you are watching the station that works for you "good morningmaryland." a warehouse collapses in pg county and not all of the employees have been accounted for. we have details on this this morning. plus a the florida man who admitted to shooting and killing trayvon martin hopes a judge rules in his favor. get ready to sweat. this weekend is expected to be hot. temperatures sizzling around the country. and that is a big story today on this friday morning. thanks for joining us. i am megan pringle lauren cook and lynette charles we will get

to traffic but first sizzling temperatures and severe weather leading up to it. >> we have good news. as i sat down severe thunderstorm warnings they havehave expired and for good reason. i can show you what's going on. severe thunderstorm watch. that means conditions across the areas in the yellows are favorable still for another thunderstorm to pop up. but let me show you what's going on right now because we are fizzling. good to see before i came up i am like this is probably going to expire in few minutes and they did that. we like that. so we look at maryland's mospowerful radar and we see the storm starting to fizzle out a bit. but we can zoom in across the area because still heavier rain crossing across delaware as of now if you are going that way. maryville and henderson and greensboro and all in on that action but behind that things will dry out for the most part and then we will talk about the heat because we are very warm this morning. a and we have the heat advisory in effect at 11 this morning. and it will linger until about nine this evening a hot day on

tap for us. it's for all the areas here shaded in the orange color. and then we look at the temperatures already close to 80 degrees in a lot of spots. so it's going to soar from there. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning and you have lots to talk about. >> reporter: good morning. we have trouble in anne arundel county this morning where a gas main break happened yesterday. but it continues to affect traffic rydell road shut down at chapel court. use route 3 as an alternate. and checking in and looking at main lines this is what it looks like on the harrisburg expressway. not too much traffic out there just yet. so it will be a nice easy ride as you make the drive down towards the beltway and as we look at some drive times, you will notice traffic is starting it's going take you 13 minutes on west side from 795 down towards 95 and over on the east side you are looking at 12- minute ride on outer loop from 95 up towards 83. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. now over to you. it's not just maryland but

central and eastern parts of the united states are expected to bake under intense heat today. and coreching -- scorching conditions may spread into next week in some places. the official temperature in chicago hit 100 for the first time since 2005. now it was not just man's best friend cooling off but man himself as you can see. and it's appropriate because i guess it was quite a scorcher there. >> very hot and stinging hot. it is like hot hot. >> it's nice and toasty. >> in tennessee 200 people have been seeking shelter each day because of the heat and inlouiville kentucky churchill downs cancel the races. weather related cancellation at the horse track are pretty rare in that area. so we are going to take a look at the scorcher for today keeping the heat in mind.

city pools plans to operate on extended hours today. park pools will be opened for fr noon until 8 p.m. and walk to pools will be opened from noon until 6 p.m. and remember don't forget in order to beat the heat you can take a look at the cooling centers opened across the state. they offer air conditioned rooms if you don't have ac and bottled water. so there's a complete list you can find it the one as closest to you on the website abc2news.com and you can check out our hot weather guide. we just checked and we found out that the crews are working to fix a gas main break in anne arundel county. this happened yesterday morning. the road still remains closed in that area. firefighters say that a contractor hate gas main and they are working on repairing that area. we have been getting reaction this morning from various lawmakers about the supreme court's ruling on the health care law that happened yesterday and we have brand new reaction this morning from ben cardin and we will chat live with a locallawyer about the

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this decision i want to digest it but it's a sick feeling to think what i have to do to put the constitution back together. >> supreme court decision affirms the president and affirms the proper role for the congress of the united states. >> mixed emotions from local and national lawmakers on the u.s. supreme court decision to uphold the affordable care act. health insurance opened enrollment set to begin in just 15 months now. and that supreme court decision was upheld by most of the health care law. starting in 2014 insurance companies will no longer be able to turn people away with a history of medical problems or

charge them more because of those problems. many you wonder what it means for me. what happens now? so there are a lot of speculation this morning and that's why we brought in steve at len thanks tore -- allen thanks for coming. >> good morning. >> people are conlikeed and there's a lot of -- conflicted and there's a lot of emotion. >> it meant the supreme court didn't want to become involved in the political discussion. justice roberts made it clear that he doesn't like the law but feels it the supreme court has a duty to uphold legislation. so they engaged in a legal fixsion. although one might say it's a penalty, if you don't buy the insurance, what they said is it's a tax. it's paid through the irs and handled on a your tax return and it's a tax court decisions say you can encourage conduct by taxes. so essentially they are saying here is you don't have to buy the health insurance. if you don't buy it, we are

going to tax you so you ought to buy it so at least you will have it. but it really a fiction in that regard. >> that's the sticking point some people feel that's unconstitutional to basically tell people they have to buy something. >> well, it would be unconstitutional under thecommerce clause and what they did is decided in that case this is a very narrow decision that you can't force people to do something because eat affects interstate commerce. what they said is with the cigarettes for instance, we heavily tax cigarettes to force people not to smoke. and the supreme court said that's okay. so they are saying we are not forcing you do anything we are not penalizing you from doing things but we are going to charge you a tax. so wouldn't it be better to get something for your dollar. merely than to give it to the government. >> what happens now sh. >> at this point -- now? >> at this point details are to be worked out. because it's not until 2014

