confirming this morning. this is what you are seeing on this monday, june 4th. it looks clear. i know when we came in, it was rain or fog we were contending with. howard county, a lot of rain, low lying areas. >> we still have patchy fog across the eastern shore. more rain possible moving in, in to the afternoon. the reason why, we have the upper level low. with something significant that happened friday, we have to look back at what happened. we had ten confirmed tornados, ten confirmed tornados, a whether the of tornados, nobody was hurt. i like to say that, two of those were ef1s with winds of 76 to 110 miles per hour. harford and howard counties. ef1, one pg. it was a stormy day on friday. look at what he have this morning am beautiful sunrise across the area, gwen oak.

we have change coming in the forecast as we look at the temperatures now, we are nice and mild, basically, seasonable as we go throughout the day. temperature as little bit the visibility, 3 miles in easton, take it easy on the roadways. let's get a check of the traffic with loren. good morning, it's dicey for you. we have a crash in downtown baltimore to let you know about, east baltimore, if you are headed to the tunnels, that's going to be a different story. no concerns through the fort mc henry, harbor nice and clear. this is a live picture, picture north of child's street. an easy ride. if you are headed to the northeast corridor, here is what it looks like, north of white marsh. you are looking at a 4-minute ride to 695, as far as the beltway is concerned, you will see, no problems to talk about

what soever to talk about in parkville. the west side will remain clear as you travel the outer loop from 795, down to route 40. things are still a mess following friday's storms. >> clean up continues especially in harford county, that area got hit hard. linda so is live in fallston to show us what things look like today. this is some of the damage, the fallston fallston pharmacy, see the roof damaged from the storm. it's the entire building, tarps are covering it. we got off the phone with the national weather service this morning. they confirm an ef1 tornado, touched down in the pleasant hills area. it was on the grounds for a mile. the tornado uprooted trees, damaged businesses and homes.

one moved off the foundation near route 1. people spent the weekend trying to clean up the mess. one man was crushed by a moving building. john corren talked to the man working alongside the victim when the garage collapsed on him. . >> he said the only thing he seen was his arms sticking out. the block and everything had his body covered. >> reporter: lots of clean up to be done, if you would like to help the man who was trapped find information on abc2news.com. speaking of our website, a section called tornado alley we want to point out, there are precautions to take in severe weather. you can track storms with storm chasers and more. some of the video is incredible. look under the weather tab. the man who has confessed to the shooting death of trayvon martin is waking up in

a jail cell. george zimmerman could spend aw isolation room. that's his cell. the sheriff's office says it's for his protection. at the time of his april 20th bond hearing, he had access to $135,000 but told the court he was broke. >> i, from a state position, will call it what it is, the defendant's wife lied to this court. she stated she had no money when in fact, the records show that he did. >> a couple have been holding recorded phone conversations. all of those phone conversations were recorded. the tone ex-pecks to file motion seeking a bond hearing. locally now today's. jury selection set to begin for the driver charged in a deadly two-car crash that happened in howard county. johnson was involved in the crash that killed man last year.

it happened near mission road and savage, the trial expected to last two days. a stabbing happened at boarding house, late saturday on lafayette. according to police, that there was an argument between antonio and a woman, she got her brother involved, things got physical. matson was stabbed in the back and taken to hopkins but died. the woman and her brother were taken in to police custody. we are learning about funeral arrangements for richard dawson, dawson passed away wfer after a battle with esophageal cancer. he hosted 1994 and 95 season. who could forget him kissing the female contestants as he often did. he was on the 1960s show, hogan's heroes.

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this morning, a 5th grader in minnesota returning to class after missing school on friday. >> fortunately in this case, he may have the best excuse this the world.

