now "good morning maryland." it started in balmmore city and -- baltimore city and led to the man's death at the hands of a police office mer howard county. we will explain coming up. >> it's the commercial everyone is talking about.

we will introduce you to the kid who tells us excellence is something you work for not something you with born with. >> an update on hurricane season. why they say now it could be a little worse in the coming months. we will explain on this friday, august 10th, good morning i am charley crawson -- crowson. >> i am megan pringle. you have plans you will do with the family and you want to know the weather. >> how is it looking? >> wet. especially as we go through this morning. and also this afternoon. and possibly lingering into tomorrow. let's get down to business. as of now, we are seeing a few showers now creeping into montgomery county. zooming in around rockville gaithersburg and white oak heading that way, and also silver spring, you are getting in on that wet weather as of now. not heavy rains but light showers coming down. and the heavy to moderate rain is back in middleburg and plains around i-66 hay market so you have to go to virginia to get in on that and again still dealing with a few lightning strikes and things

dying down in terms of the thunderstorms but all in all, we still are dealing with wet weather this morning. 78 degrees right now in pasadena. and 72 in rockville. let's check the amount bc2 timesaver traffic with -- abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. we have reduced visibility. >> reporter: and a crash in mount airy shut down route 26 at unionville road. a crash to watch out for. everything is up to speed traveling through the fort mchenry tunnel as well as harbor tunnel. we have all that construction that is blocking one northbound lane of 895. right there at the steel bridge but speeds clocking in at a high of 54 miles per hour. so overall, not too bad. here's a live look at the west side of the beltway at baltimore national pike and you are looking at an 11-minute ride on the outer loop from 795 towards 95. but traffic is starting to pick up in the area. no problems on the outer loop from 95 up towards 83. that stretch will take you 11 minutes and if you are using 95 no concerns traveling southbound from 695 all the way downtown you are looking at a

15-minute ride. megan and charley over to you. we have breaking news update. the bizarre situation that ended with a man shot dead by police. this started in baltimore city. however the shooting happened hours later in howard county. charley is at the live desk with the latest how it led them to the couldn't any. >> we don't know the victim's name that could be released later this morning. the whole thing started in baltimore city and wound up in columbia out in howard county where police tracked down the man. this is how things apparently got out of control when it ended with the fatal shooting at the hand of police and according to officers, it started in the city on midnight wednesday where they say the man reportedly went to his ex- girlfriend's house held her and her child at gunpoint and threatening the lives. she escaped early thursday morning but the man left with the two-year-old. officers tracked him to a home on constant course in columbia where the officer involved shooting happened but thankfully the 2-year-old was not at the home at the time and investigators found them later at a family member's home.

now as far as the investigator who was involved in the shooting, he is on administrative leave spending outcome of the investigation howard. county working to figure out what happened. 5:34. if you are been watching the olimb fx you probably have seen this runner not on the track or medal stand but in a television advertisement. he is 12 and weighs 200 pounds. watching him struggle some viewers think he is mocked however as abc ron claiborne discovered us an -- he is an inspiration. >> reporter: every olympics one commercial stands out. 1984 it was we love l.a. in 88, the poll vaulting budweiser dog. >> greatness. >> reporter: and now this year, there's this. >> somehow we have come to believe that greatness is a gift. reserved for a chosen few.

the prodigies for superstars. >> reporter: instead of an elegit athlete performing a super human feat this ad shows a 200 pound 12-year-old boy from london ohio jogging alone. >> greatness is not a rare dna strand. it's not some precious thing. >> reporter: his name is nathan and before he made this commercial, he says he didn't even like running. >> i just kind of put the hatred of running to the side because it was a experience and so fun. >> reporter: fun except for the one take when he got sick fromexertion. >> was out of breath and took a drink and my stomach started to hurt and went over to the side of the road and just let it go. >> reporter: something about this commercial the image of the overweight kid struggling down a country road struck a cord with millions around the world online messages poured in many from overweight people. i am headed for a jog around the block. there's nowhere to go but up.

