wind are on the light side this morning. they will be a little on the variable side going through time. but all in all, things looking up for today. as we look at maryland's most powerful radar, we are dry. and like i said, we have a chance for maybe an isolated shower to pop up going through the rest of the morning and the afternoon. but also, getting sunshine in here. let's check of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren. how are the road looking. >> reporter: we have problems in west baltimore where a house fire has shut down south fulton avenue between ramsey street and will helm street. youth south mound street and we are awaiting a phone call to see if anyone has been injured. we will bring you the latest as it becomes available. no problems to report on the jfx. it will be an easy ride heading downtown. everything is going to be up tospeed through the fort mchenry and harbor tunnel. as belook -- as we look at 95 northeast corridor in the white marsh area, no problems a 4- minute ride from route 43 to

the beltway. once you get on the beltway this is what it looks like at harford road. just an 11-minute ride from the 95 to 83. the inner hoop will be nice and clear. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. now over to you. >> history made in wisconsin. a hotly contested recall vote for the state's governor scott walker was not nearly as close as pundits expected. republicans survived for theouster. linda so is here with overnight reaction. linda. >> reporter: governor scott walker celebrated his big win in front of a crowd of supporters. he beat his challenger tom barrett by a 53-46 margin. now that the election is over, walkers says he is focused on the future and getting back to his work as governor. walker had to fight to keep his job after voters petitioned for his removal. he fired up unions after successfully stripping away the bargaining rights to balance the state budget. big name republicans and democrats poured millions into the race. some believe the race has

implications for the presidential race in november. president obama easily won the state in 2008 but walk are's victory could give -- walk are's victory could give -- walker's victory could give repubs can a boost. >> we tell wisconsin and our country and people all across the globe, voters really do want leaders who stand up and make the tough decisions. >> reporter: now exit polls shows voters favor the president over romney. linda so, abc2 news. 5:32. last month shawni ce singletary was shot in the neck. and her mother says it's a mirkel she survives but she faces a lifetime of recovery and rehab. two people pulled up to the car next to her and shot her in the neck paralyzing her from the neck down. they don't know why the shooting happened and she survived. now she can communicate by lip reading or using a computer triggered by the tiny movements of her hand. >> it's hard because when i found out about what happened

and the doctors told me the situation, it kind of took something out of me. >> the doctor who treated her at johns hopkins has gottenpersonly involved putting together a computer system for her to communicate. he is working to get something more advanced. he set up a website for donation and you can find a lind link at abc2news.com. occupy protesters attempted to stop a woman from being evicted from her home in d.c. the protesters went out against u.s. marshals are the intend of evicting the woman and her mom after the apartment was foreclosed upon. they formed a human shield tied the front gates shut and used plumbers pipe to erect a barricade. within minutes things turned violent. >> it was crazy. i've been to a lot of protests, this was the most blood i seen at a protests. >> this is an eviction butler says is illegal because she has an agreement inform they -- if

they fix up the house they don't have to pay rent and invested t250,000 dollars and she is staying in hotel with plans to fight the eviction. we are getting an up close look at a school bus crash in indianapolis. look at the video from surveillance inside the bus. you can see the driver hitting a bump and is thrown from the seat. he clings to the steering wheel as the bus veers but it slams into a garage and he is thrown into the stairwell. you see it unfold. fortunately, no kids were on board at the time and police say no one was seriously hurt in this crash. well, can you spot what's wrong with the picture? it's obvious if you ask me. police pulled over a mom during a seat belt enforcement campaign last week. and this is what they found. a gas can strapped into the seat next to a toddler wearing a lap band. mom and 14-year-old in the car weren't wearing seat belts. driver was cited for three seat belt violations. an ohio high school runner

probed more than sportsmanship is alive and doing well. she heaped competitor during a state track meet. this is 17-year-old megan and she was in last place and in the 3200 meter run when she saw a fellow runner nearly collapse on the track in front of her. instead of pass are her by she put her arm around the girl and helped her. >> i didn't think twice i knew i was going to help her out. if you were to get to the point of the state meet you deserve to finish no matter who you are and i wanted to make that happen. >> the injured girl finished 14th and vogel 15th. luxury cars to mansion to diamond, the super rich seem to afford anything they want. so have you wondered what they really make and how much they pay in taxes? new information from the irs for you this morning. also, special olympics torchpassing through annapolis. >> and-seasonably cool

temperatures are the big story for today. i will tell you when the heat is the big story. those details coming up. >> reporter: no delays on 695 at green spring avenue. i will lety know if it's the same -- let you know if it's the same on the jfx. you are watching "good morning maryland." g ♪