[music] for as long as there have been teachers, students have had excuses. 11-year-old tyler sullivan isn't like those kids, a basketball player, who turns in his home work. his computer doesn't crash, he is a good kid. >> reporter: on friday, tyler was very naughty for the first time in his life, he played hooky. he should have been in class. that's the president of the united states. tyler played hooky to meet barack obama. >> i said, hi, mr. president. he says, hi, tyler, you must be out of school then. >> reporter: obama reached for pen and paper. he says do you want me to write an excuse note. what is your teacher's name. he writes, please excuse tyler

he was with me, barack obama the president. >> reporter: one of the coolest hooky excuses ever, even on fancy letterhead. >> it pretty cool. it's really cool. >> reporter: on monday morning, tyler will ask mr. ackerman to forgive him for missing class and maybe gloat to his friends who will ask the same question, over and over. >> you got to meet the president? are you serious? >> yes. tyler met obama. who needs a doctor's note when you have a presidential pardon. new information on the remains of u.s. service members killed in vietnam. >> what defense secretary panetta is doing in vietnam and to find remains of service members including those from maryland.

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nature can surprise you sometimes... next time, you drive. next time, signal your turn. ...that's why we got a subaru. love wherever the road takes you. i'm charley crowson. >> i'm megan pringle. this is your news to go. >> we have a busy monday morning. lone has we will start off with meteorologist, lynette charles, people are cleaning up from severe weather over the weekend. >> they are cleaning up from over the weekend. things are looking better for today as well. we have a chance for showers to roll in a little bit later. as you are waking up in towson, rain earler, we cleared out nicely.

the temperature in at 56 degrees sykesville 57. chesapeake 51. rainfall totals we have received, close to a 10th in towson. 10th in sykesville. as we go through the remainder of today, a chance to pick up more under isolated shower or thunderstorm. visibility, a big issue in spots this morning. especially easton, along the eastern shore, we have 3 miles of visibility, stepping out and about, be prepared for that. maryland's most powerful radar, the showers pushing off in to the atlantic as of now. we are getting sunshine, you think that sunshine is good thing. we will get the atmosphere unstable, that's the chance for the pop up shower and storm by this afternoon. take the rain gear with you just in case. now a check of the time saver traffic with loren. good morning. we have an accidents to tell you about in downtown baltimore. on north calvert at east

baltimore street. congestion is starting to pick up on the main lines, headed through the tunnels, 895 south is starting to slow down now , the fort mc henry is a different story. it will be nice and clear. if you are headed to the topside, here is what it looks like north of 83, no significant delays to tell you about in this vicinity and jfx remains clear if you are using that to get in the city, 11 minute ride from the beltway to downtown baltimore, here is a look at the west side, traffic is starting to pick up on the outer loop that typical morning ride, do expect congestion as you travel the outer loop towards edmonton avenue. that's a look at time saver traffic. strong storm moved through baltimore this is on fridays night, leaving downed trees and debris. >> sherrie johnson is live in towson, picking up the storm coverage as clean up is underway. that is right. they have big clean up issues

going on today. we are here at 628, chestnut in west towson, where a tree fell on top of the roof of this home in the storm. see the blue tarp covering the roof here. that's where the tree hit the top of the house. debris litters the top of the lawn. they have a busy day ahead. the home was damaged by falling debris, the tree literally cut in half and fell on the house. several homes were damaged. east of towson, near the calvert hall and the target shopping center. several huge old trees came down throughout several neighborhoods in the area. the storm left many running for cover. no one was hurt, roger was home with his family when he heard a loud noise. >> it was like it was spinning around and power washing the

house sideways. it's amazing. >> reporter: back out here live, they will clean up, they've start started a little bit. at the height of the storm, 5600 people lost power in baltimore county, we have checked in with bge, most of the customers have power once again. reporting live in towson, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. . a wa rescue in prince georges county. three teens were pulled from the river during the storm. a witness saw them struggling and called 911, the teens were rescued using a system of ropes and pullies. medics treated them for hypothermia, expected to be okay. we received photographs from friday's severe weather. this was sent from a viewer. see the differential between the clouds and the bright skies there taken from harford county. a viewer sent in a picture of gray and black clouds. thank you for sending in the

