you want that hole patched in downtown baltimore. you're not alone. if you run a business it is critical to your daily life.

and some changes coming in the next few hours. i'm not a racist. and i'm not a murderer. >> you know his name and the face but we haven't heard from him. he shot and killed a teenager because he says he thought she was going to die. how george zimmerman says he's trying to cope daily after  shooting trayvon martin. you go to harbor east for food and the shopping. two more reasons you and your friends may want to stroll down to that area in the days to come. we'll tell you why on this thursday, july 19th. "good morning maryland." >> all right. charlie crowson, i'm megan pringle, we've got mike masco filling in for lynette and lauren cook with traffic. >> still causing major problems downtown through a portion of light street still closed and that's just a minute. but we're dealing with a heat wave. it seems like a heat wave. >> it is a heat wave. >> just takes your breath away. did you say it's the hottest july in history? >> right now we are on par to hit the hottest july. last year was the hottest july

ever. >> do you have any good news? >> no, nothing, more storms and dodging more storms later today. >> at least cool us down a little bit. bring on the storms right? let's get to the graphic mooser and show you what's going on this morning. >> not a bad morning a mild morning we'll call it. 76 downtown and pair of 7s over the eastern shore. outside and mount airy showing some signs of life. look at this right now with our starting to rise. 76 degrees. and the mount airy section of town. maryland's most powerful radar is clear overhead. out to the west though and notice about 400 miles to the north and west there's a cluster of showers and storms that's starting to develop. we're going to be monitoring that all afternoon long because it looks like that drops south and east and will bring us a gusty shower and thunderstorm during the course of the afternoon. the day is like this. lunchtime 88-degrees and on the way for 92. muggy with a scattered showers or thunderstorm late in the afternoon. going to the evening. we'll talk more about the forecast and time it out on future trends those storms that is coming up in just a little

bit. all right cook what's cooking in traffic? well, mike still dealing with that water main breaked i mentioned. -- break as i mentioned. light street shut down between baltimore and lombard street. use mass transit if at all possible. do leave yourself some extra time. fortunately no issues on the jfx nice and clear from 695 all the way downtown to east fayette street and as we check in and take a live look here at 895, at o'donnell street you'll notice nothing to get in the way. traveling through that harbor tunnel. fort mchenry tunnel also going to be free of any delays whatsoever. now down in anne arundel county, interstate 97. here's what it looks luis castillo at the beltway no problems headed up to 695 or down to route 50. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. megan and charlie, over to you. going to need water for so many parts of your life you may take it for granted until one day it's gone. now if you run a business and you rely on water you can be shut down until you get it back.

that's what some are dealing with in downtown baltimore. and abc2 news' sherrie johnson is live this morning with an update on what's going on with this washington nationalser main break. -- water main break. some changes could be coming. >> reporter: that's right. we have all new information for you this morning. some of the businesses have reopened. they now have water. for instance this 7/11 right here, they opened about 3:00 p.m. yesterday. they now have water. they're reopened for business. and right across the street here, this dunkin' donuts, you can see a customer coming out there with his goodies. they just reopened. just a few minutes ago. they are serving customers and they now have water. these were just two of the businesses that have been closed down for the past couple of days and this right here, this big hole in the grounds? this is the reason. why the crews focus on repairing the water main break, and you know what, they're telling me that it's going to take about three weeks to repair this huge pipe. and you know, basically these businesses have been suffering but they're glad that the work moving along and they now have water and they can get back to

business. the department 06 public works decided the two block area affected should be dug up and the 20-inch main along with the parallel 10-inch main should be replaced by newer pipes. and while cars are actually redirected during this repair work, foot traffic is pretty steady. and you know for some businesses, no water for them meant no income. >> i'm hoping that the work -- the work, will be finished by august. because the august is taken away from me, i might as well you know, it's going to be very hard for us to keep our head above water. >> reporter: so once again, many of the businesses like this dunkin' donuts right here, they just opened up about 20 minutes ago. they had been shut down for a couple of days. but they have just reopened. we just saw employees go in there. open up we just saw a couple of customers coming out but again right now we're being told it's going to take about three weeks to repair this pipe.

