saying please don't make the power go off. >> they actually shut down the bay bridge for a good portion of yesterday of last night. so yeah the winds were just so heavy. so fortunately it's very open today. >> we have a report of the bay bridge about 40 knot winds to about 55 miles an hour. >> that's pretty amazing. >> that's why they shut the bridge down. too much of the winds coming through and we had one incident where a car flipped over because of the wind. that was about a few months ago, look at the guys 104 hit if baltimorement that's a new love yesterday. the record was -- record yesterday. the record was 102 set back in 1887 to tell you how hot it was yesterday. 81 degrees in d.c. and a muggy and mild morning out there. really pretty shot though with temperatures that are into the 70s. and we have a good deal of clouds across the area. en maryland's most powerful radar there's one little loan shower that's cranking to the west of ellicott city and that's going to be sliding over 70 over the next couple of minutes or so. so just be aware there are a few spotty showers out there

mostly isolated but we're going for 92 the two degree guarantee. we'll time the arrival out on future trend in a little bit. now a check on traffic and lauren cook in the traffic center. good morning mike. well hopefully the storms will cool everything down for artscape this weekend. if you are hitting the roads we have some trouble in anne arundel county there's a four car crash on route 295. right along the southbound lanes another interstate 195. you want to expect delays in the areament 95 will be the best alternate route. heading to downtown baltimore that yolk still causing -- water main break still causing big problems on light street shut down between baltimore street and lombard street. use mass transit if you can, if not hopkins place fayette street are the best alternate routes. out on the beltway a crash actually cleared on the west side on the inner loop at reisterstown road. here's a live look at overly. starting to pick up on the outer loop up to loch raven boulevard. but inner loop nice and clear down to 95. white marsh at route 43.

only a four minute tripe down towards 695 and no delays and that will remain the same heading all the way into the city. megan and charlie, over to you. that downtown water main break is a mess if you work in that area or? you plan on taking the kids to the harbor. >> all right now businesses is costing them a lot of money. nearly three days now they have been without water on the west side of light street and many doors have been closed and locked up and that's costing them money. >> let's hope so. abc2 news' sherrie johnson is down there with reaction from people not only who live there but who work there. >> reporter: some are frustrated but holding up pretty well. this 7/11 right here they just received their water and they have been able to open back up for business. they have been closed for the past couple of days and you can see some of the customers heading on inside there. now the city says this morning the water should be reshored to everyone who lost it because of the water main break. that's this big hole in the ground right here, crews are still repairing the water main

break and the road. they'll actually start work again this morning at 7:00. we've actually seen some of the crew members start arriving here this morning. but they start work at 7:00. and you can see here this -- they got a lot of work to do. the street has actually buckled here in the middle here so they have a lot of work to do. and we're told that it's going to take about three weeks and while the city has a temporary water supply to some buildings, others say no water actually hurt businesses. the department of public works has decided the two block affected area should be dug up and they needed newer pipes and once again we are told this should take about three weeks and you know we're also told that to repair the two pipes should cost about $600,000. reporting live in downtown baltimore, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. as a parent you worry when your child plays outdoors and here's an example of why. a 10-year-old girl outside of her own home this happened in philadelphia. was nearly abducted in front of where she lived. the whole thing caught on camera. you can see a man approach the child but she knows this isn't somebody that she should be

talking to. and she fights for her life. >> it's a sick individual. to do something like that. i want this creep off our streets. immediately. >> not only was the girl able to fight off the grown man she was able to give police a description of him. george zimmerman now speaking out for the first time publicly since the shooting death for which he has claimed responsibility involving florida teen trayvon martin. >> abc2 news linda so is here to tell us what she said. linda? >> reporter: he is sorry and prays for the martin family every day. in an interview last night he said martin was making confrontational gestures to him the night he shot and killed him. he said the teen asked him if he had a problem and he attacked him. zimmerman claims the situation quickly got out of control. supporter of trayvon martin's family want him convicted of the second degree murder charges he faces. zimmerman says he does not remember what was on his mind

before the gun went off but he does remember what the teen said to him. >> he said you're going to die tonight [ bleep ]. and took one hand off of my mouth, and i felt it going down my chest towards my belt and my holster. >> reporter: during the interview, zimmerman felt what happened was part of god's plan. martin's father released a response saying there is no way his god would have wanted zimmerman to kill his teenaged son. linda so, abc2 news. something you never want the encounter in the water big white fins. teeth. >> lots of teeth. sharp ones. but that's what happened with a group of fishermen in florida. they came face-to-face with a great white. and of course the whole thing caught on video. >> okay this roads scholar decided he was going to jump in the water. he gets out of the boat and keeps rolling as that shark is circling. >> now fortunately their experience is -- it ended with no nothing more than a cool story and cool video to share.

