now "good morning maryland." >> a dog is left for dead in a trash can in baltimore. how he was found and the latest on his recovery. [audio not understandable]

>> he's black male. >> new details in the shooting death of a florida teen trayvon martin. what evidence has been released and you will hear more from the 911 call george zimmerman made moments before the shooting.>> fighting back against bullying in schools and online. more on tonight's event hosted by ray rice. all that is straight ahead on this friday. it's friday the 13th. hope you are not too superstition. good morning. >> thanks for joining us. lauren cook has a check on traffic and lynette with weather. it was so nice out yesterday. >> it was. it was amazing out there. did you enjoy? >> absolutely. >> it's my -- it's my convertible top down. >> that's the way to do it. she knows how to rock. let's show you what's going on. maryland's most powerful radar is dry across here but we can see back off towards the west around wind chest erin further into west virginia and virginia we are starting to deal with a few showers across this area.

been here all morning and heaviest rain to the north of beckly right now and all this is sliding off toward the north and east. some of it could get in here going through the rest of the morning and afternoon. i will keep my eye on that. take the rain gear with you in case to be prepared but we have lots of clouds out there as well. with the clouds temperatures have been kept up this morning. bowie at 68. chestertown more of the same denton at 68 dedegrees. let's check of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning how are the road. >> reporter: good morning. the roads are in great shape heading out on the jfx. 11 minutes from the beltway all the way downtown to east fayette street and traffic will remain up to speed traveling through fort mchenry and we have construction on 895 south of the harbor testimony but not causing any backups as of yesterday yet. 95 and white marsh route 43 look at a 15-minute ride in to the city from this point. no delays whatsoever. you will notice a few more cars out there than earlier than the

last check and as we look at 695, here's what it looks like in parkville at harford road. everything up to speed. it will be a nice calm ride up to 83. megan and charley over to you. a pit bull was left for dead in a trash can recovering. linda so is here to tell us more on how the dog ended up there and how he is doing. >> reporter: he is doing as well as can be expected. it's a 5-year-old pit bull. when he was found he was malnourished and near death. an animal control officer brought him in on monday after finding him in a trash can behind a row home. he had pressure sores from sitting in a confined space for a long time. you can see the spine and rib bones protruding. police don't know what happened to the dog but know he was abused. >> this is severe abuse and neglect to have done something like this to this animal. >> reporter: barcs officials say animals are abandoned what person leaves or is eficked but

they can help call 410-396- 4695. linda so, abc2 news. a fund raiseer is set for sunday night for a northeast baltimore woman paralyzed when she was shot in a traffic light. we introduceed you to her last month. she was at a light when another car pulled up and a man shot her paralyzing her from the neck down and she moved onto a rehab facility in baltimore. friend and family members willhost a fund-raiser this sunday july 15th at living well arts studio on north charles street. that fund-raiser is going to run from 7 in the evening until 10. news time 5:34. new information in the shooting death of trayvon martin. federal officers released a report on the case and that includes 911 calls. witness statements and a crime scene sketch. here's the 911 call that neighborhood watchman george zimmerman placed before the deadly shooting. >> this guy looks like he's up to no good or he is on drugs or something. it's raining and he is walking

around looking about. >> okay this guy is he white black or hispanic? >> he looks black. >> did you see what he was wearing? >> yeah a dark hoody like a gray hoody and he had jeans or sweat pants and white shoes. he's around here just staring. >> just walk around. >> looking at the houses. >> according to the report, one homicide investigator told federal agents zimmerman had a little hero complex and he has pled not guilty saying he shot in self-defense. could condoleezza rice be headed back to the white house? a story by the drudge report says she is a new front runner for being a running mate. she was the secretary of state under george w. bush and professor at stanford university. romney aids refuse to comment on the reports. rice is on vacation and could not be reached. here's a situation. no one wants to be called in

this situation. two window washers dangled 50 feet above new york streets. the rescue ensued. they were 42 stories up when they got strapped by a broken scaffold. fire fire -- for fighters broke a window to get them to safety. they are said to be okay. there's anotherren empty seat on american idol a's judges panel. >> stephen tyler says he is not returning next season. >> the fight over fees between direct tv and viacom. >> head together beach i will tell you what you will need to bring beside the sunscreen. details coming up. lauren. >> reporter: good morning. no problems to tell you about here on 695 the bel air road and traffic shaping up on 83 coming up on "good morning maryland." a party?

