live!. it was a disaster for those trying to come to the mall and the casino iliff probably about eight miles and it took me two miles to reach. it the turnaround took another 40 minutes to leave. >> reporter: you never made it in? >> never made in in. >> my goal was to turn around. >> getting out of the theater, it was a mad house. >> reporter: he was at the movies, and he got caught up in the traffic. >> getting out took me 20 minutes, and it would normally take me two. it was pretty foul, yes. >> reporter: sam should have come to the movies this afternoon. the parking lot was wide open. >> those are,ceptional event. you get a lot of crowds as a result of that. we'll fall into normal

operations awful quick. >> reporter: even after all the headaches, cress teen came -- christine came today. >> i think there's a line for restaurants, but it's worth it. >> reporter: when i drove in it took me three minutes from the exit ramp to the parking lot. the true test will be what happens tonight. at arundel mills, i'm don harrison. >> no extra traffic personnel will be added on tonight. well, have you ever been flashed by a speed camera? apparently city transportation officials felt the seam. they will be refunding speed tickets because of a processinger romplet the citations were given out between last december and april.

>> all right, kelly, take a look at this, maryland's most powerful radar. that's not the only storm on the map. one moving through southern caroline county reintensifying, pack some healthy lightning. our next cluster we'll be keeping an eye on is north of the state line, northern carroll county, so we'll be seeing what happens with the next cluster of storms. will they hold together. we'll see. in the meantime a few passing clouds. some will not see a storm. the we'll keep the scattered thunderstorms. we'll talk about how the 70s will go to 90s. that's coming up. now to the soda summit in d.c. over the next two days, nutrition and health experts will talk about how sugary drinks are impacting our health.

how do moms make that decision every day? >> i got rid of the candy and put two bowls of fruit on the table. i stopped buying the cereal with the sugar on it. the doctor wanted to put them on medication because they were so hyped up. comes out it was the sugar they were intaking. when i lowered the sugar, they were normal kids. >> i've always known that sugar is not a good thing to have in mass quantities, that it's a special treat. that's how we treat it in my house. i bite small mini cans of soda, rather than the big cans. i don't think real sugar is the problem. i think fake sugar is the problem, causes cancer. the high fructose corn syrup turns directly into fat.

if you can avoid that which is in typically the processed foods, you're better off eating straight sugar in small amounts. >> giving chicken instead of hamburgers and carrots instead of oreos. it's not really scientific or complicated, just common sense. >> what happens with sugar is sugar takes you up like you're flying on a rocket and bring updown hard. i'm telling mothers to eliminate the amount of shoring sugar in a -- of sugar in a child's diet. >> making healthy choices is not always ease circumstances specially when it comes to fruit juices and whatever else is on sale. we're joined by a dietitian to continue this conversation. we're talking about how this is extreme in terms of banning it. but at least people are talking

about it. >> if you look at a labor, nutrition facts labor under carbohydrates, it lists sugars with an s. it doesn't differentiate between naturally occurring sugar and added sugar. if you want to be an informed consumer, you may have to look in the ingredients to see what added sugars might be in there. a lot of times people see sugar and think oh, it's all bad. milk there's naturally occurring sugar, lack -- lactose and in fruit there's fructose. netiond are listed by freedom nafnlts what's in there the most is listed first. there could be multiple types of

sugar, broken down and farther down. perhaps if they were all one type they would be in the first two or three ingredients. >> so the key is moderation. >> moderation, always. it sounds boring but true and striving for less processed foods, more fruits and vegetables and whole grains. you can't go wrong. >> always great information for us. coming up next we have a story about a toddler hanging from a balcony in china. most people get busted for drinking and driving behind the wheel. how this man got busted in a wheelchair. you heard a lot about our abc2 news app and weather app. i want to tell you about storm shield. you go right into the settings. you can pinpoint the exact type of warnings and you can pinpoint up to five locations you want to get those warnings from, say

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a toddler hanging from the side of a building in china. the child slipped through the

railing of a fourth story building. the neighbor from the apartment climbed out and helped push the child into the railing but it was actually the toddler who pulled up and got back inside with no help. that is frightening. >> check this out. a michigan man got busted on a joyride in a motorized wheelchair. the chair was stolen and the man driving it was drunk. the man's blood alcohol level was three times above the limit. these robbers were preparing for a clean getaway but got more than they bargained for. the owner tossed them over the counter. one of the thieves got away but police said the other be-- had the other behind bars.

we head to aberdeen. it's a bleats -- blitz build by habitat for humanity. and what you need to know if you use linked in or eharmony.

a big day tomorrow for two families in harford county. they will be presented keys to two homes built by habitat for humanity. today the final touches will be put on their home. >> reporter: while they're planting shrubs and establishing roots, another is dog a filing walkthrough. her job transferred to maryland in 2007 and she found herself

homeless at one time. for four years she has done volunteer work for volunteer susquehanna. >> the pride that they put in like it's their own house is really wonderful. >> reporter: this blitz build is done by habitat for humanity susquehanna and their partners, 30 other local contractors volunteering their time and materials to build these duplexes for these deserving families. >> we build homes for a business and we get to see that smile when people are closing on signing on the dotted line on the end. this is a notch above the rest, that special feeling of completion and building a beautiful home for a family. >> we do almost all of our work