but there is a warning to others. >> i guess just try to you know be aware of your surroundings and you know have a healthy respect of the ocean. >> if you're aware of your surroundings you don't jump in the water with it. according to "national geographic" at least one-third of shark attacks worldwide every single year involve great whites. >> if the shark attacked him okay we talked about this. the shark would have likely have been caught or killed in some way for as you like to say? >> being a shark. >> there you go. all right, stay with us this morning because your kids are still enjoying the summer off. they are probably not thinking about going back to school. >> no way at all but businesses are definitely thinking about back to school time. how much you can expect to spend in year, this number is going to shock you. >> jcpenney changing the way you shop. how the struggling department store is hoping to improve their bottom line. >> hey guys good morning everybody. here we go abc2 mobile center. on wmar by going to the itunes and searching wmar.

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goods thursday morning, thank you for joining us, this is your abc2 news to go, i'm megan pringle? and i'm charlie crowson. a lot this morning as you head out the door. sherrie johnson is out live with new information on what's going on with the water main break downtown. >> yeah, linda so has more information on the damage from the storm that we experiencing last night but we're going to start things off right now with meteorologist mike masco. >> all right guys good morning. what's going on outside? it's a beautiful morning. we're going to show you again this is our weather bug camera. hey not bad out there. but still a little muggy as we're looking at temperatures right now that are into the 70s. it's pair of 7s downtown and most of the areas into the 70s. a lot of clouds across the area right now. that will be us but this is the

front that we have to keep an eye on this afternoon. it's cool air to the north and hotter air to the shout and that separation and that soundry in right now -- boundsry fought now could produce scattered showers and storms. muggy around 7:00 at the 8:00 hour. lunchtime how about 88 degrees the two degree to around 92 degrees for the afternoon hours. we're talking temperatures falling into the 0 #-z through the 8:00 hour andwell time out those showers and storms to get you prepared for brush afternoon today. and take you right into the weekend coming up in just a little bit. now a check on traffic and lauren is in the traffic center. good morning mike, we have heavy delays on route 295 this morning there's a four car crash right now right along the southbound lanes at interstate 195. traffic jammed all the way back to the beltway. so definitely stick with 95 as your alternate route. now for those of you who are heading downtown, that water main break still causing big problems on light street. it remains closed between baltimore and lombard street. to allow yourself some extra time to get around everything.

even use mass transit if you can. now if you are using the jfx, no concerns what 695 all the way downtown. and the west side of the beltway really starting to jam up. here's a live look right now at old court road. the outer loop will be even slower when you do make the drive down towards liberty road and it will remain that way all the way down towards route 40. here's parkville though. fortunately nothing to get in the way here at harford road. no delays all the way up to 83. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. megan and charlie, over to you. i'm absolutely mess, that's how some business owners describe what it is like on the streets directly impacted by the water main break in downtown baltimore. >> east side businesses, they've opened. they did that tuesday. west side, they're now getting some relief as some of the water being turned back on. abc2 news sherrie johnson is live this morning with the update and how are things going? i know one convenience store they were closed for a number of days. >> reporter: yes, things are going pretty well for them. this 7/11 story is all new information for you.

they opened yesterday at 3:00 p.m. and they have water. they've been closed for the  past couple of days and they are very excited they can open for business for their customers. you know the city says this morning the water should be restored to everyone who lost it because of the water main break. take a look at these trucks here. you know crews are already in place. they will start work at 7:00 this morning. working to repair this water main and the road. and while the city has a temporary water supply to some buildings, others say no water has really hurt business. now the department of public works has decided the two block area affected should be duck up and the 20-inch main along with the parallel 10-inch main should be replaced by newer pipes. while cars are redirected during the working the foot traffic has been pretty steady. and for some businesses, that could have been no water meant no income. and for people who actually live in the area, tough living conditions. we're being told right now it's going to take about three weeks

to get the care back to normal and you know replacing the two attar mains we are told is going to take about $600,000. and like i said before, we can see that some of the view members -- crew members have actually arrived on the scene. reporting live in downtown baltimore, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. all right, to make the roads safer for you the state highway administration right now is looking to improve intersections along route 2 in anne arundel county and calvert counties as well. now they are holding a meeting tonight and you can attend to hear more. it starts at 6:00 at the anne arundel county public library and we put more information online for you. those storms they rolled through last night and you probably had to cross your fingers hoping we would not president in a repoet of what we kaw -- be in a repeat of what we saw a week ago. >> they were absolutely awful. our area largely spared though but abc2 news linda so is here with the damage caused in some neighborhoods to people who didn't see the good side of it. >> reporter: yeah the d.c. area tot hit pretty hard. take a look at this several huge trees were brought down.

