never break up, paula. >> we have one? >> that's news this morning. >> have a great weekend. make news in america. >> and what works for you "good morning maryland at 4:30. >> breaking news this morning out of randalltown. people in a apartment complex now without a home today. firefighters responding to a two alarm fire overnight. all bets on. gambling could be expanding in maryland. how elected leaders say it could help your children receive a better education. time to wine and dine. dozens of eateries picking up the best dishes for the upcoming baltimore restaurant week a live report later on this friday. and it's july, 27th the first check of lightning and storms from the big apple in new york. it may have seen similar action like. this looks at bolts of

lightning an amazing display in new york. lightning rain and high wind across the mid atlantic and lowser to home this is what we saw -- closer to home this is what we saw. the video at the height of the storm about 6,000 people were left in the dark but as we start this morning those numbers are dwindling. i am charley crowson. megan is off today but lynette charms is here and mike masco has tie-ups. >> reporter: we will talk about the monument treatment issue and construction 859 into the harbor -- 859 into the harbor tunnel. >> -- 895 into the harbor tunnel. >> we are in a slight risk for severe weather. let's check out heat advisory because we are not out of the woods. dealing with some heat and humidity that's going to be moving in here going throughout the day. and we do have a heat advisory for southern baltimore and points off towards the west and also the south that goes into effect at lunchtime and remains

until about 7 so once again for all the areas here shaded in that orange color, we are under it. right now, temperatures coming in at 72 degrees in jess up. joppa at 73 and myersville at 69. and as we head throughout the day, this is what you can expect. another hot and hiewmed day on- - humid day on tap. showers and thunderstorms in the forecast possibly severe more on that in a few moments but right now the abc2 timesaver traffic with mike masco. >> reporter: monument street is the issue with all the well the water main break and also the sewer break and sink hole. it's going to be a mess once again. that's north park avenue north glover street being affected through the course of the morning. use route 40 as an alternative route. going towards the south in baltimore city. 895 into the route 2 frank first avenue a slowup due to -- due to constuck and toll plazas

-- construction and toll plazas into the fort mchenry along # 5 northbound between toll plaz -- 95 northbound between toll plazas speeds have been knocked down. more construction delays towards the south moving along pennington avenue and ordinance road. you will see sighups due to construction. a live shot shows a -- not a bad looking shot. there's another shotfor you? we will show youch the drive times route 43 -- you. the drive times 95 to 83, 11 minutes and 795 to 95, just about 12 minutes. charley. as masco mention monument street will be closed for a few days more while crews continue to repair the large srchg shoal. b -- searching hole. engineers are using radar technology to see other damage was done to pipes underneath the searching hole.

break news some in baltimore county will need a place to stay after a two-alarm fire that started after 2 this morning near the 3600 block of yeno lane. the fire is in randallstown and first called in officially at 2:30. 12 units damaged after the fire started on the third floor of the rockdale garden apartments and spread across the route. this is video from the scene afew moments ago. one firefighter suffered minor injuries 100 or so on the scene. courtesy of michael swartsburg and we have a live report coming up on good morning maryland. there's no secret many schools are hurting financially and lawmakers say profits from gambling could help out. today governor o'malley and law makers are holding a news conference about the possibility of a special session to discuss the idea of expanding gambling here in maryland. talks of that special session have been going on for a while. we could learn today if it will really happen. there's now a program in

baltimore that could definitely use that money. 901 arts has a shoestring budget and fills a void made by schools that don't have the money to provide the necessary music and art classes for kids. the funding from gambling profits could mean more opportunities for children. >> social studies, art, and when i was going to school, i was going places to learn more things and engage in life and more experience. >> that big project has been to paint storm drains to remind people about keeping the bay clean. police are looking for the man responsible for kidnapping cal rip condition's mother. that is man -- ripen can's mother. this is -- ripken's mother vi. if you recognize the man in this photograph, do not hesitate. call police at 410-272-2121.

and a new police chief in anne arundel county is a familiar face. county executive john leopold announced larry tolliver is coming back. he will replace james tier who resired amid krill nam investigations surrounding executive leopold. the start date is july 31st. the backlash intensifies against chick-fil-a. protesters have been demonstrating outside the restaurants all over the u.s. including in dc. this is all because the president of the company says he is opposed to same sex marriage. chicago and boston have pulled the plug on the welcome mat of the new restaurants there. supporters of chick-fil-a are calling for an appreciation day and they want that to happen next week. while gay rights advocates are organizing a national kiss in protest at the fast-food chain. maryland's biggest casinos are getting bigger. the expansion for the maryland live casino sure to draw in more visitors. he plans to retire after the