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now "good morning maryland." 5:38. do you wonder how much the super rich earn each year and also how much they pay in tax. the irs released stats from 2009 a says the top 400 earners who filed tax made more than $200 million down 25% from 2008. the average federal income tux bill in 09 came in around 41 million dollars. and that's down nearly 49 from once again the year 2008. ocean city's first chick- fil-a is opening tomorrowmorning at 6 but people are lined up outside the restaurant at this very minute. each time a chick-fil-a opens in a new location it gives the first 100 adults in line a year's supply of free meal cards. people camp out with couches and tvs to get a card. it's an event. the store opening is on the 12,000 block of ocean gateway

along the highway. parents try to give their kids the best of the best in all things but mom and dad in some cities are better at it than others. we will have the top ten cities with the most spoiled kids. also this morning, megan. >> reporter: hey, charley. belmont stakes this weekend, but why play there when you can be here at the maryland live casino. a preview what have to expect when the doors open tonight. >> reporter: we are dealing with an early morning house fire. check on -- if you are using the j-fx, no delays from the beltway all the way downtown to east fayette street. that will take you 11 minutes. and out on the northwest corner of the beltway here's what it looks like at old court road. everything up to speed and it will be a easy ride making the drive down towards route 40. i will show you what 95 looks like coming up in few minutes. stay with us.

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casino opens tonight so we dispatched megan pringle for preview of what's going on. it's loud there. >> reporter: all right. if you can hear me, we are at the maryland live casino. i tried the slot machines and no go yet. but it's going to be a different story tonight when the doors officially open here. take a look around because the place is spectacular. we are talking about 3200 slot machines and this is just phase one. when phase 2 opens up which will happen in october, it will be a total of 4700 slot machines. and since we are talking numbers, let's slow some at you. that is 500 million dollar casino, 330,000 square feet employing 1500 people. so this is huge foran arundel county. and it's only going to get bigger. now again, the doors open at 10 tonight. that's the only number you probably care about. and again when the doors open the place is going to be packed with people.

they are expecting thousands to show up to check out bobby flay's new restaurant, the cheese cake factory and, of course, the slot machines. a lot of people are wondering what about table gaming? they have electronic table games and they say should maryland end up passing table gaming they are ready for it. they have the pits ready. stay out here live because we will talk to the general manager find out more about this place what people can expect when they come. and what's the deal with parking and all the questions you have we will get answered and we will talk to a chef because everybody is curious about the food. while waiting for that, i will keep trying my hand at the slot machines to see if eye can -- i can get it to work. now back to you. >> i should have given hear roll of quarters. i should have. on facebook we want to know what you think about what's going on with this. are you excited? some say it's another casino so be it. head to abc2 news.com/facebook

and tell us what you think about that casino opening up. the maryland lottery says the state's two casino generated more than 14 1/2 in revenue for may. a lottery said the hollywood casino perryville generated 10 million and oceans downs generated 4 1á million. that could change with the influx of that anne arundel county. now tonight the justice for trayvon martin group will protest police brutality. community churches united called for. [audio not understandable] the group says protesters that day were met with violence. today they will protest outside the courthouse where a trial  for for man arrested are set to begin today. the whole thing is set to start off at 8:30. the first african american graduate from the u.s. naval ahmad mi -- academy will be buried there. wesley brown ceremony is set for today. he died last month at the age

of 85 in silver spring. his family is donating the class ring and points bookish you'd to him during the 1945 freshman year. it's the official handbook for navy midshipmen. today is the beginning of the baltimore county farmers market. you can find all kind of fresh locally grown products including meats, vegetables, baked goods and ice cream. farmers market will run wednesday from now until october 31st at maryland state fairgrounds. gates open at 2:30 this afternoon. if you are around annapolis you might see the special olympics torch run. police officers escort the torch beginning at 2. runners will make the way through the city and pass several landmarksch the torch will be delivered to towson university for the opening ceremony set to begin on friday. sports this morning. what is it about the o's and red sox? 9 innings is never enough for the guys. and last nice it was no different. after a shaky defense and blown save in the 9th, the o's tacked

