frankly. >> the men's gymnastics team goes for the first team gold since 1984. >> a good day? store. we saw anymore in court with red hair and crazy eyes, when the colorado gunman is charged. investigators stopped another aurora. new reaction after maryland police arrest a man accused of wanting to quote blow up a co- worker. and downtown baltimore about to change. not fixing holes in the roof. the construction involving indy race cars. good morning maryland, i'm charley crowson. megan pringle is off today. we will get to weather and traffic in a moment.

a man who opened fire inside a colorado theater returns to court today. yis expected today i involving james holmes. >> reporter: in a few hours we will hear é&the charges filed against holmes for the first time as the victims are dealing with more heart break. the prosecution is expected to lay down the hammer on 24-year- old james holmes ten days after the movie theater massacre. at his arraignment he could case 12 counts of first degree murder, 58 counts of attempted murder, along with first degree assault and reckless endangerment for the explosives found in his apartment. >> i don't care what your

motive is, he knew what he was doing. >> reporter: ashley's stepmother says she will be in the couple, she lost her 6-year- old daughter in a shooting spree and was shot several times and suffered a miscarriage. >> it was because of stress and trauma. >> reporter: some of the victims families buried loved ones over the weekend. at the center is a notebook áñ), holmes sent to his psychiatrist. the book includes plans for a massacre. >> if a psychologist or a psychiatrist feels a patient may pose a threat in most states they are obligated to do something. >> reporter: holmes' attorneys claim the seizure of the notebook is a breech of confidentiality and will argue that point today in court.

>> althis morning, police say he called himself the joker and threatened to shoot fellow co- workers. coming up, a live report on the maryland man arrested friday after police say he told his supervisor he was going to quote load my guns and blow everybody up. let's get a check of the forecast after a beautiful weekend, so much to do and get out and enjoy. it's going to be another nice day for today. temperatures will be nice and seasonable in to the afternoon. this is what we are starting with in arbutus. the winds are nice and calm as we go throughout the day, they will pick up a little bit more, 5 miles per hour. maryland's most powerful radar is dry. we don't have to worry with the wet weather this morning, this is a slight chance for an isolated somehow tore pop up

this afternoon -- thundershower to pop up this afternoon. patchy fog in spots. 9 miles of reduced visibility. 7 culpepper, four in sals bury. now, let's get a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook. you are book. good to see you. thank you, lynette. it's nice to be back. we are dealing with the sink hole, shuts down monument, between wolf and patterson park avenue. use orlean street. this intersection will be shutdown for a month. as you are headed to 95, this is what it looks like in to the city, no problems at 395, it will remain closed through the fort mc henry tunnel. no delays on 95 through white marsh. 695 in great shape on the outer loop from 95, up to 83. that will take you 11 minutes and on the west side, a 12

minute ride from 795, down to 95. an 8 year old boy is find lifeless and cpr saved him. a new law added a back up plan. the boy was part of a birthday party saturday, a lifeguard named mark noticed the child in the deep end. he performed cpr and got him breathing. the incident happened a month after conner's law went in to place mandating defibrillators. >> conner was watching over the little boy yesterday. the mother got a great gift, her son is alive. >> the victim's name has not been released. conners law is considered in queen anns county, the goal is to take the measure nationwide. maybe a while before a police officer is back at work after shot in the leg. officers say one of three people opened fire inside a langley park club saturday

morning. a bullet hit rachel jacob. police pulled over a car and arrested everyone inside. >> this is the 5th time in a little more than 18 months that a prince georges county police officer has been shot at, or shot. this is unprecedented. >> kelly gillis faces a number of charges, including 3 counts of attempted first degree murder. a man is in legal trouble after raping a woman in frostburg. three women agreed to go to a home with andrew dash and staying for drinks two. women ran away after dash raped one of them, fired a shot and held another one at gun point. your allergies maybe killing you. imagine seeing a wall of dust heading for you. it's a common sign in one arizona city. getting back to the community, how one multimedia

journalist is helping less fortunate children have school supplies. everything is up to speed at 695 on harford road. as we go to break, a live look at times square in knock. we'll new york. we'll be right back.

the this is becoming a familiar sight. phoenix hit by a dust storm during the weekend known as a ha by. phoenix supposed to get more wet weather today. that's great, we need the rain here. but the weekend, temperatures were great out. there hopefully you had a chance to enjoy the great

weather. like we said, we need rain. >> we definitely need rain. a slight chance for a shower or thunderstorm to pop up this afternoon. better chances in to tomorrow. let's show you what is going on now. arizona, they are seeing wet weather across the area. we see another batch of rain heading over to nebraska now and more diving down across the great lakes. close to home, we still are dry. that wet weather to come as we go in to tomorrow. now, temperatures coming in at 68 manchester. reisterstown 66. more in buoy this morning. 71 chestertown, goldsboro 70. middletown 74. 71 northeast. this is as we break your day down, hour by hour, 8:00, 76. 84 by lunchtime. the sun cloud mix. slight chance for a shower in to 4:00 p.m. it is slight in nature with the temperature coming in around 87 degrees. that's where we should be now

for this time of theee. good morning, lynette. we are dealing with a big sink hole in east baltimore. construction continues for the next month. east monument will be shutdown until then between wolf street and patterson park avenue. there are no delays traveling through the fort mc henry or the harbor tunnel. if you are using 95 white marsh, a 15 minute ride from 43 in to the city. this is what the harrisburg looks like in hunt valley. everything is nice and clear at shawan road. easy ride towards 695. this is the beltway at bel air, no problems to report. it's going to take you 11 minutes from 95 up to 83. that's a look at your abc 2 time saver traffic. welcome back. it's been five months since the death of trayvon martin.