with volunteers. volunteering is a critical part to our building and our success. when we get an opportunity to do a bleats build with professional -- blitz build with professional contractors, it's amazing. >> i thank god for all the people, all the companies, for everything. >> reporter: these two deserving families will soon have a place they can call their own. in ab ber dean, i'm manny locke. >> they will have a key ceremony. this is so amazing. two bear sightings in baltimore county today. car ral manor elementary dismissed 20 minutes late because the bear was seen on campus about 1:00. then at jacksonville elementary school they had to bring the kids back inside around 11:30

when a brown bear was spotted. the bears are still on the loose. no word if animal control plans to capture them. they may look cute but you mig . worst case, put out a big jar of one. 77 at bwi. humidity around 47%. coast guard cut are ton ni -- cutser tawney. now moving further to the south and east. baltimore itself is clear. i-70 west to hagerstown. these storms, if it holds

together, holds some sign of weakening. taneytown, west minister, a small thunderstorm popping up. this is what we're talking about with the hit and miss thunder showers. some spots may not see a thing. some spots you may see several rounds. through the day in laurel we did capture the hit and miss storms. you can see that the clouds give way to -- sunshine give way to clouds. there's a passing thunder shower. more unique per specttives. here's one crossing the chesapeake from the other side dousing the bay bridge. things look unsettled. so hit and miss showers and storms. dangerous. keep that in mind. winds from the west light, five

to 10. temperatures mid-70s. spots with a shower, upper 60s. humidity is light to moderate. that's helping to limit the thunderstorm activity out there right now. tomorrow we're going to be in the mid-80s with plenty of sunshine. glen burnie, weather looking mighty good. still, more scattered showers, a rum billion of thunder at -- rumble of thunder at times. we had one warning for western maryland. other than that, things have been benign. high pressure to the west, pushing in will clear the skies tomorrow and make for a hotter sunnier scenario top and the week and go into the weekend. here we go, looking good. friday, generally sunny and getting hotter, much hotter as we get into saturday. by sunday we're talking about temperatures in the low 90s. overnight 56 with showers coming

to an end. mostly sunny. tomorrow night temperatures dropping to around 60. your seven-day forecast, again, heating up as advertised. as we go toward next week a cooloff and a chance for showers, but for the weekend, hot and sunny. those are our two themes, kelly. >> you have no complaints about hot and sunny. >> we had a nice cool stretch, so cool weather fans are happy. hot weather fans are happy. >> thanks a lot, wyatt. now to democracy 2012 news as we inch closer and closer to november, the eye is on key states. president in never nervetion mitt romney in missouri. tory dunnan. which one should we keep an eye on? >> reporter: the states highlighted in yellow are the

key battleground states. we'll seat candidates make trip after trip. president obama is in neverness. here's what he's saying. >> we knew that recovering the jobs would take some time. we knew there would be ups and downs all the way. in las vegas i believe that. i believe we were come back stronger. we have better days ahead and that's because of people like you. >> reporter: beyond these bat many ground states, there are states up in the hair that might be leaning one way. the blue for president obama and the red for mitt romney. here's what romney is saying. >> president obama trusts in the wisdom of government. i put my trust in the ingenuity and creativity and commitment to hard work of the american people and that, we must restore. i need your votes.

i need your help. i need to win missouri. >> reporter: the candidate's wives are getting in on the action. ann romney is in florida and michelle obama is campaigning for her husband in virginia. >> tory dunnan, live from washington. thanks for the report. we're hearing under no circumstances will there be a mitt romney jeb bush on the ticket. repeatedly he has denied rumors that he would be pifnlgtd he won't say whether he will give up on a future run. he said help hasn't made that decision just yet. coming up tonight at 6:00, most people know that a huge soda is not the best thing for you, but that doesn't necessarily mean the government shouldn't get involved. how people are reacting to that soda ban. >> and people who suffer from

lactose intolerance usually avoid milk. those stories and more coming up at 6:00. here's a preview of what's ahead at 6:30. >> coming up on world news, they're stuffing traffic, sending people -- stuck in traffic -- stopping traffic. what can be done to stop the warm of bees.

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millions of passed words from linkedin or eharmony profiles have been hacked. we have more whroon the site is -- on what the site is doing to protect users. >> reporter: eharmony and linkedin have been hacked. analysts said it's possible more passwords were affected. linkedin was using an outdated form of encrypting. linkedin said it recently put in place enhanced features. in the meantime users should reset their passwords. eharmony recommends creating passwords with at least eight characters, using numbers and symbols. make sure you change it every

few months. don't use something obvious. many of the ones were hiring, recruiter and even linkedin itself. three people charged with attempted first-degree murder were found at a home in anne arundel county. you worked your butt off today. sweat poured out and all you wanted was a large sew d.a. those days are about to -- soda. those days are about to dry up. would you be able to sign a contract not to have a coke or sierra mist for 30 days? >> also, remember the scene from the "field of dreams" build it and they will come? build a casino and, boy, did

they show up. >> get that big soda and watch the government to give you a snack. the mayor wants the sodas to go out of town but many consumers are in an uproar. >> reporter: 64 ounces of soda every day may not be the best thing to do, but some say the mayor shouldn't be able to keep you from doing so. there are many things in this world that are a bigger danger than your immediate health than a soda bigger than 16 ounces, but you have the choice whether or not to drink a high fructose corn syrup packed soda that's bigger than your head. bloomberg might get his way. he has been successful and getting transfat and sodium