but can the hunting of animals like this make it less fashionable? >> fascinating. "the unlikely leopard" remeres in just a few hours a highly anticipated report on penn state is due out. i'm linda so, what it's expected to reveal about the university's role in the jerry sandusky child sex abuse case. going broke? hundreds of workers in one pennsylvania city now seeing a slash in their paychecks. the reason? scranton's bank accounts are now busy. who has to pay for the power outages, good morning and thank you for joining us. i'm megan pringle. >> and i'm charlie crowson, welcome back. >> thank you very much. >> where'd you go?

>> poison, def leppard. >> we've got pictures on facebook if you want to check those out. time now for a check of the forecast. hello gun web to meteorologist -- once again to meteorologist lynette charles. >> we have a tranquil thursday on tap for us, get out there espn joy it because we are dry with some clouds right now. seasonal temperatures. and it will be less humid today. that's going to make everybody happy right? we look at maryland's most powerful radar and we are dry. all five sweeps are on and we should pretty much stay that way through the day. today will be a carbon copy of what we saw yesterday with less humidity in the picture. so waking up this morning stepping out the door in ohings mills, coming in at 63 degrees. good morning columbia at 64 degrees. feels pretty good out there right now. a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. how are the roads? good morning lynette. fortunately everything is up to speed. traveling through the harbor tunnel and fort mchenry tunnel. if you are using the northeast corridor of 95 this is what it

looks like in white marsh at 93. overall an easy ride if you are using 95 to get into the city. and as we take a look at some drive times no delays on the jfx. just 11 minutes traveling southbound from the beltway all the way downtown to east fayette street. 695 nice and clear and the west side on the outer loop you're looking at an 11 minute ride and as well from 95 all the way up to 83. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. megan and charlie, over to you. today a much anticipated report into how penn state university handled the jerry sandusky case is going to be released. >> this morning abc2 news linda so is here with a preview of what we could learn today. >> reporter: who learned what and when about the jerry sandusky case and if they did snuff to stop -- enough to stop it. an independent group has been investigating the role for seventh months. the report is expected to

reveal if former football coach joe paterno and other top penn state officials tried to hide sex abuse allegations involving sandusky. sandusky was convicted of 45 counts of child sex abuse last month and is awaiting sentencing. paterno's family released a letter on wednesday that the head coach actually wrote himself to football players before he died. in that letter paterno denies allegations of a cover-up and defends his football program. we've learned the report is expected to be up to 200 pages long. penn state's president is expected to hold a press conference sometime this afternoon to respond to the report. linda so, abc2 news. new this morning more evidence will be released in the trayvon martin and george zimmerman shooting case. martin was shot by neighborhood watchman george zimmerman back in february and according to the orlando sentinel the new evidence includes what fbi agents turned up in the civil rights investigation. that includes an e-mail from zimmerman to bill lee, police

chief. zimmerman faces second degree murder charge in the case. this morning a scholarship fund is now being set up honoring a former principal at chesapeake high school. they came together last night remembering their former principal dr. william norman. they say he was murdered and two teens have since confessed to the crime and he was the first principal at chesapeake in pasadena from 1976 until 1983. in the 5:00 half hour we're going to hear if those who knew him -- from those who knew him. a wrong-way crash on i-97 last month. police say alcohol was a factor after originally saying it doesn't. it happened june 13set and two peopledy -- 13th and two people died including kelly whit. the driver of the other car also died. this morning the tankers involved in the massive train fire in columbus, ohio are

still burning. this was breaking news yesterday on "good morning maryland" and those tankers must cool before the remaining ethanol can be removed from inside them. that will let investigators get in for a closer look as they try to figure out what caused that train to derail. they are departmented to be at the scene for the -- expected to be at the scene for the next ten days. the storm has passed and now the questions begin, will you have to absorb the cost of clean-up and repair? we spoke with bge after reports surfaced the company would pass on the cost of the storm to the customers. while the bill stabilization adjustment does exist it doesn't apply to major storm outages lasting more than 48 hours. >> any of the customers roughly that were out of service for more than 24 hours, they would see the charge on the bill and then also see a credit for the correspondenting amount. >> bge adds the maryland public service commission would be the only group who could approve such a hike. well, a new study comes out

