murder for beating a foster child in his parents care. details on that straight ahead. and an update on florida lifeguard who lost his job for saving a life. and in the meantime it's friday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm megan pringle, you just saw charily out live. and you probably want to know what the weather is going to be like. it's going to be hot. >> highs into the 60s, you wish i was saying that. that is not happening. we're starting out at 78 in town. that is a very very warm reading for this time of the year, this time of the morning, and it feels like it's 82. and excessive heat advisory that goes into effect today. heat indices, 100 to 105. and the excessive heat watch tomorrow, where they feel 115

to 120. it is going to be stifling tomorrow. look at the temperatures, eastern third of the nation well into the 100 mark. we'll hit 100 degrees, it's very hot and humid and then for tonight, eventually get into 105 and we'll show you that 7- day forecast coming up in just a little bit. let's get a check on your time saver traffic this morning, in the roads at 5:31, looking pretty good across the area. traffic looking pretty good, no troubles and no problems to report on 95 north and south, a little construction by the way, on 895 as you head towards the harbor tunnel but all in all looking pretty good. drive times look like this this morning. you know, we'll show you drive times maybe later. we'll look forward to that thank you. more than a million calls have come into bge in the past week, thousands of people are in the dark and they have been working

around the clock. charley crowson is live in a cool center with an update on their progress. >> reporter: good morning to you and over the past six days they've been getting a few of these and a lot of these, almost half a million bge customers have been in the dark since saturday and because of that they have been working in staggered 12 hour shifts here at the cool center in baltimore city -- call center in baltimore, right now, at a 95% success rate and more crews coming into to help. joining me right now laquisha has been here 13 days. >> 7 straight days for the storm anxiousing phone calls. >> -- answering phone calls. >> reporter: how has ha been for you, taking the calls, i'm sure the frustration is taxing on you. >> we have to be empathetic and i lost my power so i can understand how they feel. >> reporter: when you're relate to go a customer is something

you might tell them because the human element of what you're trying to do, but you're saying i'm in the same boat you are. >> that's the first thing i advise them, i'm out of my power as well, and they understand i'm in the same boat they are. >> reporter: are have you had a caller who was especially polite. >> we've will people call in and say hey, thank you, i see you guys are working this one lady didn't have the power on and she wanted to thank us for the hard work we've done. >> reporter: to the other side of the coin, have you had people who are unusual unhappy,. >> of course. but again, you have to understand how they feel as well. it's 90 some degrees outside, it's humid, there's no air and some people aren't able to make alternate anxiousments -- arrangements to go somewhere

else. we're here. (410)685-0123. >> reporter: they're staffed with about 60 working in 12 hour shifts, the guy you see right here is off in a couple of minutes, many of these other men and women are going to be coming and going throughout the morning and taking phone calls and getting people unand running, 30,000 people remain in the dark but for now let's go back to the studios with megaan. the heat code is extended and so are the hours for the pool. pool hours are being extended today and tomorrow. you can swim for a couple of hours at a time to give everybody a chance and to give the lifeguards a break, you can check out all the information on abc2news.com. a 12-year-old boy is being charged with murder accused in the death of a 2-year-old girl. an apings report reveals that

the boy repeatedly -- autopsy report reveals that the boy repeatedly beet the girl, the girl was a foster child. that boy is staying at a youth facility at this time he is not going to be charged as an adult. a lot of -- post man's facebook has caught a lot of attention with child welfare officials, that woman is accused of posting a have i had of what appears to be her -- video of what appears to be her instigating a fistfight of two small girls. >> this video is pretty hard to watch and listen to. the mother is egging on her little girl not out of diapers in a fistfight. an acquaintance of the video saw the video anonymously and contacted social services. >> it's like she's training her before she starts school or something. >> everybody in the city was

shaking their head at this. social services not allowed to say anything about this case. the child psychologist says she could be charged with endangering the welfare of a child. a fired florida lifeguard that you were sounding off about yesterday on our facebook page was offered his job back, however he says he's not interested tomas lopez was fired after leaving his post to help rescue a swimmer outside his zone. it's company policy not to leave your designated area, the other two lifeguards who left in solidarity with lopez say they will also not be returning. the man that lopez help rescued is recovering in the hospital this morning. a cat really wanted some attention and knew the way to get it, especially the best way, you have to see this video, so whatever you're doing come over to the tv and look at this reporter who was live on the air. >> reporter: separating their new title in an appropriate fashion later today. i'm nicole live in east town