reporting live in downtown baltimore, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. 5:35 right now. this is what you hope your child does. fight back. a man tried to kidnap a girl but what she's taught about stranger danger it pays off. look hat this slid owe a 10- year-old girl was nearly abducted right in front of the home. it's all caught on surveillance. this is philadelphia with man walking up to a child and picking her up. she starts screaming and kicking and even bites the man. it lasted just 30 seconds and the girl got away. >> i just thought i don't know many kids that would do that. i just thought how strong she was and i was just thankful that she was that strong. and able to get away from him and fight him off. because if that didn't -- i wouldn't be talking to you right now. about her being okay. >> the neighbors are doing their part this morning to help police catch this guy. by handing out flyers with his description. as you drive down one lane

of a highway, you never want to see headlights coming right for you. not the case at all though in this video clip for you. this was shot by a driver heading north along a mississippi highway. you can see another car heading north as well except they're in the southbound lanes. that driver was edward fairley. drivers reported seeing him going the wrong way for miles. a ford suv was in the wrong path. >> oh my gosh there it went. there it went. >> the driver and passenger of the suv were fine. fairley was taken to a hospital with broken shoulder and he doesn't remember a thing he tells police and he's of course charged and could face more charges when toxicology reports come back. well, if you have at&t get ready to enjoy some new benefits. >> yes. stay with us this morning. the plan the company is now offering you that's going to let you have better access to your friends and your family. >> and it's the latest in the "batman" series to hit the theaters tonight and it's going to be big. a lot of fanfare and buzz.

will it live up to the hype? details on presales of tickets that's going so far. >> all right good morning i'm meteorologist mike masco. 76 in town right now. on the way for 90 once again today. there could be a shower or thunderstorm chance later this afternoon. we'll have the full forecast coming up. >> good morning mike. everything is nice and clear here on bel air road. i'll show you how traffic is shaping up on 95 and 83 coming up on "good morning maryland." [ barks ]

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seems you can sell almost absolutely anything on the internet and today a piece of toast. yeah a piece of toast served to prince charles the morning of his 1981 wedding. 1981. now being put up for auction. so the piece of toast is up for sale expected to go for they say over $700, almost $800. so that got us thinking. >> all right. what doing about this or what would you -- do you think about this or what would you be willing to shellout toast-wise if somebody had the toast up for sale? did you notice the crust was

cut off? we have the question on the facebook page today. what do you think -- >> for me, no. but i'm sure may be -- i don't know. i hold my pennies tight and i know a lot of you do and you think who's going to pay money for toast? >> exactly there's probably a long list of people you want to have drinks with but toast? did you hear it's a pretty popular movie coming out this weekend opening in theaters friday. the final installment of the "batman" trilogy. it's set for the opening of midnight and it's getting a lot of buzz and fanfare, did you think it was this big? the movie already sold $25 million in preticket sales. and could challenge "the avengers'" opening weekend record of $207 million. coming up tonight at 6:00 and 10 11:00 we're going to be live at the rotunda theater on 40th street with the preview of the fans out there in line getting ready for the finale of "the dark knight" trilogy. >> you will be one of them and there's going to be hundreds of people charlie will be out there too. >> we're going to be out there to be a part of that coming up

tonight once again. the marketing campaign has been called deceptive and now they have to pay up. >> yeah, how much capital one could be putting up in your bank account the next time you start sending out checks. >> also the reason you may want to slash a little red on items on ebay. lauren? >> you should love your "batman." we have a crash on the inner harbor at reisterstown road. using the jfx to get into the city though fortunately no delays from the beltway all the way downtown to east fayette street. a live look in downtown baltimore right now where repairs continue on that massive water main break. it continues to shut down light street between baltimore street and lombard street. use mass transit if you can and other alternates include hopkins place or even fayette street. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. stay with us, there's much more coming up on "good morning maryland." [ male announcer ] want the most enjoyment from your home entertainment?

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george zimmerman is now speaking autoobject the death of -- out about the death of trayvon martin. >> abc2 news linda so is here to tell us what the neighborhood watchman has to say. >> reporter: similar everyman says he is -- zimmerman says he is no racest nor a murderer.

he says martin was making confrontational gestures to him the night he shot can killed hem. -- can killed him. zimmerman claims the situation quickly got out of control. supporters of martin's family claims george zimmerman was racially profiling the teen. they want him convicted of the second degree murder charges he faces. similar everyman says he does not remember what was on his mind before the gun went off. but he does remember what martin said to him. >> he said you're going to die tonight [ bleep ]. and took one hand off 06 my mouth and i felt it going down my chest towards my belt and my holster. >> reporter: now during the intervow zimmerman says he felt what happened was part of god's plan. martin's father released a response saying there's no way his god would have wanted zimmerman to kill his teenage son. linda so, abc2 news. it is now 5:47. if you have a capital one card you could be getting some extra cash pretty soon. the credit card company is now being ordered to repay customers who were tricked by

