>> and if you were -- a victim of a horrible crime is left with a horrible reminder of what happened to her. >> a house fire no one hurt but it's the cause that may surprise you. detail coming up for you on this friday, july 13th. it's friday the 13th. good morning maryland. >> hope you are not superstition out there. lauren cook is here with a check on the roads. lynette has the weather and how's the weekend going to be. >> it's going to be hot. we will heat things up and humidity will come back in as well. >> good. >> enjoy today because we won't deal with humidity but we have the chance for a couple showers to pop up and we can see that on maryland's most power foul radar. you can see where the majority of the rain is now. we have rain off into the atlantic but the bulk of the rain is back into west virginia and kentucky and we can zoom into the area if you are traveling that way it's between clarksburg and beckly heavy amounts of rain pushing towards the north and east.

we are nice and dry. closer to home as we slide into the baltimore area bel air we can see around dc dry conditions but we could be getting into that. more details to come. but heats check the timesaver traffic with lauren cook. any accidents. >> reporter: good morning. we have a first accident of the day in downtown baltimore on west preston street at cathedral street. watch out for that. if you are traveling on the beltway, traffic is picking up over on the west side. here's what it looks like at old court road. not too bad here. but that will change as you make the drive towards liberty road. altogether you are looking at 13-minute ride on the outer loop from 795 towards 95. the jfx nice and clear. 11 minutes from the beltway downtown to east fayette street and no concerns this morning on 95 at the fort mchenry tunnel. northbound from the beltway to the toll plaza that stretch will take you 8 minutes. that's your abc2 timesaver traffic. now back over to you. news time 6:31.

ravens running back ray rice now hoping to bring a ray of hope against teen bullying. >> this morning linda so is here with everything you need to know about a great event going on tonight. linda. >> reporter: yeah, the best part is it's free. it's the second antibullying event aimed at getting kids to be kind and caring to one another and to save lives. the event called a ray of hope is a kindness antibullying teen suicide outreach. first event was held in may at howard high school. tonight's event kicks off at 6 at merry weather post pavilion starting at 7 and featuring a 22 minute film put together by students. now again this event is free but you need to rsvp ahead of time by going to ww.rayrice27.com. kids under 13 need to be accompanied by a parent. linda so, abc2 news. this weekend a fund-raiser will be held to help a woman who was shot in the neck in may. she was sitting in a traffic

light and another car pulled up next to her and a man shot her and she is paralyzed from the neck down. friend and family members will hold a fund-raiser for her on sunday at the living well studio and that's at 2443 north charles street from 7 until 10 in the evening. police are hoping you can spot these guys and help them catch suspects. take a look at this video. two people robbing an exxon gas station in laurel. this happened friday morning on switzer lane. suspects made the clerk get on the ground and they grabbed the cash and took off. if you have any idea who they may be, call police as quickly as possible. and in massachusetts a man tried to rob a convenience store but was stopped from the clerk to fight back. it was caught on surveillance video. see the man wearing a hoody walking into the convenience store in fall river. when the clerk sees the knife in the man's hand he throws food a gallon of water and finally hit the suspect with a

metal baseball bat. >> the employee was scared so he tried to poe text himself -- protect himself. >> getting it done. people -- police hope the footage will help them catch the suspect. look at this because we have incredible video. flames into the air from a represent tured gas -- ruptured gas line in st. louis. the smoke could be seen for miles. a nearby apartment building was evacuated and streets were cleared of cars. crews sprayed the building trying to keep them from catching on fires. check this out. house fire chico california you may ask why are we reporting this? it started because the home owner was trying to get rid of a spider. the aftermath shows is shown. the home owner used a blow tore to have remove cobwebs in the yard and ignited dry plants and you see where this goes from here. the house catches fire.

