going into the afternoon. 67 that's a rain cooled 67 in bethesda this morning. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. talk about the mount airy crash. >> reporter: we are dealing with a sear -- serious crash that hut down route 26 between unionville road and pawnee drive. stick with route 31 to avoid the closure. and if you are traveling out on interstate 70, here's live look at columbia pike. the rain is really coming down hard in this area. expect reduced visible and please be extra careful. no significant delays as you head over to 695 and as we check in and look live at the beltway here's the southwest corner at wilkins. inner loop fine but outer loop jams up right now. you are look at a 13-minute ride from 795 down towards 95. all is clear on the jfx. 12 minutes traveling southbound from the beltway downtown to east fayette street and 95 going to be in great shape through the fort mchenry tunnel. 8 minutes from the beltway to

the toll plaza. megan and charley back over to you. today we may learn the name of a person who was shot and killed by police in howard county. now according to officers, this encounter started in baltimore city and happened around midnight on wednesday. a man reportedly went to his ex- girlfriend's house and held her and her child at gunpoint. threatened their lives and she was able to escape very early on thursday morning. but that man reportedly took off with her two-year-old. officers tracked him down and the shooting happened. the toddler was not there and this case is still being investigated right now. not only by baltimore city police but also howard county police. the officer involved is on advattive leave until -- administrative leave until it is shorted out. detectives from los angeles are look for a connection in prins george's county to a murder -- prince george's county to a murder. a body was -- l.a.

police are look for anyone who may have known henry. look at the picture. he lived in the area for 20 years and was born in jamaica and called hyattsville and laurel home. he is believed to have family living in the area. if you recognize dwight give police a call. police are not sure how this happened, and check this out. a car ends up in massachusetts river a woman watts coming home -- was coming home from the hospital and ended up in deep water. according to officers, she was trying to eevade place as -- evade police as they tried to rescue her. a scary ordeal and it's caught on camera. a small plane with a father, a son and two friends on board stalled midair. a camera in the could be -- cockpit was rolling as it turned upside down and crashed to the ground. >> it sounded like rapid gunfire until we were on the ground. it just mayhem. >> an incredible story because everyone survived. the 70-year-old pilot is hurt the worst. he has a broken rib and broken

jaw but all the men on board they are doing okay this morning. so if you haven't seen this come to your tv. this may be the story of the day here on good morning maryland. a thief in south carolina picked the wrong convenience store to rob a clerk decided to fight back and this all caught on video. the man was paying for a pack of oreos when he reached over and tried to grabt money from the register. -- grab the money from the register. she made him pay and threw the cookies at him as he ran away. >> i started wailing at back of his head and it helped out because he didn't make out with all the money and only made out with $30 something and the pack of or reo in the bask his head. >> you have to protect oreos. that's precious cargo. police say they are look for the guy who tried to rob the store. education news for you this morning. smart phones and tablets can help students develop key skills. and karin caifa tells us about

a program in baltimore where technology play as big role in summer learning. >> reporter: it looks like fun and games. but this is summer learning. at the st. francis neighborhood center in baltimore this group has spent last week fighting the so-called summer slump. >> a lot of times, kids don't engage in any academic activities throughout the summer and when they get back to school, teachers have to spend like four weeks trying to reteach them material. >> reporter: and in the digital age there are more skills to keep up over summer break. so this program a project of pdf kids funed by a department of education grant mimics a child's new multimedia world neigh doition reading, spelling -- in addition to reading spelling and math, a heavy dose of tech. they take turns with tablets and smart phones and lap to pes things this woman is happy to see the youngsters grasp. >> it's important because it's everywhere. >> reporter: they are item not every student can access when school is out missing the

opportunity to integrate them into the daily lives. educators say that consistent access is important for the young generation. >> for them it's not as much about learning to use it but learning to utes technology to teach them vital skills they are going to need to be successful in school and in life. >> reporter: reading, spelling and math and now tech. things they will use during the school year and beyond. i am karin caifa. 1980 sitcom going to the big screen. >> the plans in the works to take a loveable alien. >> no way. >> yep to the movies. alf. >> i wonder if they will change him.workers at google have a lot to be grateful for. the benefits loved ones receive when any of the employees pass away. amazing. that's coming up when good morning maryland comes backs.

