most powerful radar, we are dry. we'll stay that way as we go into the afternoon. it will be a great day to get out there, maybe do some home improvements. we are clear and dry. that will continue even as we go into 10:00, 11:00, 08 degrees, mostly sunny skies and we'll be comfortable today. temperature, 85 degrees by 3:00, 4:00 because we won't have lots of humidity in the forecast for today. let's get a check now of the abc 2 time saver traffic with lawyeren cook. >> construct is in full swing out on 895. do expect a she ride traveling through the harbor tunnel. no significant delays right now. speeds are clocking in at 51 miles per hour. that will change later this morning so definitely stick with 95. here is a live look at 95 at 395. you will notice no problems getting into the city. that fort mchenry tunnel also going to be clear. just eight minutes to travel northbound from the beltway for the toll plaza. as we pull up other drive times, you will notice 695 will

be in great shape. you are looking at an 11-minute ride on the outer loop from 95 up to 83. the west side also going to be clear. just 11 mito travel that outer loop from 795 all the way downto 95. megan and charlie, over to you. >> we have new detail this morning after police say a virginia man walked into a family research council headquarters in washington, d.c. not far from the verizon center and opened fire. charlie is at the live desk this morning watching this story. you have new information about this. >> reporter: we now believe that the man who is responsible for this according to police for the family research council in d.c. has been identified as floyd corkins. it is bureau is investigating the shooting as possibly a hate crime. more domestic terrorism. it happened after investigate ors say corkins walked in and pulled out a gun and started shooting. the wounded guard was shot in the arm and expected to be okay. after the shooting, here is

what happened. the guard tackled corkins and held him down until other officers arrived. >> i would say the security guard is a hero. did he not allout armed person past the front. >> reporter: corkins has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon. he was doing volunteer work for the lgbt volunteer center in washington, d.c. the center's leaders there say of his a kind and gentle man. the president for the research center, the christian research center, says their only concern is for the health and security of the guard who took the shot. neighbors say it was horrific. they tried to do what they could to help. we are talking about an 11-year- old boy and a deputy attacked by a pit bull. sherrijohnson joins us live with more details on the attack. i imagine that neighbors are thankful this kid is okay but it will be tough to get that image out of their heads. >> reporter: yes, they are very grateful that the child will be

okay but pretty shaken up by the whole ordeal. a child attacked by a pit bull. it all happened last night in the 1400 blosk st. michael's court in end wood. pit bull bit the 11-year-old boy in the face. nain say the dog known as smoke and his pregnant mate are both bluenose pit bulls. got out of the fenced-in yard roaming edgewood communitju showers before thma was shot five time by a harford county sheriff's deputy after the dog chargeat him. neigors say the owner of the dog moved out of the house but the dogs were left behind in the backyard. >> i tried to show that i'm not going to hurt them. what happened was the dog bit me when i was going to reach down and pet the dog. >> reporter: now, animal control was called to the area but it is unclear right now who kept the female, the pet's

mate, where she is going to be located now. we could find out whether a ruling by maryland's heightest court that pit bulls are considered inherently dangerous will go into effect. earlier this week, state legislators failed to reach an agreement on a bill that would have overturned the court of appeals' initial rule were the. it's story that will no doubt make you animal lovers out there sick to your stomach. police say someone tied three dogs to a railroad track this. happened in cleveland, ohio in one neighborhood and left them to die. two of them did. however, one survived and police say she got between the regard tracks and ducked down so she wouldn't get hit. one family is offering a $3,000 reward for help catch the person responsible for doing this. >> people that are of that mentality do start with teasing

animals, eventually hurting them, killing and then eyove on for more dramatic targets. >> peta getting involved. they are offering $5,000 to catch that person too. the dog is being taken care of right now by the humane society until the owner comes forward or someone wants to adopt her. it appears we'll have to wait a bit longer to see if we'll ever get across the country in under an hour. aan aircraft spiraled out of control and it was destroy before reaching its goal of the speed of 4600 miles per hour. doe spite the strong takeoff, aircraft experienced some technical problems with one of the cruise controlers on the fips just seconds after the launch. they are still working through what could have caused that malfunction and ultimately to the craft having to be destroyed. it has become part of the restaurant stable setting, knife, fork, napkin, cell phone. >> so annoying. one restaurant in los angeles right now giving you a rope to step away from the phone. if you check your mobile device at the door, they're going to