photos. we posted the slide show on abc2news.com. several baltimore county officials are announcing plans to enhance the county's emergency notification system. it will allow you to register you self to a number and you will receive a recorded or email notification about emergency situation. ems alerts tell you about the threats that are going on in baltimore in the area, especially weather events, like hurricanes and tornados. prince georges county woman expected to be okay after a car crash she was driving it in to an apartment. it threw the woman from he bed to the floor. police say the driver who lives in the building said she was trying to park and her brakes failed. police are investigating whether alcohol or drugs played a factor. a family is dealing with an incredible loss, an 11 yield boy was shot and killed by his own brother. it happened by accident.

surviving brother showed us the last place he saw his older brother. this looks like the boy took a handgun from a neighbor's property to play with it. the 8 year old accidently shot his brer. -- brother. no charges have been filed yet against the 8-year-old boy. happening today, usda expanding search for dangerous bacteria in meat. they tested grounds beef for straining of e. coli. it will not be allowed to be sold and could be subject to a recall. there are 700 different strains of the e. coli bacteria, most are harmless, some can cause serious health problems. good news in the fight against breast cancer. a drug is showing promise and good signs of treating the disease. tdm1, clinical trials showed it

slowed progression of breast cancer, better than the standard treatment. it's a huge step in terms of slowing down the aggressive forms of breast cancer. developing story, biding war could be in the worgs to bring a carousel to harbor. the city ended the relationship with the former operator. this are two local companies that want to bring the rides back. charm city proposing a classic carousel ride with 30 figures and two chariots. tc is pitching an idea and could feature figures representing areas including a blue crab and maybe a baltimore orioles. first major event includes a military parade, fly past the royal air force. members of the royal family will ride in the same carriage used during prince william and

catherine's royal wedding last year. fife things you need to know, leon panetta arrived at the u.s. air and naval base, hoping to locate and identify 1200 war deeds from the u.s., including 23 from here in maryland. a debate over same-sex marriage like the one in maryland. opponents of the bill which goes in to effect thursday, say they will deliver a petition today to force a referendum on the measure.

let's get a check on the weather. we are not going see that. >> we are getting sunshine. that's going to put smiles on people's faces for today. a look at the satellite and radar, most of the rain is pushing out, we will get a break in the action, we had rain eler this morning, rich meyers along the eastern shore sent me a facebook message, saying it's delmar delmarva lo u.s. let's eck out bethesda, we started out with cloud cover and seeing sunshine now, as we slide in to manchester m of the same, clouds, but pretty sunshine across the area as we look at temperatures this morning, they are seasonable, 57 degrees towson, good morning

westminster. 57, ijamsville 58. rookville 55. 63 rock hall. northeast 58 degrees. future trend picking up on isolated scattered shower to pop up in to the afternoon, like yesterday. we got good sunshine, but with the heating of the day, disstabilized the atmosphere. this trend continues in to tuesday and also wednesday. our hour by hour forecast, 74 degrees is what i'm going for today. more sunshine, might get warmer, maybe 75, 76 degrees, staying below average, you can see the showery pattern as we head in to wednesday. possibility on thursday and friday. looking fantastic as we head in to the weekend. that's what counts. temperatures coming in around 3 and 85. -- 83 and 85. good morning, a crab is cleared from downtown

baltimore, north calvert. two accidents, trouble on 795s an accident, southbound owings mills boulevard. if you are traveling the beltway, expect a slow ride. liberty road. dealing with an accident here as well. that's going to be on the ramp to 795, north. expect delays in the area. slow towards route 40. if you are going to be traveling through the harbor tunnel, expect delays, 895, southbound lanes pretty packed as you make the ride in to the city. thank you for the photographs you sent in here from the storms, i don't storms. >> we can't see, we have to get reports. you did a fabulous job. thank you, thank you for staying safe. >> one of the pictures i liked was the family hunkered down in the basement.