the new city budget takes effect in a week. city council's final vote today on the budget. hear more on what's at stake coming up. >> and michael phelps wants to make a big impression. what he is hoping to do as he vice for a spot on thes olympic team. >> i hope i got all the instructions right. because i'm kind of worried i didn't. [audio not understandable] >> how long this missouri woman waited to try a daredevil stunt. we will fill you in on this monday june 25th. >> thanks for joining us. hope you had a great weekend. the sun was out yesterday. let's see what to expect for today apartment rest of the week. >> yes. the sun consider -- today and

the rest of the week. >> yes we were on the hot side above average. today is going to be different. closer to normal but maryland's most powerful radar is pretty much dry here close to home. but if you are traveling to the north and to the south, you are going to be running into thunderstorms this morning. so around vanton you are getting in -- scranton you are getting in rain and all this dropping to the south is and toward the east and this is what we will contend with as we go through the morning. the afternoon also. scattered showers and some of those could be on the severeside. right now, temperatures coming in at 65 degrees in jefferson and woodbine at 64 and 66 in myersville and also we do have a little bit of patchy fog especially if you are going towards york or virginia culpepper zero mile visible. let's check abc2 timesaver traffic. any accidents. >> reporter: no accidents just yet -- just yet. construction on 859 south of the toll plaza. not causing any delays as of yet but that will change later this morning. stick with the fort mchenry

tunnel or key bridge as an alternate. as far as other main lines here at harrisburg expressway in cockeysville at shawan. nothing to get in your way. and you are looking at 22 minute ride from the maryland state pennsylvania line and toward the beltway and heading out on 695 the west side is nice and clear. traveling the outer loop from 795 toward 95. looking at an 11-minute trip and no concerns through the fort ming henry tunnel north -- mchenry tunnel. you are look at an 8-minute trip. that's your abc2 timesaver traffic. now over to you. 5:32 and battle over the budget comes to a final vote today. and right now it appears the proposal will go as planned. and sherrie johnson joins us now with more. there's been a lot of wrangling back and forth a number of theish -- on a number of theish us -- number of the issues. >> reporter: the closing of three fire companies and rec sent yearns money for youth services. they are trying to figure out

how the city will spend 2.3 billion dollars in the next fiscal year. president jack young lead the charge against the cuts but was not successful. several council who supported the plan changed the vote after the mayor said even if other cuts were made the money couldn't save the fire companies. if final approval is given the. [audio not understandable] and truck 15. [audio not understandable] some folks are not giving up without a fight. some council members say they are hoping to make some last- minute changes to the budget. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. we have new video an suv smashed into a home sending several children to the hospital. it happened friday outside washington. police say five kid and two adults were in the suv when it crashed. the children's conditions range from serious to critical. no word on what caused the accident. so far, no charges have been filed. the victim of a shooting in

northeast baltimore died on sunday just before 8:00 in the evening. the man was shot multiple times in the head in the 1,000 block of central avenue. police are look for a black lexus that was seen leaving the scene. and montgomery county five people were injured after a crash between a van and motorcycle in germantown after # in the afternoon. police say one person suffered life-threatening injuries and four others were injured, too. police are investigating what started the crash. today a military judge will hear a motion hearing in the trial of bradley man hog will appear before a judge. we will have more on abc2 news and abc2news.com. he confessed to murdering a boy. the country has been look for the boy for more than 30 years. pedro hernandez will be be in court. said he strangled etan patz who disappeared on his way to school in 1979 setting off a

nationwide search. hernandez is held without bail during a psych at reck evaluation. -- psychiatric eval yags. -- evacuation. a nursing student is expected -- expected in court. he is charged in 7 counts of murder in oakland california. he will be in court for a pretrial hearing. former penn state football coach jerry san dust yike now behind bars convictim can --sandusky now behind bars convicted of 45 of 48 charges. >> she was critical of the accusers saying she didn't know why those boys would lie. now dotie may find herself in another courtroom facing victims who want men station from the -- compensation from the family. a woman hit by a ball at a little league game two years ago is now suing. >> this story was big this weekend. we will tell you about it in bit. she is suing a 13-year-old boy who accidentally hit her. how much she is now looking for in damages. >> and are you one of the many

looking to find mrs. right by airing it on tv. you don't want to miss details on the next casting call for the bachelor. >> strong to severe storms are possible today. i will tell you what the biggest threats are coming up. >> reporter: no problems to report on the beltway know what 95 looks like coming up in the abc2 timesaver traffic report.