>> i love nathan i hope he runs until he feels awesome about himself. it off sets the idea that the only people who are great are this pinnacle of greatness. i like the idea that anyone can do something challenging in their life. >> reporter: not everyone likes the ad some say it exploits a chby kid. >> -- chubby kid but nathan and his family are happy with it the way it is. and while he may ner be an olympic athlete, he says he is going to keep at it. and he will keep inspiring others. ron claiborne abc news new york thieves picked a wrong convenience store in south carolina. the whole thing was caught on camera. so she fought back and look at what happened in july. but the video was just released by police. the suspect was paying for a pack of oreos when he reached over the counter to grab the money from the register. well, she made him pay. and even threw the cookies at his head as he ran out.

>> i started wailing at the back of his head. it helped out a lot because he didn't make out with money he intended he only made out with 30 something dollars and the oreos hitting his head. >> police are still look for him. -- look for him. -- looking for him. there's an interesting world record holder. this is happy a goat with a special talent that can go on the skateboard. fartherest distance for the skateboarding goat. she went 18 feet on a ride that lasted 18 seconds and stopped by a parking block. >> how do you think people come up with that? >> how do you come with up that category? >> there's category for anything. >> apparently so. let's find something. >> all right. the high wire act one daredevil did he is at it

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now "good morning maryland." he did it again this time high above the beach in atlantic city. >> nism c wallenda walked 13 -- nic wallenda walked 1300 feet in the air without a harness e did this last night-- he did this last night and made it without a wobble. he was worried about the winds however he had no problem performing this daring feat. when they zoom out that's when you see how scarry that looks. >> look at this. look at this. you see the people below him? >> that's scary. >> i thought really? wow. >> it's scary but you know what, can we go into weather? thank you. let's talk about what's going on. we will deal with thunderstorms going through the afternoon. right now we have a big batch

of thundstms now popping up. it's been around virginia this morning and it's slighting -- sliding up into montgomerycorchty. this continues through the -- county. this continues through the morning and another batch going into the afternoon. but this is what we are working with as we go throughout the day. your hour by hour forecast by 10, 78 degrees. close to 80 and by lunchtime 84 and i am forecasting around 86 by 3 p.m. with still thunderstorms and some could be strong. lethe abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: good morning. we are dealing with a very serious crash in mount airy that shut down route 26 in both directions. that's going to be right between unionville road and pawnee drive. if you are in the area, stick with route 31 as your alternate route. if you are using 795, there are no concerns from owings mills boulevard over to 695 and everything will be up to speed on the west side of the beltway from 795 all the way down towards route 40. for those of you heading out to the harrisburg expressway here's hunt valley at shawan

road. no problems getting towards 695. it will remain clear as you get on to the jfx. megan and charley over to you. >> 5:43. it was a test but it left nasa officials trying to figure out what went wrong. >> a huge project scheduled for the moon not for mars. that was earlier this week. but this one to the moon never got off the ground.

now "good morning maryland." thanks for joining us on this friday morning many today they will pay final respects to 6 people who were killed in a wisconsin sikh temple shooting and they are expecting a lot of people. >> reporter: thousands are expect to be there to pay respects. organizers had initially given two hours for the wake and visitation at a local high school. but they now plan to be there for four hours to accommodate mourners from around the world. we have learned u.s. attorney general eric holder has been added as a last-minute speaker. the service will honor the 6 victims who were shot and killed on sunday. the gunman wade michael page opened fire on the victims as they worshipped inside the temple. yesterday, for the first time since the mask shootings

members were allowed back-side and clean up the damage and opened the dining hall where they run an open kitchen for the community. your congregation is going to do whatever it takes and they took pictures because it's positive feeling. >> reporter: members plan to return to the temple and read the holy book from cover to cover to honor victims. amount bc2 news linda so. it's 5:47. this is not the ending nasa -- nasa hoped for. the unmanned moon lander crashed and burned at kennedy space center in florida. project manager says the lander is completely destroyed and now nasa is going to gather more information to determine what went wrong massive fire here. nasa hopes it will one day deliver cargo to the moon and another one is under construction. and that may be complete in two

