795 down toward 95. that stretch will take you 11 minutes and if you are using 95 north, to travel from the beltway to the fort mchenry tunnel just an 8 minute drive. now over to you lynette. >> all right. let's talk about what he going on a right now in terms of temperatures. we are feeling pretty good outside. some off of you might need a light jacket with the temperatures at 57. but it's cool and crisp out there. 63 degrees right now in glen burnie and baltimore coming in around 60. not dealing so much with the breezy conditions for today. so that's what we like. and as we go outside into dundalk, plenty of blue skies. you can see that key bridge is just fabulous looking out there this morning. make sure to take advantage of that. and as we look at maryland's most powerful radar as of now, we are nice and dry and that's the trend as we head through the rest of today and even through the weekend. we start to heat the temperatures up and i will talk about that comingbut right now let's go back to megan.

6:30. ships new and old are in port celebrating the 200th anniversary of the war of 1812. there's so much for you and your family to do. we sent charley crowson down there. look at you up on a ship. >> reporter: we are up on the ship on the pride of baltimore 2 this morning. and awho i to ahoy to you and the captain of the ship. >> good morning. >> reporter: explain because by size this doesn't like overly large especially compared to the ship over there how many crewmen are on board and asleep? >> we have 12 on board right now. >> reporter: we are keeping them awake? >> i don't know. they slept through sailing i was 24 hour thing and things are happening on deck. so, there's a ability to knock -- tune that out. >> reporter: take us through this because this ship is a living breathing thing. so many ropes and tools that's the hold going down into the

crew's sleeping quarter, but so much going on. you said it's 24 a hour day job. >> when you sailing or caring for the vessel, the other day we were in hampton virginia and had a tornado go through so we have to a protect the vessel from that. meanwhile, at sea, you are always dealing with the changing weather. so you take turns monitoring the ship and you got the need to care whenever opportunity occurs there's subloyal weather for cosmetic maintenance and general maintenance and, of course, you are entertaining and teaching and telling the story and history. >> reporter: you talk about the history and caring for the ship during the time of severe weather. that's actually the genesis of what brought about the pride of boughtmore 2 because of what happened with the pride of baltimore. >> yeah. there's always a chance that weather will outfox you and in the case of the first pride of baltimore in may of 1986, she was on her way home and very

shortened down and conservative sailing and still weather came on with a very strong pulse of wind, something p excess of 70 knots and knocked her over and there was tragedy. >> reporter: she told me last night there were two sails one went out for -- one came back around 9 last night and there are sails for the time of sailabration. >> yes. we have private charters that have been totally booked and other opportunities. there's the parade of sail that we will do on tuesday and so the vessel is busyp it's a way of earning money to support the vessels and it's an ambassador to baltimore. citizens -- and citizens of maryland and to the country and arnold the world we have been as far away as asia and eastern europe in another dreck. she is the most -- direction. she is the most well-known today. >> reporter: one of 40 you can

tour. remembers the war -- remembering the war of 1812. come see us charley crowson, abc2 news. >> all right. a rare first edition cop iest book of mormon stolen from a arizona bookstore has been recovered. the fbi reportedly located it in northern virginia. a man facing charges in this case. the text published back in 1830 is estimated to be be worth 40,000 dollars. book of mormon is considered scripture by members of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints. new this morning, health officials in cecil county say a cat that scratched a person has tested positive for rabies. this happened wednesday in port deposit. the cat is a large cat with black and white markings. if you believe you may have come in contact or exposed to the cat in the past ten days, you should visit an emergency room. this is the second case of a domestic animal in the port deposit area testing positive for rabies this year. the family of a young girl disabled in a shooting is now suing for 10 million dollars.

