family research council in washington, d.c. >> maybe it is just joe being joe. what one former new york mayor has to be about remarks that our vice president. he led new york city during tough times. but vice president joe biden says he is no leader. i'm megan pringle. >> i'm charlie crowson. >> let's take a look at the weekend. >> you seeing today gorgeous and gorgeous as we go into the weekend as well. we are dry. we'll stay that way this afternoon and then we will start to have more change in the forecast. but before then, let me take you outside. you can see for yourself in urbana, we do have a little bit of patchy fog some some spots. takeit easy as you head out and about. all in all, look at plenty of sunshine for today. here is a check of that hour by

hour forecast. we are clear and dry with that temperature coming in right around 71 degrees by 8:00, 9:00. midday forecast, mostly sunny. temperature at 85 degrees. great day for that lunchtime outdoors and afternoon coming in at 8 # degrees. plenty of sunshine. it will be nice and comfortable. take advantage of today. let's get a check of the cbs 2 time saver traffic with lauren cook. -- afternoon coming in at 83 degrees. my fab friend tom blair is celebrating his 50 aight birthday. happy birthday, tom. the jfk is nice and clear. no delays from towson down to east fayette street. 95 also going to be in the same condition. -- celebrating his 50th birthday. traffic is just starting to pick out beltway but no delays from parkville up towards towson. that west side is where it will

start could -- to congest a little bit. that is a look at your abc 2 time saver traffic. >> we've been getting new details this morning about a shooting that happened at the family research council head quart enters washington, d.c. not far from the verizon center. the gunman is said to have muttered words about the organization's anti-gay policies before shooting the guard. charlie has more details. we are learning more about this alleged gunman. >> reporter: we have now got his name, it is 28-year-old floyd lee corkins. he is being held on charges of assault with a deadly weapon. the fbi has come in hooking at whether or not this is a hate crime, maybe domestic terrorism or something else altogether. corkins went into the lobby of the family research council. he made negative remarks before firing. we have learned he volunteered with the lgbt center and those

who knew him say they can't believe this happened. >> i'm very shocked. it is very surprising. >> it seems unbelievable to me. i'm really surprised too. >> i know them. they never did anything bad. of a never seen anything. >> the executive for that center described cork inas being a well mannered very gentle person. the president for the family research council says the organization's primary concern is that wounded guard. your kid might like those dirt bikes but in baltimore city, police say they don't like them especially if they are illegal and they are not going to tolerate them. baltimore city police say they have had tips come in about illegal vehicles. the easy storable park on drury park drive. they took more than a dozen illegal dirt bicycles were the baltimore city police say they found 15 dirt bikes and atvs. six were stolen and another three had the serial numbers taken off. so detectives say if they

hadn't received the tips, they wouldn't be able to make the bust in the first place so they are grateful to the person who called them in. american fidelity posted this message to their web site this week saying bad economy caused it to close. the company sells appliances and in june, they got a cease and desist order from the florida office of insurance regulation selling them to stop selling warranties. on tuesday, joe biden told a crowd in diocesanville, virginia that mitt romney's policies for wall street reform would, quote, put you all back in chains, end quote. the former mayor rudy giuliani had some comments. >> this vice president has made more dumb, stupid, idiotic comments than anyone. he is an embarrassment. i have to believe in the white house, whatever they say. they've got to be in constant dread, what is joe biden going to say today that will torpedo

our campaign. >> giuliani channeling his inner chris christie. he was in new hampshire yesterday campaigning for mitt romney. biden has since clarified those remarks explaining he was in fact talking about house speaker john boehner's use of the word unshackled when discussing the budget proposal by the vice presidential candidate paul ryan. a crowd of cheering supporters greeted frame and first lady michelle obama at i campaign event. this is in davenport, iowa. it was the last stop yesterday on the president's three-day bus tour of the state. white house official says the state is important to the obamas because that is where the presidential journey started. president obama won iowa, the caucus, back in january 2008. this morning, it is the wind that is fueling dozens of fires, this across the western united states as dry heat is really adding to the problem. on wednesday, hundreds of

people in two small idaho towns were packing it their belongings and clearing out of area because that massive wildfire was burning just a few miles away. idaho's trinity ridge fire has burned more than 100 square miles in the past two week. it is more than 100 miles away from boise. a big recall that involves your child. >> it is a bumbo seat. you know what they are especially if you have a baby. they are so convenient. some are saying they are dangerous for your child. an important day for facebook today. investors have 271 million more things they need to worry about. what they will now employees and early unvestors to do. >> temperatures are nice and cool right now. we have even cooler temperatures on the way. i'll have the details coming up. >> and that traffic is really slowing down here on the with is side of liberty road. i'll let you know how it is shaping up on 95 and 83 coming

