rocky is the ride going to be between now and then. let's check in with mike in the weather center with the first forecast. >> we got spotty showers starting to move in. mailed's most powerful in to the stadiums, along 395s not much happening now. let's go north and west of town. a pretty good storm coming down. the spotty showers, rumble or twof thunder. reisterstown a spot shower. owings mills next and the eastbound section of 295s you will see a spot shower. this is in future scan mode, notice the leading edge in to baltimore by 8:00. in time unfortunately for the first kickoff. spotty showers moving in through the cows of the evening. 88 in town. north and wests it has been raining for a couple of hours,

haguerstown, 68 degrees, a storm threat around 80 degrees, leftover storm as you head off to bed. a decent amount of clouds, turns in to a partly sunny afternoon. a good looking weekend forecast, especially if you like sunday. i will show you the rest of the seven-day forecast in a little bit. ravens fans is have been getting amped up for this night for three weeks, their team will take the field and hit someone very hard for the first time in months. shell cheryl is live down at the stadium. it may only be preseason, these are professional fans here. they are treating every game like it matters today republican you got that right. the excitements the gates here at the bank have opened for the first time for the 2012 season, you can see the folks piling in to this stadium. they are starting to pack the parking lot here behind this car you can see. there is one of the tables, they got their grilling going on and dancing and partying, number five, flacco, hey, guys, what going on.

we found one of the most spirited couples out here, tracy siren and brian campbell, boyfriend-girlfriend wearing opposite jerseys. >> it's fun, friendly rivalry, at least until -- we beat the lions. >> brian, what do you have to say? >> well, we have a lot of fun with it. just lack forward to a good game and hopefully it will be close. >> you tell me when the lions are in town, you are a lions fan, be for the rest of the season you are a ravens fan. tell us what are some of the big question marks going in to not only this game but this season. >> it's still early in preseason. the guys trying to make the team will get throughout and hit hard and give it 100%. >> are we going to be all right

without tore el. >> there are enough guys on the field to pick him up. we will be all right. >> reporter: have fun tonight. i'm glad you are able to get along with the opposite jerseys. get out of here. the gates open at m and t bank stadium. the game started at 8:00 for the first home game of the 2012 season. we will be out here and bring you the latest and greatest at 11:00. back to you. here is great news for folks who work downtown, they were closed off because of the huge water main break. we will be back open in time for the rush hour. it's in four weeks since the 120-year-old pipe broke, public works crews replaced two lines hoping they won't have more problems along the stretch for a long time. it has happened. someone who is a little unhappy

about baltimore county's newest speed camera vandalizeed the equipment. jeff hager has the latest. >> with messages like photo hell, thief and vulgar f-bomb spray painted on this case in front of the high school, there is little doubt one of the latest speed cameras in baltimore county, maybe one of the least welcomed. >> i think the destruction of any property is wrong but we hate the speed cameras. >> i think they are definitely only here to make money. that's it. they are not here to slow anybody down. >> ironically while the speeding tickets cost motorists $40 a piece, this camera hasn't produced a single dime. >> this went on line less than two weeks ago. we were in the phase where it was issuing warnings rather than citations our policy in the police department is once a camera goes up , there is a 30 day grace period to get a

warning if you were exceeding the speed limit by 12 miles per hour or more. >> reporter: workers seen cameras targeted with graffitis, set on fire and dragged off their base with a truck. in the end they will be fixed or replaced to do the job they were intended for. >> somebody is upset about it. the bottom line is, this is a school zone, if you want to go and rip and tear, maybe you need to be on the dragway somewhere. we have new video tonight of the deadly truck crash and fire on i-95, south of the city, this was sent to us by john sh nel as he drove by the wreck. we have also learned the name of the truck driver. 34-year-old gregory watkins from fort washington worked for cardinal logistics. he was hauling lumber. fuel leaked onto the highway after the crash and ignited and caused the fire. there maybe one less referendum question on your november ballot. married's highest court is consider an appeal to stop the

referendum on the state's redistricting map. lawyers argue an on lane petition used to gather signatures violate a legal requirement that information must be submit by the signer. caught of appeals has until monday to make the ruling. double shooting last night in northeast baltimore has police worried it may spark more violence. it's connected to a previous shooting in the city. as brian kuebler tells us tonight, the case is being looked at by a brand new homicide task force, aimed at solving the more unusual murders, two are dead, in what police are calling a targeted shooting on ham illtop avenue. it happened at midnight. there is a possibility it is connected to the triple shooting earlier this week in southwest baltimore. this are now murders together from the two shootings and in

fact tbait investigated by a task force. the police commissioner formed the unit comprised of his homicide detectives with the highest clearance rate. they are charged with investigating what police call a unusual homicide in the city of baltimore. these murders from this week along with the mount vernon shooting last week, are all now investigated by this new team. >> what the deputy commissioner has done is taken our very best, very best detectives in the homicide unit with the highest clearance rate, and when there are cases like this, that fall outside of our typical pattern, we will put the detectives on the cases so we can quell the violence swiftly. >> reporter: as far as the double shooting, police have few leads to go on but have one lead and that has them reaching to dc metro police for help. the last two shootings, they have a good lead on the suspect

and more information on the arrest could come today or next week. brian kuebler, abc2 news. to a story we broke on abc2news.com, another doctor with ties to a suspected timonium pill mill has had his license suspended joce sterman has the latest on the case. >> mailed's board of physicians suspended dr. daniel alexander's... saying he ignored red flogs while prescribing to patients at the healthy life clinic, patient whose drove for hundred of miles to get drugs for cash in baltimore town can i. alexander is the fourth practitioner with ties to healthy life to have action taken against his license. the timonium clinic was raided by the feds and local police in may, and operators were arrested and indicted on drug charges. the board says he violated medical standards by

prescribing medicine to patients without verifying their medical problems or history and when their drug tests turned up elicit drugs like cocaine and pot. the operators of healthy life are slated for criminal trial in november. joce stermans abc2 news. on the eastern shore, dealing with a numb of swine flu cases, five children and one adult have come down with flu after coming in direct contact with pigs. none of the six developed cease ill nees or had to be hospitalized. when you are in the mood for a good chicken pot pies some people won't stop until they get one.