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now "good morning maryland." thanks for joining us on this friday morning. turns out american idol has another empty seat at judge's table. stephen tyler announced he is not returning to the talent show for the 12th season. in a statement he says "after

some long hard thoughts i decided it's time for me to let go of my mistress american idol before she boils my rabbit that's a reference to the 1987 movie fatal attraction. the 64-year-old singer plans on record agnew album with aerosmith -- recording a new album with aerosmith. the balanceel between direct tv and viacom nabbed a cash -- nabbed another casualty. viacom and direct tv has been fighting over reluctance to pay the fees to carry 26 channels. satellite provider dropped all 26 viacom channels tuesday night and that included comedy central nick loadan and m-tv but -- nickelodeon and mtv but they can watch them online. one of the spots viacom took them off the website. he taped himself going nearly 200 miles an hour on a busy canadian highway. >> coming this morning, the

charges a 25-year-old now faces as police there are trying to track him down. >> running back ray rice wants all teens to come see him tonight. i am linda so. where you can meet him and the message he is trying to send. >> if you are using 95, this morning, it's going to take 15 minutes from the beltway to downtown baltimore. and speeds will remain high using the jfx into the city. no delays from the beltway down towards fayette street and here's a live look at 695 in overlea. everything up to speed. no concerns inner loop towards 95. outer loop up to 83. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. stay with us. there's much more coming up on "good morning maryland." 3q

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he held the first at howard high school in may. tonight's event kicks off at 6 at merry weather post pavilion and the main program starts at 7 featuring a 22 minute film put together by students. this event is free but you need to rsvp ahead of time by going to ww.rayrice 27.com and kids under 13 need to be accompanied by a parent. linda so, abc2 news. in consumer news you need to check your yahoo account. hackers say they stole log in information for 450 yahoo users and the group dumped the stolen passwords on another website and they warned yahoo to look at the current security coverage. the breach impacted users of yahoo voices and online publishing tool but could be much more widespread. yahoo apologized urging useers to change passwords regularly. remember what it was like to chase the ice cream truck

down the street. now it's gone high tech. they are now apps to find out where the ice cream truck is and you can do it on demand. >> when you open your app in addition to seeing the sedans and s-uvs we normally offer you will see an ice cream truck. >> you will have to wait to heart song and run out when the truck comes to your door. they are testing it out in 7 cities. so for those who are out of earshot of the happy tones there are apps to help you craft some of your own frozen treats and dak it at hope. the recipes and shopping list a has a section devoted to summer desserts including that wonderful ice cream. it's freebie friday and we have great deals today for example starbucks offering the free tall drink happening from noon to 3. and if you go to wawa they are handing out ice

lattes. get a coupon e-mailed to you and we have a link on the freebie friday section on abc2 news.com. 35:46. five continuation -- 5:46. five thins to know. a judge will hear arguments of a lawsuit stemming from the bp oil spill of 2010. the penn state board of trustees hold a public meeting in scranton a day after reports that blasted the university and joe paterno for failing to take action in the injury sandusky -- jerry sandusky child sex abuse case. >> today the president is heading to virginia for a number of events. he speaks at a fire station in roanoke and then giving a speech at green run high school in virginia beach. michelle obama celebrates the national design awards with a luncheon for winners of the award. they will participate in a program for local high schoolbefore event.