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the cop assumer product safety commission is now issuing a warning to stop using the bumbo brand baby chairs. these are popular. >> i have them. i think a lot of parents do especially if you have baby around the house. four million of the popular seats have been recalled after government says nearly two dozen infants suffered skull fractures. they say that several reports prompted the voluntary recall. >> this is back in 2007. under the new recall, parents will be able to install restraining belts to keep their little ones safe inside the bumbo. we'll keep following this because this could be affecting many homes. you have two of these, you had said. >> absolutely. we have more information on our web site. today will be an important day for facebook as two million shares of the company are

released. they were not allowed to sell these shares for three months knowledging the may initial public offering. so experts think these ipo beneficiaries learned something from the dot com bust. >> they know that they need to save for the future. they will have families. they will have children to put through college. college costs are going up. they want to focus on the things that wilmater as opposed to the things that matter right now. >> the facebook stock has already lost nearly half of its value. >> hard to believe that was three months ago. it opened at $42. a child attacked by a pit bull leaving neighbors and family shake be up. >> an 11-year-old boy attack bid a pit bull in edgewood. hear what neighbors have to say about that attack. >> also head, a 12-year-old stabbed and left to die in the basement of her home. why prosecutors say she died at

the hands of of her stepfather. >> she want jobs and an education. the clinic being held to help the dreamers achieve the american dream.

thank you for joining us. i'm megan pringle. >> i'm charlie crowson. let's get over to lynnette charles with a check of the forecast. >> it is gorgeous outside. i'll show you what i'm talking about in ellicott city. a beautiful sunrise this morning. crystal blue skies, not a cloud out there as of yet. as we go throughout the day, maybe a few high clouds but all in all, it will be gorgeous. take advantage of it. maryland's most powerful radar will not be a factor for today. it is dry now and it will stay dry as we go into the afternoon. change will come by tomorrow. today, let's just enjoy. hour by hour forecast, here it is for you. let's get a check of the abc 2 time saver traffic with lauren cook. >> good morning. there are several accidents right now. trouble in anne arundel county where there is a crash along the southbound lanes of route 295 right at arundel mills boulevard. another crash in baltimore city that will be right on northern parkway at york road. if you are using the jfk, no

delays from towson down to east fayette street. that stretch altogether will take you 11 minutes and traffic is starting to congest on the west side of the beltway as we check in and take a live look here at old court road. not too bad but that outer loop will even slow down more down towards liberty road. that is a look at your abc 2 time saver traffic. back over to you. >> the judges are expected to announce today whether a stay will remain in effect for a new law on pit bulls. >> the bill died during a special session that challenges the court of appeals ruling that all pit bulls should be considered inherently dangerous. that law makes owners and landlords liable if the pit bull attacks. if the the stay is removed, local animal seters are concerned that he will see a ton of pit bulls and pit bull mixes at smelters because people say they rent homes and can't keep their dogs anymore. -- local animal shelters are

concerned. >> a local boy is attacked by a pit bull and then afterwards the dog chargeed a howard county deputy. >> we have more on the attack. >> >> reporter: the community is pretty shaken by this whole thing. a child attack bid a pit bull. this all happened last night in the 1400 block of st. michael's court in edgewood. the pit bull bit the 11-year- old boy in the face and arm. neighbors say the dog known as smoke and its pregnant mate are both bluenose pit bulls. they got out of their fence-ed in yard roaming the community just hours before the male was shot five time by a sheriff's deputy after the dog charged at the officer. neighbors say the the owner of the dog moved out of the house but the dogs were still left alone in the backyard. >> i thought i could 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. >> i'm in the surprised at all.

i mean that dog is vicious and that is probably would be anybody's first reaction would to be shoot that dog. >> reporter: now, animal control officers were called out to the scene. they responded but it is unclear right now who was able to keep the pregnant mate, the second pit bull that was all at the scene. >> all right. are there going to be any charges filed in this? >> reporter: so far, authorities have not said whether or not there will be charges filed in this case. we have to wait and see what happens. back to you. >> sherrie johnson reporting live this morning. today, local immigrants or dreamer as they are often called, they are tbeght the tools they need today to stay in this country. dream act clinic is being put on by casa maryland. they are basically giving kids who are undocumented the resources and the assistance that they need to apply for permits and visas.

