morning. but mainly to the south. the good news i have for you is along the eastern shore, yes, we are dealing with some rain. st. michaels getting in on moderate rain. we like that. easton, more of the same. we are seeing more light in the green. oxford light ran across the area and we are diving down a little further to the south as we head into dore chest erin cambridge and church creek getting wet weather this morning. this is what we like to see. temperatures are on the warm side once again. look at the 70s in baltimore and dc. 73. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook you watching oat limb picks. >> reporter: i am but i -- olympics too. >> reporter: i am but i caught a little volleyball. well, unfortunately we have problems out on the roads. we are dealing with a crash on 95 that has shut down the northbound lanes at powder mill road. traveling in the area, stick with route 295 or even 29 as an alternate. heading into the city there, are no delays through the fort

mchenry tunnel or the harbor tunnel. once you are in the city, we have an update on the water main break. it will be fixed within the next 2 to 3 weeks. until then light street is shut down between broughtmore street and lombard -- baltimore street and lombard street. if you are using the jfx to get into the city, no delays, 11 minutes from towson to downtown baltimore. and here's what the top side of the 695 looks like in towson at due leany valley road, no -- dulaney valley road no delays heading up to 83. beginning today, many more women will have access to preventive services aimed at keeping them healthy. linda so is here with telling us what's changing and this is all part of president obama's realization of the health care reform law. >> reporter: yeah, it's just another part of the law that takes effect today. it provides life saving services free of charge for a lot more women. most women will no longer have to pay copays when they see doctors for these things. employers are required to cover

8 new preventive services for women without charging them out of pocket. they h control, well women visits and gestational diabetes screening and breast feeding support and hiv testing. before some insurance companies didn't cover these service at all but it changes today. >> women will have access to the health care that their doctor says they need. not what an insurance company says they need or what some right winger wants to take away from them. >> reporter: now not all women will have access to the new services. certain insurance plans that existed before the law was passed may be exempt under a grandfather's clause. you can call your employer to ask whether you're in grand fathered health insurance plan. he spent 31 years on the baltimore city police force five as the commissioner and today it's official fred bealefeld is his first day of

retirement. on the resume he claims five years of declining violent crime and a murder rate not seen in charm city since the 1970s. he says he is going miss being a public servant most however he says he is exsighted to start the next chapter in his life. excitesed to star the next -- excited to start the next chapter in his life. >> you've front row seat to everything sitter here -- sitting here. but i don't kneeled the shield or iewn -- i don't need the shield or uniform or title to have adventure or fulfillment in my life. there is a lot out there. and i just don't want to miss it. i am not going to miss it. >> the commissioner is confident about his decision to retire now. but it was not an easy one. he says he wants to spend more time with his family but cites

the resignation as deputy mayor and the mayor's adviser on crime as another reason as well. news around the nation 9 people are safe after their cars were swept off a major highway in phoenix arizona. three cars and dump truck wereswept off the highway leaving 9 people stranded including a baby. the water was about 3 feet deep in the area. crews managed to get everyone out to safety. well letting your child draw with chalk outside is not something you would expect to get in trouble for. however, police they say it happened. a mother in virginia is in trouble because a judge sentenced susan mortenstein to 50 hours of community service for let he her 4-year-old daughter use chalk on rocks in a park. she received basically a $300 fine a ticket and if you look at the video the police on patrol. >> the next time i catch you i will kick you of the park and you can't come to any state

park. >> my daughter is is avoiding the chalk and doesn't want to see chalk anymore. >> outside the courthouse one supporter wrote chalking is not a crime and you see it there. mortensen says it was buyingo degradable and didn't do damage to the rocks or minerals and would have washed away like most chalk, in the rain. if you use hot mail gratedy for changes. >> details on why microsoft says they will switch hot mail useers to a new e-mail service. >> one of the biggest names in rap music by snoop dogg is changing his rhythm and plans for a new style of music. we will explain. all right. so we have cloud out there this morning. satellite picking up on that and satellite picking up on rain and thunderstorms mainly to the south. i will tell you if it comes into baltimore heading throughout the day lauren. >> well, no delays to tell you about on 95 north of 195. but as we head down to powder mill road we are dealing with an accident that has shut down