today about the number of students graduating college. >> why the number is not as good as the president would want them to be. some ambitious goals he has. >> plus, mixing coffee with caskets. what one funeral home in south carolina is getting to serve to those who are grieving. >> well, everything is up to speed here on actually everything is going to be up to speed on the beltway and harford road. what 95 and 83 look like coming up on "good morning maryland." and you are taking a live look in new york city at the statue of liberty. bowl way to start the day -- beautiful way to start the day. stay with us, there's much more to come.

thanks for joining us this thursday morning. here's a story about mixing coffee with caskets. star bucks is opening a small cafe in a south carolina funeral home. the family run business has always offered home brewed cups

of joe for families. and now, they're hoping that the addition of the starbucks cafe will soothe the pain of losing someone. >> so this provides them a little escape. and gives them a break from the stress they're going through, that's what it's all about is to make them feel better. >> the starbucks will be next to the chapel. the owner says they're going to continue to give out free coffee as well. call me captain obvious but don't most funeral homes offer coffee anyway? >> i think so. >> they do. >> the idea that that's going to you know -- ease the pain seems a little crazy but whatever. >> time now for the weather forecast. yesterday once again pretty seasonal out there. >> it was seasonal out there and today we're going to have a little less humid you the and -- >> oh wow. >> feel pretty good. temperature around 90 but we should be at 88 now and seasonable temperatures once again. get out there and enjoy et because i promise you we have some change on the way. another heat wave.

that's coming up later but let's talk about right now as we look at the big picture. we can see the satellite and radar, the showers and storms once again around the southern tier states and also looking at some showers and thunderstorms back across the northern plains. and they can get some severe weather as they go through time today. but let's go ahead and zoom in and see what's going on here closer to home. well, we're dry right now. and we should pretty much stay that way as we go throughout the day. slight chance for maybe the isolated shower in the forecast and once again we still have the stationary front to the south. i'm keeping the chances in for today. but temperature-wise, feeling pretty good this morning. no complaints right? good morning owings mills coming in at 673 degrees and -- 63-degrees and 70 in middletown and 66 degrees in goldsboro. a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. good morning lynette. well if you are using the jfx to get into the city, you're looking at an 11 minute ride southbound from the beltway all the way downtown to east fayette street. on 95 -- in great shape so far. here's a live look at eastern

avenue. no problems to report in this vicinity and it will be clear traveling through the fort mchenry tunnel. here's what the beltway looks like at bel air road. 11 minute ride on the outer loop from 95 up towards 834. the west side of 695 also going to be nice and clear from liberty road all the way down to edmondson avenue. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic megan and charlie, over to you. heads up if you're driving around baltimore county today. four new speed cameras are going to be out today. now the cameras are active from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. monday through friday and drivers are going to be getting warnings for the next 30 days. could the antibiotics used in chicken be creating health problems for women? >> coming up in just a moment a new concern about a possible link between a superbug found in poultry and infections in women. >> mystery solved.

the ingredients in mcdonald's special sauce, they are exposed. >> and a live look this morning as we go to break. inner harbor, rip lee's believe it or not. we've got the wallenda connection. >> megan and wallenda connection there. that was a couple of months ago. we're off to a break, we'll be right back. ñ'

news time 4:44 and five things you may want to know today. attorneys in the fort hood shoots case now going to court for a hearing. the judge is expected to rule on pending motions by attorneys. army major nadal hasan is accused of a shooting rampage there killing 14 people. the president of florida a&m university resigned. james anons gave his letter to the board of trustees the same day a lawsuit was filed against the school for the death of robert champion. he died after he was beaten last year during a hazing incident. roseanne barr is one of two