summer olympics, but he wouldn't be able to tell. why michael phelps doesn't seem too hype about -- hyped about performing in london. >> we have issues around town. going to be all construction related. we will look at traffic coming up but we will take you across the pond. look at london. it's the next day and that's abby roast. we will be back with more "good morning -- road. we will be back with more good morning maryland. ñ'

the dog days of summer for nothing. that hot dry weather now causing a drought all over the country. we have been reporting this now for a number of days. but, if you are hoping the fall season will bring in relief you may want to think again. noah is predicting through august and october nearly all states in the u.s. including here in maryland are going to have hotter than normal

weather. that's not a welcome sight or prediction on that. >> it's not. and you know, what we need rainfall across the area. and it's just to come. we have what couple thunderstorms and rain yesterday a quarter of an inch at bwi. we need much more than. >> hard and fast. >> let's keep our fingers crossed and do it today. we have a slight risk for severe weather. we hate to see the severe weather but we will take it how we can get it. let's look at satellite and radar. it's the big picture and most of the showers and thunderstorms to the south of maryland pennsylvania as of now. back into west virginia. and we are seeing another cluster down across the southern plains. well, we do have that slight risk the storm prediction center has it in it. southern maryland is in that. and also, the ohio valley also the tennessee valley could be getting in on some of the severe weather as we go throughout the day. biggest threats will be gusty -- gusty winds and hail large hail at that. now we look at temperatures this morning 71 degrees in

northville consider northville. -- northville. 70 across the board but going into the afternoon the temperatures will build. look at what i am going for on this friday. 95 degrees but we like that downward scale. that's what's happening as we go through time. more on that coming up. but right now let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with mike masco. >> reporter: good morning. we are talking a lot of construction this morning. it's 895 make are way into harbor tunnel. so we will bring you to the board to show you what's going on. this will tie yap during the course of the morning -- tie you up during the course of the morning. prior to the toll plaza, mostly working along exit 7 and 8 and sliding off towards the north it doesn't get much better as you make your approach into the fort mchenry tunnel. that's where we find long-term construction work and that's going to go right through august. all through next month and then more delays as you head towards ordinance road and bay meadow driving along highway 17 # -- driving alone highway 173. a game at 7:05.

we have to get a win and we will talk about delays around the stadium starting at 5:00. outside a live shot and this is what we are showing you this morning. 83 at shawan road, not much happening on the roadways so far now we will certainly see that change during the course of the morning. 695 at harford road. looking pretty good. another check on traffic in less than 10. now over to you charley. 8,000 miles and 700 days on the road, the olympic torch reaches its destination. we will show you the festivities around london as they prepare for the opening ceremony of the olympic gamesplus, the city shut down the business but hear how the hot dog vendor ended up making a huge profit. talk about under a pre-- entrepreneurship. you are watching good morning maryland. we will be right back.

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conference wraps up in the nation's capital. whoopi goldberg will speak on behalf of unicef and former president bill clinton will give closing remarks. you have more slot machines at the newest casino. they add more than 500 slots and electric table games. also the new ram's head bar opened last night. and thousands are in baltimore for some football at m and t bank stadium. but it's not the football we are accustomed to. you will look at another soccer match this is earlier at fenway park in boston. another store opens in harbor east in baltimore act row policy is a woman's clothing --act row policy is a woman's clothing store act row policy is a woman's clothing tore. a lucky group ofs get to -- kids get to play with a --

joined by lynette charles we will talk about the storms in bit a lot of people want to know how the road will be and detours out there. >> we will be talking about monument street because of that collapsed sewer main break and that ties up things around town and route 40 alternative route around that. cameras and drive times and all that coming up in a little bit. we have a gas card give away lauren cook you have to like her on facebook. you can like me lynette charles as well. but like lauren cook and we give you something free. what is that? no weather station does that. so go over this and like lauren cook. >> free goodies. >> 600 dollars in gas that's like gold. >> the storms last night just too fast and not enough rain. >> not enough rain but we are going to do it all over again. that's a possibility. as of now things are pretty dry but we are looking at some wet

weather up to the north and back off towards the south and west. and some of that will get in here going through the remaining of the morning hours. but also, we are going to be very humid for today. check out the temperatures right now coming in right around 73 degrees in aberdeen. glen bernie at 74. and 7 -- glen burnie at 74 and the moisture content is high. we are talking about that. i will detail that. we are in the 70s for dew points. let's go back over to charley. let's the games begin. tonight the world's eyes are fixed on london for the opening ceremony of the 2012 summer olympics. the 700 day torch relay ended with a huge concert yesterday and there are still tickets available to tonight's ceremony. organizers say it's going to cost about 42 million dollars to produce the show and expected to draw in a crowd and audience globally of a million people. 205 nation in 300 events in the games and in all 530 americans will be representing the u.s.

and one of those make their way to london is baltimore native and olympic champion michael phelps. first competition is for the 400 individual medley. this is his last competition he is talking about and is retiring and will hang up the goggles and end the games. during a news conference yesterday he showed no signs of stress or archingousness. >> this is a meet just -- anxiousness. >> this is a meet just like every other meet. there's a pool a lane lines and scoreboard and we do what we have trained to do. >> he has 16 medals to his name. 14 of those are gold and if he wins 4 more in london, he will break the olympic record. news around the nation on this friday, a michigan teen is laughing has way to the bank after his city shut down his hot dog cart. city zoning laws don't allow food trucks to compete with restaurants so this young man had to stop selling his franks. packaging company heard about the troubles and they bought his cart for $2500.