80 graduates will become state troopers today. it's the largest graduating class in the academy's 91 year history. 5:47 and after four days off the birds are back in town tonight for the second half of the season. they will be welcoming the tying force 3-game set and tomorrow's game has been moved to 4:05. it was originally for 7:05 but you have to accommodate national tv. before the game the o's will unveil the next legend statue. it's going to be jim palmer and i am imagining it's going to be the high leg kick. it has to be the high leg kick if you remember photos from jim palmer's days. police in british columbia are searching for a monday whotook drive to a new level online. >> the motorcyclist videotaped himself reaching speeds of 186 miles an hour. i didn't know they went that fast. look at this. you can see the man weaving in and out of cars and he may have been going even faster than the clocked 186.

police are looking for 25-year- old randy. [audio not understandable] this morning. they put him on the most wanted list and asked he turn himself in. he could face up to five years in prison for this joyride. >> unbelievable video this morning. that's going in british columbia. once again people doing stupid things and putting it on youtube. >> time for a check on the weather with lynette charles. i know you never speed. >> never. i love motorcycles but he's going a little too fast. satellite and radar looking at clouds out there this morning. and they will stick around as we go into the afternoon. a few peeks of sunshine but we are going to get more cloud cover than what we saw yesterday. also, looking at rain back off towards the west and some of that could get in here as we gothrough the morning and afternoon. let's go outside in laurel. we still have a beautiful sunrise even though we do have the cloud out there. we are seeing a few glimmers of hope. but again more clouds than sunshine heading throughout the day and more of the same in

mount airy with plenty of clouds but a beautiful sunrise starting to happen this morning. look at temperatures right now. with all the clouds out there, pretty much up this morning. 71 in baltimore. and ocean city coming in at 65 degrees. we will have a moisture feed in here from the atlantic. we will show outair afterhigh pressure and i have the ocean city forecast coming up. but the weather pattern we do have that stationary front to the south. what is giving us the lift for the showers this morning. and high pressure that's what i am talking about that's going to feed in the moisture that we are getting throughout the day. and as we look towards the weekend, well, that stationary front is going to a move through as a warm front bringing in the humidity and the heat. so all that nice pleasant weather we are dealing with for the past several days that's going to be pretty much out of here going into the weekend. future trend picking up on clouds for today. a few showers around us not ruling out a scattered shower or isolated shower throughout the day. today's temperature coming in around 88 degrees. and here's the forecast for

gameday. 58, a slight chance of rain and they will play the tigers. here's the beach forecast. we will be a little coolish. 82 degrees as we go for today and the showers and thunderstorms make their way in here for saturday and sunday. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: good morning. if you are in howard county it's nice and clear from columbia pike over to 695. and northern baltimore county on the harrisburg expressway you will notice no problems here in hunt valley it will be a nice easy ride making the drive down from shawan road to 695. and as we look up drive times on a the jfx, it's going to take you 11 minutes from the beltway down to east fayette treat. -- street. 695 traffic picking up on the west side but 11 minutes on the outer loop from 795 down towards 95. you are looking at an 11 minute ride from 95 up to 83 on outer loop. inner loop nice and clear. now over to you. you knowy never hear anyone

say they need to find a pay phone. >> but you see the booths. listen to this. new york city wants to start thinking of ways to use them. so phone booths are not just for making calls. >> as we go to break, another live look at federal hill. baltimore inner harbor a beautiful start to the friday morning. good morning maryland continues in a few.

now "good morning maryland." just about everyone owns a cell phone these days and make the phone booth not useful at all. some of us carry the cell phones onset. who knew? >> some of us. listen to a. this new york city trying to change that. they launched 10 wi-fi spots around the city that let you connect to the internet for free. aid good idea. and the service is paid for by pay phone operators. officials are looking for other ideas on how to upgrade more pay phone booths. >> you can use it as a platform to install. [audio not understandable] to improve the security of the area. >> it's time they give it up and you know come up with better technology that people can use. >> looks like some of the phone booths will keep their original

purpose. last year more than 20 million calls were made from them in new york city. i am sure people use them. >> sure they do. >> i am sure it cost a dollar. >> i was wondering. how much is it? a dime and then a quarter. >> we will have to find out. >> debit card? >> probably they do. listen, you hear it happening in classrooms and playgrounds and on the internet. we are talking about bullying. >> it's growing. this morning some employees report they are being bullied in the workplace. how the behavior could y pact the company's bottom line. >> also ahead it may be friday but you want to get a good night's sleep. which foods you should avoid putting on your plate before heading to bed. >> the reason some senators are saying the utility companies should pay the big costs to get power back on after last month's storms. lynette. >> all right. so we have one day to the weekend but who's counting? i will tell you if you have to move the outdoor plans indoors. the details are coming up.

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