candidates for the green party nomination for today through sunday. his office released statement late last night saying he is expected to make a full recovery. jackson was sent away from congress since late may. the geek chic event comic- con begins this week in san diego. the now day event celebrates comic books, video games and tv shows and movies and people usually dress up as their favorite superhero or maybe their "star wars" or "star trek" character and maybe the favorite character from "twilight." >> when did chic become on the end of geek? >> can i pose an answer? >> sure. >> "the big bang theory." that changed the whole idea of what's geekdom and what's cool. traffic for us this morning. lauren is in. if you were going to comic-con, who would you dress up as? >> that's a tough one. cat woman? >> very good. >> maybe? >> traffic girl. that's who you'd be. >> traffic girl.

>> save the day. >> how about you charlie? >> i wonder. >> "batman." >> how's it going? i'm "batman." >> unfortunately we have an accident to tell you about today. it's in howard county at columbia road at ten mills road. if you are using the jfx to get into the city. no delays to tell you about and the tunnels are up to speed. and just to remind we are giving away a $600 gas gift card every week for the rest of summer. just like me on facebook. you're looking at my package right now. all the details at the top of the page so be sure to enter and best of luck. all right, so go ahead and give lauren a click and in the meantime, talk about the weather. because yesterday was gorgeous. >> exactly. make sure you take the girls out today with a lot of humidity. we are going to get some sunshine out there mixed in with a little bit of cloud cover butwell take it won't we? maryland's most powerful radar is dry right now. no drop of rain. there is the possibility for an isolated shower but for the most part we should be dry today. check out the temperatures right around 66 degrees in

aberdeen and 70 glen burnie right now and annapolis at 69 degrees. pretty much nice and comfortable. back to you two. funeral arrangements have been made for the baltimore county teenager who died earlier this week in a crash. >> the service is set for saturday at 10:00 in the morning at the cathedral at 5200 north charles street. now the standout swimmer from the high school died monday night when he lost control of his car. we profiled him here at abc2 as a young entrepreneur. his coach said -- >> all the you know, because of all the positive qualities that he brought. i mean. he was more than just the times and we are just going to miss his you know, his enthusiasm. day in and day out and his -- his competitive spirit is going to be missed the most. and -- >> his teachers say he was a quiet leader with a strong sense of character. 4:47 right now. and there's a new blueprint for improving the baltimore city

police department. the fraternal order of police created a plan to cut crime and taxes. union leaders say that the department needs to enhance recruiting and officer benefits if they want to continue with recent success in cutting violent crime. >> you have an fop here saying we don't need more police. what we need is better policing, a better deployment of the resources and taking better care of the police officers on the street who got the job done for you over the last four, five years. >> wants the department to require new recruits to have completed either two years of college or military service. the union brought in a consulting group and compared the city's police department to those in other major cities to come up with the list of recommendations. hundreds of public service workers in scranton, pennsylvania including the mayor have now cut their pay to minimum wage. the mayor went against the court order when he slashed the wages. he says the city had no choice

with a $16 million deficit and simply can't pay the bills. this is a problem more and more cities are now facing. in california they announced earlier this week it's now seeking bankruptcy protection. well, the number of young adults earning a college degree is up slightly but still far below the level to reach the president's goal of having the u.s. rank first in worldwide college grads. it's now being released today by the department of education. rising tuition costs is one reason. time now for health news for you and doctors say there may be a link to the antibiotics given to chickens and serious infection found in women. the drugs have created a new strain of e. coli super resistance to antibiotics. it's causing painful and long- lasting bladder infections in women and physicians are struggling to find treatments. >> our super clever, they are very smart. we call them bugs and think of them as super but they are very

