all that straight ahead on thismonday august 6th of the good morning -- 6th. good morning. i am charley crawson megan is off -- crawson. megan is -- crowson. megan is off today. >> we still have one pesky shower between goldsbory and mary deal del. that's sliding off towards the east the lightning stria's in new jersey and atlantic. that's -- strikes in new jers crane at lant -- new injury-- new injury -- new jersey and atlantic. we are coming in at 74 in frederickp wind are out of the north and west and hopefully it will dry things out. looking at the forecast trend, 87 for today. it goes up before it tapers off and goes back down. 86 is where we need to be for this tie of the year. let's check the abc2 timesaver

traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: traffic is picking up. if you are headed to downtown baltimore, repairs continue on the water main break. light street is shut down between lombard and baltimore streets. using the jfx to get into the city, no problems to tell you about from the beltway downtown to east fayette street. but we have two disabled cars out on 695. one is on the inner loop at charles street and the other on the outer loop at bw parkway. here's what the west side looks like at liberty road. traffic starting to pick up on that outer loop. that continues down towards route 40 at the inner loop that will be nice and clear up towards 83 and this is the 5 the -- 95 the south synd congestion developing -- south side congestion developing at the north connector. we could know the name of the man responsible for a deadly shooting at a sikh temple in wisconsin. police believe he opened fire with a 9 millimeter

semiautomatic handgun. they say the suspect ambushed the first officer on the scene shooting him several time. a second officer shot and killed the gunman. candle lyle vigil drew maureen tortes community scare -- drew mourners to the community scare -- drew mourn tortes community square as they -- mourners to the community square as they tried to cope. >> i just want people to know that they shouldn't be mistaken by us and because we have turbans and long beards and that's our religion and it's peaceful. >> abc news is citing a law enforcement force saying the person involved the suspended gunman was an army veteran who may have been a white supremacist. here in baltimore, members of the sikh community are reacting to the shootings. linda so is here with how they hope to help. what are they planning to do. >> reporter: the sikh association of baltimore is planning a prayer service for this week. they came back to the temple

yesterday to pray after hearing about with a happened in wisconsin wept doesn't know if the sikhs . we don't know -- we don't know if the sikhs in wisconsin were targeted. sikhism is an independent religion created 500 years ago in india. the fbi says it's investigating the shootings as domestic terrorism. >> the community always what fear that this kind of thing might happen and since september 11th. >> reporter: the local sikh association says it's working to update security at their temple. we will pass along details for the prayer service as soon as we get them. linda so, abc2 news. news around the nation this morning, one person is dead and nine others hurt after a lightning strike during a nascar race at pocono race way in the parking lot behind the grandstand. it's not clear if all 10 were struck by lightning. the race was called because of rain with 98 of the 160

schedule laps completed. the track posted warnings on the twitter page encorninging everyone to seek -- encouraging everyone to seek shelter as heavy winds and lightning were in the area. a man wanted food so badly he was willing to trade a baby for it. florida police are trying to track him down. video shows him going door to door at a motel and officer don't know who the man or child are. and they are worry for the child's safety. detectives tell us that they are not sure yet if the child was abducted or was in fact the man's. so far there have been no reports of missing children in the area. >> we are keeping an eye out today and when i walked or ride i will look for him and the baby you know. >> those saturday the motel -- at the motel hope the baby is found safely. if you took advantage of a flight deal on southwest you could be getting money back. a computer glitch that may have emptied your bank account and what's being done to make that right. and an incident right

before the man's 100 meter dash put would man behind bars. what he did trying to distract runners. >> and we are not as hot as yesterday, but that humidity is sticking around with the dew points in the 70s. i will tell you when the drier air filters in coming up. lauren. >> reporter: well, it's going to be a slow but steady ride on 95 at 395. you will have traffic shaping up on the beltway coming up on good morning maryland. nikki! rick! wow, you look terrific! [ female announcer ] the whitening you've always wanted. new crest 3d white glamorous white toothpaste. your smile will shine brighter after just one brushing, and it removes up to 90% of surface stains in just 5 days. for a smile so white, you won't just be the ex-girlfriend. you'll be the one that got away. crest 3d white glamorous white toothpaste. life opens up when you do.

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million mark and face -- in facebookfans should have begin a 50% discount on some fares. but, a computer glitch caused the customers to be charged multiple times and in some cases 20 or more times. southwest says it's going to repay customers for the glitch and they are going to cover all overdraft fees and additional charges. previous generations of retireees got better deals in social security mainly because payroll tacks were very low when -- taxes were very low when social security was enacted. people retiring today will be the first generation of workers who paid more into social security taxes during the careers than they will receive in benefits after they retire. it's a shift that will only get worse as retireees get older and older. wisconsin -- a wisconsin town is coming to grips at a shooting at a temple. how they are hoping to bring everyone together in this time of tragedy.

fighting for their dreams. supporters of a controversial education measure come out in droves. and 22 medal, 18 gold, what michael phelps plans to do now that he fulfilled his olympic dreams and goals. >> and charley it feels tropical outside. i will tell you how long that last and we will look at tropics coming up. lauren. >> reporter: we are dealing with congestion out on 95 out on 195. i will let you know if it continues on the beltway coming up on good morning maryland.