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microsoft is parting way was hot mail over the next few months. the tech giant will invite hot mail users to test a new web based version of outlook so many existing users will be able to keep their hot mail addresss however new users will have to choose the outlook domain. now acoring to microsoft the out-- according to microsoft it has a cleaner interface and social aspects built in. this is a cool story. twitter users you know about the hash tag reference. now there's a cash tag. users can follow stocks by putting the dollar sib in -- sign in front of ticker symbol and click on the symbol to see what they are saying about your favorite stocks. now a look at today's business news. >> reporter: good morning. topping america's money, one less worry for the financial markets congressional leaders have a tentative agreement to keep the government running past the election but there's little reaction on wall street. facebook shares are at a new

low. some 43% below the initial price and the major investment bank ubs says it lost more than $3 50 million on facebook because of the nasdaq exchange's mistakes. and maybe a little crowded outside chick-fil-a restaurants today. thousands of folks plan to demonstrate their support for comments by the chain's ceo opposing same sex marriage. protest by the other side of the issue are set for friday. tickets for a canceled rock concert will be honored in 1977 performance by the who was canceled because of safety concerns. anyone with tickets can trade it in for the concert in february. that's america's money. i am rob nelson.

now "good morning maryland."

>> dog -- snoop dogg is changing his tune. >> he plans to focus on creatingreggae music. it will be snoop lion. >> lion. >> i know e said wrap is -- rap is no longer a challenge and says it's time to find something new. the next release is going to be called reincarnateed and snoop said he called theic of love, happiness and sadness. lynette. your thoughts, please. >> i like reggae. >> maybe he will be good. >> what about snoop lion. >>i don't know about that. i like reggae and i like the weather, too. we are getting rain, you've smile on my face but we need the rain so i like what we are seeing on maryland's most powerful radar. yesterday, mainly to the south but it's along the eastern shore. definitely need it there. and in a severe drought across the area. yellows around easton trap

cambridge and this means moderate rainfall. this is nice steady rain not dealing with thunderstorms. so nothing dangerous. as we head towards the city this is a heavier thunderstorm moving in across the area. and all this is pushing off towards the east. we will talk about more scattered showers and thunderstorms coming up this afternoon but now let's go over to lauren. >> reporter: good morning. we are dealing with a a crash on 95. it shut down the northbound lanes at powder mill road. traveling in the area, stick with route 295 as your alternate or route 1. heading into baltimore city no delays through the harbor tunnel or the fort mchad beenry. using the j -- mchenry. using jfx11 minutes from the beltway to fayette street. here's 695 everything up to speed at old court road making for a nice easy ride towards 95. megan and charley, over to you. supporters of same sex marriage calling for a boy cot of chick-fil-a. >> how -- boycott of chick-fil-

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now "good morning maryland." thanks for joining on this wednesday morning. today is appreciation day for chick-fil-a. it's all to show support for the company and its president's stance for same sex marriage. sherrie johnson is live this morning at a chick-fil-a in parkville and this is just one of two events that's happening this week correct. >> reporter: that is right. yes, we are here in parkville on joppa road. you can see behind me they are opening up in about 15 minutes here. we have started to see the employees go in and turn on lights here. they will be opening up. now the appreciation day kicks off today for customers but on friday, there will be a protest. this is all because you know the national organization for marriage actually today is encouraging people to come out here and it supports the chick- fil-a business. this comes after recent controversy surrounding chick- fil-a and the president's and

ceo. dan cathy told baptist press chick-fil-a is supportive of the family unit. the preperceived antigay marriage renewed debate. company received criticism from some people including politicians, other businesses and college campuses. equality maryland which is maryland'sless byian transgender and bisexual organization calls the comments antigay. since cathy's statement as the controversy expanded, the company's brand has starred to deteriorate. that's -- started to deteriorate. they are encouraging people to come out today. on friday, protesters will be out here as well trying to get people not to come and eat at the chain restaurant. reporting hive in parkville -- live in parkville, sherrie johnson. >> five things to know before you head out the door this morning. president obama heads to the battleground state of ohio today. he is visiting mansfield and

