for reality tv royalty, jack osbourne. that is what is making news in america this morning. >> thanks for watchi before outhit road this morning -- you hit the road the morning, a major traffic alert this morning, what's going on in 895 and why you want to avoid it. and backlash with eric holder, what local law officials had to say about it and get this, they were not holding back. all about that on this thursday, it is june 21st. "good morning maryland." >> all right, and it is another scorcher out there today. day two of the first heat alert of the summer. thank you for joining us on this thursday morning again a hot one. i'm megan pringle. >> all right, how much time did you spend outside yesterday? >> a lit billion it -- a little

bit. as much as i could. >> i was on a story shoot and it was noticeably uncomfortable and i had to get inside. >> that's probably good advice. >> mike is in for lynette charles. mike even hotter today. >> 98 degrees bwi and the inner harbor. 76 downtown. keeping in mind it should be 64 degrees rather your normal morning low. we are already self-degrees above the norm. 78 in annapolis down to d.c. already at 79 degrees, these temperatures will be climbing during the afternoon. we are talking about heat indices already feeling like 80 degrees in d.c.. a very, very sticky morning out there shaping up to be some dangerous heat in the forecast today. excessive heat warnings with the heat. we are tracking though cold front to the west about 20

hours from baltimore. but this is going to push all the heat off the coast and allow for cooler air to work in into the weekend. 79 around the 8:00 hour. noontime 91 degrees, we're on the way to 100 and we have a record we are going to try to tie if not break. it's a 1900s records. we'll talk more about the forecast and maybe some severe weather in the mix for tomorrow afternoon. that's coming up in just a little bit. now a check on traffic with lauren. if you are using the jfx no problems to report. 11 minute ride from the beltwa to east fayette street downtown. 95 no problems on the south side. it will be nice and clear from interstate 195 up to the beltway. no problems in the white marsh ride with a now minute trip from the beltway to route 123. no problems to report here if we can pull up the camera of

the beltway. if you are going to the beltway just 11 minutes ride to 83. traveling from 795 down to 95 also 11 minute ride there. and we are continuing to cover what will be a major traffic alert this summer. traffic is now underway -- excuse me, construction is now underway on 895. so drivers will want to expect a major backup all summer long and abc2 news linda so is in south baltimore this morning with what you can expect. >> reporter: good morning, well, construction began at 9:00 last night. what right now is 895 right before the harbor tunnel. things right now are running smoothly and about 15 minutes ago we saw more construction crews arrive on the scene. they tell us just beyond this tunnel and this whole plaza is where the construction is going on. lanes are one lane in the southbound direction. right now because it's still early not seeing any backups

through the tunnel but that could change as the day wears on. crews are resurfacing the steel bridge just south of the harbor tunnel. one northbound lane will be closed for the next eight weeks and in august it will get worse. one lane in each direction is shut down. you should expect major backups both ways. the best bet this morning if you have to use 895 avoid the harbor tunnel. instead you can take care 695 in the key bridge or 95 and the fort mchenry tunnel. right now things are running smoothly. but as this morning rush goes on things could be backing up but we're told construction crews are just beyond the tunnel and beyond the toll plaza. they have the lanes narrowed down to one lane. we're live at harbor tunnel, linda so, abc2 news. news time right now 4:34. today clarks are expected in the -- closing arguments are expected in the sexual abuse trial of jerry sandusky. trial will convene this morning. the defense and prosecution

called more than 20 witnesses to the stand this week. prosecutors called sandusky a serial predator. meanwhile sandusky's attorneys say police targeted their client. sandusky didn't testify in his own trial. another high-profile case going to be a top story on abc tomorrow. an interview with john edwards' former mistress rielle hunter. that will be airing tomorrow night. hunter is also the mother of edwards' 4-year-old son and speak on abc beginning at 10:00. well, new this morning local lawmakers are sounding off on the step by the house oversight committee to hold attorney commercial eric tolder in con -- general eric holder in contempt. for failing to turn over subpoenaed documents related to that botched fast and furious weapons sting operation. as a result of that program, more than 1,000 weapons were lost in mexico and may have ended up in the hands of drug cartel members. he will be the first attorney general ever to be found in contempt of congress if cited.

>> we do have to respect the separation of powers here so you know this whole idea -- what's he hiding? i don't think he's hiding a damn thing. >> the full house is expected to consider that recommendation for holding him in contempt. that vote is going to be next week. it was a packed house at the senior center last night. more than 100 korean business owners met with the health department. now proposing 128 liquor stores in the city be closed to cut down on criminal activity. they hope to accomplish that by changing the zoning laws to get rid of stores that were allowed to stay in neighborhoods back in the 1970s. about 90% of the liquor stores in the city are owned by koreans they say their community is being unfairly targeted. megan. pge's program will kick in sooner rather than later, this year they're hoping not to take as much heat. the program pays customers $200 to shut their air conditioners

