little. >> it is even this morning it's not as cool as it was yesterday and the day before. this morning into the afternoon get out and enjoy it. you loved yet. you're going to love today as well. check out the temperatures right now. we have three 58th. you can see the winds are pretty much on the light side. and that will stay that way even as we go into the afternoon. now right now, ellicott city, we do have some clouds out there. but we're also getting some sunshine across the area. that's going to be the name of the game. more sunshine this morning and then the clouds will begin to move in. as we go into the afternoon. setting us up for the chance for some scattered showers and maybe even a rumble of thunder in here. but maryland's most powerful radar is all dry as of now. so get out there and enjoy it. do your outdoor activities this morning if possible. and also a coastal flood advisory in effect for the areas in the blue color basically until about 2:00 this afternoon and basically the eastern shore. we're looking at on shore winds providing for that and also high tides. let's get a check now of the

after the traffic with lauren cook. good morning. accidents out there and lots of congestion. yes, lynette well fortunately a crash has just cleared from the southbound lanes of 95 at shell road but you want to watch out for the construction that is planned for june 20th. the department of transportation's having a press conference to officially announce the project later this morning. so beginning june to the. the southbound -- just south of the toll plaza just one lane and that will continue through october. so you do want to use the tunnel toll plaza, or the key bridge as your alternate route. if you are using the jfx to get into the city no delays it will be nice and clear from the beltway all the way downtown. and that will be the same case on 695 as we check in and take a live hook here in towson at york road. everything up to speed and a nice easy ride as you make the push up to 83. and the west side also in great shape. litable bit more volume over but here in significant delays as you travel from 795 down to 95 and you can be the first to know about breaking news, weather and traffic just

download abc2's free app. just text wmar to 46988. a budget rally planned today in downtown baltimore. they will show forth spur jack young's plan for -- for the plan to have money for the fire stations. this will all set to take placed at 1:00 this afternoon in front of city hall. another rally today at city hall today too concerning the proposed beverage tax. united food and commercial workers will voice their concerns over the proposed 150% increase for the beverage container tax. they say it would cause grocers and bottlers to cut workers not raise prices, this will happen at 9:45 before the committee on taxationings finance and economic development they have their voting session. this afternoon officials will meet to discuss putting advertisements on trucks in baltimore city. it would help raise funds they

need to help keep three of the fire companies from closing on june 1st. maryland congressman will be speaking out today about a rep cent spat of leaks and classified national security information. he plans to take part in a nudes conference in d.c -- news conference in d.c. with other leaders on the house and senate intelligence committees. he is talking the d.c. calling the leaks -- calling the leaks damage and intolerable. we have world that karl rove will be in baltimore saturday. she's scheduled to be -- he's scheduled to be a speaker at the red white and blue dinner. the party stitcheryman says rove is instrumental from -- party's chairman says that rove is instrumental. maryland highway officials are planting nearly 120,000 trees statewide and it's all to help filter stormwater. we're told they're going to be located along interchanges in grassy areas where they won't

hinder any visibility. today the transportation department will be holding a press conference all to announce a national strategy for find -- ending distracted driving. transportation secretary ray lahood will make the announcement in dover, delaware set for 2:30 afternoon. a street in detroit, michigan has been cleared away after a man chopped up wood and put it in the street. one neighbor found the man and our station went to interview. listen to what he said. >> yes, i'm mr. clean-up. i'm not mr. clean. i'm mr. clean-up. >> somebody said that? i live in warren and i'm cleaning up detroit. go figure that one out. you don't have to ask me and i don't take no orders from no woman by the way. i don't listen to women yelling, i tell them to shut up. >> east charming. he's -- he's charming. >> michigan's man of the year right there. the man claims he hit a curb and the debris fell out. that certainly may not be the

case at all. the oz a-- o's appear closer to righting the ship. last night in beantown baltimore scored 2 in the 6th and gave chen all he needed for his fifth win on the season and moving the o's back into unfamiliar territory for this time of the season. they are in sole possession of first place in the a. l. east. baltimore goes for the sweep tonight in boston. 7:10 first pitch. brian matusz is the starter. it's a late night snack that comes with price. >> coming up the changes taco bell what they're doing to the menu could be going a little top shelf and gourmet. >> gourmet? linen napkins? >> i know. all right, lowering your rent, wouldn't that be nice? why bragging about your personal finances may save you some cash every single month. >> and mother nature has been fair this week. cooler, the beginning of the week. warming up towards the end of the week. but hot weather is on-deck. those details coming up. >> traffic is just starting to pick up here on 95 and the