>> just a real go getter and that's unusual at that age and it's unusual i think they can relate adults like he does. and so he really caught our eye so to speak. >> all right. young entrepreneur check this out. the teen originally saved up thousands to buy the cart and did it to pay for college. and to help his sick parents. human bones found near the houston says archaeologist want to learn more. the prehistoric bones were found in may along future path of a freeway. ark ol jest say the bones date -- archaeologist say they date back to 3 to 5,000 years. bison teeth and hunting darts were discovered at an area all of this during earlier survey. archaeologist suspect more remains may be in the area. he is said to be one of the oldest men living in the u.s. shelby davis died on wednesday. and rock -- in rock island, illinois. he was 111. harris was born in 1901 and outlived both wives and his

three daughters. earlier this year he had celebrated his 111th birthday by throwing out the first pitch for a minor league baseball game. his advice for the long life is love, and always believe in people. i think that's advice we should all carry on. >> exactly. that hit my heart. so that's good news there. the sentiment he left and we are definitely dealing with moisture out there once again this morning. it's humid. look at the dew points. 71 in baltimore right now. dc coming in at 70 and you know what i will have a detailed look on the moisture content. the dew points a little later at 5:30 so you want to stick around for that. one of the facebook friends scad question and i will answer that earlier a little later in the newscast. but for right now, moisture coming in at 68 degrees in york and 69 in hagerstown and temperatures are warm. 73 in baltimore -- baltimore and 78 in dc so we are close to 80 there. but, we have a heat advisory once again that will go into effect at lunchtime for the areas here shaded in orange.

they have been look at baltimore off to the east and south. and we are going to be feeling it. and with that, well we have showers and thunderstorms that could spark up as we go into the afternoon. we look at the satellite and radar right now and we are looking at cloud and we have some spotty showers and storms to the north in pennsylvania and a big cluster complex of storms into west virginia right now. this is slowly pushing off towards the east. so, the storm prediction center does have us in a slight risk for severe weather for today. biggest threats is damaging wind and large hail. you can see it for the areas here shaded in the yellow color. so we are looking more into southern maryland for today. and also portions of delaware and as we look at that weather pattern this cold front is going to get slower to get to us. but it will make its way through going through the overnight. but ahead of it, very hot and humid. you get the clashing of the air masses and that's why we could see severe weather going through time. future trend picking up on showers and storms scattered in nature going throughout the

afternoon. again on saturday and things look better going into sunday meaning it look drier. so, your latter part of the weekend not looking too bad. if you want to do outdoor activities, looking pretty good. still very hot and humid with the temperature at 95. let's check of the abc2 timesaver traffic with mike masco what do you have. >> reporter: you know, we are talking about downtown baltimore city between water mayne break and sink hole -- water main break and sink hole. tieups again and getting around this monument street mess will be possible route 40 as an alternative. and if you are heading towards john hopkins use monument street. road construction 895 northbound between route 2 and exit 7 so that's going to tie you up heading into the tum and speaking of fort mchenry tunnel construck heading into the toll plaza. outside for -- construction heading into the toll plaza. sout outside clear sailing at

4:52 and drive times for you from the maryland peps vain yeah line -- be pennsylvania line to 695, just about 20 minutes. dining out will be less expensive and restaurants week kicks off today. wine and dine at the restaurants around the city. the restaurants are offering three course dinner menus for around 30 dollars or 20 depending on where you eat. you can take advantage of the set prices from now through august 5th. that's next sunday. some restaurants are also offering a two course lunch menu consisting of an appetizer and entree for $15. you can find the link to the restaurants taking part at our website at abc2news.com. other events this weekend time to rock on with oata otakon. the 19th year for the convention. organizers began holding it here in 1999. sharp street will be closed to

traffic between pratt and conway streets. so, take notice. and a big week end in harford county with the harford county farm fair. your kids could compete against one another when all sorts of animals with the equestian carnet if you don't compete there's -- compete -- center. if you don't compete there's always others events. a contestants search happens today between 3 and 5. meet the show host there and again the casting call for contestants from 3 to 8. as for the show it begins on september 17th. airing at 7:30 on abc2. for more information on the show, head to abc2news.com/laa.