now "good morning maryland." 5:39 a couple odd legal stories this morning. utah woman filed a complaint against a juvenile court judge after he told that mom he reduced her 13-year-old daughtersentence if she cut off her ponytail in court. the daughter and a friend were sent to court after cutting off the hair of a 3-year-old girl in march. and harassing another girl by telephone. the girls were previously ordered to serve 30 days in detention and perform 275 hours of community service. a 45-year-old new jersey woman is suing a 13-year-old boy claiming he intentionally hit her with a baseball game. he was warming up a pitcher in

the bullpen and overthrew the ball and hit the woman in the face. she was sitting at a picnic table watching her son's game and claims he did it intentionally recklessly striking and assaulting her and she wants $153,000 to cover her medical costs. it's never too late to try something and this next story is proof of that. >> this is rose bud who turned 90 and loves the sense of adventure. she has been working on the bucket list all the while now. >> i wanted to go on a hot air balloon i got to do that on my 7 0th birthday. i wanted to go on a cruise and that's my second thing i wanted to do. i wanted to parachute and i did that in 95 and i am rather excited and i am not scared a bit. i don't got sense enough i guess. >> there's the guard as she jumped out of the friend friend and family watched from the ground -- friend and family watched from the ground real eyeing she was living her

dream. >> 90 years old. good for her. >> she waved. you see that? she waved. you know we see houses up for sale and house being built and houses in various states of foreclosures. >> a lot of numbers coming out to help determine how the housing market is doing. >> she is encouraging people and children to be activity. now the -- active. now the first lady is heading tothe olympics. >> reporter: we are dealing with construction on 895 south of the harbor tunnel. but fortunately no delays as of yet. later in the day the fort mchenry or key bridge. from white marsh to the city heading to the beltway no delays from hartville towards towson and west side not too many cars out there yet. so it will be a nice easy ride traveling down towards interstate 70. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. there's much more to come. you are watching "good morning

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now "good morning maryland." baltimore's michael phelps looking to make a big flash at the u.s. olympic swimming team. >> linda so is here with the

big decision he's made heading into the time trials. linda. >> reporter: yeah, phelps decided he will go for the 400 meter individual medley a grueling event he holds the records for. preliminary start at len this morning in omaha nebraska. this will be his final olympic trials. phelps will retire after the london games. we learned he will swim in 6 or 7 events. when he hits the pool later this morning to vie for a spot on the u.s. olympic team he will face his rival. phelps says he is ready for the big match but they are keeping the rivalry friendly knees human and not a fish or anything like that he's just like all of us and trained really hard to get there. >> he's been lighting up the last couple years in the swimming world and i think people are strike to -- trying to catch him. >> reporter: phelps shaved his mustache in preparation for the trials. the olympics in london starts on july 27th. linda so, abc2 news.

>> mustache would create drag. we know the olympics are coming up in bit. and first leady michelle obama will be there. she is going lead the u.s. presidential delegation to the opening ceremonies in london. other members of the delegation include brandy chastain, grant hill and dominique dawes. as the next bachelor for the hit show here in baltimore we? we hope so and hope to find out soon. the casting call for the bachelor will be held here in baltimore on thursday. it's going to be held thursday june 28th on mchenry road at the green turtle. all the information is there on the screen. and you can find it on the website. 5:46 -- 5:46. we are expecting a lot of new numbers released this week letting us know what's going on in the housing market. and this is a few short hours may's new home sales figures which is a good indication of how the housing market is

recovering. tomorrow, we will have new home price index reports and wednesday a new home sales report that is going to be due out for the month of may. mortgage rates are at historic lows making it a good time to buy. the problem is stricter lending standards makes it harder if you want to qualify for a mortgage so it's there for you if you qualify to get it. a recall for the chevy cruz owners. gm wants to mod fight a shield design to protect the engine because the company has learned that the shield in place could create a fire hazard. gm dealers will also inspect wells in the rear compartment to ensure they are properly applied. the recalls involve all cruz built in the united states from september 2010 through may 2012. the recall is after an investigation by the national highway traffic safety administration for the compart fires in 2011. there are no known crashes, injuries or fatalities related to either recall in the case. tomorrow the consumer