in cycles during peak usage times. last year customers got little notice and they weren't happy about it. this year the company sent out letters and will use calls when they anticipate a shutdown. today if you're looking to beat the heat. 11 city cooling centers will be open. they are air conditioned and they offer free water. if you live in the city you can always call 311 anytime to find out where the closest cooling center is to you. and if you're looking to cool off in the city you're going to have to wait a few more days. the public city pools are scheduled to be open on the 23rd. the only facility now is the meadow brook swim club in north baltimore. this morning my calls from the trayvon martin shooting now being made public. >> hear what the teen's father told dispatchers after realizing his son was missing. >> if you have to take your baby outside today. some safety tips you need to keep in mind. what you need to know just ahead. >> no delays on 695 at harford

road. what interstate 83 looks like coming up in my abc2 timesaver traffic. and you are taking a live look in new york city. bowl way to start -- beautiful way to start the day here at the statue of liberty. stay with us, there's more to come.

welsh on a day lake -- well, on a day like today and all summer long, abc2 news is going to be working with you to stay stay. because it's so hot out and an important alert for moms and dads. >> you know how hot your car can get but do you know how fast ha this happens? a matter of minutes temperatures can rise 20 degrees for kids. the temperatures they warm five times faster for children than for adults. >> here's the excuses most often heard. more than half of the people say that the child was forgotten by a caregiver 30% say the child was playing alone in the car and this is hard to believe. 17% of people intentionally

left their child in a hot car. that's hard to believe. time now for a check of the forecast. mike masco is in for lynette this weekend and she left you with the bag once again weather- wise going to try to get you outside on "good morning maryland." >> we'll blame it on the heat right now. 76 in town. man just a stuffy morning. keep in mind we should be around 64 degrees and 76 we know we'll be into the 90s rapidly. we're measuring the dew points in the atmosphere. with the dew point 68-degree dew point combined together it's feeling like it's into the 80s and feeling like it's 84 right now in d.c.. take a look at the satellite and radar picture again, it's clear overhead but to the west showers and storms over the northern plains. this slides to the east and we will be talking about showers and gusty thunderstorms in the forecast going into tomorrow. so here's your planner 79 degrees to 91 around the lunchtime hour. we're going to hit 100 today i think a lot of areas will hit 100 but the real feel temperature of 105.

so some dangerous heat once again. we'll talk more about the forecast and those gusty storms in the mix coming up on friday. no more than ten minutes away from traffic and weather together. a check on traffic and lauren cook? good morning michael. the main story today is going to be 895. construction began last night so you want to expect heavy delays through the harbor tunnel. stick with the fort mchenry or the key bridge as the alternate route. no delays on the justification. just 11 minute ride from the beltway all the way downtown to east fayette street. going out to 695 here's what it looks like exactly at old court road. everything up to speed. just 11 minutes on the outer loop from 795 down to there. here's a live look at the beltway in parkville, no problems to report here at harford road whether going down to 95 or up to 83. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. megan and charlie, over to you. a trip somewhere and really don't have the cash available to pay up front? >> coming up the major retailer

who now has a solution to your problem. how you can plan and pay for the vacation from the comforts of your own home. >> speaking of vacations the important changes coming to sunscreen bottles. what you need to know to protect you and your policeman. as we -- family. as we head to break a live look at 895 traffic moving along smoothly right now but that may not be the case later on today. lauren will have more with traffic when we come back. you're waking up to what's new in maryland. we'll be right back.

4:45 and five things you need to know on this thursday morning. president barack obama is set to deliver remarks today about student loans. he'll continue to press congress to stop interest rates on those loans from doubling come july 1st. there's an event at the white house happening today to launch a new public service announcement about dating violence. the ads were said to feature several pro athletes. vice president joe biden and some of the athletes in the psa

are expected to attend. the u.s. supreme court is doing to issue the opinions on today a number of cases. now the decision most waited for right now is that on the obama administration's health care reform act or you may know it as obama care. still unclear though if the court will release the opinion on the matter today. the maryland transit administration is teaming up with dunkin' donuts collecting donations from 5:00 to 9:00 at the owings mills metro station. and hoping not to repeat the loss from last year, the heat will try to close out the nba finals tonight. they have a 3-1 lead right now over the oklahoma city weather. of course weather is the big story today. but first a look at how the roads are moving along. down in miami. all right, well time now for a check on traffic and weather. of course weather is the big story today. but first a look at how the roads are moving along. >> yes, well if you are headed out to 895 all of that construction did begin last night. so you will want to expect heavy delays as the morning does progress. right now though no delays but

later in the day you want to stick with the tunnels or the key bridge. linda so is live in south baltimore this morning and bring you all the details coming up in just a few minutes but no problems to report on 95. an easy ride into the city and the beltway is clear all the way around. and talking about 895 those backups going to affect you out there on the roadways. mix in that heat -- >> yeah. >> that could be a recipe for road rage. >> really. seriously. but you know we're talking temperatures into the 70s right now. we should be into the low 60s and we're on the way for 100 degrees today. this is going to be the hottest of the -- well, last three days of this heat wave and then we'll if talking about neighbor some -- be talking about maybe some gusty storms in the mix tomorrow: talk about that in a little bit guys. how are you? >> good, how you today sir? >> good, good. i need to file a missing persons report. >> that voice you hear is tracy martin. he is trayvon martin's father.