raven wyatt was 5 years old when she was shot in the head by lamont davis on pulaski street in southwest baltimore. wyatt's family is suing a gps tracking company monday atorring dabs and they claim the company knew the product was flawed. the gay pride parade starts at 4 in the afternoon tomorrow. we are told a section of north charles street will be close through traffic between franklin and chase streets. and also a block party will be held along eager street so things to keep in mind traveling in that area. also going on tomorrow, thebalmmore diamond dash a15,000 dollar diamond is up for grabs and dos of couples will be on a refreshure hunt and the couple with the most points -- treasure hunt and the couple with the most points wins the ring. a struggling nokia is struggling to keep up with apple and google and people are losing their jobs. we will explain how deep the

cuts will be. plus there's an app for everything. even your dad. so we have some great apps you can show him on father's day. speaking of fathers, there's linda so's dad his name is james and he is posing with his grandson hayden and another picture to show you this morning. another great dad out there. thomas johnson sherrie johnson's dad. that picture taken on her birthday. happy father's day to all you dads out there. we will be right back. ♪

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good morning maryland. >> thanks for joining thus morning. news time is 6:39. all right. another company has been make major cutbacks. cell phone maker nokia is going to eliminate up to 10,000 jobs worldwide by the end of next

year. they say they spec to close facilities in germany and canada. nokia used tonight global leader in mobile phones but it lost that title to samsung earlier this year and faces tougher competition from the iphone and android. what are you thinking about getting your dad for father's day. there's an app for that. here's one example. golf shot. that comes with a handicap calculator and lets dad keep tabs on performance. if grilling is his thing the mobile grilling companion app might do the trick. it lets dad have access to hundreds of recipes and you can try the ball park in the app which gives dad pictures and info about every ball park in the united states. most of the time computers lose value as they age. however, not this device. one thing we will tell you about the first apple computer sold. we will look at it and the starting bid price for the one

of a kind gadget. also straight ahead, pretty crazy video out of texas. huge hail just getting bigger and bigger and details on that straight ahead. and -- >> and the question is your car dirty? if it is we have nice stretch of days. i will tell you when it comes to an end coming up. >> reporter: and traffic is just starting to pick up on the beltway. coming up in the abc2 timesaver traffic report an update on the crash on interstate 70. and here's a live -- pier here's a picture of my -- here's a picture of my father and i. i love you dad and i know you are watching. he wakes up every morning very early to watch me. and i appreciate itch lob you dad. -- it. love you dad. is it a stey with us much more to come. der

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6:44. thanks for joining us i am megan pringle. time for your abc2 news to go. there's a lot to talk b sherrie johnson live at boys latin where they have been going on for hours and hours at a lacrosse tournament to benefit wound war years charley crowson

a live at the inner harbor and linda so also joining us to tell us about a daredevil stopt over niagara falls but -- stunt over niagara falls. >> sherrie and charley need sunglasses. lots of sun to be happening this morning. the radar is dry and that sunshine and dry weather continues through the day. let's go outside to glen oak where we see a beautiful sunrise once again. wall to wall sunshine. that's going to be the name of the game as we head through the day. right now, though, nottingham 60 and reisterstown upper 50s and 61 in rockville. not too worried about the wind for today. they will be light out of the northeast at 5 to 10 miles an hour. not as breezy as we saw yesterday. so make sure to get out and enjoy it. and the hour by hour forecast look at lunchtime, 77 with temperatures coming in at 82 degrees. that's what i am going for today. let's check the abc2 timesaver

traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: good morning. i spoke with maryland state police who confirm the inner state 70 crash that happened right around 1:15 this morning is fatal involving three cars and it shut down the westbound lanes at route 32 for several hours. the roadway has reopened. stay with us, we will bring you the latest information as it becomes available. if you are headed out to the west side a live loat liberty road. outer loop starting to pick up a little bit. so, do expect moderate congestion as you travel from 795 down towards edmonton. and if you are traveling on the beltway if we can pull up the live shot in parkville at harford road traffic is picking up in this vicinity as well. but no significant delays as you travel that outer loop from harford road up towards providence. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. now over to you. this morning we want to tell you about a crash in downtown baltimore that happened around 4 this morning at west mull bury and cathedral streets. firefighters use the jaws of life to rescue three people.