product safety commission will show the real dangers of fireworks. as the 4th of july gets closer safety officials will do the annual campaign making us aware of the dangers and want to remind everyone there's no such thing as a safe fireworks. instead, they want people to be safe and leave the celebetory explosions to the experts. jellyfish admit it you head hate them a high tech study and -- you hate them. a high tech study can tell when conditions are ripe for jellyfish warning you to be aware. what they learned so far is the areas of jellyfish found in the water is between 79 and 86 degrees. now the bowies are all around the bay and we have a map on the website. just head to abc2news.com. we are keeping a close eye on the weather going on down south in the gulf region and will have more but first our

weather. light ening this morning. >> -- lightning this morning. >> we did have some thunderstorms there's another round dropping in from pennsylvania. we will see how it acts and more popup thunderstorms. before we talk about that, let's go to bel air. we haven't been outside all morning and we like to see the beautiful sunrise coming up in bel air. the live weather bug camera there and going and sliding into laurel more of the same a little brightening of the skies and a little bit of cloud cover out there as well. that will be the scenario for the day. right now, temperatures coming in at 69 degrues in reisterstown and 72 in -- degrees in reisterstown. 72 in arnold. middletown and good morning edgewood. you are at 73 as well. so, here's the satellite and radar and this is what i was talking about the cluster of showers and storms pushing off towards the south and east and some of those could make their way into our area this morning. and then if it doesn't show we will have more going into the afternoon. be prepared for that. with that, the storm prediction center has us in a slight risk for severe weather.

the biggest threat would be damaging winds and also large hail. and you can see it for the areas here shaded in the yellow coloring. we will keep you update on that information. looking at the weather pattern, we are waiting for the cold front to traverse the area and will do so through the morning and afternoon. but we are looking at tropical storm debby and keeping our eye on the tropic as we have the winds sustained at 50 miles an hour on tropical storm debby. and it's not moving anywhere. it's stationary and that's why it's been dumping plenty of rain across portions of florida right now. and the track takes it around the area so they will get uninundated by rainfall. future trend picking up on rainfall. high pressure heading moo tomorrow and wednesday bringing us drier air in across the area and also cooler air before we warm back up. today i am going right around 84 degrees and it's going to be a little on breezy side. let's check the abc time savor

traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: if you are using 95, no delays in the white marsh area. looking at the typical 15 minute ride from the beltway to downtown baltimore. once you get into the city watch out for all the construction on 895 south of the harbor tunnel. you will want to stick with the fort mchenry or key bridge especially later this morning when traffic is going to start to pick up. heading out to 83 in cockeysville at shawan road not too many cars yet. a nice easy ride making the drive towards 695 and a live look at beltway in the overly area bel air road. 11 minute on the outer loop from 95 up to 83. and the west side of 695 will remain clear as you travel that outer loop from 795 down towards 95. that stretch is going to take you len minutes as well. that's a look -- 11 minutes as well. now over to you. stop congress from making cuts. >> that's what postal workers and law makers are hoping to accomplish. they are joining together so they hope they will be heard.

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5:55 and five things to know. this morning experts had meet in baltimore to talk about the impact elements such as medication they have on mothers while pregnant and babies while being breast fed. the organization information specialist are organize the meeting today at the marriott water front. >> 30 members of the maryland air national guard are he can spkded home. two -- expect home. two members will rurp to middle river. now the. [audio not understandable] they pent 09 days in support of combat operations in afghan tan. >> it could be today or -- afghanistan. >> it could be today or later this week but a decision could be coming down from the u.s. supreme court on the health

care reform act. the supreme court will rule whether or not parts that or the entire act is constitutional. >> social union workers are expected to gather to protest cuts. they are calling it a hunger strike to save the postal service.workers and lawmakers hope to stop congress from making cuts and want the pension surplus in the postal service to be be refunded. >> and where were you on this day three years ago? it was today. michael jackson died. he died from cardiac arrest back in 2009. his death was ruled a homicide and his doctor conrad murray found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. abc2 working for you helping you to keep your money where it belongs in your pocket. >> yeah but scamers are trying to find ways to get their hand in your pockets. now they are using a postal employ to lure you in. we will tell you. >> also facebook showing up more divorce reports. how the cyber socialite is ruining the relationship. >> the man with the answers withthis morning alex tray beck

is rest -- trebek is resting after a heart attack. >> it's mild and humid but i will tell you when the dryer air works its way in here coming up. >> reporter: 895 is nice and clear and here i will let you know if that's the same on 83.