watching "good morning maryland." pull on those gardening gloves. and let's see how colorful an afternoon can be. with the home depot certified advice

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and welcome back. some top stories on this thursday. police in waterville, maine will provide an update on the disappearance of reynolds. police say the 20-month-old was taken from her home last december. her father insists he put her in the bed last night. the blood has been found in the home. well, nine days and still no verdict. the jury resumes deliberations today in the john edwards' case. he's now facing six felony charges accused 06 using campaign monies to hide his

pregnant mistress rielle hunter. and today the school reform commission voted on the plan to dismantling the philadelphia school. a profest and rally are both scheduled and 2700 employees could lose their jobs because of the massive cuts. megan? 5:46 right now. police say he is not going anywhere. baltimore county man has been denied bail after police say he murdered and dismembered a man. abc2 news sherrie johnson joins us with the very latest on this investigation. >> reporter: well, megan yes we have some new information. we've learned that 21-year-old alexander kinyua has been charged with first degree murder. he will face the judge in court today at 1:15. this is in connection with body parts found in a home in the 500 block of terrapin terrace in joppa. the sheriff's deputies have a strong belief that they found the body of a man missing since last week. and while detectives have not positively identified that body; police say they have a strong suspicion that it's kujoe bonsafo agyei-kodie. he's been missing since friday and was last seen in his home

on terrapin terrace. deputies found body parts in the home once they entered with a search warrant. >> we've got a suspect in custody being charged with first degree murder and it's up to the officer chief medical examiner to be able to confirm positively the identity of the body and investigators do believe that this is related to the missing person that was reported over the weekend. >> reporter: now we should learn more information later today when charging documents are expected to be made available to the public. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. get ready to see billboards and advertisements and movie theaters aimed at getting you to recycle. the knuckle pain is designed to -- new campaign is designed to increase recycling rates and have a new online feature that will allow people in the county to see how well they're doing. in 2011 residents recycled about 15% by weight saving more

than $2.5 million in disposal costs. we're expected to get an update today on the progress of the clean-up of the chesapeake. there's a media conference later this morning talking about the latest phase of o the project and also highlighting the need for continued efforts to restoring the overall health of the chesapeake bay. governor o'malley is announcing the winners today of the pinterest business pitch. in march he asked participants to pitch their aimenings. winners of the contest will be featured on the governor's own pinterest page and receive a prize courtesy of the baltimore angels. time now for a little sports and the o's they are officially on the skids following their fifth consecutive loss. last night the sweep was completed at the hands of the toronto blue jays. baltimore could only muster four hits on the night and there was a lot of that going on. jason hammel gave up four home runs to the jays, 4-1 toronto. o's are off today and have to regroup and going down tampa for a weekend sere with the ray

-- series with the rays. they still share first place with them in the a. l. east. tomorrow sol big changes with the -- some big changes to the inner harbor. >> namely a big groan monster. that's he is see you right here. and there are plans for the outside of the new rip lee's believe it or not location coming to the inner harbor. the attraction is expected to open in the light street pavilion tomorrow and hopefully they'll have good weather for that. >> right lynette? >> yes. yes, yes. okay so it's opening tomorrow you say though right? tomorrow, we could see some showers especially into the afternoon. but if they do it in the morning time, things looking better but some severe thunderstorms could pop up into the afternoon. i'm going to detail that more but before i get into the forecast here, i want to say happy birthday to daniel and he is from elkton and he's turning 21 today and that's daniel scott of elkton. happy birthday 21-year-old. you deserve it. all right so we look at the satellite and radar right now. not a whole lot to see. but you want to know where beryl is? it is barreling out into the atlantic no longer we are not

dealing with that. and the tropics, the active season begins tomorrow officially. and nothing is brewing out there in the atlantic as of now or the gulf of mexico. so things definitely looking good. we'll see how the season goes though. so with all that moisture from beryl yesterday, well, we have some reduced visibility a little bit of patchy fog in easton this morning. only about three miles of reduced visibility and urbanna right now looking at blue skies mixing with a little bit of cloud cover but as high pressure will begin to move in, we will begin to see plenty of sunshine as we go throughout the day. so make sure you do enjoy today because change is coming like i was just talking about as soon as tomorrow. right now these temperatures are mild. 60-degrees in towson. we're looking at the upper 50s 234 ole cotty right now. laurel at 65 degrees, more 65s in chestertown and also middletown and goldsboro manufacture the same. looking -- more of the same. waiting for the cold front the slice through the area. once it does high pressure will move in here and another cold front bringing some showers and thunderstorms to the forecast

for tomorrow. and you can see it here on future trend, this is what i was talking about say around 2:00 and beyond, that's when we'll be seeing some thunderstorms and they could be on severe side. all right now a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren. good morning lynette. we have an accident in harford county to tell you about but first i would also like to wish daniel scott a happy birthday. very happy birthday. 21 always a good one. and another birthday greeting to our morning show producer, wanita powell whose birthday is tomorrow. she's off so we definitely wanted to wish her a very happy birthday and have a great day. getting back to the accident in harford county it continues to shut down route 161 at castleton road. the accident has cleared but there are fallen power lines in the area so if you are in that vicinity you will want to use castleton road as the alternate rude. no problems on 95 up in harford county. it will be clear as you drive into baltimore county and a live look in white marsh just north of route 43. four minutes from the point to

the beltway. and as we check in and take a live look at 695 and parkville, cars are starting to you know traffic picking up in the area but no significant delays. just an 11 minute ride on the outer loop from 95 up to 83. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. megan and charlie, back to you. former president george w. bush and his wife are going back to d.c. >> they're going to be visiting the place they called home for eight years. >> and world health organization now cracking down on tobacco use. what it's doing this year that's going to curb the tobacco industry. details when "good morning maryland" continues.

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for president george w. bush and his wife laura are returning to the white house today. they're going to be welcomed by the obamas for the official unveiling of the bush portraits. today is world no tobacco day and it is the day marked by the world health organization to draw attention to the risks of using tobacco. and to push for policies to reduce tobacco consumption. this year the w. h. o. is focusing on companies that try to undermine tobacco controlled efforts. a former student is expected to turn himself in today to begin his 30 day jail finance. dharun ravi was found guilty of

using web cam to spy on his roommate and romantic partner. nasa officials are holding a discussion today about new observations made with the hubble space telescope. astronomers will be able to use the observations to predict the next major cosmic event in our solar system. several members of congress areholdsing a news conference today to express their support for expedited withdrawal of u.s. troops from afghanistan and also a paneled dig cushion with the lieutenant -- discussion with the lieutenant colonel. having a toddler means constantly having to worry about everything they put in their mouth. >> really. >> i am, i'm nervous about it. >> there's some obvious hazards there in your house. a list of those coming up. >> some good news to report this morning about the safety of your teenagers behind the wheel. new trends show promise that still a lot of work that needs to be done. >> this man's joyride through the streets of a wisconsin town. we'll show you that? just a bit. we'll tell you this no happy ending. >> a quick check with lynette.

>> all right megan, shades sunscreen and hats today. i'll felt you when the need the umbrella coming up. >> no delays to tell you about here on the beltway at route 295. i'll let you know in that's the same case on the jfx coming up in my abc2 timesaver traffic report. [ jared ] uh, michael? you know... big game... that was sort of supposed to be for all of us. [ slurping ] [ male announcer ] give 'em what they love. subway! giant subs, sandwich and cookie platters. and big-time value. subway catering. order today!

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