hidden fees. the bank will shell out $210 million to millions of customers, this is the first punishment by the obama administration's new consumer watchdog agency. all righty, the harbor east recently because these stores are popping up all over the place. next week j. crew and anthropology are qualitying up the -- putting the finishing touches on the doors. anthropology is on the ground glue of the four seasons hotel that's going to hope on friday. -- open on friday. five things to know this morning. president obama back on the campaign trail today this time spending time in florida. the president kicks off the two day tour of the sunshine state starting? jacksonville. the trial agains today in the federal lawsuit against arizona sheriff joe arpaio. he's a county sheriff in the

state. registering to vote will be an app away soon. of course it is at least in washington state that's the case. they've teamed up with facebook to let lotters individual -- voters register from home just by downloading the app. you can officially go check out the space shuttle enterprise at the intends sea, air and space museum in new york city today. last month it rode on the barge to the city to the final resting place. today you can finds your favorite tv show is a possible award winner or not. prime time emmy award nominations will be announced in los angeles this morning by jimmy kimmel. abc's "modern family" is expected to be chosen for multiple honors and keep posted on how that goes. if you love the ravens and you love him, whodunits? today is your lucky day. the team is hosting the first ever purple bingo nigh it's happening -- night it's

happening at m&t bank stadium. the ravens it's going to be similar to the ravens purple ladies night they he's during the season. smith will be calling out the bingo numbers and taking pictures with the winners of each round. gates open at 6:00. the bingo starts at 7:00. you're excited about that man. i would be doing that. >> contain yourselves when he's up there calling out the numbers. good to see the ravens getting involved. >> how's the weather going to be for them mike? >> you've not invited. >> here i go. here's whaon out in chesapeake beach. temperature of 75-degrees and all right dew points still really high at 71 and still pretty uncomfortable morning in many locations. 81 d.c. and a pair of 7s over the eastern shore. all right maryland's most powerful radar clear overhead so we have a dry morning. dry commute. and a dry afternoon. at least the majority of it. but i want to go off towards the north. this is where there's a cluster of showers and gusty

thunderstorms developing northern indiana heading to columbus in about 4 hun miles away from the baltimore viewing area. we will be watching this complex of storms crossing over mountains and heads in our direction later this afternoon going into the evening. the future trends around 90- degrees for the lunchtime hour and 92 for the daytime high and again afternoon showers and thunderstorms developing. otherwise amexture of sunshine and clouds through the course of the afternoon. tonight around 72-degree and variably cloud di and few stray storms developing and i think the storm chance will end at the midnight hour. here's the forecast 92 today and 87 for tomorrow and could be an isolated scattered shower or thunderstorm. we have a beautiful weekend set up. saturday 84 and low humidity. 87 on sunday and then i understand cases are another -- i indications are another heat wave is developing lauren. thanks mike. i wish i could go to the bingo

with the ravens too. that sounds like fun. unfortunately we wake up at 1:00, 2:00 in the morning so that won't work. if you are going to the beltway we have big problems on the west side. there's a crash right on the inner loop at ricerstown road. delay free from towson to downtown baltimore. the inner harbor, that massive water main break still causing beg problems on light street. it's closed between baltimore street and lombard street. now everything is up to speed traveling through the fort mchenry tunnel. and the harbor tunnel. and you're taking a live look right now at 9 95 and white marsh here at route 43. nothing to get in the way a nice calm ride headed all the way into the city. megan and charlie, over to you. you're going to need a bigger boat. name the film. >> jaws. come on charlie. how about kneading a bigger cage? the panic that any of us would have had after what this guy experienced. we're going to tell you the story when we couple back. back -- come back.

it is five minutes before the hour. we were channeling steven spiel berg today and talking about a

close incantser, a second ago it was jaws but a group of fish herb american spending the day off the coast of florida came face-to-face with a great white. >> look at this. one of the guys jumped in the water with his video camera. the first thing he sees the shark. he gets back in the boat but then he keeps on rolling as the shark circles. now fortunately their experience ended with nothing more than a really cool story to share and the video to prove it but also a warning to others. >> just try to be aware of your surroundings and you know have a healthy respect of the ocean. >> well, according to national joe graphic at least one -- "national geographic" at least one-third of shark attacks each year involve great whites. if you have a pet you know how hard it can be to care for them when you go away for a while. >> open in our area next month, what you can expect when you leave behind man's best friend. >> also ahead this morning this is what happened when lightning hit a generator but that's just the beginning of the problem with the storm systems that

impacted us. >> also some catholics are looking to a higher power to help them get through the drought. a special mass is being held in one parish. >> maryland's most powerful radar already tracking later storms this afternoon. we'll time them coming up on the 6:00 edition of "good morning maryland." >> dollar no delays to tell you about on 895 at o'donnell street but a crash on the west side of the beltway. i'll have all the details coming up on "good morning maryland." [ crows cawing ] [ male announcer ] strange things happen

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