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>> some things to consider could be including you'd sign a lease longer for a year if you could. you can save a landlord clean- up and advertising costs and also note that minor downside like leaky faucets and street noise can cause problems and lead you to possible discount and barter your exporetize. they may be willing to help the landlord out. taco bell is rolling out new items for the summer. megan is excited. whole black beans, citrus and herb marinated chicken and rice. the cantina bell options will begin debuting nationwide july 5th. >> all right, here's something that you're excited about. get ready for the elvis hologram. the digital production company has obtained the rights, it's the same company responsible for the hologram that happened in april. now digital domain says that the elvis hologram will be used for a range of entertainment projects but yet to announce any specifics or tow dates and stay tuned for that -- tour

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same as we head over into manchester but summit ridge with some calm winds there. that humidity is at 84%. now as we head over to manchester we're looking at 83% humidity and the winds out of the west at about 5 miles an hour and we can see in manchester the sun starting to rise. and now it has risen. and we do look at some clouds out there and also some sunshine. that's going to be the trend just like it has been over the last several days. we'll start to see a little bit more cloud cover into the afternoon though evening for today. we have the chance for some scattered showers to pop up on maryland's most powerful radar. as of now though things are nice and dry it should stay that way through the remainder of the morning. let's get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. how are the roads looking? good morning. we have several accidents in baltimore county. trouble in sparrows point. and as we head north into baltimore county there's another crash on jarrettsville

pike, if you are using 83 he's hunt valley an swan road. everything up to speed. it will remain delay-free on the justification just 11 minutes from towson all the way to downtown baltimore. on the beltway in parkville on harford road that outer loop really starting to slow down. that's a look another your abc2 timesaver traffic -- at your abc2 timesaver traffic. megan and charlie, over to you. in an hour the doors will open again reopen for the maryland live casino at the mall. >> the big question this morning is just how difficult it's going to be to get in because traffic was bad overnight. >> this is all regarding the time that you spent to get there. >> yeah, abc2 news linda so had no trouble getting out there this morning because the doors were closed. she's in hanover today with a preview of day two. linda? >> reporter: charlie, all looks gads right now. the parking lot -- good right now. the parking lot looks pretty empty. a couple told us it was simply

a mess yesterday. the line was wrapped around the building they said getting here the traffic was really bad. we actually had pictures e- mailed to us overnight from viewers. people tell us they had to wait the line for two, three hours just to get in the door and it took them just as long to get here in traffic. now we talked to the president of the cordish company who says it was because of the opening night rush. they hope to have it will problems resolved as the -- the problems resolved as the week goes on. right now there are 3200 slot machines at the on the and by october they plan to up that and bring in more than 4700 slots making maryland live casino one of the largest in the u.s.. county executive john leopold was on hand for yesterday's grand opening. >> there were a lot of battles getting to this point. but it means 1500 permanent johns. i bet people tonight will move from delaware and virginia to get the jobs here! doors will open here this morning for gay to of the casino at -- day two of the

casino at 8:00 a.m. >> reporter: pretty quiet and calm as the day wears on though we do expect larger crowds. maybe it's a good idea to get here earlier rather than later. again the couple we just spoke with said it was a mess yesterday and they're hoping that will calm down as the week goes on. live in hanover, linda so, abc2 news. this is our hot topic right now on the facebook fan page. carol writes in it was totally insane. traffic horrible: no parking. self or valet. if you got into the parking lot, it was about an hour wait in line. very unorganized. and then same, ian tweeted -- at the same time, ian tweeted great place and lots of penny slots. and chris cheswick still wakes up at night waiting to get a good night text from his son but that won't happen since matthew cheswick was killed in ocean city walking across the coastal highway. chris spoke exclusively with abc2 news about the end of his son's life and the start of the

case with the man charged in his son's death. sherrie johnson has the reaction. >> reporter: well, charlie we are here at towson university on the campus here. this is where matthew cheswick was a student. now his father chris cheswick spoke with abc2 news in an exclusive interview and we have new reaction from him. basically matthew was killed along coastal highway and ocean city more than a week ago hit by suspected drunk driver who tried to get away. his dad says they called his son smiles because of a grin that lit up a room. chris has a collection of bails but there's one special one that has a special meaning. the one signed by matthew. chris tells us that matthew loved sports and these days chris has to try to move on with his life even though it's missing something so huge. he still remembers the night he got the horrible phone call and the heart break, it was 4:15 in the morning. >> she said twice, matthew's dead. matthew's dead.

