their death. >> reporter: losing two fire companies today and i am linda so. why one slated to shut down will stay open for now. >> and it's monday morning. hope awed great weekend and smacked -- hope you had a great weekend and managed to staycool. >> a lot of changes in the weather and we have been developing over the past 12 hours and we saw it coming. >> we did. and stety -- steady heavy rain and that's the theme and clouds today. lower humidity. not even a 90 on the board. here's what's going on this morning. we will start in mount airy dark gloomy there this morning. let's go over to maryland's most powerful radar and confirm the rain that has been falling from baltimore city all the way down towards dundalk. seeing steady heavy rain. 695 towards white marsh a good downpour rain. a 73 degree reading right now in the city limits. 76 down towards dc. and look at york at 73 degrees. so we are starting to see cooler temperatures coming in. the dew point values that

measures the amount of moisture coming down considerably in york. now down to 61. so we will talk lower humidity and going for 87 later today. another check on the forecast coming up in less than 10. lauren cook has a check on traffic. how we doing. >> reporter: well, we are dealing with several accidents across the region. trouble out in frederick where an accident is blocking two eastbound lanes of interstate 70. that's at woodbine road. you can stick with route 1 # 4 as an alternate. more problems in howard county where the traffic lights are out. there's an accident in baltimore city in canton on highland avenue at eastern avenue and heading out to 95, here's what it looks like in white marsh. everything up to speed at route 43 but we are dealing with an accident up in harford county along the southbound lanes at little gun powder falls bridge. 695 in overly at bel air road, everything up to speed. a nice easy ride up towards 83. that's the abc2 timesaver traffic. now over to you.

>> 5:31. today two of the three fire companies cut from the mayor's budget will officially close. linda so is standing by with how one of them will be staying open at least for now. linda. >> reporter: the fire chief decided to keep truck 10 in west baltimore running for another three months. it will stay open at least until october. the president of the fire union hopes that will give city leaders more time to find a way to save truck 10 but the same can't be said for two other companies. truck 15 in east baltimore and squad 11 on the city's south side will be shut down permanently. the crews will be reassigned to other firehouses. fire chief jim clack says companying the company will prevent the rotating firehouse closures going on the past two years. all three companies were slated to close on july 1st but the city kept them open to respond to the storms that hit our area last week. linda so, abc2 news. 5:32. today investigators will continue to look into the cause of a fire that killed a woman in her annapolis home.

sherrie johnson is here with more on what fire investigators will be looking for today. >> reporter: investigators are trying to figure out the cause of the fire. the victim has not been identified but investigators say she was in her mid-50s. neighbors say she lived alone after her husband died. the 911 call came in about 10 sunday morning on a newport avenue in the arundel on the bay community. firefighters say the fire was so intense with flames shooting through the roof for 40 minutes, once inside, crews found the woman's body in her upstairs bedroom. a dog that is strained trained to sniff out fumes was brought in. >> looking at it was terrifying. i couldn't imagine somebody being in there. >> it felt like she was not out of the house by now, she is not going to get out. >> reporter: investigators say there were smoke alarms in the home. they are not sure if they were working at the time of the fire. again, investigators don't have a cause for the fire and they

have not ruled out arson. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. county police are continuing to look for suspects in the deadly shooting that happened in parkville on darlington drive around 2 on sunday morning. police say they received a call of gunshots and when they arrived they found a man shot in the street and was pronounced dead at the scene. 5:34. as a parent, there are a number of things you fear that could happen to your child, but finding a python attached tower baby is not one of them. one-year-old william was attacked by a 2 foot python at his home in illinois. devon says around 11 monday night, he heard his son stirring so he felt around the crib. >> i felt it, it was slimy and i knew it was not normal. i immediately turned the light on and saw the snake and a python wrapped around his foot constricting it and trying to eat his foot. >> the dad pulled the snake off using a blanked and william was taken to the hospital and

treated for minor injuries. the snake came in from an adjacent apartment that they as you understand they have moved. >> i can understand that. authorities say a trail of potatoe chips from a subway near pittsburgh led them to a burglary suspect. police say 21-year-old benjamin broke a glass door and tried to on the cash register. when he couldn't get the cash, police say he left with 9 bags of potatoe chips. officers say they actually followed the trail of chips and it led it to him. he had a bloody hand and foot. and he is being held on $30,000 bond. he was in the film and television industry for more than 7 decades. >> and now we look back on the life of a legacy. we will look back on the career of ernest borgnine. >> a concert announced the lineup where you can catch farm aid 2012. >> good morning. i am mike masco on interactive

app for abc2. look again showing steady heavy rains across the area. we will talk more about the radar and a cooler, drier 7-day forecast coming up. >> reporter: well, all of the thunderstorms are leading to a hectic commute. accidents on 95, and 695 and interstate 7 0. i will are the de-- i will have the details coming up. have breakfast with milk and set the stage for a great day.

