sunshine coming up. look at temperatures starting out this morning right around 80. 81dc and a little cooler toward the mountains. 78 heading towards the western portion of the state. let's time out what's going on today. we will hit 100 at most spots hit 100. that's a line of gusty showers and thunderstorms. watch how it sags towards the south through the evening going into tonight. the temperatures start to fall into the 8 0á. but again it's -- 80s. but again it's overrunning heat and humidity. that's stability firing off showers and storms. everything clears out nicely but going into tomorrow there's the threat of a scattered shower and storm but we chip away the temperature by 10 degrees. break down the full forecast and show you that weekend forecast if you will hit the beaches we will share that coming up in a little bit. >> thank you very much, mike. traffic is starting to pick up this morning. we have a serious crash up in baltimore county in phoenix on old york road at glen berry court many we will bring you latest as it becomes available. more problems in northwest baltimore where there's an

accident on garrison boulevard at calloway avenue. and heading over on the beltway, this is what it look like at baltimore national pike. nothing to get in your way. it will be nice and clear up towards 795. and as we head on over to the parkville area this is what itlooks like at harford road. mog to get on your way towards 95. outer loop clear -- nothing to get in your way toward 95. outer loop clear. the water main break shuts down light street. charley crowson is live in downtown baltimore with an update on when the repairs will be finished. good morning charley. >> reporter: hey, good morning. the timetable we are hearing is three weeks until this water main is fixed. two pipes down there. 20 inch and 10 inch. both of them ruptured. and that caused major problems on monday afternoon. as a result, a number of blocks are closed down to lombard from lombard all the way up to baltimore because of that

detours are being moved all around. we are seeing foot traffic coming in and around the downtown area. we haven't seen as many cars. you know the headaches are going to be numerous today. but one gentleman we talked to is richard may. you make this walk every day five days a week. >> that's correct, sir. >> reporter: so monday, when all of this starts happening, what's going through your mind? >> well, i didn't really see it until yesterday morning. and i was like while it looked like a war zone yesterday morning, with everything being blocked off it's to walk down a block and back around to get to the transamerica building where i work. and i keep thinking of things like well, the temperatures are supposed to be in 100 degrees. and how long is this going to take to get fixed. the grand prix is coming up in another month or so, and it was just almost overwhelming. >> reporter: we have heard

reports 400 confirmed main breaks of some type in baltimore since june. this is an aging problem. that is result of age. these pipes date back to the 1800s and early 20th century as well. as the taxpayer are you getting tired of this? >> yes. this is something with a lot like with other things. if it had just been for a little bit of forethought and not what are we doing right now to try to catch up and get things taken care of but, gee whiz further down the road we will worry about this, this and that. and it seems like we are never going to get to a point where we really can address these problems before they become problems. >> thanks so much for your time this morning. we will let you get back to the truck and work. coming up later this morning at the board of estimates, water officials here in baltimore city will ask about 30,000 dollars for emergency repairs. we can only assume megan it's to continue fixing the issue.

three weeks out, more detours going into downtown baltimore in the inner harbor. and megan, a lot of people will be concerned because we have got festivals coming up this weekend. the o's are back in town next week and you have the general weekend traffic coming down to the inner harbor. >> we will have to keep on top of that. so many people head downtown baltimore for artscape which is this weekend. looking at news around the nation, surveillance video he caught a motorized school -- caught a motorized scooter mishap. woman tried to take the up escalator despite the fact there was a lift just 50 feet away. you can see her tall back -- falling backwards on other passengers a subway worker pushed the escalator emergency stop button. it turns out the woman managed to walk a-- or the worker managed to back away from the incident. pretty amazing sight. a man near pittsburgh jumped on from a moving vehicle to get away from some kidnappers. the whole thing is caught on

camera and it's incredible. you see a maroon van goes through the intersection and the man jumps out rolling on to the ground in his underwear and he starts running towards police to get help. >> i just seen a guy flying out the van running in his boxers like they just robbed me and they just you know robbed me help me screaming. >> the man said the van pulled up someone inside asked him for directions to a bar when he he told him he didn't know they grabbed him. they forced him to take his pants off and robbed him. then one gunman said they were going to have to kill him and they drove around the man jumped out as soon as he saw police and tried to get some help. other news this morning a. robbery suspect in columbus ohio you have to see this tried to get away from police by stealing one of their cruisers. take a look. that guy was one of two suspects wanted in connection with a burglary in an apartment. police approach the scene and shots were fired. and a man was killed.

