sail a brags continues. it is monday morning, thank you for joining us. i'm megan pringle. >> i'm charley crowson. let's get over to lynette charles because the perfect weather we had this weekend, could be changing soon. >> you are right charlie. temperature wise, feeling okay, we are seeing showers coming in on mailed's most powerful radar as of now. be prepared as you head out the door. i can show you where the showers are,thermont, walkersville, the same, frederick, getting in on that. frederick, a light shower. you will see another one move through along i-70 as well. mount airy, the weather, tawny

town also. moderate rain showers around alexandria and groveton, sliding towards the east, towards dc as of now. temperatures this morning, are cool. 54 degrees centerville. the upper 50s in owings mills and shady side. now a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook. good morning. good morning, we have an accident, harford county, darlington, harmony, glennville. problems will persist in baltimore city, another accident that's going to be onridgely. here is what interstate 70 looks like, as we look at columbia pike. no problems to talk about as you travel over towards the beltway, it will be nice and clear. as we pull up drive times, 4- minute ride on 95, route 43 to the beltway. nice and clear on the outer loop, 11 minute drive, 95, towards 83. west side clear, 11 minutes

from 795, towards 95. that's a look at your time saver traffic. the ships, music, history, the celebration of the sail a brags continues. it marks the anniversary of the war of 1812. >> reporter: this place will be jumping. everything kicks off at 11:00, runs until 12:00, see the stage is set all the chairs are lined up. there is 450 guests that have rscp'd. they have the video board. they are expecting a video message from president barack obama. today is the 200th anniversary of the war of 1812. the united states declared war on great britain, today's event is about peace and allies.

to governor martin o'malley will be here. today's theme is from enemys to allies. this morning, i have bill joining me live with the maryland war of 1812 bicentennial commission. thank you thank you few being here. i know the festivities wrap up tomorrow. this is actually the beginning of the bicentennial. >> absolutely. this isn't about the start of the war but the wonderful bicentennial period. we are here to celebrate the peace as you said, two centuries of peace. despite the name, war of 1812s it was a 32-month war. the battle of baltimore, writing of the star spangled banner. we will have activities culminating in the star spangled spectacular. >> reporter: let's talk about the commemorative coin. >> the war of 1812 commission

created by o'malley was fortunate. working with our congressional delegations of congress, past legislation, providing for two coins, one gold, one silver commemorating the writing of the star spangled banner. citizens who buy the proceeds on the price, come to benefit the maryland war of 1812 commission and investments we are making all over mailed during the bicentennial period. >> reporter: the ships will take off tomorrow. there is lots to go on. thank you so much. there has been a lot of traffic at the inner harbor. jamie costello talks to one man on the lead ship heading in to the city. let's take a look. >> sometimes it's has to see freedom through the trees but not this weekend. everywhere your nose pointed your camera clicked you saw pow ore didn't water people on the promenade ants on the hill and angels in the sky. filling these dress shoes

shoes shoes is collen shoes ter, up the bay and took the left. here he is parked by a floating u.n. four years ago, he didn't have a handle on where life was going to take him. no way did this land locked collin think he would be protecting our waters. try this, she did a gray job. collin, can now do this and touch the sky without fear.

how proud his family must be. there he is, home pore, staring at a city of call. travel sometimes call you to familiar places. they came to see collin. >> i'm not that famous. >> humble guy, the man dressed in blue, sometimes it's hard to see freedom through the trees therefore we look for symbols, doesn't that look like like a peace sign? that's what this weekend was all about. >> that was jamie costello reporting. we will check in with sherrie johnson in a little bit. collin graduates next spring in hopes to be riding in the pacific after that. emergency room is one of the last places you want to be. >> the scene inside a texas er was less about stitches and more about gunfire, we will explain.

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thank you for joining us. hostage situation at a texas hospital is over. police shot and killed a man who held people hostage in the emergency room. one of the hostages reached for the suspect's gun, trying to wrestle it away from him, and an officer shot the suspect, killing him. no one else was reported injured. a woman spent four days trapped beneath her dresser. she was moving furniture when the dresser fell. police found her friday. when neighbors noticed her papers piling up, they called police. she had minor injuries but expected to be okay. computer technology gone from desktops to i pads.

>> first apple computer revolutionized our daily life. the amount of money one buyer decided to shell out to purchase the first model apple computer. several accidents this morning, harford, a crash in darlington, glennville road. problems in baltimore city, another accident that's going to be at harmon avenue. the tunnels, no delays. westbound beltway, old court, everything up to speed. 11 minutes on the outer loop from 795, towards 95. that's a look at your abc2 news time saver traffic, stay with us. i'll go east coast for the philly cheesesteak omelette.