that the statute goes in place. the supreme court is done. it will not come back and challenge. what the supreme court has suggested is that congress may want to take another look and depend on the presidential election, this statute could go through tremendous changes. otherwise, there will be aspects of the statute which will be challenged in the lower courts but that will be in the area of implementation. this case is constitutional and the statute and so from that perspective, the affordable care law if the congress doesn't change it, will become the law 2014. >> no doubt people will talk about it. thanks so much for coming in. appreciate your time. >> my pleasure. >> stay with us this morning. he serve as the head of the baltimore county school district for 12 years. what now for dr. joe hairston who enjoying a life of retirement. we will tell you how the district plans to celebrate. >> reporter: fire in southwest

baltimore has people running from their homes reach the action from neighbors on the fire. we have the story on air and online. >> and all the severe thunderstorm warnings have expired but the heat is getting ramped up. >> reporter: and we are dealing with an accident on 695. i will have more on the delays coming up in my abc2 timesaver traffic report. @

6:45 right now and happening right now we are getting ready for a rocket launch looking at live pictures from cape canaveral war delta 4 rocket will take off this morning. this was originally set for 6:13 this morning and was delayed due to mechanical problems. on board is a classified spy satellite for the national office and it can be used for anything from eavesdropping to sur valance. it's the second launch in as many weeks. it's a live picture from cape canaveral. this is your abc2 news to go. i am megan pringle charley is off today. meteorologist lynette charles is here and there's lot going on in the weather department. >> i've earned my stripes this

morning. maryland's most powerful radar is starting to dry out. we don't have anymore severe thunderstorms warnings to talk about so that's good news. and as we look at maryland's most fourful radar as of now we have one lone shower pouping across the area. look towards kent county and also right on the border of queen anne's county traveling around millington chestertown and you are getting in on some light showers. but after those thunderstorms that passed we can take the light showers. heat advisory is the big story. we will talk about that coming up but right now let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: good morning. we are dealing with several accidents. trouble in howard county where there's a crash along the southbound lanes of columbia pike at rivers edge road. and if you headed out on 695 do expect heavy delays in parkville due to a crash on outer loop at perring parkway. as we look live at bel air road, it's really causing quite a backup. speeds are clocking in at just 12 miles per hour right there at bel air road and checking in and looking at the west side of

the beltway, at baltimore national pike, you will notice traffic starting to pick up andn this area as well expect a -- pick up in this area as well. and use the jfx to get into the city, 11 minutes on the beltway traveling southbound from the beltway downtown to east fayette street and everything is up to speed through the fort mchenry tunnel and 859 looking clear despite all the -- 895 looking clear despite all the construction. megan over to you go we have been following breaking news about a house fire in southwest baltimore. it broke out after 4 this morning in a row home in the 1900 block of sponson street. that's camden yards and m and t bank stadium. there's a map with the area we are talking about. sherrie johnson is here with reaction. >> reporter: well, you know, people were running out of their homes in southwest baltimore and woke up early this morning to the sounds of screams for them to get out of the house. a fire broke out at a 2-story home at 1960sponson street.

crews found the home engulfed in flames when they arrive. it was vacant at the time of the fire and it was up for sale. the house next door received exterior damage to the vinyl siding. there were no injuries in the fire. neighbors were evacuated for an hour and a half for their safety. we caught with up donna lopez who saw the flames and began to wake up the neighbors. >> she used my cell phone to call 911. we drove down and seen what house and started to beat on everyone else's doors gettingthem out because the windows started to bust out of the house. >> reporter: now crews put the fire out pretty quickly and then worked on the hot spots and now right now they are cleaning up the debris. there's no word on the exact cause of the fire. authorities are still investigating. sherrie johnson abc2 news. it's 6:48. in news this morning most commercial warehouse has collapsed in chevrely in pg county. crews searching for a worker still missing. this happened around 10 last night on cabin branch drive.

missing man's wife has been at the scene. fire officials say 25 employees were inside of the building and about 90% of the building eventually collapsed in the area. president obama is headed to colorado today. he is going to be looking at the fire zones we have been reporting on. he is going to arrive in colorado springs this afternoon where officials evacuated more than 30,000 people. the wild fires are nowconsidered the most destructive in the state's history. more than 350 homes have been destroyed including the stephani family who says the charred remains of their home they saw on a website. >> it was just total shock to see your house in a fireball. but i think that was also therapeutic, too, because we knew over the last couple days where there's a lot of families that don't know the outcome of their home we knew from pretty must get go we lost the house. >> president obama has issued a disaster declaration for