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idea in the 2011 movie from the smurfs that made half a billion dollars and got a sequin -- sequel don't know how i feel. >> i feel you are excited. >> no. >> no? >> no. >> somethings shouldn't be remade and alf is one of them. >> it should abe loud to gay way. -- be allowed to go away. from books to lunches to basically gym clothes and the list is on and on backpacks the kids carry. >> coming, tips on what you need to know to help your child prevent possible injury because of heavy backpacks. >> we are going to look at firemen what they see -- what he sees when he enters a burning video. the individual -- burning building. the video from a helmet cam. >> i will tell you when it kwaiets down. >> reporter: traffic is picking up on 95. just north of 195, i will show you what the beltway and 83 look like coming up on good morning maryland.

abc2 news to go thanks for joining us i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson let's get started with the forecast with lynette charles. rain could be on the way. >> it is here. and we are dealing with thunderstorms that have lightning in them right now. you can see around baltimore and also south of baltimore. we will start in baltimore. we can see the thunderstorms popping up. the heavier rain and lots of down pours. that is good thingp we don't like the lightning we are seeing accompanying it. reisterstown getting in on that. this is stretching towards baltimore glen burnie getting in on the action. we are seeing more of the lightning and heavy rain around colonial beach and montrose. this is going to slide off toward the east. so, as we go through the remainder of the morning, it's going to be wet. take the rain gear and don't put it away keep it with you because we could see another round ofshowers and storms. temperatures in the 60s -- 70s. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic and we have the accident on the road.

>> yes. we are following that crash in carroll county. it shut down route 26 that's going to be right between unionville road and pawnee drive. use route 31 instead. and a new accident in northwest baltimore that is going to be right on northern parkway at wabash avenue. using interstate 70 this morning, a lot of rain really coming down in the howard county area. expect reduced visibility, but be extra careful heading over to 695 as we check in and look live here at the northwest corner at old court road. traffic is starting to pick up on that outer loop. it will remain sluggish making the drive towards route 40. inner loop pretty clear so no concerns getting up towards 8 3. and here's a live look in overlea at bel air road. the typical congestion among the outer loop making the way up towards towson. now over to you. thousands will gather today to say bye to the victims of the wisconsin sikh temple shootings. linda so is here with more. how long is the memorial expected to last.

>> reporter: organizers had initially given two hours for the wake and visitation at a local high school this morning. but they plan to be there for four hours to accommodate more nurse -- mourners from around the world. u.s. attorney general eric holder has been -- erik holder has been added at a last-minute speaker. the service will honor sixvictims shot and killed on sunday. the gunman opened fire on the victims as they worshipped inside the sikh temple. the motive is still unknown. yesterday, for the first time since the mass shootings, members of the temple were allowed back inside. they cleaned up the damage and also reopened the dining hall where they run an open kitchen for the community. the son of the tem approximately's president killed in the shooting says this about the victims. >> they are hereos. they are living the american dream. the other person, he was coward. and at the end of the -- >> reporter: after the service, members plan to return to the temple and read the holy book from cover to cover to honor the victims.