25,000 dollars in damage. sometimes it's okay to just use a broom. >> you know the firefighters were like wait what happened? >> low torch going -- shall blow torch going after a spider. passwords of more than 450 yahoo users compromised. >> dumped on another website. hackers are claiming they did it. >> rocker steven tyler is giving it up. american idol not so much anymore. he is leaving the judge's table. lynette. >> all right. we have another heat wave that is on stand by. i will tell you when it makes its move coming up. >> reporter: well, if you are heading out to the beltway, everything is nice and clear here but we are dealing with congestion on other main lines. i will have the details coming up on good morning maryland. [ crows cawing ] [ male announcer ] strange things happen

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maryland." got high drama in new york city. two window washers dangling 50feet hang by a cable cord. caught on camera. look at the rescue. cnni reporter says everyone was holding their breath watching the firefighters pull them into the windows. they were shaken up but otherwise expected to be okay. american idol is losing a famed judge. >> it turns out that fox confirming this morning stephen tyler will not be back for season 12. he joined the show two years ago and the 64-year-old singer plans on recording a new album with aerosmith. and it's still not clear whether his fellow judges jennifer lopez and randy jackson will be back this fall. abc2 news to go is straight ahead. >> including the latest on a threat that was made against first lady michelle obama. linda. >> dc police are investigating the comments allegedly made against the first lady. what a dc police officer is accused of saying that has him in big trouble this morning.

>> also ahead, outrage over the uniforms that u.s. athletes are wearing to the olympics. opening ceremonies some lawmakers say they should be burned. >> animal surfing is nothing new. i guess. and we are talking about goats here people. this is something you have to hang around to see to believe. >> reporter: -- >> and we have plenty of clouds. i will tell you if we get rain falling coming. >> reporter: well, traffic is just starting to pick up on 695 here at harford road. i will have more on delays coming up on good morning maryland. kids, do you know what it is that makes this country great?

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you'll always hit the jackpot. trust resolve. forget stains. and for a dollar off coupon, visit us on facebook. this is your abc2 news to go on this friday morning i am megan pringle. >> i am charlee crowson. >> good morning. we look at maryland's most powerful radar as of now and we are dealing with some showers and heavier rain in west virginia at this time. closer to home, we are nice and dry. some of these could make it over the mountains and if so we

have a chance for showers to pop up in the forecast this morning and also this afternoon. but what we are looking at right now, in ellicott city dry times. a sunrise out there and we see a few peeks of sunshine but mainly cloud cover across the area. that will be the name of the game as we head through the remainder of today. our hour by hour forecast, well, at lunchtime coming in at 84. and 88 degrees is what i going with today and that's pretty much seasonable. more cloud cover and temperatures could be cooler. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook what do you have. >> reporter: we have trouble in downtown baltimore there's a crash on west preston street at cathedral street. using the jfx to get into the city, no delays just 11 minutes from the beltway downtown to east fayette street. there's a disabled car on 895 along northbound lanes notcausing too much of a backup but construction is in the area. so stick with the fort mchenry tunnel or key bridge as your alternate and here's what the west side looks like. outer loop slowing down as you

make the drive towards edmonton. and as far as the beltway is concerned, overlea at bel air road outer loop slow towards lock rain and no delays towards 95. that's -- loch rain and no -- raven and no delays towards 95. detectives are making on -- working out details on a double shooting that left a person dead. it happened on liberty road in eldersburg. the second victim has been flown to shock trauma. no word on the person's condition or what may have led up to the shooting but we expect to to get more information from state disdid -- expect to get more information from state police. investigators are work on a shoot involving one of their own. just before midnight, members of the county tactical team were serving a warrant on a home in the 400 block of high meadow court in reisterstown. that's when they way tacked by a person with a weapon and shot and killed the person. the body is taken in for an autopsy and the identity has yet to be released. a dc police officer is