smart. >> the chicken industry disputes the research. they can it's unlikely -- they believe it's unlikely it comes from poultry at all. mothers who breast-feed a surprising side effect down the road. a study found that for every six months that women spend nursing they had a 1% reduction in body mass index later on in life. women who breast-fed as young mothers also tended to have lower bmi. and another factor that can affect your weight. is the decision to quit smoking, although it's good for the heart and lungs it can be bad for the waistline. on average. people gain about 10 pounds after quitting smoking. the weight gain is not surprising sense nicotine is an appetite suppressant and a stimulant. regardless of the findings doctors still say you are better off quitting. ten minutes until 5:00 on thursday morning. lynette is back with a check of the forecast. you were talking about how things could be calming humidity-wise. which would make things more comfortable today. >> you're right. so happy to show you the dew

points in just a minute. but charlie stepping out the door this morning we're nice and seasonable with the temperature in baltimore coming in around 67 degrees. we're at 66 in york and 70 into hagerstown and 64 winchester and also culpeper. now to the dew points making it feel a little bit more comfortable this morning. look at york, 57 for a dew point. when we get in the 50s feeling pretty good outside there. and then we have the low 630s basically everywhere else. not until we get to the mid 60s above that that's where we really start feeling the humidity and 70s very oppressive but not close to that today. enjoy because change is on the way. that's just second away. but the satellite and radar looking pretty good right now. mainly cloud cover to the south of us and still dealing with the frontal boundary to the south as well and also the sunshine for today. so today will look like it did yesterday. we get that mix of sun and clouds. as high pressure will do its thing once again basically keeping the clouds at bay. and there's that stationary front. what, the third day that i've shown you this stationary front still a player in our weather

but once again, squashed down to the south. and you can see on the southern side of that that's where you're getting the humidity and heat. well, that will begin to push in our direction as we go through the next several days. but for today, we're going to get a break out there. future trend picking up on an isolated shower. mainly off to the north and west as we go into the afternoon. but for the most part, we will stay dry for today. just like we did yesterday. now look at the future temperatures because as we go through the afternoon that temperature coming in around 90 degrees and you've heard me say it. we should be at 88 degrees and pretty seasonable for today. 90 again tomorrow and do it all over again and by saturday morning, look at that temperature. 74 degrees. yes, we are really going to start to heat things up so be prepared for that. here's a check of the --horse a check of the seven day forecast for you as the humidity will begin to return as we head into the weekend. and look at the heat. 92, 93, 94. you add in the humidity and going to feel much hotter than that.

now a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. how are the roads looking? good morning lynette. we have an accident to tell you about in howard county right in columbia on columbia road at ten mills road. so definitely watch out for that if you are traveling on interstate 70, no delays from columbia pike all the way over to the beltway. and here's a live look at the northwest corner of 695 at old court road, you are looking at an 11 minute ride on that outer loop from 795 down to 93. inner loop also going to be nice and clear up to 83. some other drive times no delays out on the jfx. if you are using that to get into the city, it's going to take you 11 minutes to travel from the beltway all the bay downtown to east fayette street and everything up to speed on 95 northbound from the beltway to the fort mchenry tunnel toll plaza. eight minute trip. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. megan and charlie, over to you. mcdonald's special sauce, not so secret anymore. in an effort to provide more transparency, the executive chef for mcdone's is chain in

canada spilled the beans in a youtube video. for those who want to know the ingredients in the sauce, here you go. they're mayonnaise, sweet pickle relish, classic yellow mustard, white vinegar, garlic powder, onion powder and paprika. mix it up in a bowl and voila. there you go. mcdonald's canada did it to show the food is just like stuff you would make at home. >> would you try it at home and see? >> no, but see my mom never left me go to mcdonaldest -- let me go to mcdonald's. always kept away as a kid and i may have had -- a dozen big macs in my life? >> get on youtube and make yourself some of the sauce, see what you think. >> i love how they did it in the circa 1970s style kitchen. that's guy's kitchen with the sauce. stay with us this morning because the three months doctors in cambodia have watched dozens of children and this is a serious