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around 400 pilots expected to demonstrate outside the white house protesting the outsourcing of jobs and pushing for better working conditions. the death of trayvon martin is going to be the center of a discussion in a public meeting tonight. the community is encouraged to attend. president barack obama is campaigning in new york, mitt romney is presumptive republican nominee continues his overseas tour arriving in poland to meet with lawmakers and visit a world war ii site. republican senators john

mccain, gram and kelly aot will hold town hall meetings in battleground states, visiting florida x north carolina and virginia, home to military and defense contracting jobs. and college students are coming to dc for the start of the national conservative student conference. tab op lawmakers are scheduled to speak during a five day event. welcome back. >> thank you so much. it's nice to be back. >> you got some sun. >> yes. >> good color. >> good times at the beach. >> things seem quiet. >> i missed the big sink hole in baltimore last week. it shuts down east monument, between wolf and patterson park avenue. stick with orleans. no problems to report on the

jfx in to the city and beltway. nice and clear all the way around. >> speaking of color and the sun, the temperatures were great to do it and do it safely of course. >> we will be able to do a little bit of it today. sun and clouds mixing in. don't let the seasonable temperatures fool you. we will have a little bit of humidity. dew points in the 60s in baltimore right now. it is humid. more of the same heading over to frederick and york. 70 dc and more of the same in salisbury in terms of the humidity, check out the temperatures, 71 degrees aberdeen. 72 gwen oak. today there will be changes to the roads in downtown baltimore. construction begins to transform the roads in to high speed raceways for the coming grand prix. linda so is live downtown with a preview of what people can expect and how it could be affecting their commute today. >> reporter: the hope is it won't affect your commute, race organizerses say s say a lot of

the work will be ready tonight. they will be here at 11 to talk about what shaping over the next month, putting down the first ceremonial jersey barrier at mckeldin square to mark the start of construction. most of the construction will happen in the final three weeks leading up to the race on labor day weekend. you will see jersey barriers and safety fencing along streets where the race will happen and several grand stands. in the week before the race, streets will be closed so crews can work through the night. this year's race will be on friday, saturday, and sunday of labor day weekend. tickets are still available. live in downtown baltimore, linda so, abc2 news. the story these two will have to tell. these two bundles joy were born on separate highways on long island. this is gaff von, delivered on

the southern state parkway after his parents pulled over to wait for an balance. >> i'm not covered up at all. there is a car driving towards us. i'm like oh my god. >> once in the ambulance they continued to the hospital. then, on the state parkway, claim declan. everyone is reported to be doing just fine. scary moments passed on the superman ride in california six flags. they got stuck at the top for an hour and a half. crews had to bring in a crane to get the riders down. a spokeswoman says the ride will be closed until a state of the inspection can be be completed. several families had to leave their home after a sink hole formed underneath their

street. crews found the hole after anary heard water running underneath they home and part of the basement caved in. engineers sent in robotic cameras to see how deep the hole was and test how fast it was spreading. shoppers at two wal-mart stores in kansas and missouri forced to leaf after bomb threats were made. the threats were made against wal-mart in leavenworth and lawrence. no dangerous devices were found during the search of the stores. reverend jesse jackson is asking for prayers this morning. his son and congressman is treated at the mayo clinic for depression. jackson says there is no timetable and he is being secretive. congressman jackson is facing a epics investigation linked to

rod blagojevich. back to the weather. you say we could see rain in the days to come. notednot today? a slight chance for today. we are pretty much clear. we have a few clouds, but no rain what soft. that rain is and us, we are in between systems right now, we will have another one through tomorrow. now, heading out the door, getting ready to do your thing. 72 is what you can dress for this morning. 64 frederick. hagerstown 67. it will be a good day to do outdoor activities. you can do them all day long. in to the afternoon, that's better chance for showers and a rumble of thunder to pop up. future trend picking up on dry times this morning. we put it in to motion. here is a shower in to the afternoon time frame and we will see that as we head in to

tuesday. things dry out more through time and we need the rain, we are over 7 inches for the entire year and we need to cut down the deficit. as time goes on we will be seeing some improving conditions. 87 degrees is what i'm going for today. as we start you out at 8:00 today, 76 degrees is what we are going with. lunchtime, temperature 84. this is a good day to eat the lunch outdoors, sit under an umbrella and do your thing. 87 by 4:00 p.m. the humidity will stick throughout the day and more humid in to the evening time frame. this is what we have as your forecast trend. we will start to see the temperatures jump all the way back up. looking at the 90s as we head in to friday and also saturday. let's get a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook. is it another sink hole?

>> the same sink hole. causing big problems. east monument shutdown between wolf and patterson park. stick with orleans as your alternate route. the intersection will be closed for a month. if you are traveling the main lines, everything is clear in howard county this is what it looks like on interstate 70 near columbia pike. no delays towards 695, west side, pulling up drive times taking you 11 minutes towards 95 and if you are using the jfx, no concerns southbound from the beltway down to east fayette street. that stretch will take you 11 minutes as well. 95 going to be nice and clear through the fort mc henry, from the beltway to the toll plaza, an 8 minute trip. looking outside your house, does it look worn? maybe a little bit weathered.

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