investigated for allegedly threatening first lady michelle obama. >> abc2's linda so is standing by with the latest on the investigation this morning. linda. >> reporter: we learned that the officer is placed on administrative duty and hasn't been identified. but we know he worked in a special operations division. the office aer is part of a motorcycle detail assigned to escort white house officials including the president f he is at times assigned to the first lady. according to the washington post, the police officer made the threats wince wednesday morning during a conversation -- wednesday morning during a conversation about white house security and used his phone to find a picture of the gun he would use. sources familiar with the investigation say the comments were overheard by another office here reported it to a higher up. the remarks appeared to be an offhand comment and were intended as a joke. still, it's not sitting well with some. >> when you sign on for a job to protect and serve, that's your job. >> reporter: this secret service says the first lady was never in danger and the office

are remains on desk duty and he will likely face administrative action not criminal charges. linda so, abc2 news. 6:46 right now. a terrible case of animal cruelty in baltimore city. a dog who was clearly starving was found inside a trash can. the dog did survive and this morning it's in the care of about. arcs. they call him thor. he's pit bull and they say 5 years old. caretakers at the shelter say he should weigh 50 popped and weighs 28. and -- pounds and weighs 28. a an officer was called out for report of a stray dog. they found him in trash can. a foster owner has agreed to take care of thor while he is recovering. >> he's strong guy and tough. -- he's a strong guy and tough. so far things look good. i am hopeful. >> official say the animals abandoned when a person leaves or is evicted from the home and it doesn't have to be that way.

call barcs to get help here's the number 410-39#-4695. a georgia woman is heading to prison after she was found guilty of injecting customers buttocks with silicone. a judge sentenced kimberly smedley and prosecutors said she had no lies tones practice medicine. she gave injection of industrial grade silicone to patients in hotel rooms in a number of cities including ball $30,000 in fines and restitution. yahoo is scrambling to figure out how hackers got information of more than 400,000 users. an anonymous group put the passwords on apologized and urges useers to change passwords regularly and say 5% of the breached accounts did have valid passwords. this morning lawmakers are outraged over team usa's olympic uniforms not because of the way they look but because they are made in china.

the uniforms are designed by ralph lauren an american designer but again they are made in china so the senate majority leader slammed the u.s. olympic committee for the move. >> i am so upset that i think the olympic committee should be ashamed of themselves. i think they should be embarrassed. i think they should take the uniforms and put them in bigpile and burn them and start all over again. >> he is not alone. house minority leader pelosi says she believes athletes should wear american made uniforms. the u.s. olympic committee is responding to this saying the team is privately funed and they are grateful for the support of their sponsors. two olympic teammates will be wearing the uniforms and have clear the air after clary questioned phelps work ethics. fell epees says he is focused as swimming as fast as he can clary said earlier this week that he he works harder than phelps and thinks michael

phelps takes his talent for granted. clary apologized and said he will keep his comments to himself in the future. tonight welcoming the tigers now tomorrow they are unveiling the third legend statue. this one featuring jim palmer. tomorrow's game has been moved from 7:05 to 4:05 to account for a national broadcast and the statue unveiling is 2:15 and gates open at 2. if you can't make it to tomorrow's game return the tickets by going to the o's box office. ten minutes away from 7. baltimore city fire chief james clack says if his guys don't get a raise he will donate his own emwas aroived for a 2% increase one day-- approved for a 2% increase one day after two fire companies were closed. he says they are negotiating their raise offer and the union president says that the chief's actions are admirable but an offer for increase in pay with more hours is not fair.

five things to know before heading out this morning. a judge will hear arguments today from both sides of a lawsuit stemming from the bp oil spill in 2010. workers claimed they were sick nd by chemicals used to clean it up. dc mayor gray will talk to the media about calls for his resignation and the ongoing investigation into his 2010 mayoral campaign. he is accused of using more than $650,000 illegally to fund his election. ceo of jp morgan chase appears before wall street analyst to talk about the size of the trading loss. it could be the growing past 2 billion dollars. government agencies have launched investigations into the loss. lieutenant governor brown will proprovide over the largest ever state police graduation. 80 dprad wits will become state troopers today and it's the largest academy graduation in the 91 year history. little italy outdoor film festival tonight for the first time in the event's history they are showing the godfather.