and i just -- fell to the floor. didn't have any more legs. >> reporter: now chris says that he plans to attend all court hearings for diogo facchini, that's the suspect in matthew's case. now his next court appearance is on july 5th. reporting live in towson, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. and for more on the interview with the father, chris, you can head to our website, abc2news.com. a consumer alert this morning. if you use the website linkedin. the company is reporting that some of the passwords have been stolen and leaked on to the internet. there's no exact figure as to how many of the passwords were online. the site has more than 160 million users. and if you used the over the counter weight loss drug ally you may have noticed it's been harder to find. the maker says that it is running low on the active ingredient. it's going to talk about a

month. you can find it online but it's usually about four or even five times the price. someone is going to win $10,000 tonight all while child the children's foundation is holding a raffle drawing and participants will have one in 225 chance of winning $10,000. all proceeds go to helping children and their families who stay at johns hopkins childrens center. five things this morning. lawyers for former nfl players plan to file a single lawsuit today. they're consolidating complaints from thousands of retired players accusing them -- the nfl of concealing information linking head injuries to permanent problems. the florida a&m university president gives the board new measures as part of the noints hazing plan and a new initiative to restructure the marching band. all of this comes in the aftermath of the hazing related death of a band member. today medical treatment for the acoup shooter will end. jared lee loughner is charged

with killing six people and injuring gabrielle giffords. a busy day for president barack obama. he has fundraisers in los angeles and las vegas. he'll then go to the university of nevada las vegas talking to students there about college affordability. he's expected to be back at the white house though by tonight. national soda summit taking place today in d.c.. it includes a discussion of the plan to not allow the sale of sugary beverages, larger than 16 ounces. the new york city public health commercializer expected to be there. today they are painting the town blue and yellow part of the summer long celebration to have the seasoning launching the summer of patriotism. this event will kick off on pratt street at 10:30 this morning at shirley's. they are going to have a special menu available through the end of month. today starts the four day greek folk festival. the largest greek american celebration of all the events taking place at st. nicholas dunk in baltimore.

today's activities include several performances and it runs until sunday. time now for a check of your weather. here's lynette charles. >> all right megan yes lots of sunshine right now. a few clouds streaming in here from the north and west. we will get that throughout the day. a possibility of scattered thunderstorms to pop up in the afternoon but all in all plenty of sunshine to be had. bethesda plenty of blue skies mixing with a little bit of cloud cover but all in all things looking pretty good out there morning. it looks like they had a little bit of fog out there as well. dundalk though gorgeous shot right now. get out this and enjoy it. we will be changing into the afternoon a little bit. we look at the fact that temperatures are on the cool side. but these are more seasonable than what we have been seeing. we're looking at 58 degrees right now if baltimore. we should be at 59 for this time of the year. so yes you need the jacket but you're supposed to be. so arnold coming in right around 60. we have the new update as we're on air right now. centerville coming in at 61 and bel air around 57-degrees this

morning. the weather pattern brings high pressure into play. especially as we go into tomorrow. it will begin to drift its way a little bit closer to us. but for now, we do have a stationary front that's down off towards the south. that has been the focal point for some showers and thunderstorms across that area. even some severe weather. but no type of severe weather to talk about for today. i do believe that there is the possibility for some scattered storms but nothing severe. have the rain gear out and about and finally, you can put it away as we head into friday and also saturday. no type of rain chances whatsoever. but your hour by hour forecast breaks down like this. 76 degrees by lunchtime. you might be able to eat that lunch outdoors in a lot of spots at 80 degrees that's where our afternoon temperature should be for this time of the year. there's a check of the seven day forecast because we will dry out by the weekend. but we really get hot with the of thes right around 9 -- temperatures right around 90 sunday and also monday. now a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. good morning lynned.

well, there's a -- lynette. it has shut down jarrettsville pike at manor road. use old york road as the alternate route. south in baltimore county we're dealing with another accident. right in sparrows point and it's on the intersection of north point road at sparrows point road. and the department of transportation they will announce a new construction project on 895 later this morning. it won't start until june 20th but it will reduce traffic to just one lane south of the harbor tunnel toll plaza and do expect heavy delays. it's going to continue through october. use the tunnel or the bridge as the alternate route. more problems on 695 with an accident on the outer loop at liberty road. traffic really going to be moving slowly in the area. and unfortunately there's no roadway leaf in the parkville -- relief in the parkville area. harford road that outer loop will remain slow all the way up to charles street. all right. well it began with man tight

roping across the inner harbor and now, the door is open. we get a peek inside of the rip lee's believe it or not auditorium in the inner harbor. if you're curious, it features nine different themed galleries of exhibits of artwork, artifacts and all from around the world. highlights also include an interactive high wire walking activity. a harry potter hogwarts castle that's made from 600,000 wooden matchsticks. just weird to me. they also have we're going to see the centerpiece of the auditorium which is a mine knee cooper -- mini cooper covered with more than one million crystals. >> you really like the car. >> even more awesome with the crystals. little driving disco ball. >> you have the hogwarts out of the matchsticks? >> i think that's a little strange. >> i wonder how long that took to make. on friday i'm going to have the opportunity you want to join us for 5:00 news tomorrow night. because i'm going to have the opportunity to rappel down the side of the baltimore marriott

waterfront for kidney health. check this out at the website and also at abc2news.com. friday night though 5:00 i may have one like that. and you don't get to hold the rope lynette. >> darn. [ captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com ]