now abc2news at 6:30. what a beautiful day. as we take a look over the beach of people coming and going as they get ready for another spectacular big light show tonight on the beach. beautiful day. have to wonder what is in store for us tonight. here is mike. i can take a couple more days like this. >> i think we can do that for the next couple of days. for the first time we're evening. 85 in baltimore. 82 east at ocean city. we showed you the shot. >> we're talking 80s, 84 in town. 88 in dc. looking good. look at the trend ahead. 70s through tonight. fnc$]ñvou8

the city. upper 60s outlying areas and then upper 80s tomorrow. beautiful day and dry into the 80s tomorrow. >> a few clouds over the blue ridge right now. showers and storms bring in the humidity for tuesday. may bring a shower or thunderstorm chance. we'll talk about that in a bit. >> after a deadly hit-and-run, police need your help. they are trying to identify the victim and search for a suspect. the pedestrian was found just before 7:30 this morning. all we can tell you is the driver was in evokes wagon headed northbound and just did not stop. police say the pedestrian described only as a black male appeared to be following the rules of the road when he was hit. anyone with information is asked to call police. the number is on your screen. (410)222-8573. and baltimore police are looking for suspects and a motive after a man was shot at

a block party last night. according to police the 20-year- old victim was offending the party. a man approached him, they are good and the suspect shot the man several times and fled on foot. the victim remains in critical condition tonight. take a look at your mini- tonight. good news, folks. it is back to school season. a chance to save on cash and some of that back to school expensive shopping. >> here is more on maryland's tax free shopping week. >> reporter: the mall opened for tax free week and shoppers can take advantage on clothing, footwear and other items under $100. retailers are grateful for this opportunity. >> certainly brings in extra traffic. our customer feels they deserve the tax break and it brings extra traffic into the store. a lot of folks waiting to shop for back to school will wait

for this. they know it is coming and shop then. it does drive in extra traffic. it did last year and it looks like it is this year. >> some businesses are offering incentives to get them in the door. a scratch off game. this is one of the winners. >> i got into line after i power walked for one hour with my husband. i moved up, got my card, scratched it off and it said $500 shopping at the mall. i screamed. i was so excited. >> we're a new store, but we're one of the few stores in maryland that has kids' shoes. it brings more traffic in and then with kids and the adults will buy, as well. anything under $100 is tax free. >> as kids and family go back to school for shopping, they took advantage of the tax free week by finding shoes. >> i didn't notice it, but once

i did, i pushed it to sunday to come out and then i can enjoy that tax free, 6%. everybody loves it. >> the tax free week may not belong but it is enough time to give families a chance to save some money. i'm manny lock, abc2news. >> let's talk some politics now. on day 2 of what mitt romney is calling the come back tour, the republican presidential hopeful and his running mate paul ryan fired up the crowd today at two campaign events in north carolina. president barack obama is doing the same campaigning in illinois today. here is the latest. >> reporter: an enthusiastic crowd greeted mitt romney and his new running mate paul ryan sunday morning in north carolina. governor romney told the crowd

why he chose the wisconsin congressman. >> i want to change washington and get america back on track. >> reporter: the republican duo is painting the contest as a stark choice. >> we know who we are. we know the principles that built this country and were going to reapply those principles and get us back on the right track. >> reporter: a majority see ryan as a boost. >> he has a clear specific vision, an adult approach to solving the nation's problems. >> reporter: but president obama says he is an extremist and that his gop budget plan would cut popular government programs and hurt the most vulnerable. >> he is an arctic chat spokesman for governor romney but it is a vision that i fundamentally disagree with. >> reporter: president barack

obama's senior advisor called him a right wing. >> it is meant to thrill the most try dent voices in the republican party but it should trouble the middle class, seniors, students. well history on the field and in the stands at camden yards as manny mania continues. we'll show you how a fan was able to share apart of the newest member of the family's success. >> as the olympics wind down in london, we'll take you where hopes and dreams are just getting started. >> now, it is going to be a beautiful evening and tonight we have the mead deyour shower. we'll have more next. wççñçñ

what a weekend for the new star. he makes history friday night and so does the fan.

the 15-year-old was at camden yards to watch. not one hit, but two home runs friday night. he made history as the youngest teen player to ever have a multiple home run game and he caught both of those balls. >> i thought it was coming my way but it curved a little so i was like i'm not going to get it. but then it landed to the left and i ran down and got it. >> there was a fan there waiting to get money for it. they offered him 2 grand for the ball, but he thought it was priceless so he made sure he got it. >> he autographed the second ball and it is in his home. they won today, too so we're off to a great start. also speaking of baseball, baseball legend and hall of famer, the celebration series.

huge bronze sculpture was unveiled on saturday. he threw out the first ceremony yual pitch. three others are frank robinson, earl weaver and jim palmer. they will get the honor is several ceremonies coming up next month. let's take a look outside. beautiful shot for this evening. you can see we did have a few clouds this afternoon. we'll take you to bellaire today. mixture of sun and clouds today. comfortable temperatures. we were between 82 and 85 degrees with low humidity. this was a beautiful afternoon. we'll take you up to manchester showing a mixture of sunshine and clouds. the clouds and sunshine there. a spectacular picture, low humidity. getting into the 80s. it is clear overhead.