the 911 call for the reporting of his missing son was just made public. by the time the call was made trayvon martin's body was recovered from the scene of the shooting but he had yet to be identified. george zimmerman was charged with second degree murder in the teen's death. and zimmerman is claiming self- defense and as of yesterday the florida police chief has been fired at the center of the probe. more on this this morning at 5:00. and an investigation is underway following a four alarm fire that happened inside san francisco's historic pier 29. more than 100 firefighters battled the flames yesterday afternoon. no reports of anyone getting hurt. officials believe the fire started on the second floor of the building was being renovated for the 2013 american cup. well, sit one of the first things you pack before grabbing your kids and going to the beach. a bottle of sunscreen always needed and in a few weeks you will be seeing important changes to the labels. the words broad spectrum added to the bottles. it means coverage of all rays including uva and uvb. one type of light burns, the

other causes premature aging. they will tell you if the lotion protects against both and also be describing whether the sunscreen will survive in a dip if you head out into the water. >> what that means is if you go into the water for a period of time your sunscreen will stay on you. there's two time levels basically they've given sunscreen, a 40 and 80 minute mark. you know when you're in the water the sunscreen should stay on the skin. bottles manufactured after june 18th will have the changes. okay so we know this weather makes for a bad hair day and your makeup melts off the face but here are a few quick tips. we're told if you skip the makeup or go light actually will let your skin both which is a gad thing. -- breathe which is a good thing. keep your hair off your neck but don't pull it into a tight ponytail. another tip. when you are washing the clothes and drying them this summer, skip the fabric

softeners this summer. because they make it hartforder for you to -- harder for the clothes to absorb sweat. good humor ice cream bars but hopefully the favorite isn't one of the three on the screen. the company says the springtime sales spike and the pending shutdown of the hagueers town factory left them -- hagerstown factory left them short. toasted almond, candy center crunch or the chocolate eclair bar. a summer selection sure to help you cool down. snow cones or snowballs whichever you choose but solve a newsroom debate. marshmallows on top or in the middle? that's a treat that makes the cones especially sweet and the conversation is already started on facebook this morning. head over there and weigh in and what do you think? again on the snow cones, matop or in the middle? >> i've never heard of putting

a marshmallow in a snow cone. >> no? >> that sounds terrible. >> you can't not have a snow cone with marshmallow? >> really. >> i like it in the middle and on the top. >> you double dip. >> i do. very good. >> you're saying sans marshmallow. >> no. i tried to get ice cream last night. lines around rita's. it was like a justin bieber concert. i couldn't get in. >> were you trying to get into is justin bieber concert? >> the little one i had to chaperone but that's a whole different story for another time. let's take a look at the forecast and again a hot day, temperatures that are well 79 around the 8:00 hour to 100 degrees. so this is going to be the hottest day and then that's it. we're going to break this heat as we go into the next -- the next 24 to 48 hours. what's going on, on the big boards are the ridge that you can see. you can see a lack of clouds and showers over the east coast. nice rain from here but again here's some ferocious thunderstorms starting to develop. this is going to push to the east and it's going to push off

the eat and humid -- all the heat and humidity offshore. but a day today where we see 100 degrees with the real feel temperatures like 105 to 110. again heat is on through the midwest but then cooler air to the northern plains and 40s and 50s. that's going to be in our area as we head into the weekend. so some cooler drier air certainly -- starts to come back into play. so 100 degrees today. hot and humid. isolated chance of a shower or thunderstorm again it looks like far western zones over frederick county, carroll county, you could see a couple of the scattered showers or perhaps a thunderstorm. 74 for tonight. and then for tomorrow 93 degrees and we'll see some gusty showers and thunderstorms could be a few severe weather events across the area. 90 on saturday and cooler and drier into the weekend. a check on traffic hey lauren. good morning mike. well, the construction has begun on 895 but no delays as of yet at the harbor tunnel. that will change this morning. stick with the fort mchenry tunnel or the key bridge as the

alternate route. a live look at 95 here at eastern avenue. no problems to report whatsoever. it will be a nice easy ride as you do head into the city. and if you are using the harrisburg expressway you're looking at a 22 minute ride from the maryland pennsylvania line all the way down towards 695. once you do get on to the beltway just 11 minutes on the outer loop from95 up to 83. the west side also nice and clear. 11 minute ride there as well on the outer loop down to 95. that's a look at the abc2 timesaver traffic. megan and charlie, over to you. so if you've been out car shopping lately the sticker price will often give you a second thought. >> absolutely. so this morning we're going to look at hot cars with very cool prices, what tops the list coming up. >> a big one for the duke of cambridge. how prince william is celebrating his 30th birthday when "good morning maryland" continues on this thursday, june 21st. thanks for waking up with us. mike? >> hey, all right we're going to -- real quickly tell you about the mobile app here online. again you can go to

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