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virginia. roughly statewide. show you where the most intense weather is right now. storms flaring up over the haguers town area, tracking eastward. as we bring the storm through northern, frederick county, short order, looking at the storm entering tawny and walkersville and kale county and another storm moving south of east through shrewsberry and northern harford county. multiple storms on the board. we will continue to track these, approaching from the west through the rest of the evening and tracking it all evening. track it if you have to head out the door, you can text wmar to 46988 and track maryland's most powerful radar in real time. possibility of weather is putting people on edge, it was three weeks ago, that an outbreak of tornados cut paths
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through maryland, none more damaging than along route 1 in bel air. brian kuebler went back to the area. >> travel down route 1 near bel air, it's evident people are still in the middle of building back, hoping after tonight they don't have to do it again. along route 1, the blue tarp scabs to a fresh wound, seemingly every other building has part of the roofs covered as contractors work to fix the businesses. >> today, they were going to come in and put in a new roof, because of the weather coming in tonight, they put it off. >> reporter: down the road at fallston pharmacy, they are trying to beat the clock.
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>> give me your honest assessment. >> completely frightened. shaking in my boots. >> reporter: the owner of fallston pharmacy, his building took a hit june 1st. the pole sign, gone, the roof, nearly gone and all employees are more than shaken up. as the clouds darken agains it's fair to say they are very much on edge. moreso knowing the work is not quite done. . >> they are telling it should be done by next week. we are ready for that to happen. >> hopefully it's not going to be too rrmg÷late. as we heard, a heavy line n.ñof thunderstorms later tonight. kuebler, abc2 news. bge moved more than 500 employees and contractors from normal duties and shifted them
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to storm prep. the company is monitoring the storm and they are prepared for rain, lightning and winds. if ! aé)átqq"s exceed 25 miles per hour, repair work will be slow tore make sure employees are safe. encouraging you 16to prepare an take action to keep your property safe. 8&see píeypower outag tonight. these y8÷items, u@a flashlights, batteries, battery operated clock radio, cell phone, nonperishable foods and blankets and bge reminds everybody to stay clear of downed power lines, assume they are all live. code red level heat and hot day ace head, check out our website, abc2news.com, you can find cooling centers near you and tips to lower your electric bills and what you need to know about choosing the right sunscreen. find that in the hot weather guide in the featured story
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section. new details tonight on that suspected pill mill in timonium. a physician's assistant with the healthy life medical group had her license suspended. maryland board of physicians pulled her privileges was she was prescribing drugs based on a patient's complaints and not an exam. it was raided by the feds in may, operates were charged after complaints came in they were selling prescriptions for cash to patients. many came in from out of state. these three have no one to blame but themselves, ocean city police say the men, 19 years old were in the car at police headquarters tuesday morning, smoking marijuana. officers noticed their car and thought they smelled pot so they walked over, searched it and found bags of marijuana. all have been charged and released after a court appearance. it was she said, she said, now the city solicitor is
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weighing in. baltimore city solicitor in response for a ruling, spending on telephone and network commitment was not unusual or illegal. the controversy started last week when comptroller joan participate accused the mayor of trying to take the project from her office and trying to get around city bidding requirements. the solicitor says no one office has the power to contract for telephone services. jury continues to review the charges of sex abuse against jerry sandusky. roosevelt leftwich has the latest on this high profile case. this is the second day of deliberations and started with something different, the jury needed to go back to where things started. the 12 sandusky jurors back in the courtroom this morning, to hear a replay of 2.5 hours of testimony they requested that of mike and his name.
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the jury dislib dlibration over fate of jerry sandusky is heading towards the end of the second day. for now the defense is keeping lips sealed about the bomb shell revolution, the former penn state coach's adopted son approached prosecutors claiming he is a victim of jerry sandusky's abuse and began the trial sitting by his mother's side in support of jerry only to offer on the last day of testimony to take the stand for the prosecution. an offer prosecutors rejected. >> it would have opened him up for serious cross examination. >> three of the six adopted children were in court, hoping this once local legend and now infamous figure is acquitted of
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all 48 charges he faces. sources tell abc2 news that mat would have been a prosecution witness only if jerry sandusky had taken the stand and testified he never sexually abused his own children. roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. in a philadelphia courtroom, a mixed but historic verdict came down in the church sex abuse trial. william lynn found guilty on one count of endangering a child after prosecutors argued he kept cover up sexual abuse by clergy members. this is the first time u.s. prosecutors charged church leaders for abuse. brennan is accused of attempting a 14-year-old alter boy. when we thought things were getting back to normal on the jfx, drivers should plan for more nighttime closures, resurfacing work will get underway sunday night through
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rielle hunter reveals detail of the affair with john edwards. it's in her book, what really happened, john edwards, our daughter and me, published june 26th. hunter gave an exclusive interview to chris cuomo. karen traverse has a look. >> reporter: rielle hunter didn't take a stand at john edwards trial but talking to abc news' chris cuomo. the affair that turned in to one of the biggest political sex scandals began in a new york hotel in 2006, edwards
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invited her to his room and she said the sparks flew. she said the connection was so strong that even as edwards was campaigning to be president, he was willing to risk it all to be with her. >> if we were not together, we would be talking on the phone about four hours, every night. >> reporter: hunter said the edwards marriage, a sound point in his campaigns was ruined years before she came in to the picture. >> he tells you there have been other women. >> yes. i was not the first. >> reporter: during the campaign, hunter discovered she was pregnant with their 4-year- old daughter. in a 2008 interview with bob wood rough, he denied he was the father. she chalked up lies to temporary insanity. >> they want you to sign a confidentiality agreement that you won't tell anybody who the father is except quinn. >> i refused.