no word on cause or the victim's condition. the story is on abc2 muse.com -- abc 2 news.com. 20,000 people is the estimated number of history and naval buffs expected to walk around inner harbor this weekend all in celebration of the sailabration. and charley crowson has been down there throughout the morning and he joins us with a check on what's going on right now. charley. >> reporter: yeah. i like that. the sailabration of the -- celebration of the sailabration. thousands expected out here for 40 ships going on tour and experience it with the family. all commemorating the war of 1812. we are aboard the pride of baltimore 2. this is just one of the vessels you can come out and tour. and offer my shoulder is a ship that came in from mexico and sarah told us when the crew came in, when they first arrived onwednesday all the spans along the mast were the crew standing on those as they welcomed baltimore inner harbor. so many vessels from around the world coming in and today, it's

all about the tours. they start this morning at 11 and concludes at 6 and events throughout the weekend for more on that abc 2 news.com. charley crowson, abc2 news. the sailabration not just about the tall ships and sailors but about giving back and today dozens of sailors are volunteering their time to local charities. some will be helping clean up and beautify the new em p sparrows -- museum in sparrows point and others will unload trucks full of food donated to the maryland food bank. school may be out for summer but some students at boys latin of maryland are doing their part and it's to help wound servicemen and women. it's part of a 24-hour lacould go tournament and right now what are they on hour 21? >> reporter: exactly. they are -- lacrosse tournament and right now what are they on hour 21. >> reporter: actually. we are at the -- exactly. we are at campus of boys latin school of maryland war student

spearheaded a special fund- raiser called shootout for soldiers. it's a 24 hour lacrosse game with money supporting the wounded warrior project. and its effort to aid wound soldiers. this is the first year for the event and we are talking about everything from rec teams and club teams and major league lacrosse players in the tournament. it takes about 20 dollars donation to the wound war yo project to get -- warrior project to get on the field. and high school senior who recently graduated spearheaded this event. so once again, it wraps up at 9:00 this morning. and the money goes to the wound warrior projectch the goal is to raise $-- project. the goal is to raise $50,000. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. thousands of runners are participated in the baltimore 10 miler happening tomorrow including cheryl conner who will run for a charity very close to hear heart. it's called girls on the run. she volunteers as a cope for the group that teach -- coach for the group. they teach girls high self-

esteem and not cave to peer pressure which the grls say is not always easy to -- girls say is not always easy to do. >> when you leave elementary school you get stressed out and feel maybe i am not good enough for middle school or not ready. maybe other girls are smarter or maybe i am just not good enough to go to middle school. >> corri ga.an sports enterprises will donate a dalor for every person that cheryl passes during tomorrow's race. it means money for the charity. get raidied -- ready for history to be made. nick wallenda will attempt to tight rope across. >> iing aare a -- tightrope across niagara falls. linda so joins us with what it will be about. it will be amazing to watch. >> reporter: he was here teaching you how to tightrope across the inner harbor lastmonth. they are putting the finishing touches across the history making walk. he begins at 9. abc will

broadcast it a team of workers is stringing 1500 feet of wire two00 feet above the -- shall 200 feet above the falls -- 200 feet above the false. 700,000 gavels water per second gush over the falls so one misstep could lead to disaster. over the years he thrilled people with the death defying stunts. he hold 5 guinness world records. and you can watch it all here on abc starting at 8 tonight. linda so, abc 2 news. >> thanks. looking forward to it. at 9 this morning, baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake is going to be speaking at the 8 0th conference of u.s. mayors in orlando, florida. she is going to be talking about the growth and changes in the city it canly gun violence and the vacant to values program. she speaks at 9 this morning. also this morning, mgm official will meet with the governor to talk about plans for a potential casino in pg county. it would be located at the national harbor. that move would require law makers to pass legislation so