to three months no one is injured in the crash. 5:47. five things to know before heading out the door. an army private will learn his fate today following the conviction to blow up a restaurant that was full of fort hood troops. he faces the possibility of a life in prison. and tomorrow the manager of one of the only chick-fil-a in new hampshire will serve as a sponsor of the new hampshire pride fest celebration of gay rights a few weeks after the president of the company says he does not support same sex marriage. that spurred protests from spores and those against the views. the legal team for lance armstrong is in court today for a hearing. u.s. antidoping agency claims he used performance enhancing drugs. armstrong denies the claims. shot maryland starts on sunday a and -- and that means you don't have to pay the 6% sales tax on clothes and shoes. they've cost of 100 dollars orless. that's the limit the tax free

shopping ends saturday august 18th. the man behind songs like the classic sweet caroline is getting honored. neil diamond will unveil his star on the walk of fame. there's a ceremony happening outside capital records in hollywood. baltimore city restaurant weekended so you might be wondering what do i do now? head out to the county because they are having the restaurant week that kicks off today. 35 restaurants are participating this year. prices range from 10.12 for lunch for 35.12 and that's for a three-course entree. now restaurant week starts a three-course dinner i should say not three entrees. it runs until august 19th. i was hoping that's where my mind is right now. >> i hang onto every word you say. >> i know. >> we should expect more serious storms than predicted for the hurricane season. this came out yesterday. >> no one likes to hear this. national oceanic atmospherics administration revised the forecast saying there could be

between 12 to 17 named storms. >> back in may they predicted 9 to 15 named storms and they says 5 to 8 of those named storms will become hurricanes 2 of 3 could become major so far this season. we have had just six named storms. >> yeah. you guys that's right. they did uptick it because of the fact we had florence and ernesto which is a tropical storm which is good news. it will bring lots of rain to mexico but thinking about el nino. that's why they have made it a little higher than what they first suggested. but here at home we are dealing with storms of our own on land. and especially as we head into virginia this morning. but we are dealing with some heavier rain in a lot of spots as well. so if you are going back off towards the west, well, be prepared for that. after this first batch of rain moving through the area right here, we have another back of rain moving through and also we could be dealing with stormy weather as we go into the afternoon. so we are going to keep you abreast of that situation. we will have gusty winds with

that and also possibly large hail as well. now we look at the fact we are waiting for the sun to rise heading into bel air this morning. we put it in motion and can see again not sos abouty on the roadways but we have a little -- busy on the roadways but we have a little patchy fog so take it easy heading out and about. temperatures this morning, into westminster good morning at 69 degrees. upper 60s in ijamsville and frederick. 75 in glen oak and middletown 76 degrees. 75 in goldboro. so we have another start to the day that is very sultry and above average temperatures. we look at your future temps forecasted for the afternoon. lunchtime between 82 and 84 degrees. and that will be the scenario for today. and your 7-day forecast, well, not too bad as we go through time. especially on your sunday where temperatures will be at 88 nice and dry. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook good morning. >> reporter: good morning. hopefully the rain will stay away from bel air today and tomorrow. the big barbeque bash is going to be this weekend.

hopefully the weather will cooperate. traveling in mount airy we have a crash that shut down route 26 that's going to be right between unionville road and pawnee drive. if you are headed to the area stick with route 31 as the alternate. no problems on the south side of 95. it will be clear heading towards dc or up towards the tunnels. but we have all that construction still going on on 895. it's blobbing one northbound lane -- blocking one northbound lane at the steel bridge. speeds at 54 miles per hour as the morning progresses. that will very well change. so stick with the fort mchenry tunnel. here's 695 in overlea. traffic is picking up but no significant delays overall. a nice easy ride up towards towson now over to you. okay. so eating fast-food is not a great idea. but before we get to that, like lauren on facebook and win $600 for free gas. >> give hear thumbs up. >> one couple deciding they are going to make eating out a cross country journey.

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appointments. the dry weather is bad for people but it seems creepy crawlies are doing well. what you need to know to protect yourself. >> and we have showers and storms pushing in for today. i will tell you if it's going to continue as we head through the weekend. lauren. >> reporter: well, traffic is just starting to kick off on 95 north of 195 and we are dealing with a serious crash on route 26 up in mount airy. i will have the details coming up on good morning maryland. have breakfast with milk

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