linda so, abc2 news. more sad news for prince george's county familiar lament teen died from his injuries after a house caught on fire. a 5-year-old passed away wednesday when the fire broke out the father was is still in the hospital in critical condition. firefighters think a window air conditioner connected to an extension cord and a power strip caused an electrical overload. the three victims were napping when the fire started. it's right for you to pay for a power company during the first 24 hours of the storm outage. that's what the psc has to decide. they've hearing to decide if power companies can charge customers during the outages. the charge is intended to ensure utilities are not discouraged from take part in energy efficiency programs. people against this say it makes customers have to pay more for the service and here's kicker. they are to the getting the service. if you haven't started shopping for back to school you might want to wait until sunday when the tax free week starts

from sunday to the 18th. you don't pay tax on clothing and shoes under $100. towson town center sweetening the deal offering special scratch off game cards and the first 500 customers to get on sunday would basically win mall gift prizes. not a bad deal there. friday night a great night to get out from behind the stove and go out to eat with the family. who wouldn't want to do that? dine at 35 restaurants around baltimore county for a discounted price. they will be offering three course meals from 10 to 35 dollars. and to see a list of the restaurants taking part, go to abc2news.com. before you know it, your kids will be filling up the backpacks and heading back to school. whoever you want to be careful because the backpacks can actually cause your child's back pain. according to the consumer product safety commission, that condition is becoming more and more common. the cpsc says backpack injuries

in children and we are talking 5 to 18 increased more than 6% between 2010 and 2011. doctors say backpacks should weigh less than 15% of the child's body weight and should not have thin straps. before you pack up the car and take the teen off to college you may want to have the immunization records checked. doctors say there are vaccination parents should consider for the college bound kids to prevent things like minimummen giteis and -- meningitis and tetanus and they are suggest they get the hpv vaccine. >> the hpv if they haven't received the series of three at 11, 12, that's girls and guys, then they ought to do the catchup shots and get the three starting with their precollege physical and they can get the second one two months later at college or when they come home. and the third one four months after that. doctors say the chicken pox booster is another good idea to consider before the kids head off off to college.

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he had a long career selling more than 125 million records and today neil diamond is being honorched he will get a star on the hollywood walk of fame. it will be in front of the capital records building in hollywood. we should spec more serious -- expect more serious storms than predicted. >> noaa said there could be between 12 and 17 named storms june 1st through november 30th. >> back in may, they predicted 9 to 15 such tomorrows. the agency says that 5 to 8 of the named storms will become hurricanes. and two of the three could be major. that is anything over a category 3 hurricane. we have what few so far this year. 6 i think is the number we reported a bitterlier. all right you know what i've been monday foretorring the -- monitoring the tropics. we have two disturbances. one back off off the coast of -- off the coast of africa and

this is tropical depression number 7 and we have a disturbance right along this area. so, yes, the tropics are getting active and that's why they bumped up the number. but as we come close to home, we are dealing with thunderstorms of our own this morning. on land, we are looking at lightning coming down with the thunderstorms. this is the first batch that is working through the area this morning. and then we have a second batch of rain and showers coming through as we go into the afternoon. and they could be coming on the severe side if we get a peek of sunshine in here. and as we look at manchester dealing with a little bit of patchy fog across the area and wet weather to contend with. as you head out and about this morning, make sure to grab the rain gear and you are going to need it today. we look at future trend with showers in the forecast as we go into the 8:00 time frame. this is the scenario as we go into four so your commute to work and home from work is going to be on the wet side. by saturday, hoping it gets out of here but still not going to rule out a chance for a popup

thunderstorm in the forecast and mainly alodge the eastern shore. it won't be until sunday that we will be nice and dry and that humidity gets out of here. and 86 is what i am going for by 4 today. that humidity will continue. and this is what the forecast looks like for the o's game. 84 humid and thunderstorms in the forecast. take the rain gear and be patient. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: good morning. the rain is leading to a very hectic commute we are dealing with a serious crash in carroll county that shut down route 26 between unionville road and pawnee drive. in the area stick with route 31 that will be the best alternate. more problems in northwest baltimore where we are dealing with a crash on wabash at northern parkway. and no accidents to talk about on 695 just a lot of congestion. here's what it looks like at liberty road. this camera just filled with rain right now. that's because heavy showers in the area right now. really slowing things down. especially on the outer loop it's going to be crammed down

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