i think this is going to be the case for the next 48 hours before these change around as we go into tuesday. 84 in town right now. 88 in dc, a lot of sunshine there. high temperatures ranging between 85 to around 82 in easton, look at ocean city, 79 degrees. look at oakland. it was a struggle to get to 70 today, because of the clouds. where we should be 86 degrees so we're one off that average high. we can call that below average for a change, 99 the record back in 1900. nothing in the bucket for the afternoon. a few clouds over the skyline. a mixture of clouds and stars tonight. 84 at 8:00. tomorrow morning we start out into the 60s on our way for the 80s. the difference in comparison, low humidity across the area. high pressure trying to nose in. we still have this front offshore so a few storms out

over ocean city. a thunderstorm. more storms to the north, but this is the mid point off to the east. there is that high that builds in for tomorrow, but things will change around by tuesday. the cold front first and then humidity monday night into tuesday. then there could be a thunderstorm or shower in the forecast. you know the seasons are starting to change around where it struggled to get out of the 60s over the northern plains. 90s and 100s for much of the southwest. we have 80 degrees temperatures so the humidity comes back into play once, again, asway go into monday night. >> future trend starting out in the 60s tomorrow morning. then by tuesday, getting close to 90 degrees with humidity. then here are the storms that will start to work in from west to east for your tuesday afternoon. but not going to be a washout this week. >> we're talking about the

meteor shower. best viewing after 2:00 in the morning. last night was the peek. i think you'll still see a good light show as we could see close to 100 shooting stars through the course of the overnight. not bad. >> 64 for the rest of the overnight hours. tomorrow 89 with a few clouds, a comfortable afternoon. your exclusive seven-day forecast shows a muggy feel for tuesday, 89. maybe a threat of an isolated storm for wednesday but not a bad looking forecast. it is dry, comfortable but warm, 88 decrease thursday. maybe a little upsetted into the tail end of the workweek. tropics are getting a little active. we'll talk about that tonight at 11:00. >> great weather for the ravens on the road. >> they have a thursday game, right? >> yes. we'll have details at 11:00 but we'll go to break now and we'll be back after that.

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in west minister tonight we have future olympians. children ages 5 to 8 competed for their own goldina triathlon. eric was there for the competition. >> reporter: at the place olympics dreams are just beginning. >> watching the olympics it has been so exciting and so inspiring. >> they are signed up for their first triathlon. they swing 50 yards, ride two miles and run half a mile. >> i love them. it is a great way for everyone to get in shape. >> i like to get lots of exercise so my brain can work and get pumped up. i'll be strong. >> reporter: the six-year-old is competing in the splash and dash. >> i'm not nervous at all. i'm very excited. >> a little nerve-racking for

me. >> reporter: it doesn't have to be nerve-racking because everyone gets a medal just for trying. >> it just matters if you have fun. that is all that matters. >> reporter: as far as olympic gold is concerned. >> maybe one day one of these kids will be in the olympics. we would love to see that one day, but we'll have to see where it goes. she is only six years old. >>

welcome. well, it is august which means many of us are enjoying the last summer days, those wonderful vacation days and some of us are getting ready to get our kids back to school. here to talk about the annual p.m. j foundation, i want to say good to see you.

ceo and president, richard off man, good to see you, as well. >> good to see you. >> we'll start with preston first welcoming you here, because this is your home. many folks may know you. you are behind the camera, in front of the camera. you work here at wmar. >> you raise money for very important causes. tell me about the preston mitchum jr. foundation. >> myself and a few volunteers started with a holiday drive expanding to a back to school drive and about five years ago we developed a career awareness after school program which provides a wide range of op punt this for kids to learn about careers and college also. through the last ten years we have been able to impact over 20,000 individuals and then also the great part is we have over 4 of 40 volunteers that work weather our foundation. >> so obviously you're a hard

worker. you don't rest on your laurels. you're taking this back to the next level and that is where richard comes in by joining up with the learning center. i know preston is excited about it. tell me how you both connected. >> we have 20 locations throughout the state of maryland. we care for children, toddlers and school-age. our alignment is getting our children back to school prepared for school and ready for school. >> you're a child specialist so you know how important it is for kids to get a good start to the school year. >> it makes a difference. if they are not prepared with the right materials then they are off to a rocky start so we want to make sure they are off to a great start. >> i know wmar, abc2 news is also involved in this helping sponsor this whole big event. what will happen this year? how will it take it to the next

level? >> hopefully, we'll help out 5,000 kids. our foundation over the last nine years has averaged about 1200 kids, but we're going to help out more kids this year. our goal is 5,000. >> that is terrific. how does it work? >> currently we square care for 2200. >> so if you would like, you can as you're going this year and picking your children's school supplies out, pick a little extra for the children in need. after that stop by any of the locations and put it in our drop box and then we'll make sure it makes it to the ones in need. >> terrific. we have a list of things that folks should consider donating. >> backpacks, pens, pencils, wide ruled paper, notebooks, binders, composition books, any school related supply will be in need but when you go to abc2

news.com we'll have them listed there. when you purchase some for your kids, get something for a kid in need and drop that off. there will be a list of other locations on that website so hopefully you'll get a chance to go there, but there will be other locations on there as well >> you get to distribute all these supplies. >> our foundation has been working with organizations for years now so we have a list of organizations that have done that in the past. baltimore county and baltimore city of department of social service and other organizations will receive the items. we'll check the items and then we'll contact those organizations and have them either come out to a location or we'll physically get those items out. the great part about this is that we have annual back to

school rallies. what will happen in specific locations which we'll decide later on, we'll have people come out to those locations right within the community and the kids help to sort and distribute those items so they receive items along with giving out items to kids that they know that are right there in their community. >> that is the wonderful part about this. >> you get excited about it. is a real natural. i know you probably approached about many. why this one? it is about getting kids ready for school and that is what we do best. >> i feel ready to go back to school now. good luck with the drive. >> thank you. >> from maryland's spotlight. you keep hearing amazing things about verizon fios.

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