that's when the guy hopped into the cruiser and took off as police fired shots at the car. he didn't get very far. police arrested him after he crashed into another apartment building. for the first time in 8 years, tiger woods is not at the top when it comes to making money. where he falls on the list of the highest paid u.s. athletes and who knocked him out of the top spot. also ahead this morning, the convenient way you will be able to take classes at johns hopkins university and you probably won't have to a get out of bed to do it. good morning. i am mike masco. look at the interactive radar right now. it's 80 downtown. we have big storms rolling through michigan. when do they arrive in our area? we will time them out coming. >> reporter: nice and clear at 895 at o'donnell street and that is live look at the water main break. i will let you know what roads it continues to shut down coming up on good morning maryland.

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make. it doesn't place him on the number one top paid best athlete page. according to sports illustrate top paid 50 athletes floyd mayweather junior was number one and raked in 85 million dollars last year woods estimated endorsement fell to 55 million last year compared to the 92 million he made back in 2009 the same year about the scandal. you paid 10 bucks to see the movie and more with the candy and soda for the kids but what about 100 -- dishing out to 100 to 150 to tee a -- to see a movie. 100 to 150 dollars. ticket calp -- scalpers are chargeing that much on craigslist for friday's opening day release of the dark knight. what do you think about that. head over to our facebook page. things are getting better

for our neighborhoods to the north. so what some economists say is contributing to the growth andwealth for canada. what they are doing and how could the u.s. keep up. >> reporter: and prominent maryland leaders team up to support the dream act. more on that coming up. >> we are following a very serious crash in baltimore county. it's in phoenix on old york road at paper mill road. two people have been seriously injured. we will bring outlatest as it becomes available. no problems to talk about. traveling on 83 it will be nice and clear heading into the city. and you are looking at 95 at 395 also going to be nice and clear here. no problems traveling through the fort mchenry -- through the fobbing mchenry -- through the fort mchenry tunnel. the massive water main break is causing huge problems on light street. we are tracking the delays and we will let you know when it will be fixed coming up on "good morning maryland. @

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been a controversial topic. maryland dream act. today president of the university of maryland baltimore county will join advocates for the american dream act. they are launching educating maryland kids. he will be beyond by auxiliary bishop of the catholic arch diocese and other folks. now the group is advocating for a yes vote in november to uphold the maryland dream act. the law ensures that maryland's students whose family play maryland state tax and gad waited from -- shall graduated from maryland high schools can play in-state tuition. the focus is building the momentum after announcement of the president protecting dream students from deportation and providing work permits. the event runs today at 12:30 to 1:30 on umbc campus on hill top circle. sherry jonson -- sherrie

johnson, abc2 news. for the first time in the history, our neighbors to the north they are worth more than us. over the past five years, the average net worth of canadian households is more than american household. in 2011, a canadian household was work 363,000 dollars compared 393,000 in the united states. the major reason is canada economic triumph they are rooted in the 2008 recession. american house prices plunged and now canadian real estate holds more value. if you drive a ford escape or mazda tribute you need to listen up. there are complaints that the throttles can stick and cause serious crashes. federal safety regulators are looking into this. and they received nearly 100 complaints about this problem. including 13 crashes one deadly. 730,000 cars could be affected by the investigation. the agency is looking into whether some of the complaints stem from a repair made with a

previous recall. if you want to take classes at johns hopkins university you may not have to leave the couch because they join elite universities offering course for free online. now it's through a company that is called k course area and they will offer a taste of an education offered to full-time students through some of the participating universities. they will offer credits through course area and hopkins will not. other universities offering courses include princeton, stanford and duke university and georgia tech. in a virtual world, popularity contests google plus are beating facebook. it's tied with wikipedia with the most liked sites. fates book is at the bot ol of the list even though it dwarfs in terms of users. fast bike has -- facebook has