colorado. get ready to pay more for the sewer bills in maryland because we learned that the state's flush tax on sewer bills will double to $5 a month under a law taking effect on sunday. that's an increase from 30 to 60 annually. to upgreat the waist water treatment facilities and reduce pollution in the chesapeake bay. today george zimmerman is scheduled for a bond hearing. he has been behind bars charged in the death of trayvon martin. he was initially released after his arrest but the judge sent him back to jail because of donations. zimmerman didn't disclose them in the april bond hearing. he is expect he canned to be granted bail -- expects to be granted bail but the bond is expected to be higher. the student loans deadline is sunday. and congressional leaders say they are close to a deal that would exten the current rates for another -- ex-- exten the current race -- extend the

rates for another year. it would cost students an extra,000 bucks on average if it is not passed. after leading the county school districts for 12 years dr. joe hairston is retiring. this reception for dr. hairston is happening at valley mansion in cockeysville and his teenure is among the longest in modern day history. he is being replaced by dr. dallas dance. big weekend for the former o's manager earl weaver because a sculpture unveiling is going to take place tomorrow just after 2:00 for weaver. this unveiling is farther of the celebration series honoring 6 of the greatest orioles of all times. again that's happening this weekend. july 4th celebrations are getting a early start because it falls in the middle of the week so we are starting this weekend. catch two shows set for tomorrow and sunday in baltimore county. tomorrow night a fire work show will take place at the eastern

yacht club in middle river. on sunday there's going to be a show just south of hereford in parkton. festivities will begin after sundown. find more information on the website. as for a couple of epic duals michael phelps made it look easy. he dominated the 200 butterfly at the swim trials qualifying to swim 8 events in the london olympics. this race was much easier for the bolt native than the first two -- baltimore native than the first races against ryan lochtehe is on track to duplicate his record in the beijing games. five things to know the brother of the ponzi scheme king bernard madoff is scheduled to plead guilty in new york. peter madoff is facing multibillion dollar fraud charges. the pretrial hearing in the case of the suspected fort hood gunman major nadal hasan will resume in texas this morning.

he is accused of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted murder and could face the death penalty. wikileaks founder must turn himself in to london police at 6:30 this morning. he has been seeking political aseem um. he tried to avoid extra diction to swedeon where he is wand on sex charges. testimony begins in the hearing against governor haley. the statehouse ethics committee is look into allegations that she basically lobbied for employees serving in the statelegislator. she deny the allegations. and happy where the day to one of the top piece of technology. today is the iphones 5th birthday. five years ago apple cofounder steven jobs launch iphone. >> let's talk about what's going on this morning because we have had a lot going on. but now things are calling down. no more severe thunderstorm warnings but we have a severe thunderstorm watch box up for portions of our area. so what i want to do is switch

over and show you the radar because in that area that i showed you, well, conditions are favorable for more thunderstorms to pop up going through remainder of the morning. more showers are starting to pop up around the area. nothing severe and nothing heavy at this time. but just an area to be watched as we go through the morning. now, we look at the satellite and radar part of it, and we aredealing with clouds. but all this is sliding off to the south and east. and we will get more sunshine in here as we work our way throughout the day. so speaking of that, we are doing that in condition daubing and not looking -- dundalk right now. not looking too bad. we have the clouds and we are drying things out a bit. that's some good news for us. annapolis more of the same. cloud cover came through the area. and then we will see a little bit more brightening of the skys. moisture is getting very humid out there. and that's will help fuel thunderstorms. also the warm -- fuel the thunderstorms and also the warm temperatures. the heat advisory in effect from 11 until this evening. and 100 is what it will be

today. a hot one on tap. tomorrow morning we have the excessive heat watch for the areas shaded in the light coloring and 94 for the game day forecast. let's check of the abc 2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: we are dealing with accidents. howard county a crashing crash on southbound lanes of columbia park at rivers ed edge road and baltimore isn'ty an accident on a route -- accident -- county an accident on route 40. congestion on the west side at liberty road. but the major problem is going to be in parkville. here's the beltway at harford road. a lot of congestion on the outer loop is due to a crash at perring parkway. it's slow up towards charles street. and abc2 just launched a brand new contest. we are giving away $600 in gas cards every week for the rest of the summer. all you have to do is go to my facebook page my official page lauren cook abc2 news like it and all the contest information is going to be at the top of

the profile. $600 in free gas. pretty good. >> not bad. over the next few scorching days you may want to stop byrita's for relief. they are offering a new flavor and old favorites beginning today. the new flavor sour patch kids redeye talian ice. -- red italian ice. and canteloupe and honey dew ice from fresh fruit. you weren't sold on the sour patch. >> i was. >> you were. >> honey dew sounds good. >> let's go after the show. >> whatever time they open we are there. and i want to say before we go we didn't call each other and i heard a couple messages. did you plan that? we don't. >> great minds think alike. >> i feel it's been like that all week. thanks for joining us it's friday and have a great weekend. yule dates -- updates throughout the morning on weather and traffic and find us on abc2news.com where we hope you will go to the facebook fan pages and give us a thumbs up. >> drink fluids and stay cool.

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