the workshop stops tonight at 5:00 at the casa multicultural center in langley park. all of this following y esterday's applications. this is called nothing more than an election year ploy. as for the vp running mate, paul ryan, he vote against the dream act in congress but cnn has noted mr. ryan has steered clear of any divisive rhetorical debates on the subject. move on.org says it wants to define mitt romney and paul ryan as the ultimate 1% ticket, the active liberal group will be handing out pink slips today touting its message that a romney-ryan presidency would damage the right of women, minorities and seniors, all believed to be key voting blocks in november. they also plan to release their own attack ad against governor

romney and congressman ryan. that is expected to come out next week. a second hospital in our state has the stamp of approval to begin performing facial transplants. facial transplants are considered to be one of the most complicated types of surgery. they've only been done six times. in march, the university of maryland medical center announced its surgeons had completed the country's second complete facial transplant. montgomery county family finally has a little bit of closure over the death of their 1-year-old daughter. a jury found david hang guilty of murdering his stepdaughter jessica nguyen. she was found dead in her home last year with 45 stab wounds and prosecutors say that hang was angry over the drawn-out divorce with the girl's mother. he is now scheduled to be sentenced on october 28th. prosecutors do plan on asking for life without the possibility of parole. kids from east baltimore, that community, they are going

to be transforming their school today into i place of health and wellness. they are working with aramark volunteers to create physically active games and four square inside as well as outside their schools. the students will also create murals. that will be happening to educate and also use that for recreational purposes. >> five things you need to know before you head out the door this morning. pretrial motions are happening today for two former employees of penn state university. two men are charged with perjury in the sex abuse allegations against jerry sandusky. the man accused of opening fire in a colorado theater has another court hearing today. james holmes is facing murder anterior and attempted murder charges. the code red conference gets under way today and it is happening in baltimore. it is an an event aimed at getting people involved in the political process. can you register to vote today

through saturday at the empowerment temple and the church which is on primrose avenue. batman is now coming to sinai hospital today. lenny robinson returning to baltimore after traveling country visiting sick children. you may remember him as a man being pulled over in march for driving his batmobile in silver spring. we'll see his new custom-made batmobile. >> the final hearing to sound off about bge's response to the june derecho storm is happening tonight. the hearing starts at 7:00. it is a festival that is decades old but it really never gets old. >> it is everything italian and little italy is the place to be this weekend for the st. gabriel italian festival. >> linda so is there live. tough assignment. you must be somebody's favorite, i think. >> reporter: what is an italian festival without sausages. and a seven foot centurion.

this roar, there is a sausage eating contest. tell us more about it. what will be happening. we'll have the first appear annual sausage eating cob test. it is -- contest. it is free to enter. it will be sunday at 4:00. contestanted will be given about two to three pounds of sausage way five-minute time limit. whoever finish first wins. we have great prizes to go along. we have ravens tickets, orioles tickets aand we are giving away gift certificates to isabelle's sandwich shop around the corner from here. >> that is a. some you guys have been a staple in our community. this is wonderful that you guys are doing this. the roman centurion. is like the mascot for this whole thing? >> he is the original tailgater. he was tailgating when they were having the battle back in the roman coliseum. we are celebrating 50 years. we hank everybody for supporting us and this is our

way of supporting the community. >> is that the way. you love these sausages. you just told me you lost 100- pound just eating these over a six-month period. register before hand on saturday. the italian festival going on saturday and sunday from noon to #:00. we - - noon to 8:00. >> the weather should be good for the weekend especially as you go into the afternoon saturday and also sunday. but this is what we have right now in baltimore. temperature coming in at 65 degrees. we are feeling nice and cool this morning. we will warm things back up. we can see the oranges right now. we see more greenback across the middle of the nation. that is the second front that will move in here.

we are going to continue this flow as we go through the rest of today. enjoy because you know, we do have some change in the forecast. this is the future trend. this is the cold front that worked its way through yesterday. that will be bringing us the dry air for today. there is that second cold front that you hear me talk about. the one that you will like as we go into the weekend. that is going to drop those temperatures down into the 80s. before we get to the 80s, we have to still talk about the tropical weather and we do have tropical storm gordon right now that formed this morning out into the atlantic. this will stay away from the u.s. so things definitely looking up as we go through time. today's temperature coming in at 88 degrees. mostly sunny, mostly clear by this afternoon and evening. 66degrees and by tomorrow, more humid, it will be hot with that temperature coming in at 90 degrees. here is a check of that seven- day forecast for you. the weekend stands out. showers early on saturday. then we dry out nicely with temperatures in the low 80s. let's get a check of the traffic with lauren cook. >> good morning. we are dealing with heavy delays right now on route 295. it is all due to a crash

southbound there at arundel mills boulevard. really slow in the area. more problems on 895y a disabled car is blocking all southbound lanes right now at the harbor tunnel. you will want to use 95 and the fort mchenry tunnel instead. here is a love look at the west side at liberty road. outer loop will remain slow down towards route 40. as far as the beltway is concerned in overly, here what is it looks like at bel air road. nothing to get in the way on the inner loop down towards 95 and the outer loop up towards towson. >> our question is about distracted people in restaurants who talk on the phone. if you've ever had a cell phone problem, i would love to hear it. >> time to go to new york. weather, traffic and news coming up at 25 and 55. >> we'll see you then. have a good day.