film are kept to pg or pb13 ratings. it starts at 7 and the movie begins at 9. a special reunion today is happening at johns hopkins children's center. those who received treatment in the nicu will be reunited with doctors and nurses and staff who cared for them when they were most vulnerable. this is from last year's celebration. they care for 600 babies each year in the nicu. it's 6:52 what goes better with coffee than doughnut in krispy kreme celebrates the 75th anniversary today and wants to treat you. if you get a dozen donuts today you get the second for about 75 cents for 75 years. lynette, gosh i wish there was a camera on her. crispy creep was started in 1937 in north carolina. since then they have 700 stores. the only problem for us is the closest store to us is down in rockville.

it's freebie friday and that means you can get great stuff for free today. for example starbucks offering a free tall drink from noon to 3 and if you go through a wawa they are handing out ice lates get a coupon e-mailed to you and we will link that if you head to the freebie friday section at abc2 muse.com -- abc2news.com. >> let's talk about what's going on in terms of temperatures because we are warm at 70 degrees in baltimore. 76 in dc right now. and along the eastern shore easton 66 degrees. we do have those clouds out there. and that's why temperatures are above average this morning. and we do have the rain back off towards the west there. and some of that could get in here as we go through the rest of the morning the afternoon time frame as well. we look outside in ijamsville and put it in motion and see the sunrise and we have clouds out there. that's the name of the game for the most part for today. dundalk the same thing. look at the key bridge and over the key bridge plenty clouds hovering. we have a chance for maybe a few peeks of sunshine to move

in going throughout the day. but look at what we have here. we have high pressure out into the atlantic. get the clockwise flow and it's pushing in plenty of moisture and that's why we are seeing plenty of clouds this morning. and this afternoon. then we have once again that stationary boundary still a player in the game and with that that's giving lift and we are seeing showers this morning heading towards our way. but it could break up going towards the mountains. as we head to the weekend, well, the nice weather the humidity will move in and stationary front will move in as a warm front. and the heat will be as we head through time. future trend not going to be picking up on a whole lot for today but keeping the chance of the showers to rumble through the area going through the afternoon. who are by hour 88 where i am going but if we have the clouds, temperatures will be held down a little bit more. humidity will increase as we go through the overnight into tomorrow. but a great day for the game. there is a slight chance for rain at 7:05 but as long as we

don't get thunderstorms we should be okay with the temperature coming in around 85. here's the beach forecast. cool today and tomorrow with thunderstorms saturday and sunday. it will be hot sunday seems like the day to go. let's check of the traffic with lauren good morning. >> reporter: good morning many we have trouble in howard county. be extra careful in elk ridge. traffic lights will be out right at the intersection of washington boulevard and amberton drive. downtown ballmore an accident on west preston at cathedral. using the jfx there's nothing to get in your way heading downtown. we have a disabled car along the northbound lanes of fort mchenry tunnel will be the best alternate. heading out to the west side of the beltway here's what it looks like at baltimore national pike, a lot of congestion this morning on outer loop from 795 all the way down to this point. it looks much better here in parkville at harford road. no congestion all the way up to 83. and you will want to enter our

gas give away contest. like my facebook page for a chance to win a $600 gas gift card. >> all right. we are talking about surfing goats this morning. a surfer in california decided to take the pet goats out for a surfing lesson e bought the pair to help mow the lawn originally-- he bought the pair originally to help mow the lawn. e come to find out not only can they ride with him, but they are doing it on their own i guess lawnmower owner. mow the lawn. >> can i say that's weird. i've had dogs my life and mer in million years i would think to put them on roller skates or a surfboard or anything like that. >> look at them. they are good. >> oh. no way. that goat is probably so scared. >> he doesn't like it. >> they love it they were riding the wave. >> they might. >> i am impressed i couldn't do this. >> before we go as we go and welcome the weekend lynette

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