mike masco doing traffic. >> still here and going strong. is it true right now, sunsetting before 8:30? >> yes. saw that on the graphic. >> yes. >> earlier and earlier. >> let me show you what is going on. a beautiful sunrise this morning in lorel. this gets your day started. i put it in to motion, when you see the clouds, whispy clouds, across the horizon, they get out of heres left with sunshine in the forecast for us today. the temperature in lorel coming in 75. bethesda 72. breezy conditions throughout the day. southwest at 5- 15 miles an hour. also be prepared for the humidity, be prepared for the heat. lunchtime today, i'm going with 91. 94 for a high temperature. at 4:00 p.m., we have a chance

for a scattered shower or thunderstorm to pop up more in to the afternoon. now a check of the time saver traffic with mike masco. good morning. accidents to talk about. >> see the graphic. move it to your right. 8:25. that's crazy. here is what is going on this morning. we have issues this morning on our area roadways. let's get you to the maps and show you what is going on. middle river we are confirming for you, that's eastern boulevard, mariners point, incident involving mobility van, right now no injuries. that's good news to report. that may tie you up over the middle river section of town. a vehicle fire on the map, 695, on the south side inner loop, route 372. outside, not a bad shot. 83, shawan at this hour. taking you to another shot, which is harford road. 695, not bad. the drive times to expect.

estimates from point to point, how much time 10- 15 minutes. so far, so good on the roads. talking about the traffic in a little bit coming up. new information about your safety on the roads, a new traffic report says fatalities are on the increase. this morning, sherrie johnson is here to break this down and what does this mean? we have new laws in place. we are live in rogers forge, right here, setting the scene, traffic isn't all that bad behind me, off of york road. it's calm. lit pick up during rush hour. this report says for the first three months of 2012, there has been a significant increase in traffic deaths. this is compared to statistics from last year. over 7000 people died in car crashes for the first quarter of this year. that's a 13.5% increase compared to the same period in

2011 when there were over 6000 fatalities. authorities say it's too soon to speculate on what the problem is, or the potential implications. transportation safety officials point out the crash fatality rate for the first first is lower than rates for the other three quarters because of winter weather. the winter of 2012 was unseasonably warm and people the end to drive more when the weather is better. the increase in fatalities follows a downward trend for the past several years. a clee's call for more than a dozen moms and babies in an alice. they had to be -- annapolis. they had to be evacuated. the fire started in the utility closet on the third floor, that is the floor dedicated to women recovering from childbirth. 60 firefighters responded to the fie.

-- fire. >> during the smoke removal process, there was hef smoke conditions in the building. it took an extended period of time. firefighters utilized positive pressure ventization system, we forced air in to the building from the outside. they tried to evacuate the smoke. >> the thing lasted 15 minutes. investigators are still looking for the cause of the fire. company known for shows like the muppets cut ties with chick-fil-a. the chain's has opposition to same-sex marriage. the company was producing puppets for kids meals. they will donate money to glad. police in portland maine released dash cam video of another wrongway driver. this video was taken last month by a trooper who saw the driver and took quick action. he likely saved the lives of his fast and daring response.

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drill, slather on the sunscreen and seek shade as much as possible. satellite and radar, not a lot in terms of the wet weather. there is a chance for a thunderstorm to pop up in to the afternoon. a cold front traversing the area as well. i will talk about that coming up. now a check of the time saver traffic with mike masco. busy on this side, talking about a few issues and everybody, at first the car fire, this popped up 20 minutes ago. 695 south side of the city, around route 372, be aware of that. that vehicle fire is going to take time to clear that out. darlington road at harmony church roads we have fire activity to tie things up and out towards middle river, 2900 block of eastern boulevard at mariners point, an accident involving an mta mobility van. we will follow the latest on

that. 95 route 43, looks good. we will take you towards, 895, o'donnell, smooth sailing now. another check on traffic in a little bit. more charges could come for 24 year old james holmes accused of killing 12 people and injuring 58 others in a shooting spree during the batman movie premier friday morning. one of the survives planned to attend the university of maryland this fall. sherrie johnson is here with more on the local connection and she had a passion for music. she has an amazing story. pet ra anderson enrolled to take classes at the music program in the fall, in the movie theater in aurora, colorado, friday morning, when shots rang out at the batman movie and shot four times including in the face and survived. doctors say she is improving after several surgeries. anderson's pastor says a small

birth defect she never knew was there saved her life. the bullet went in to her skull, a defect caused it to misvital areas of the brain. before heading to the university of maryland anderson attended the university of the pa pacific in stockton, california. >> campus community knew he well, she was a scholarship recipient and we are truly saddened by what happened to he. >> a website is raising money, both for anderson and her mother who has been battling cancer. the site raised over 70,000 dls. >> with so much happening with the young lady, she was going to come to the university of maryland. >> with all of her medical issues, it's unclear at this point if she will be able to attend the university of maryland in the fall. she plans to take it one day at a time. >> thank you so much. some of you need a job, others need the money.