akron before heading back to the white house. a running mate for mitt romney is an app for that. you will be the first to know who mitt romney chooses. he is expected to announce that decision sometime between now and the republican national convention. that's august 27th. a new law takes effect in louisiana to protect children from sex offenders and child predators. they will have to state the criminal status on the facebook or other social media profile. and testimony today in the trial against drew peterson charged with murdering his third wife. prosecutors say he killed her and kept her away for a his money. now, the defense says her death was the result of a tragic accident. author playwright and politician died yesterday at his home in hollywood hills from complications from new mown yeah. his work included -- shall pneumonia. his work included the best selling novel lincoln. when you think of cool places to go, what city is first? >> probably most people would say new york city maybe chicago

los angeles bow those are in the top ten but text a texas city has taken number one. >> job growth is part of the coolest and it's houston. it's the coolest city in america. job growth a big part of that. and bringing in more young professionals to that baltimore we are not too bad. >> you are looking at video of charm city coming in at number 14 on list for forbes. and we get high marks for recreational activities that are available and bethesda takes a spot on the list at 17. dc if you are curious number 2. we can't call charm city cool as far as the weather goes. that's for sure. >> no. >> it's far from cool. it's humid. but you know what, temperatures pretty much seasonable but humidity makes everything worse. we look at texas. texas is nice and dry. today, but we also have wet weather along the coast of the carolinas. this disturbance in a way we

were hoping would affect us because we do need that rainfall. but as we look at what's going on right now, we have our own showers and storms pushing into southern maryland. pretty much a carbon copy of yesterday but the eastern shore getting affected by the rainfall. that's some good news. we do have a big thunderstorm now pushing over towards ocean city as of now. so they are going to get in on it again they have light ening across the area. but bel air is nice and dry this morning. we see the clouds coming in. hovering across the area but all in all dry now. i can't say it will stay dry. more scattered showers are possible and some thunderstorms. just like yesterday. right now, temperatures 72 in cardy. 69 in bowie and goldsboro at 71. and rock hall right around 71. elkton 68 and here's the 7-day forecast. as we will get hotter heading into the weekend continuing on

monday. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning how are the roads. >> reporter: good morning. we are dealing with a crash this morning on 95. it shut down the northbound lanes at powder mill road. traveling in the area stick with route 295 or 29 as your alternate route. if you are heading into baltimore city, no delays traveling through the fort mchenry tunnel or the harbor tubal and the jfx going to be nice -- tunnel and the jfx going to be nice and clear. we are dealing with problems in downtown baltimore. we are looking at 2 to 3 weeksuntil the massive water main break will be replace pared. light street shut down between baltimore and lombard street. take hopkins place instead and the searching hole on the east side has shut down monument street between wolf and patterson park avenue. use orlien as an alternate. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. a family almost lose as father when the car he was working on falls on top of him.

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maryland." a father daughter bond is a special one and in one case a virginia family it's strong too. >> pretty strong. and that's because a 22-year- old woman uses unbelievable strength to save her dad. lauren's father was work underneath the car and it fell on top of him. without thinking twice she lifted theton and a half -- theton and a half car and -- the t-on and a half car and dragged him out. >> i was talk to him keep breath and tough stay with him. >> he is recovering this morning and is expected to be okay. >> incredible. news time 5:56 and cuba gooding junior is wanted by new orleans police. >> what the actor allegedly did while visiting the french quarter that caused police to issue the arrest warrant. and he lost his twin brother to cancer when he was 9 years old. how baking helped this man cope while paying tribute to his brother. >> parts of the united states are suffering from drought conditions but this is helping some fishermen.

how a lack of water is pussingfish in their hands. >> we have been talking about the thunderstorms in southern maryland today. check out my picture. sky over arundel mills in hanover maryland. lauren. >> reporter: well, there are no delays on 95. north of 195 but we are dealing with a crash that shut down the interstate at powder mill road. i will have the details coming up on "good morning maryland." have breakfast with milk

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