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i don't want my daughter growing up under a lie. >> reporter: in her book, hunter doesn't hold back thoughts on elizabeth. >> their mother is not a saint, i'm not a home wrecker. >> reporter: family and close friends of elizabeth say she is being falsely criticized by someone that never knew her. to see more of the exclusive interview, keep it here on abc2 news for 2020 tonight at 10:00. still severe thunderstorm watch, this is through 9:00 tonight, the entire state, with the potential for severe weather. the rest of the evening, past sunset, the heat driven thunderstorms will die down quickly. couple of warnings, york county, this could drift in to harford county, frederick, west in to the haguers town area. here is the storm cell, large
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storm packing a lot of lightning here, dangerous lightning and gusty powerful winds coming through the i-70 corridor west in to hagerstown, this is encroaching on western carol. this sparked the warning for travelers of i-83 in to southern york county. as we take a broader perspective, lewes delaware, and dc, scattered across the board. it's this line over the winchester, hagerstown line, that will be coming in to the baltimore region as we go through the next several hours. the evening 90s with potential storms. 92 degrees, winds west, northwest at 8. look at the skies changing through the day. things get unstable, see the tall storms stack up from the dundalk cam, cc, bc, over the key bring. ominous looking across lorel as the storm line that frontal
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boundary pushes out of the west. a line, again, is going to be welcome tonight as it brings in cooler air, 66 oakland. behind the storm line, ahead of it, we are in the 90s. cooking here, especially when you throw in the human. heat index of 100 in frederick . it fuels the heat driven thunderstorms. this compared to a couple of weeks ago we don't have the sheer aloft, the change in wind direction altitude. any storms we see will be more general strong thomas that could provide damaging gusty winds. these are healthy storms you see on the visible satellite view. they don't have the rotation that supercell rotation we see a lot of times in the late spring and early summer. this continues to press in through the rest of the eveningment see a line of showers and storms through
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11:00. outthey will be pushing out the heat bubble of high pressure we have been searing in the last couple of days. that's good. behind the line tomorrow, we will clear out nicely, comfortable tomorrow night in the 60s, no humidity. a huge change. saturday looks beautiful as well. mid to upper 80s with almost no humidity. tremendous improvements. evening scattered storms, some could be strong to severing too many, few clouds, less hot, less humid, we like those kinds of lesses in our would. tomorrow night 63. here is the seven-day forecast, the trend is for again cooler, drier weather in to the weekend. next week down in to the upper 70s for a couple of days. much improved over the next few days. this evening, we advice you to keep it tuned here or stay on
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line, we will keep you up to date. less humid, less hot. the last couple of days blistering. friday night barbecues maybe rough. tonight's consumer alert is awithout big three. officials are investigating complaints about ford and chrysler. steering can fail on 2011, ford explorer suvs and engine can stall in chrysler 200 mid sized sedans, both investigations could lead to a recall. gm recalling 400,000 chevy cruises, they need to change an engine shield trapping oil or fluid both could lead to a fire. no crashes or injuries reported. it was prompted by another investigation by the naggal highway safety administration. gm says owners should make an appointment with the dealer,
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public but held back because of fear of terrorists could use it to make biological weapons. weight loss is a battle. a study finds technology maybe the key to taking off the pounds. researchers from the university of pittsburgh studied the effects of electronics food diaries and turns out the people in the study who tracked food electronically for 60% of the time lost more weight. >> this looks at people that used document takes for what they ate on paper, or some sort of mobile app or a mobile app plus a daily reminder. what it showed is that there were positive results when people did this, used it, 60% or more of the time. >> researcher says the people who track what had they ate the old fashioned weight lost weight as well, just not as much. if you have significant weight to lose, taking off the pounds is half the battle. that's where body contouring
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come in. doctors remove excess skin, sometimes up to 20 pounds of it. it's becoming more common. in 2011, more than 220,000 people had lap band surgery and later went on to get body contouring as well. abc2news.com is your place for the health news you need. check out the page, finds the headlines as well as different health categories to find the information you and your family need. with summer comes the threat of severe weather, that means trouble for people who just weathered the string of tornados in harford county. we are going back to see how they are rebuilding and bracing for the future. train versus car, caught on tape , the shocking reason this driver ended up stuck in danger.
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from a janitor who relayed a co- worker's account. the judge said be prepared to work through the weekend. tonight for the first time, rielle hunter reveals details with her 6-year affair with john edwards. in an interview with abc, she talked about how the affair started and how he risked it to to be with her. she said edwards marriage was in shambles years before she the rain isn't falling on us yet but coming. look at the picture of the harbor. it looks awful. the area is under a thunderstorm watch tonight. three weeks from the night tornados ripped through the yeah. let's check in with wyatt everhart with your first forecast. >> we are seeing the clouds roll in to the inner harbor. no storms yet. good news, we don't have the
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twisting of the altitude. severe thunderstorm watch up through 9:00, entire state of maryland, here are severe thunderstorm warnings for frederick, also in to carroll county right now and extending west in to washington county, also calvert cliffs with a severe thunderstorm warning. take a look at maryland's most powerful radar, cluster of storms, these are the cells sparking the warnings in both washington, frederick, and now northern carroll county, tawny town. you are getting ready to see this storm. another cluster of storms south of east in to northern harford county, not a severe thunderstorm at this point. still a storm that could go severe in the next few minutes. we are tracking the storms on the board, quite a bit of damaging werts in southern delaware. the rest of the evening, 90s, scattered gusty, severe thunderstorms. more on that coming up. the tornado that ripped
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