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now "good morning maryland." this morning fans are remembering the life of ernest borgnine. he won his oscar for playing a love sick butcher in the movie marty. he was perhaps best phone for his recurring role on mchale's navy. he was in more than 100 film and tv shows including roles from here to eternity and most recently he was the voice of mermaid man on spongebob square pants. dead at 95. the annual farm aid benefit concert is coming close by. hershey pennsylvania. the group aims to help farms and family on the land and increase awareness of the challenges they face.

it's going to be held on saturday september 22nd this year. headlineers include dave matthews and willie knellson and neal young. farm aid has been helder. >>ly every year since -- nearly year since 19 # 5. it's is -- 1985. tickets go on sale friday morning. coming up a new way to pay at the baltimore farmer's market. >> find out how you can now use your food stamps and debit card to get healthy produce. >> and scientists say it's thenext best thing to going to mars. new picture of the terrain you have to see. i saw this this weekend. lauren. >> reporter: well, this morning's thunderstorms are leading to a hectic commute. we have a crash on 95 up inharford county at the little gun powder falls bridge. more problems on interstate 70 where there's a crash on interstate 70 along the eastbound lanes at woodbine road. more problems on the beltway where there's a crash on the

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now "good morning maryland." >> 5:43. three boys have been found on maryland's eastern shore and authorities found their bodies on sunday after their families searched for them through in fe sherrie johnson joins with us more. >> reporter: this morning a community in fed ralsburg is mourning -- federalsburg is mourning the loss of three boys. emergency crews recovered the bodies from a creek. a 8-year-old and two 12 year old boys were seen around 5 p.m. on saturday playing basketball at achurch. one mother realized her son was missing when she came home from work at 11 p.m. on saturday and she called police. authorities say the boys appeared to have accidentally drowned. one mother says she doesn't know why her stepson would go into the creek since he was terrified of water. >>i can't believe that because he is afraid of water. >> it's a tragedy.

and they need to do something. they need to do something. so this doesn't happen again so no other child has to drown or fall in a quicksand. it doesn't make any sense at all. >> reporter: the office of the chief medical examiner will conduct autopsies but they don't believe foul play was a factor. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. 15 minutes away from 6 right now. if you use food stamps to buy groceries you can shop at the farmers market. kust mothers don't have cash at the market can use it. under the jfx you can swipe your debit card to make purchases and gets the tokens at the machines. ben physical aries will seek up to $10 in matching funds from the baltimore -- beneficiaries will receive up to $10 in matching funds from the baltimore program. rare blue lobster off the coast of ocean city is on

display at the national aquarium in washington. the blue lobster is a one in two million exemption to the reddish brown shade most have. it was caught in june by a crew on the fishing boat and it has been ink named toby. a programming -- been nicknamed toby. a programming note, good afternoon maryland will air more than two months josh elliot and larra spencer will anchor the shore and you will see robin roberts and george stephanopoulous dropping in and the show focus on entertainment side of news and tune in for the debut once again at 2 this afternoon right here on abc2. five things to know before heading out the doors this morning. the department of public works is meeting this morning and could make an important announcement about water main inspections. they are releasing the results from the dpw use of innovative technology to check a southwest

baltimore water transmission main. a volunteer day enhancing the beauty of arlington national cemetery. volunteers will spend the day mulching and pruning and planting shrubbery. today erik hold will deliver remarks at the naacp national convention in houston texas focusing on voting rights. and the key players including governor o'malley are meeting in northern virginia to assess the progress of the cleanup of the chesapeake bay. we expect an update on how they are doing in efforts to bring back the bay after years of neglect. tomorrow the city public school c etch o will release the maryland school assessment results. we will have a briefing on student products. o's limped into the all star break after an ologyly -- ugly trip to anaheim. angels put on a home run clinic beating them 6-0. it was the second consecutive game the orioles failed to score any