power lines landed on homes in this neighborhood. you couldn't get through on some roads. the rain also flooded homes and streets. some cars stalled out trying to navigate their way through the mess. in prince george's county, lightning knocked out power in one neighborhood last night's storm brought back bad memories of what happened a few weeks ago when the storms tore through the area and once again people have a lot of cleaning up to do. >> we knew that it was an older tree and that eventually it was going to have to come down. a lot of headache now. that all of this is going to be huge to clean up. >> we're starting to see neighbors continuing to you know potentially get hurt. >> reporter: despite the damage, no one was seriously hurt. linda so, abc2 news. it is ten minutes before 7:00 on thursday morning. a live look glen cove, new york on long island. the mayor of that town has said his town was clobbered by the storms that rolled through. megan? the immediate problem after that storm clearing all the massive trees that brought down

the power lines. you're looking at a live picture right at jersey but they tell us that street lights were knocked out and it was a problem throughout the night. along long island the sound there the storms flattened a large gazebo being used for shelter by four people. thankfully though they had no injuries. now as a reminder to you you can always stay up to the minute on the forecast and ahead of the storm. and all times. just a touch of the butt don town loading -- button down boding the weather apps and it's also available an the smart devices. just text wmar to 46988. five things to know this morning. voters in florida get the hear from president obama today. he travels to jacksonville and west palm beach, florida to campaign ahead for them in the next two days. and space louvres getting gush lovers have get -- lovers are getting their first look at the space shuttle enterprise. your favorite tv show could be announced today with anemone

nomination. so they're going to reveal the popular shows like "mad men" and "modern family." the ceremonies will be september 23rd here on abc. the lines already beginning to form and ticket rights outrageous for the midnight opening of the third and final installment in "the dark knight rises," the film is tracked to be one of the biggest openers ever for a weekend box office draw. all right, would you buy a piece of toast? would you buy a piece of toast if it belonged to somebody famous perhaps from prince charles? from 1981. it was served to prince charles the morning of his wedding to princess die yay that. that's old toast. all right. time now for a check on how things are going with the weather. >> you know mike i have a question for you. >> sure. >> do you like those crusts on or as prince charles liked do you like the crusts cut off?

>> i live exotically and i keep the crusts on. kent island showing us pretty good looking skyline. little haze out there 77 degrees. dew points still really high at 71. 74 dover. 75 easton. 77 right now in the city and we are at 81. so we're already cooking early this morning. we will be talking about cooking the atmosphere later today and that could boil up scattered showers or thunderstorm. maryland's most powerful radar again the market's most powerful doppler showing us nothing going on across the area but i want to look out to the north and west. you know this is just a cluster of should haves and storms running across northern indiana and out to hawaii. that's 400 miles from us and that will start to drop south and east. we are pinpointing the arrival of these storms during the course of your afternoon. we'll make it into the low 90s and then drop back into the 80s. look at the timeline though. there's a gust front coming through the area around 6:00 and just be prepared and keep an eye to the sky and certainly when you hear that thunder roar, head indoors, that's the saying. here's what's going on by

tomorrow. as well could be a scattered shower and storm with temperatures that are into the 70s. two degree guarantee 92 degrees. sunshine and cloud mixture. but again those afternoon storms will develop. could be strong. 74 as we head into this evening. variably cloudy and a few spotty storms. your exclusive seven day forecast through the weekend. and it's an isolated shower or thunderstorm chance for friday. warmer and low humidity on sunday rather at 87 degrees. indications are we could be back to maybe heat wave conditions on monday. 92. 93 on tuesday. wednesday, 92 degrees keeping in minds 80s in the city. probably going to be the lower 80s as you go to the beaches. traffic with lauren cook. how we doing lauren? you going to the beach if weekend? >> i am i can't wait. hopefully that forecast for everyone here in baltimore will be wonderful for artscape and definitely head out and check it out. good news on the roads a crash is just cleared in anne arundel county right along the

southbound lanes of route 295 at interstate 195. now if you are in baltimore city another accident. it's going to be right on west baltimore street at mount street. and heavy delays down in the inner harbor that's all due to the water main break. light street is shut down that's right between baltimore streetling and lombard street. definitely use mass transit if you can or always stick with hopkins place or fayette street. there's a detour if place but do -- detour in place but do allow yourself some extra time. the outer loop will remaybe that way down to route 40 and here's the beltway looking like in overly at bel air road. the outer loop also picking up up towards loch raven boulevard but fortunate no knobs down -- problems down to 95. if you want a chance to win a $600 gas gift card. go to my facebook page. who wouldn't love to hit the day spa with your pets? sometimes the tags and cats they -- dogs is cats they need r&r. >> they work so hard in the

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