on 2 in the top of the 10th to take the soaries opener 8-6 last -- take the series opener #-6. jim johnson gave up a 2- run game tying and baltimore scored 2 in the 10th. and baltimore moves to first place in the al east. the orioles announcing today who made the teams for the brooks robinson high school games. the alternates and coaches be chosen from schools across the statech news conference will tack place at camden yards. game is sunday following a the on the's game against the phillies -- the o's game against the phillies. bundle.com compiled a list of cities and parents spending most on their kid. new york hands down walked away with brooklyn coming in second. here is a look at other top 10 cities they include miami,

dallas, san diego, and fort lauderdale. dc made the list of the top ten cities where parents spoiled the kids the least. once again dc spoiling their kid the least. here's lynette with a check of the forecast. >> all right. let's talk about what's going on with the weather this morning. because i think a lot of youwill like it. we look at the satellite and radar. that upper level trough is trying to move away from us. but you can see the spin in the atmosphere. so it's around and still having an influence throughout the day. so we have the chance for a shower to pop up isolated in nature. right now, we can see some clouds coming in across the area. but we are getting breaks in the clouds. and we can take it outside in ellicott city as we are looking at a few clouds, but, again a. little sunshine out there as well. that's the scenario there today. more of the same in manchester. a little cloud cover but also a little blue skies as well. so very reminiscent of what we have been seeing. but the temperatures are a little bit cool they are

morning. look at the 40s. 44 degrees middletown. jefferson 48. 47 westminster. and 46 in towson right now. and we are looking at 49 in hickory. northeast right around 48 degrees and then we see the low 50s from chestertown to middletown and goldsboro. the weather pattern well we are in between two systems right now. the one up towards the north the upper-level low and we have a system down to the south that's going to be bringing them the possibility of some severe weather. and for us today, an isolated shower i don't think we will see any severe weather whatsoever. and future trend picking up on the fact that high pressure will build in here as we go into friday and i think you will like the weekend. but today's temperature around 74 degrees. and here it is. no more waiting here. as you like that hot weather, i have it in the forecast for you lauren. as we go into sunday, and possibly monday, and maybe even tuesday we will keep a chance for scattered shower to move into the peckture as we head into tuesday. let's check of the abc2

timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: good morning. charley wants the warmer weather, too. hitting the road, we have a house fire in west baltimore that shut down south fulton right between wilhelm and ramsey street. we are wait on a callback from the fire department to see if anyone has been injured. we will bring outlatest as it becomes available. no delays through the fort mchenry or harbor tunnels and using interstate 83, here's a live look in northern baltimore. everything nice and clear. that will continue from hunt valley down towards the beltway and it will remain that way on the jfx. as sphaer as -- far as the south side here's a live look. no problems heading down towards 495 or north up toward the tunnels. and as we mentioned, the maryland live casino opens tonight. expect heavy congestion on route 295 and route 100 beginning around 8:00 tonight. that will continue throughout the weekend. we will bring you the latest on

delays as they occur. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. the chance for i'll have another to take home the triple crown may be in jeopardy. it could be sidelined. a bate brewing on the racetrack threatening to -- battle brewing on the racetrack threatening toput it on hold. space shuttle enterprise almost done on river tour of the new york site. good morning maryland continues in a moment.

five things to know on this wednesday morning. a possible strike at the belmont park in new york could interfere with saturday's triple crown race. more than 80 workers are threatening to walk off the job. they have been in contract disputes with the racing association for two years. first lady michelle obama is attending fun raisers along east coast on behalf of her husband campaigning in new york city at noon and then off to philadelphia. house minority leader nancy pelosi is recognized for 25 years of service in congress. a forum is hosted by the belmont house the headquarters for the national women's party and hosted by the national

women's history museum. and it's going to be a bessy day for the president. president obama is headed to four fund raiseers in california, and san francisco and los angeles. he will make on camera remarks at the lgbt leadership council gala in beverly hills. and space shuttle enterprise on the last leg of the journey through new york floating along a barge through the hudson. it passed the statue of liberty and world trade center before reaching the intrepid cierra and space museum. coming up at 6, cake, ice cream and a handgun. it is the norm for churn's birthday parties in a texas town. a run -- for a children's birthday party in a texas town. plus, what would you say if a texas mom claims the talking doll is saying word that no kid should be repeating. lynette. >> all right. we have had the chance of rawil rain free coming up. >> reporter: no problems on the

west side of the beltway at liberty road. i will show you what 95 and jfx looks like in my abc2 timesaver traffic report.

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