down, july is national ice cream month and a good excuse to head to the nearest ice cream shop to help clear down. closed roads downed power lines and ripped up trees, today 42 baltimore county we've seen it as second storm public scales will be closed -- moves through the area. schools will be closed. i'm megan pringle, we will have a report in just a moment. teachers are already in the classrooms. code red heat alert the last time there were this extended due to the hot many schools closed was for temperatures. a list of cooling centers on hurricane irene. activities are canceled and line to help you beat the heat. principals will contact staff state highway letting them know where they administration has a can report. suggestion, how you may want to look at the bottom of the consider getting to work on screen. as always, you can go to this monday, july 2nd. abc2news.com. stay tuned on good morning i'm charley crowson. if you have power, thank you maryland, we will have more about storm clean up, the for joining us. megan pringle is out this president of bge and another morning with the lingering representative in the studio storm damage from the weekend talking about outages and the and a round of storms that plan they have trying to get power back on to you as quickly rolled through overnight for as possible. a viewing will be held for many of us. a fallen ma mean, marine. mike is in for lynette.

we started out with nothing on radar. all the sudden big storms moving across. a couple of rain showers, services will be held tomorrow at grace church. everything towards the east, also the teen killed after a run in with a police officer 695, middle river. the good news is, everything is will be remembered too. exiting stage right that's chris brown's mother is organizing a rally in front of going to allow for clearing during the course of the the state's attorneys office afternoon. today, calling for external we are sitting at 74 town. investigation in to her son's death. the officer involved was northerly wind at 8. it's a arrested last week and released drying wind today. it's going to feel less in the shortly afterwards. if you have a bag of dole way of humid. 74 in town, 80 dc. lettuce, you need to throw it we will take the 2-degree temperature to 93. the risk of spot shower or out. dole recalling 2500 bags, storm after 4:00, that would hearts romaine with a use by segway in to the 8:00 hour. date of june 26th. we will talk about the weather in a little bit. 695, we are keeping an eye on. it could have been exposed to wet roadways, exercise caution, listeria. ñ' keep your speeds down this

morning. here is 695, traffic running smoothly. earlier we had an accident around route 40. looking pretty good i-95 to 83, 11 minutes. 795 to 95, 11 minutes as well. 695 to the fort mc henry, 8 minutes. this is subject to change, wet roadways, hydroplaning a concern. you want to take it slow. another check on the traffic in a little bit. the state highway administration is now asking you leave your car at home. they are urging drivers to take public transportation if possible. signals are out and to be safe simply don't drive. use five 11 if you have to hit

the road. trees are down, power out to a number of homes. a quarter million people were without power, baltimore 70,000 are in the dark and in the heat this morning. megan pringle has filed a report in baltimore county a few moments ago. >> reporter: we are on ba lona in north baltimore, there is a road that is well traveled, it is closed. it's so dark. behind me there is a huge tree that fell on top of power lines. this is the situation we've seen throughout the state after saturday night's storms, saturday morning storms moving in to late last night. that's the situation now. we have been here and seen a ton of cars and trucks turn around. ronnie oliver has been sitting here watching the area making sure everybody knows it's not

safe to travel on the road. what can you tell people? >> power lines are always -- you are not supposed to be around, we are protecting the lines. >> reporter: on a personal level you have no power. >> i don't have power right now. hopefully when i get home i will have power. >> reporter: what is that like? >> it's the worst thing in the world. >> reporter: you never seen severe weather is blamed for 17 deaths most from fallen anything like this. >> that one is bad. trees that hit homes and cars. >> reporter: thank you for three people died in north joining us. carolina, one reported dead in that's the situation, hundreds maryland. other states include new of thousands are without power jersey, ohio and the district and people have big messs to clean up. it's going to be a big story. over to sherrie johnson. of columbia. the dc mayor has declared a we are in for more hot state of emergency. temperatures today. this means more people will the national weather service head to many cooling centers issued 100 tornado and severe that are open for people

without power looking for relief from the heat. because of the temperatures, thunderstorm warnings. the governor has been in touch the code red heat alert has with president barack obama and in touch with the federal been extended through tuesday. mrming management association trying to get as much response baltimore mayor passed out ice in a community trying to help to this as necessary and as in the heat. possible, because when you the community action program think about a situation like will operate five centers this, we are in to the stage of around the city, the centers will be open from 9:00 a.m. dramatic aftermath, this is to 7:00 p.m., each will have where response is critical. cool air and free water. people are in the dark and need the health department's office cool weather. >> that's the problem. of aging and care services will we were talking temperatures in to the 80s around 11:00. offer 6 additional centers on a code red heat alert day. homes are 95 plus degrees. the health department recommends that you remember to hopefully we get the drink plenty of water or juice. electricity back on for you avoid alcohol and caffeine, today. this morning, we had powerful storms moving across the wear light colored clothing. remember to check on senior region. scattered showers, mostly citizens and you can call 311 towards the east, 695, white with a heat related medical marsh, and scattered showers emergency and log on to towards parts of rock hall. look at the powerful storms to abc2news.com for a complete list of the cooling centers. the south, dc got hit again that story is listed on the last night with storms, we are left with temperatures mild, 74 home page. sherrie johnson, abc2 news.