that's why today several baltimore council members will ask lams to raise the minute -- lams to lawmakers to raise the minimum raise. we are standing by for an announcement over the estate of former governor, schafer. schafer died in april of last year. his estate and the baltimore community foundation will be the focus during the announcement that we made at 8:30 this morning. we get paid every two weeks and see our checks disappear. don't feel badly if you have a hard time saving. less than a third of us have a long-term financial plan. when you ask people who know dollars and cents, they say think in terms of weeks not months or years when saving. >> certainly people think about

retirement. education planning, planning for rainy days, emergencies, credit management, estate planning and taxes are an important part of financial planning. >> if you need to pair back on the savings, do so, you can go back and rewok your system and you budget. when it's difficult to save it's more frustrating when you shell out more cash when flying. the 50 airlines brought in $52 billion in extra charges. the cash came in from the airlines selling the number of products and services. united, continental, delta, american and qantas made the most. flight astep daunts maybe getting through security quicker. flight attendants will be allowed to show credentials so they would be subject to random

searches. tsa says it will take a year to get everything up and going nationwide. last month the storms rolled through. imagine to have a fight with the county, that's been happening in middle river. that's where sherrie johnson or linda so is live talking about the power outages. a lot of people saying this could have been prevented and they are fed up. >> reporter: they are blaming the county for the problem. this is compass road in middle river , there is a piece of land owned by the county, people who live in the neighborhood say the trees are old. they haven't been maintained. the trees come down. that's what happened when the strong storms rolled through the area a couple of weeks ago. that was big tree that actually fell on the land on to power lines and knocked power out in the neighborhood for a week. people who live here say they have been calling the county for years about the problem.

they haven't been doing anything about it. now it is time that something is done. they don't want to have to deal with the problem ever again. >> i don't get why they don't do something about it. they know it's a threat to us. >> reporter: officials tell abc 2 they sent an inspector to check out the area. some trees will be coming down in next few weeks. >> reporter: linda so, abc2 news. we had our share of power outages and people living in howard want to do something about it. they petitioned the commission to investigate bge's response to the power loss following irene last year. learn about the investigation at a public hearing scheduled for tonight. it's happening at the george howard building in ellicott city and begins at 7:00.

training camp starts today. joined tomorrow by the rest of the veterans of the team. lewis and rice will talk to the media throughout the week. the first preseason game is august 9th against the falcons. mt is transforming from a football field in to a football field today or like soccer if you are in the u.s. it's in preparation for the match between the hot spur and liverpool football clubs saturday. employees are laying down the turf all day today, the game starts at 1:00. time for five things you need to know on this tuesday , the man who doctors claim has been cured of hiv is speaking at the international aids conference in dc. he went through chemo and radiation. scientists are hesitant to call this a cure for hiv. ex-brother-in-law of jennifer hudson is in court

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today, especially when you want to hydrate yourself. 69 degrees for a dew point. these are the dew points, the measure of the moisture in the air, the higher they are, when you get in to the 60s. 70s, feeling it. feeling oppressive. 70 frederick also winchester. 72 culpepper and 72 easton. it's going be soupy outside. right now temperatures coming in around 75 degrees ocean city. a great place to go to cool down a bit. 75 now in baltimore, 77 philly and new york. altuna, seeing 7s. not picking up on a lot in terms of the wet weather. you have to go towards the west and north in to indiana, they are dealing with showers and thunderstorms moving in to the picture, the cold front will move to the south. showers and thunderstorms in to the afternoon as well. high pressure pumping in the heat and humidity for today. he is the chance for scattered

showers as we go in to the afternoon. commute home could be on the wet side. not everybody is going to get wet. scattered showers in nature if it happens. for today, i'm going with around 94 degrees, low to mid- 90s. that's well above average, we will do it too many. it won't be as wham. more seasonable and this is a look at your forecast for tonight if u heading to the game. a thunderstorm is possible. now a check of the traffic with mike masco. good morning. let's get you to the roads. 695, that's where we find a trouble spot. this is due to a car fire outside of catonsville, maryland, 372. be aware of that. also keeping an eye out towards middle river eastern boulevard mariners point, an accident invfing mta mobility van. less go outside, show you a good looking shot.

695, liberty road. things will become congested through the morning hours. a shot for you, 895, o'donnell. that's not a bad commute. that's subject to change. we got this in, a two alarm fire in darlington. darlington, harmony church road. that could be an issue through the course of the morning. we will have an update in 25 minutes. you could be on a new game show in harford county, let's ask america for example you are picked you will compete against people from around the u.s. answering questions for cash. contestant search happens friday. meet the host, kevin, also mea the casting call group and contestants will be there between 3:00 p.m. and 8:00. the show begins at 7:30 september 17th.

thank you for joining us. weather and traffic coming up in 25 and 55. more on the fire and other news, abc2news.com. @