we will keep you posted on how it goes. supermarket chain wegmans is opening the newest store sunday and it's located on mcgraw road in columbia. traffic delays in that area are expected for that grand opening. the cost of raising a child going up to an all time high. parents who what child last year can expect to spend more than 230,000 dollars over the next 17 years. that's 3 1/2% higher than in 2010. cope in mind the number doesn't account -- keep in mind it doesn't account for college education. in 1960 the estimated cost from 12 to $14,000 per child. you looking to buy a new vehicle? kelly blue book has a new list of more affordable new and used cars. they rated it for 2012 and say toyota and lexus are the top brands to buy this year. they also say the new car might be a better deal than a used one. here's five things to know

before you head out. at 6 clp 52 --6:52. one of the first apple computers is being auctioned off. starting bid $120,000. the winning bid will get the apple 1 mother board. and an apple one cassette tape interface. jurors in the jerry sandusky case will be going for a three-day weaning. yesterday prosecutors finished calling to the stand 8 young men who claim the former penn state assistant football coach sexually abused them. the defense could call the first witness as soon as monday. governor o'malley and lieutenant governor brown will be taking part in a faith based leadership summit to give faith based leaders with resources to help their congregation and their housing with financial needs. the summit starts at noon in annapolis. the president is hosting a resection today for lgbt. this is all for pride month and

baltimore's annual pride parade is tomorrow starting at monument and charles street at 4:00 in the afternoon. incredible video out of texas over the dallas area. it went from ping-pong sized hail to then baseball sized hail and you can imagine dents in cars and windshields and a movie marquee was damaged from that. we have learned the price tag for those repairs nearly $400,000. time for a check on our weather with meteorologist lynette charles. >> all right. you know what, they can do it all over again with severe weather across the southern plains. and also working its way off into the upper midwest. here at home we are nice and calm. quiet tranquil and gorgeous outside right now. satellite and radar not picking up on anything except wall to wall sunshine. in ellicott city right now, as we look at the weather bug sites this morning, and as we slide over to ocean city, oh, just a beautiful day to be on the beach. it's going to be a little bit breezy and i will have that forecast for you in a second. right now, temperatures coming

in the upper 50s in baltimore. easton also york and win chest they are morning. a quick check on tropical storm carlotta forecasted to be become a hurricane a little later today. right now the wind are sustained at about 70 miles an hour. it is moving off a to the north and west at 9 miles an hour. now future trend not picking up on a whole lot as we go through today. tomorrow, the next day, and plenty of sunshine in the forecast. that's what you are seeing on the hour by hour with the temperature coming in right around 82 degrees. here's beach forecast. yes, it's on the cooler side but we will take it. plenty of sunshine as we head through the remainder of the weekend. that water temperature coming in right around 70 degrees. and that 7-day forecast looks nice as well if you like the dry weather. if you like the heat, i have it. as we go through wednesday and thursday, temperatures coming in the 90s. all right let's check of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: good morning. maryland state police continue to investigate a deadly three- car crash that happened early this morning in howard county.

interstate 70 was shut down for several hours at route 32. and we will bring you additional details as they do become available. if you are use the jfx into the city no delays to tell you about. from the beltway downtown to east fayette street that altogether will take you just 11 minutes. we have sailabration closures fort avenue closed at andre street from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. and that's through sunday. expect heavy congestion as the festivities continue over the weekend on 95 and 395. as we check in and look live at west side of the belt beltway the northwest corner at old court road, the outer loopconjusted making the drive towards edmonton and traffic picking up at harford road. we have been showing off our dads and want to show you before we go daddy charles. beautiful lynette charles and her poppa. he looks like he is proud. when he is in town he watches with great pride. >> yes. >> again happy father's day to all the dads out there. thanks for everything and remember to go to abc2news.com. look at message from the

newsroom. happy father's day. >> love you daddy. >> love you dad.