give you a discount on your meal. only about 5% off but the eaid here is alwilo diners to basically fully focus on the people that are sitting across from them. >> we want to know what you think about this. distracted dining. would you surrender your cell phone for just an hour or so if you got a kickoff of the bill. go to facebook and let us know what you think about that. could you let go of the phone for just a little while? >> i love that idea. >> love it. firefighters from all over country, they are now heading out west. >> they are trying to help all those wildfires get them out. are they any closer to getting the fires under control? >> johns hop condition soon joins a number of small hospitals performing groundbreaking complicated surgery. details when good morning maryland continues.

wildfires continued across the western united states. this fire in washington state

has burned around 30,000 acres and destroyed around 60 homes. hundreds of people have been evacuated from the area amount the least 07 large fires are burning across 13 states, awful these west of the mississippi. yes therk need some rain across that area. the only place we are really seeing some heavy rain coming down now accompanied with some thunderstorms around the middle of the nation. iowa getting some nasty storms this morning. we are dry this morning. we had our round yesterday of some severe weather. we zoom in. that front has slid through the area already. it is gone. plenty of sunshine as we head throughout the day. that will be the name of the game just for one day. we'll start to see more changes in forecast as we head into tomorrow. i have the forecast coming up. let's get a check ever the abc 2 time conservative traffic with lauren cook. >> we do have an update on the water main break in downtown baltimore now. light street will reopen this coming monday. in the meantime, it will still be shut down between lombard

street and baltimore street. if you are traveling on 895, do expect delays in the harbor tunnel due to ongoing construction. here is a live shot of the beltway. traffic starting to pick up on the outer loop but no significant delays. >> he makes his rounds to visit sick children around the country. he does it in a batmobile. >> lenny robinson making a stop in baltimore. where the caped crusader plans to visiting while in town. in the italian way, salut. the st. gabriel festival is coming up this weekend. all the food, fun and festivities you'll be able to find coming up. what does fall smell like?

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little italy could be calling your name. >> this is such a great festival. for two days, can you experience some great italian cull thank you, good fun and it is perfect for the whole family. >> abc 2 news linda so is live with a preview. you had a glass of queen anne in hand. all that great food. how do you get these assignments? she's speechless. >> talking about the food. lots of fun food. lots of great food. lots of great drinks and to tell us all about it this

morning, tony with the little italy lodge. tell us about the festival and what role you guys play here? >> the festival has gun going on for a number of years -- has been going on for a number of years. it is between st. louis church, the st. gabriel. and the little italy lodge. it is an opportunity for those three groups to work together. we need to work together. >> there is so much food. we talk about the food all the time. tell us about the special could bees there. they are homemade. they have quite some history. >> they are all hand made, homemade here by members of the community. we have a group of very fine ladies, individuals who get together over at the church hall and bake for hours on end to produce what you see here.

also, the other cookies in the other contains are for the most part are homemade and assembled into the containers. if somebody buys those, they are getting some pretty authentic italian food. >> not only can you find food, drinks but lots of fun. to tell us more about that, dino, the bocce ball tournament. >> that is a tradition too with the italian festivals. we have a tournament sunday and a lot of the people that attend the festival join in. we have a good time playing bocce down here. it is very competitive on sunday. >> that is what i hear. lots of fun to watch. >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: this festival, saturday, sunday, from noon to #:00 p.m. down here in the italy. they invite everyone. lots of food, fun, lots of festivities for the family. johns hopkins is adding yet

another specialty there. it has been approved to start performing facial transplants which is considered one of the most complicated surgeries and requires certainly special i wanted to perform them. so reps from the hospital say they are really excited about being able to do the facial transplants and right now, they are scouting for surgeons and doctors, all sorts of specialists for their team. they are not first hospital in the state to you may remember back in march, doctors at the university of maryland medical center, they completed the country's second complete face transplant. today, lenny robinson is coming back to baltimore visiting children at sinai hospital. you may remember he is the guy who got pulled over driving his batmobile on route 29 in silver spring. he has been making stops at children's hospitals across the country for the past month and is returning home today showing off his new batmobile. some places did cancel some of the visit following the shooting last month in colorado. sinai hospital was not one of them. they will be welcoming in the