runs. in fact they have in the crossed the plate in 22 innings. now as for the all star break and a chance for the o's to regroup and find magic they have lost. after months of image collection nasa says it has two new images of mars' surface. >> the full circle combines 817 images takeen with panoramic camera. >> the image shows the terrain surrounding the rover while it was stationary for four months. they say the pictures are the next best thing to actually being on the surface of mars. now mike i am sure you are saying it looks like the mowsalvey -- mojave desert. >> i am looking for the green people. >> you will find them. you found lauren. >> i am sure we will have the moon or the mars camera we will invest on that next budget. here's what's going on this morning. we have heavy rain into the tunnels this morningp it's slow -- morning. it's a slow go. white marsh a good downpour and

we will go towards the north and west. heaviest downpour of rain north of mount airy. this will run into 70. be aware of that and rainfall rates have been registered between a inch and two inches of rain. good downpours coming done across the area. we have a flash flood warning that was in effect for frederick. that has been discontinued but certainly could see localized floodint from the bands of rain a rain cooled 73. hagerstown 75 degrees. york at 73. wilmington at 79 but we are noticing the dew points dropping an indication of a northerly wind and the drying wind coming into play. and look at wilmington 59 degree dew points that's pleasant. compared to the 71 in town right now. so again all the rain running just along the maryland pennsylvania border and this is going to shift offshore today. leaving with it clouds and lower humidity. that northerly wind punching in and that's going to allow for a cooler drier airflow. in fact 77 in dc right now. you go north and look at

inteenior -- interior new england. upper 50s and we will get the overnight lows into the 60s for tonight. two degree guarantee of 87. sunshine and cloud mixture for tonight down to 68. mostly cloudy skies. the 7-day forecast. 87 today and 85 tomorrow and there's a good chance of showers and storms. wednesday 87 and they will be into the 80s for much of the week and more humidity building back in friday going into next weekend. let's look at traffic this morning lauren cook back and looking tanned how we doing. >> reporter: well, mike, unfortunately the heavy rain is causing a a mess -- causing a mess on the roads. you can stick with route 144 as an alternate. more problems in howard county. traffic lights are going to be out at the intersection of route 108 at columbia road. if you are traveling on 695, the traffic troubles do persist. we are dealing with an accident on the top side of the beltway on the inner loop at the 83. so expect a lot of congestion in that area.

traveling on 95, we are dealing with an accident in harford county that's on the southbound lanes at the little gun powder falls bridge but a live look at 95 in the city at 395, no delays getting in towards the tunnels and into the city. it's going to be nice and clear. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. now over to you. >> all right. thanks so much. high drama nearly 700 feet in the air. a man more daring than nick wallenda. >> new video of an attempt of a tightrope walk blindfolded and no safety prenews and backwards. >> -- precautions. >> and backwards. >> no. [ male announcer ] this is sheldon, whose long dy setting up the news

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was hit in the head and the police officer hit in the back. another reporter went to the hospital and -- hospital and he was not seriously hurt. pretty heart stopping video of a rescue in china. firefighters rescued a 7-year- old boy from a tower crane which was higher than 98 feet in the air. look at this. the boy climbed up the crane when plap praying with other kids in the -- when playing with other kids in the neighborhood. firefighters arrived and the boy was too scared to come down andrescuers fastened a safety rope on the boy and kept talking with him to calm him down. it took 20 minutes to get him to the ground. look at this. here's a guy who gives nic wallenedda a run for his money. he survives after falling 600 -- 675 feet in the air from a tightrope. he walked on the rope blindfolded with no harness. >> oh. >> can you believe that? look at that. i can't believe -- mike is

laughing. he was about 130 feet from the end when he slipped and fell. you can see him get up and walk almost immediately he is doing fine this morning. that's incredible. >> how can you laugh at that, mike? >> what do you want? >> you have no soul. >> all right. now this is a nasty virus that could be affecting you and your internet. >> virus so serious the fbi got involved. so what happens if it infects your compute irand how to make sure it's safe. >> a -- computer and how to make sure it's safe. >> a hair baret is responsible for a girl's brain injury. we get irritate when a cell phone contract changes but a man took things into his hand and bams internet star. >> ocean city good thing you got out of there, it's raining buckets. we have dry less humid forecast

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