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6:43. good morning i am charley crowson. time for abc2 news to go. we begin with a check of your morning forecast with lynette charles. >> it's monday and i hope everyone made it through the weekend safely. we had severe weather yesterday. maryland's most powerful radar is nice and dry. one lone shower pushed off into delaware to the north of dover. that's good news. but, as we go into the afternoon, i am not going to rule out a chance for a shower or storm to pop up in the forecast. ijamsville look good. we have the sun cloud mix

continuing throughout the day. temperatures in ijamsville 72. and we are close to 8 # in -- 80 in denton. and those winds still out of the south and west that cold front trying to get closer and move through the area. hopefully it will do so. if it does it will strictel in drier air and that's what we like to feel. we will stay humid through the morning. and even going into the afternoon 9:00, 85 and we are looking at 87 as we head into lunchtime. it's going to be a warm day on tap. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook record good morning. we have a few -- >> reporter: good morning. we are dealing with a few problems. the disabled car on northbound lanes of ruxton road. 795 southbound at franklin boulevard there's another problem. here's a live look at liberty road. outer loop is congested. we have a days abled car at 295 and another disabled car on the

top side of the belledway on the inner loop at charles street. looking at live at harford road no anything delays inner loop towards 95. a lot of breakdowns. today we could learn more especially the name of the man responsible for killing 6 people in the shooting at a sikh tim pel in which is con-- temple in wisconsin. he was shot and killed by police. land so is is here with how -- linda so is is here with how local sikh community are reacting and what do they have -- communities and reacting and what they have planned. >> reporter: they are planning a special prayer service. members came back to the temple to pray after hearing about the shootings in wisconsin. we don't know if the sikhs in wisconsin were targeted but threats in that community have been common since 9/11. sikhs say they are confused with muslims because they cover their heads with turbans and don't shave their beards. but sikhism is an independent

religion created 500 years ago in india. >> sikhism was formed to fight against injustice, basically what our nation was built upon and what our forefathers built the united states on. >> reporter: the shooting in wisconsin has the sikh association here in baltimore working to update the security at the temple. we will pass along details for the prayer service as soon as we get them. linda so, abc2 news. 6:46. in our state tomorrow gun laws are expect to change. a federal judge lifted a stay on the ruling a portion of maryland's gun permit law is unconstitutional. the restrictions carry with it will be relaxed and you will no long ver to show a good or substantial reason to carry a gun. attorney general's office plans to file an appeal. and in other news, new information on a fire at a denny's in harford county. police need your help finding a person of interest involving the fire. it happened friday at route 24 and i-9and sher -- i-95 and sherrie johnson has more

information. >> reporter: we have learned authorities determined this fire was arson. someone intentionally set the fire at the denny's restaurant in harford county. and this is new video of the fire at denny. the fire started in the men's bathroom friday morning in the1300 block of edgewood road and spread to the attic and the roofquickly a customer discovered the fire. 75 firefighters respond to the scene. it took 45 minutes to put it out. none of the customers were injured but one employee and a firefighter went to the hospital for medical treatment and were later released. look at this video here. police say this man is a person of interest. the photo is a little blurry but they want to speak to the man in the orange shirt. and police basically are saying that troopers and crime scene experts from technicians from bel air are assisting with the investigation. if you have information ons this case, call -- on this

case, call 1-#00--- 1-800-492-7 to 9 shall-- 1-800-492-7295. the protest was organized by a group of black professional for fighters. some members feel the current leadership of the union is plagued with problem including lack of representation for minorities and financial issues. they will be outside the firefighters union hall on ridgely street within the city between 2 and 3 this afternoon. and a summit today in the nation's capital talking about something we have been it will you about for months -- telling you about for months. the state's first lady will be the keynote speaker for the bullying prevention summit discussing the importance of bullying brie vention and our state's effort to -- convention and our state's effort to stop bullying. you can view it live on stream and on twitter.