caped crusader this morning at 11:00. from no hits to no problem. that sums up the os 5-3 win over the boston red sox. after getting no hits through the first five innings, baltimore exploded for all five of its runs in the sixth inning led once again by a surging mark reynolds. the os first baseman came through at the best possible moment with a two-run double right there and miguel gonzalez picked up his first win on the year. os keeping pace with the first place yankees. sick games back and they remain atop the al wild card in a mathematical tie with the tampa bay rays. game three tonight set for 7:05. a portion of your ticket will go for the maryland zoo. it is all part of the orioles' high five program. >> a court hearing is scheduled for today in the case against james holmes, the man accused of killing 12 people in a colorado movie theater. the court will ararguments over whether or not the packag that was sent to holmes'

psychiatrist is protected by doctor-pay shouldn't privilege. penn state fills have been officially charged with purge r personally. their attorns will argue several pretrial mowings including one to dismiss all charges. the vatican put out a report critical of the organization because they were teaching women about birth control. this is something the cath church has taken a stance on this identity say they are against. equador will announce whether it will give political asylum to julian assange. he took refuge in london to avoid extradition to sweden. he is now facing questions there for alleged sexual misconduct. it was 35 years ago today elvis presley died and fans started gathering outside of graceland wednesday for a candlelight vigil and to pay their respects to the king of rock and roll. presley died of a heart attack at the age of 42.

time now for a check of that forecast. here is lynnette. >> let's look at the satellite not a whole lot to see in term cloud cover and rain. this will be the scenario as we head throughout the day. the reason why, well, that cold front that took so long to move through finally moved through yesterday evening and behind that, wear left with drier air for today and then we'll start to see more change in the forecast again tomorrow with some wet weather and then by the weekend, we're waiting for the next cold front to move through and it will be bringing us some cooler weather to the area. those temperatures will be in the low 80s. feeling pretty good and we'll dry things out. not dry yet. let's take it to the tropics where we're dealing with tropical storm gordon right now. it will be pushing off to the north and east, staying away from the u.s. it will not be a threat whatsoever. we look at today's forecast. going with 88 degrees. we should be at 86 degrees for this time of the year. we'll take it. it will feel like 88 because we won't be dealing with the

humidity that we have been dealing with for so long. this is a great evening to get the temperature at first pitch, 83 degrees. the winds out of the northwest height at about five miles per hour. we head towards tomorrow. we'll be more humid. it will be hot, the temperature coming in at 90 degrees. as we go through the evening, we have our ravens playing. lions are coming here. we do have showers and storms possible once again. kickoff on friday is at 8:00 and this is a check. the forecast for you. next three days, 90 on friday. saturday, coming in 81 degrees. we will have the chance for some showers early and then we dry out nicely as we head into sunday. let's get a check now of the abc 2 time saver traffic with lauren cook. >> good morning. i do hope the ravens do beat the lions. for the orioles, best of luck. i hope they sweep the sox. if you are head hitting -- hitting the road in howard

county, nothing in your way. traffic is just starting to pick up on the west side of the beltway. here is what it looks like at liberty road. inner loop just fine up towards 83. that outer loop starting to jam just a little bit. you are looking at a 12-minute ride from 795 down towards 95. as we pull up other drive times, no problems to report on the beltway from parkville, up towards towson, it will be nice and clear. offer to you. >> we've covered a number of stories about cyberbullying anden knows by now the effects it can have on young people. >> the clever way this high school student is getting back at those who use the internet to bully others. living with the pain

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the digital age. many young people are all too familiar with the con zest of cyberbullying. >> one high school student is standing up to cyberbullies by killing them with kindness. this is kevin kerwick. he was not happy when some classmates made bullying online a sport.

they were doing it on twitter. so he quietly made his own twitter account, logging onto lift spirits. he actually singles out students for their gifts. >> she is so good at dabsing, she gets more scholar asian- pacifics than d1 athletes. doesn't get enough credit for his efforts. he is a genuine guy. always works hard on the field, offer the field. he is a great gay to know. >> how would you like to get a tweet like that. kevin's idea is now spreading. similar opinions have popped up at schools across the suburbs in his neighborhood. >> that kid is a leader. stay with us this morning. tough story to tell you about. >> the reason prosecutors say this man killed a 12-year-old girl. a very special horse and a very special place. why this horse could be named the national horse of the year.