police in salisbury got called out to a home and found a man sitting in a living room chair in his underwear and watching tv. he broke in to the house and stripped down and baked a chicken pot pie. a day in paradise, how a group helped chen with autism live out the perfect day in the water. ♪

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now, abc2 news at 6:00. you are looking at lots of really fast people running around the beach. you can see fast clouds coming in theres they are coming in our way as well too, we are expecting a little rain tonight, kickoff for the ravens game. mike has a detailed look in now minutes or so. ask any boogie border r swimmer and they say there is knot like catching a perfect wave. they helped children with autism on the beach. [music] >> reporter: turn up the quiet, as the sunrises, then, the

would wakes up. you are on 37th street, ocean city, behind castles in the sand. this is surfers healing. you are looking a at the faces of those with autism. ask dad and it's hard to find words describing what this day means to his surfer dude son . >> for henry, he has kind of a sensory action to being in the water that calms him down. republican my redheaded friend, henry. todays we race the waves, the road we travel is full of bumps. >> it's a difficult road.

in a day like today, you see the positives and see joy. each poi and gill is matched up with a expert sufer and given the ride of their life. meet issey, california surfer dad who started this years ago and treated like a rock star. this young man said it's the only day of the year that his mother doesn't cry. watching the little one leave the sand and fee, and return full of confidence. keep it rolling for the hug, it's why we are here, here for days like this. jamie costello, abc2 news.

. >> very cool. 200 surfers today enjoying the unique therapy. there were plenty of smiles to go around at the boys and girls club in middle river. the first give away for the foundation back to school drive was held this afternoon. that's a mouthful to say. 70 children got backpacks, stuffed with notebook, pens and markers to make the first day a fantastic one. >> i love school. when i'm having a problem at home, school helps me a lot and calms me down. >> abc2 news and p and j foundation and sell bring learning are helping out other thirn. here is a list of the stuff we need. backpacks, composition books, pens, pencils, packs of wide ruled paper, nix you can get. supplys can be dropped off at the learning centers. for a list of locations, abc2news.com.

first major address to staff, dr. dallas took over the district in july. message today was simple, get everyone working together to make the system the best in the country. >> as in most reins, arenas, you can be good. what makes us stands apart and make us great we won't accept that. >> schools and students head back to class monday august 27th. doctor dallas dan. he is one of the rock stars in education. we have rock stars playing down at the stadium tonight. >> sure. >> right down there, you can see the m and t bank stadium

stuff. i don't see clouds moving over there. >> this is the radar shot. the clouds are going to be rolling in, over the next if they are not out there, they are rolling in, well as we speak. the rain rolling in, look at manchester, northern cal, baltimore, showing us spotty showers. as we broaden out the shot, look towards the west, there is a good line of showers, a rumble or two of thunder from hagerstown in to west virginia, this is a line of showers, embedded thunderstorms that is rolling in our direction over the next couple of hours. future scan, maryland's most powerful radar, showing spotty showers after kickoff at 8:00. look at the heavy rains north of frederick. bank on the idea that we will be delling with the showers all night long, manchester, you had a shower come through, showing clouds and drizzle pockets. look at ocean city, clouds not there yet, that will roll in over the eastern shores over

the next couple of hours, clouds and spot showers in to this weekend. 88 in town. towards north and west, hagerstown, you saw the rain this afternoon, rain cooled 68 degrees. hour by hour forecast, showing you the spotty showers from 8:00, right through 11:00, 74 degrees. waking up to a lot of clouds and spotty showers, at 71. we cap rule out the chance of a spot shower and thunderstorm in to tomorrow afternoon. the best shot is going to be south and east of town. here is the cold front out towards the west, the warm humid air on the front side , the backside this is where the cooler air is coming in to play. that's the air mass we will deal with in to sunday or going in to next week. look at the temperatures over the northern plains, minneapolis, chicago, 73, 74 degrees, real heat, true heat, towards dallas at 96. that's going to stay to the south and the west. future trend around 9:00, showing the bands of showers

coming through the yeah and those temperatures by tomorrow, will settle to around 81 degrees. tropics, that's gordon, winds 65 map moving towards the east at 17. tropical storm watch is out towards the asores, heading towards spain and give us a whole mess of weather towards unit. 79, 80 degrees, saturday sand sp sea folk. cloud rolling in all afternoon long. not the best looking day along the show point. forecast for the rest of the overnight, 70s, showers and storms, tomorrow, 81 degrees, that's below average. the showers early in spots south and east. seven-day forecast, looks like this, 82 for tomorrow. 81, 82 degrees, cooler, especially towards the south and east, 84 for sunday. monday a spot issuer possible at 82 -- shower possible at 82. the pick of the week is sunday, it's going to be more sunshine than clouds. saturday, more clouds than

sunshine. >> almost looks like fall weather with the temperatures in the 60s at night. >> at nite timenorth and wests dropping in to the low, mid-50s. we'll be right back. ooh kfc. hey, you're supposed to wait for everybody.

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