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things are changing for select group of illegal immigrants. >> barack obama announced a policy shift protecting young illegals from being deported. the groups are excited about the policy change. opponents say it's a dangerous

door to open. today, house republicans against the new policy will hold a press conference in dc. the policy could effect as many as 800,000 undocumented immigrants suspected immediately, deportation will no longer be enforced under the guidelines protecting the immigrants who came to the u.s. before they were 16 and not older than 30, and have lived in the u.s. for 5 years, with no criminal record. for young immigrants who came here with parents, this policy is huge. >> always had to hide my face behind everyone and say i'm not here illegally but hoping something will happen. >> they want to have the ability to work and pursue higher education and not have to pay for the police takes their parents made. >> those who back the policy in maryland say it compliments the dream act, up for referendum in november. it grants in state tuition to

immigrants. senator joe lieberman is saying there should be a special counsel called to look in to the allegations that the president's administration leaked information to reporters and encourages staff to come forward. he says special counsel could avoid appearance of conflict of interest. eric holder has appointed two u.s. attorneys to investigate. tomorrow a book about the president will be released, it is titled barack obama the story. it's at amazon.com. the book is resold for $18.20. apple, original computers sold for $370,000 at a new york auction this past weekend. first apple computer was part of the first batch of personal computers sold. an anonymous telephone bidder won. it was double what auctioneers

estimated. original apple selling for almost $375,000. man whose videotaped beating by police led to the la riots died. rodney king found sunday at the bottom of a swimming pool. in 1991, video showed king struck by police batons, he suffered 11 fractures. later the man accused in the beating, was acquitted. it led to the start of the riots. king was 47 years old. new this morning, check this out, surfing dogs, riding waves in san diego saturday. 50 pooches competed in the surf dog. they were judged on confidence and surfing ability. surfing dogs. >> there is no way i would never let my dog surf. >> i have a question, you have

doggy paddles, does that mean all dogs with swim? >> ist interesting you say that. i put my dog, she has no nose, it's like flat and put her in the water, her legs started doing thatment it might be instinct. >> i have an 18-pound dotson for example you put the dog in the water, he would go straight oh to the bottom. hot enough for water as we go in to the middle of the week. speaking of water, we can see rain towards the west, we have showers now coming in around the dc area, be prepared. we are dealing with wet weather this morning. the bigger batch is on the move. it will get in here through the morning and afternoon. as we look outside, gwen oak, dry across the area. clouds, we see a little bit of brightening of the skies. mostly we see it chalked full of clouds, more of the same in

bel air, live weather bug camera, a few people on the roadways, we are be dealing with cloud cover as we med out and about. this is a weather pattern, pruin control of the weather, trying to keep us dry. for the most part, what this is going to do is usher in an easterly flow, an easterly breeze that wind is going to keep us a little bit on the coolish side like over the weekend. if you like the cool temperatures, you will like today, and enjoy it. bask in it. this weather system towards the west, this will approach the area, with that, things are really going to heat up. we will have the human moving in to the area as well. hot days ahead. future trend, not a lot. follow the timeline here swrex the chance for a shower to pop up as we go through the overnight. showers this morning, and we have a chance for showers overnight and begin to dry things out, which we like to see, especially since we will heat things up. as we look at your hour by hour

forecast. showers, mild, showers, mild, with the temperature coming in around 75 degrees. breaking down the seven-day forecast for you. we begin to warm things up as we go in to tuesday and wednesday, summer begins, heat and humidity moves in thursday and friday. let's get a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook. good morning, an accident in harford county, in darlington on harmony church at glennville, problems will persist in baltimore city, another accident that you want to keep in mind. that's onridgely at harmon avenue. as we pull up drive times, a live look at 95, everything up to speed, southbound lanes picking up, a four minute ride from the beltway. 11 minutes southbound from the beltway downtown to east

fayette street. east side 95 up to 83, looking at an 11 minute drive. that's a look at your time saver traffic. rush hour traffic is beginning to pick up and before you heads out, there are issues you may want to be aware of. a couple of express toll lanes on 95, closed from now until thursday, also all westbound lanes of 695, at the 95 exit will be closed, rerouted to northbound 95, to westbound 43, southbound 95 and then to westbound 695, we will have this for you detailed at abc2news.com. reminders about the delays at the 895 harbor tunnel, they begin on wednesday. >> coming up, construction will limit traffic across the bridge, south of the toll facility. the $5 million project is going to replace sections of the bridge and concrete decking making improvements to the walls and the drainage. >> it's going to last through mids august.

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