in the midst of the degrees in town, last few hours weather, news to help you cool showing progression of the line of showers and storms to the an 7 a around 8:00. on the way to 93 today. a look at traffic, taking you to the maps, going to be a hard commute, certainly with the debris on the roadways. lots of power issues. so far looking good on 83, up from, if you are going to york, harrisburg, to the south, for the city limits, be aware, we could see hydroplaning. here is a live shot, 695, route 295, clear sailing, that's subject to change during the course of the morning. all conditions looking good from 83 all the way towards fort mc henry. let's look at those times 8-11 minutes. so far, so good. the governor took on the topic of health care during the

weekend. martin o'malley, what he had to say on face the nation.

it could be difficult getting around chicago. multiple reports of cab drivers now threatening to strike during rush hour in the city doesn't grant them a fair hike. they haven't seen fair increases in the city in 7 years. 9 state bus tour of nuns, protesting budget proposals claiming it could hurt most vulnerable americans. we are going to get to weather in a few moments. you are doing double duty on traffic. roads are very important because one thing we have to keep in mind for example you come in to a dark intersection with stoplights, treat it like a four-way. a lot of people are ignoring

that. again, it's common sense. absolutely. help me out this morning, charlie. here is what going on this morning. not too bad on the roads. once we get the commute in full force i'm sure that's going to change. see on the maps, just clear sailing. good speeds around 65, 70 miles per hour. keep it slow. last six hours on the radar, storms passing across the area. we are expecting storms today, 2-degree guarantee of 93. lower in the way of humidity. seven-day forecast, take you in to the big 4th of july weekend in a little bit. martin o'malley speaking out about the ruling on the affordable health care act you may know it as obama kay. he made appearance yesterday morning striking back at lawmakers who say penalizing people who didn't purchase health care is a massive tax

increase. >> the massive so called tax increase is the free loader penalty. 1-2% of people could afford health care. >> mitt romney, john boehner and other republicans vowed to repeal the health care law following this year's election. reports issued about adults who are subjected to physical punishment. they are more likely to experience mental disorders, in february it was issued in canada and today coming out in the journal of pediatrics. depression, anxiety and alcohol abuse maybe attributed to physical punishment like spanking when they were younger. weigh in, we want to know what you think.

july is the halfway point for 2012, the state of new laws across the country and beginning of fiscal year for the states. interesting one for you, idaho, law enforcement can issue warrants via fax. we will keep you posted on oh question quirky laws. . this is blurred, he got on the highway and stripped down. he approached a woman who was in a toyota prias. he drove in the wrong directions caused a 5- car pile up near 90th in arizona. >> he jumped on a lady's car and tried to get a ride. holding on like this. >> the behave relayed to us by witnesses indicates some sot of

drug or mental state. >> the suspect was taken to the hospital along with oh people involved in the crash including a woman nearly full term in her pregnancy. a veteran has a fulfilled. bird is suffering from an illness, he braved to heat to watch his son graduate. when they say they want to be a marine or something other than just a civilian, that means a lot to me. >> military service is a tradition, charles joined the navy in 1965, his grandfather served in the army during world war ii. we are cleaning up from the friday storms and the weekend

storms darkness everywhere for many of you. another round of storms rolled through last night, 12:45, i was awakened to rolling thunder and lightening. by 1:25, i was in the dark once again. >> i was. we were in the dark once again, lost power friday night, all day saturday. we had power back on -- >> you were on and went back out. >> yeah, 1:25. >> there was a ton of lightning with that second round. you can see outside, you have the rain drops on the lens. it's raining in parts of the area, look at the thunderstorms around the delmarva, south, heading for ocean city. they will see storms. the immediate area, starting to dry out. 74 in town. 80 towards dc and salisbury 78. it's a mild morning across locations. watching the dew point values,

that measures the moisture in the atmosphere. we are not expecting a humid afternoon. we will talk about lower in the way of humidity. that's not going to feel as hot and humid. 93, 2-degree guarantee. could be late day showers and storms. down to 70 tonight. partly cloudy, isolated storm. tomorrow, 92. more in the way of humidity. that could spark off a late day shower or thunderstorm. seven-day forecast looks like this. 93 today. 92 tomorrow. isolated time scattered shower late in the afternoon, more in the way of humidity wednesday. we will make that 95 thursday feel like 105. more in the way of humidity and it gets hot at the end of the week. 97 friday. next weekend in to the 90s. a check on traffic this morning, we will be talking about, smooth sailing but that is subject to change. the roads are very wet this

morning. if you look now across the area, drive times look good. we will talk about not much in the way of traffic just yet. a live look at 69 a, harford, so far, so good. 95 to 83, 11 minutes. 79 5- 95, 11 minutes. just about 8 minutes. if possible, try and utilize mass transit as roads are blocked with the debris. 4th of july is wednesday, you may start to make your plans. there is statewide displays going on. pg county, that display will begin at 6:05 in the evening. charles county, regency, fireworks go off at 9:15,

harbor waters downtown, display at 9:30, it's a handful of itineraries for example a full list go to mdsp.org. when you head to the grocery store, you won't be using paper for a plastic bag. the new ban in seattle. also dozens wounded and killed in kenya. the rash of violence targeting churches.