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now, good morning maryland. 5:45 it's going to be a hot weekend, but that's not going to stop people from enjig the african-american festival, hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend, there's plenty to do and plenty to see at this festival but it's also going to be hot. so sherrie johnson is live this morning on the festivities and what you need to know this weekend. >> reporter: good morning, we are here at mit stadium where the festival kicks off tomorrow. each year they have over 500,000 people that visit this festival. this year they're celebrating 35 years, it's changed names but 35 years, and this morning i have chris duncan with state farm, also cassandra stewart with the health and wellness empowerment zone. chris let's start with you. state farm has been a sponsor

for several years. >> it's a great way to reach out to personal new customers, when you have a half million people stop by the booth, it's a great opportunity to meet people. >> why is it a good idea to reach baltimore. >> it's showing the community the african-american culture and just different aspects of what makes baltimore great. >> reporter: and cassandra, we're talking ability temperatures -- about a -- about temperatures a hundred today, what can you do to make people safe. >> they have extended the heat index through sunday, so the name of the game is hydration, the entire footprint of the festival we're have hydration stations, cooling buses and lots and lots of cold water and cold drinks and come out and have a lot of fun and also

there will be so many different types of screenings, great give aways, i love give aways, they'll be tents where people will have opportunities for free weight loss programs including weight watchers, as well as screenings for blood pressure, cholesterol and we have morgan's national minority mean's health that will be addressing our men's needs in terms of prostate, high blood pressure and those kinds of things so there's something for everybody from babies to our seniors, so no reason not to come out and have a wonderful time. >> reporter: lots of things going on and of course this all kicks off tomorrow saturday from noon until 10:00 p.m. and then again on sunday from noon to 9:00 p.m. and they have some excellent entertainers, on sunday salt and pepper, chantey moore, so

lots to see and do, great food, 150 vendors, should be a lot of fun: reporting live sherrie johnson abc 2 news. pay attention or you could get booted off the internet on monday, facebook is notifying users if they have malware on their computers, if they don't remove it they're going to lose the internet and access on monday. that's the day they shut it down with the dms changer, malware will display an alert with a link to the web site that instructs users on how to remove it, the fbi's web site has a link that allows people to check it if they have malware on their machines, they posted that link under the national section, we have posted it on abc2news.com, you can walk through everything you need to know. five things you need to know before you head out the door, are president obama will sign a bill today that allocates more than a hundred billion dollars for transportation workers and

college students. the student loan portion of the bill prevented federal student loan rates from doubling. governor o mali is expected to attend that bill signing. an army secret who is accused of -- psychiatrist who is accused of killing civilians will be in court this morning. major nadal ha san are expected to make motions in this case. major league all star weekend in tornado ravaged areas, five homes in joplin missouri, four in tuscaloosa alabama. formformer mississippi governor hally basher and current mississippi governor phil bryant are expected to attend. get ready to see some runners in their underwear in new york city. about 500 athletes are expected

to take part in new york city's underwear run in central park. they're going to be in their indies as part of the two mile course and it's so hot out that might not be a bad idea. >> may get arrested at the end of the day. >> head to new york city and run there. >> look at this beautiful shot, looks certainly deceiving because annapolis you're one of the hot spots around 100 degrees. dc at 83. 80 over the eastern shore. there is enough humidity that we're talking 87 degrees and we have an excessive heat advisory today and then we go to an excessive heat watch, the difference being the heat indices, 100 to 105 and tomorrow it could feel as hot as 115. code red alert goes into effect today, and also tomorrow, avoid

exposure during the afternoon hours today and tomorrow. clouds to the south of us, here's the sunshine that peaks through and then a cluster of big storms that we have to keep an eye on saturday and sunday. here's your forecast for your day today, 100 very hot, humid, tonight around to 75 and forecasts for tomorrow, 102, dangerous heat with those heat indices rising. we'll show you the 7-day forecast. time saver traffic is showing what's happening, we have storm issues around york road, crews have been dealing with that troublesome water main break and one lane on the southbound side of york road still closeed this morning. smooth sailing at bel air road, another check on traffic and weather together in less than ten. coming up this morning, a

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