900 million users. so the rankings are based on interviews with customers who complained about facebook's user interface changes in the introduction. time for five things to know before you head out the door this morning. today we will learn more about a merger with american airlines and u.s. airlines. the c-eo for u.s. air is speaking about the merger and american airlines is looking into merging while working through bankruptcy. we will keep you post on how it goes. the first lady will be veries abouty and michelle obama will be in philadelphia for the let's move campaign. that's her initiative. she is going to travel to billham alabama where she will fund raise for her -- brimingham alabama where she will fun raise for her husband. it is nelson mandela's 94th birthday. the u.n. and the nelson mandela foundation are asking people to

devote 67 minutes of their time to help others. this is in reference to the number of years mandela devoted to serving the country of south africa. participants in the wound warrior program psycheled to yankee stadium to meet players and they will be honored in a mom plate ceremony tonight. eight soldiers each of whom suffered life-threatening and life changing injuries will take part. today the president will welcome the 2012ncaa women's basketball champs the baylor bears at white house. he will congratulate them on the championship and historic 40-0 season hopping today. oby the wary is one of the latest opportunities people have to hear about who you were in the life you -- be and the life you lead after you passe way. one man used it as more of a confessional telling people what they may not have known about him. maybe he wanted to keep it to himself. 59-year-old val patterson wrote an obituary before he died of

throat cancer and began by confessing to a crime "as it turns out, i am the guy who stole the safe from the motor view drive in in june 1971. he was letting it loose. he also went onto say that he never really got a phd and was -- he got a clerical error and got the diploma and the obit so popular at one point funeral websites crashed. we posted the whole oby the wary on the website -- obituary on the will be site. find it on abc2 news.come if you want to check it out. what do you think about that spilling the beans. >> that's wild. you know. you know everybody will miss you and all of a sudden they go from missing you to hating you so fast. e here's what's going on. look at this. hey, man we have a big spider on the lens. it's a gorgeous shot in annapolis. 83 degrees to start out the morning. 80 in dover. towards the eastern shore you

are at 80 and the city limits checking in at 80. we have an excessive heat advisory in effect from 11 this morning right up until 8 tonight. just be advised this heat could become dangerous. we do have good news. maryland's most powerful radar has a cold front about 7 hours north and west of us. this drifts towards the south and will bust the heat out. but it will come with a gusty costs and shower and thunderstorm we forecast during the course of the day. future trend showing us well into the 90s to around 100 through the $200 hour. but see the storms lined up -- 2:00 hour. but see the storms lined up. 6 or 7:00 that's time to see severe weather and the line will cross through the eastern shore into the overnight. not as hot tomorrow. daytime highs around 90. just be aware gusty storms in the mix could be dangerous lightning and certainly the possibility of a little flash flooding. forecast for the afternoon 99 degrees. hot and humid.

tonight around 75 and strong storms. 91 degrees tomorrow, and how about the 80s. haven't seen those -- haven't seen that in a while. 85 for friday. could be an isolated shower or thunderstorm but all indications point to a beautiful dry sunny weaning. 85 to 88. 88 on monday and pushing close to 90 as we head into early next week. from they good looking forecast as we go into the weekend. let's check traffic. very busy good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes, traffic is starting to pick up. there's a serious crash in baltimore county right in phoenix on old york road at paper mill road. two people have been seriously injured. we will bring outlatest as it becomes available. if you are headed out to 83, much different story. nothing to get in your way. it's going to be nice and clear from hunt valley all the way down to the 695 and the jfx going to be be in great shape. but if you are heading into the city watch out for all of the congestion on light street. it's caused due to the massive water main break. so light street closed between

redwood and lombard street. stick with a mass transit or take hopkins place or even fayette street as your alternate. and as we check in and look live at 95, up in the white marsh area no problems to report here at route 43. we will be nice and easy ride all the way into the city. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. a brooklyn man is hailed a hero after saving a young girl from possible death after she fell out a 3-story window. remember the video? hear what he has to say about the moment she landed in his armaments. -- his arms. back to school time means back to school germs.

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now "good morning maryland." four minutes away from 6. we told you remarkable video of a man catching a young imperilfalling out of a window. his name is stev. st. bernard and happened to be walk near the apartment building when the 7-year-old fell off an air conditioning unit. he says instinct kicked in and he ran to catch her. >> it felt like a ton of bricks like i just -- a whole bag of rocks was dropped on me and we

went down together. you know she touched the floor but she didn't impact -- this was no impact on her. it was me and her going down but i guess i absorbed the most. >> that little girl is okay and st. bernard says he only hurt his arm. the nation's chief banker has a stern warning for congress. act on the budget or face another recession and no one wants that. why the federal reserve chairman says our economy is not growing as quickly as hopedschool may not start for another month or so but don't wait to get your child's physical. what you should make sure your doctor looks at for the next visit. [ crows cawing ] [ male announcer ] strange things happen

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