illegal immigrants are hoping -- those in favor of the dream act came out in a rally supporting the measure in silver spring yesterday. the dream act allows undocumented immigrant students to go to college and pay in- state tuition. some say it's not fair. but students say it's their only chance at getting higher education. >> if i go to umbc i will pay around $7,000. and if i do get out of state tuition it will be 28,000 dollars which just bans me from going to school. >> our students need to come first. citizen students we need to focus on themthey all can't get into the university of maryland. >> there werer qualification. parents must be paying taxes and their children must have attended a maryland high school for three years. if you think your chance to take advantage of the restaurant week-- if you didn't get a chance to take care of the restaurant week, the deals will be extended for some participating restaurants. if you go to the rest wont week web side and see -- rest wont

week website and see the -- be restaurant week website and see the e fection to the restaurant that means they are he can tending their deals. we have a link to the rest wont week website at our website abc2news.com. japanese city of hiroshima marks the 67th anniversary of the bombing. his grandson clifton truman daniel will take part in the memorial service 140,000 people died in the attack. the jetblue pilot who a melt down is due in court for a hearing. a judge order clayton os bon -- osbon be given a mental evaluation. and secretary of state hillary clinton is visiting south africa taking part in what's called a strategic dialogue between the u.s. and south africa. she will be meeting with the former south african president

nelson mandela. the national aquarium in baltimore turns 31 this week. the birthday is wednesday but it's week long celebration. today anyone born in august can get in the aquarium for free. there will be cake available in the harbor market kitchen -- kitchen. and the man famous for the saying no soup for you on seinfeld will yell that in baltimore streets. the seinfeld food truck will be in the inner harbor between noon and two and you will have a chance to meet the actor who played the soup nazi on the show seinfeld. it's fair to say michael phelps had a good run in the pool. and now a golden olympian ishanging up the goggles. he ended the final run with a gold in the 4 by 100 medley relay. that was this weekend. his career includes 22 medals and 18 of them gold. now he is looking forward to routines that don't include weightlifting or early wakeup calls. >> that's one thing i will not miss.

you know, jumping in a cold pool in the morning is the worst thing about the sport. >> he says he is spending more time working on his foundation helping inspiring young swimmers and wants to travel the world. check this out, a man was arrested for throwing a plastic bottle on track before the 100 meter race the one bolt won. prior to the going off of the race you see the man throwing the bottle right here. watch. you see it. it's purple arm throwing that bottle out. it's a plastic bottle thrown on the racetrack. dutch athlete was the bronze medalist in judo and saw this and helped police track the guy down. none of the racers were distracted by the bottle coming out. but the man was arrested and he was taken away from the olympic games. also video coming out of kansas. you can see lightning lighting up the sky over wichita. no reports of damage but it's a spectacular light show. lynette, we like seeing these,

as long as there's no damage or any injury to people. beautiful mother nature's lights. >> exactly beautiful. but we did get damage and injuries from the line of thunderstorms that moved through yesterday. today, though, a bit quieter many we like to say that. manchester look at the sky this morning. we do see a mixture of sun and clouds and that will be the scenario once again for today. we are looking at temperatures coming in quite warm this morning. that cold front has not made its way through so with that humidity is out there. 72 in ellicott city this morning. good morning kensington. you are at 72. 75 in goldsboro and 78 in kent island. we are close to 80 degrees across the area. we are feeling it. that moisture we are feeling it too. feeling oppressive. 72 for a dew point in baltimore. 73 in easton and 72 in dc. 72 in frederick. speaking of feeling oppressive let's check out the tropics as we look at ernesto. winds sustain at 50 miles an hour and moving off to the west at 50 miles an hour.

still forecasted to stay a tropical storm before it makes landfall across the yucatan peninsula and then reenters the gulf of mexico just for a minute or so. and then it heads back into mexico. so, it will miss the lower 48 and that's what we like to see. right now there are tropical storm warnings for honduras as this makes its way just north of the coast as it goes through the evening. we look at what's going on for today and future trend not picking up on a lot. we had a few showers this morning. those have now tapered off and moved off toward the east. and we should stay dry for the most part especially as we go into tomorrow and maybe even wednesday. thiss the forecast for today. hour by hour forecast brings us at 58 by lunchtime. and -- 85 by lunchtime. 87 by 4 p.m. not going to rule an isolated chance as long as we are in the warm sergeantor. but for your -- sector. but for the seven-day forecast the humidity moves in and sunday 85 and 86 on saturday and that's where we should be this time of the year.

let's check traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: we are dealing with two accidents on 95. one is up in har forecounty along the southbound -- harford county along the southbound lanes at havre de grace and another in howard county in laurel along the northbound lane at route 198. now heading out to 795, we have a disabled car along the southbound lanes at franklin beltway looks like at baltimore national pike. notice that outer loop going to be slow. it's jammed back towards herbert road and here's where the beltway looks like in overlea no problems on a inner loop towards 95. once you make your way up to the top side of the beltway another disabled car along the inter loop at charles street. we are giving away 600 dollars in free gas. like my ephysician abc2 -- official abc2 facebook page and we will draw a winner every friday for the rest of the summer. a chinese man has been training for 10 years and feels like he can challenge the

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