reisterstown we are looking at that owings mills randallstown and even eldersberg so along i- 70 mount airy getting in on wet weather and it will be off and ongoing throughout the day. that's going to be the trend as you step out and so be prepared have the rain gear and 66 degrees right now in uteon. 65 germantown and man chester at 63 degrees. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are dealing with several accidents trouble on the south side of the beltway where there's a crash on the inner loop at who willlands ferry road. it will take 10 minutes to travel from the peninsula expressway to hawkins point road. and there are more problems out on 95 there's another crash as you head into the city right along northbound lanes at 395. and here's what it looks like heading to downtown. notice pretty packed in the area. so leave yourself extra minutes if you are going to be using 95 this morning. hoare what's the harrisberg expressway looks like in hunt

valley. no problems from shawan to 695 and it will remain nice and clear out on the jfx. megan and charley over to you. todd akin of missouri running for the u.s. senate back pedaling for controversial remarks he made about abortion knee it on tv and has people fired up this morning -- abortion. >> he did it on tv and has people fired up this morning. >> you've been pro life your entire career and staunchly prolife. >> reporter: defending the hard line stance against abortion, in an interview with a st. louis tv station, congressman akin said rape rarely leads to pregnancy. >> if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to shut that whole thing down but let's assume that maybe that didn't work or something. you know i think there should be some punishment but the punishment ought to be in the rapest and not attacking the child. >> reporter: he issued a statement saying "in reviewing my off the cuff remarks, it's clear that i misspoke in theinterview and it doesn't

reflect the deep empathy i hold for the thousands of women who are raped and abused every year. he went onto say he remains opposed to abortion even in cases of rape. >> it's great to see you all. >> reporter: the romney campaign distanced itself in the statement a spokeswoman said "governor romney and congressman ryan disagree with mr. eakin's statement and -- akin's statement and wouldn't oppose abortion in instance of rape. statistics on rape is difficult to generate. several sources estimate about 5% of rapes result in pregnancy. i am ed payne reporting. >> known for hits like top gun and days of thunder and this morning family and friends mourning the loss of director tony scott. police say scott jumped from a bridge in los angeles county and they found a suicide note inside his car that was parked on the bridge. tony scott dead at 68. well, a texas 12-year-old

is told he is too big to play football by the mesquite peewee football association. he weighs 297 pounds and stands at 6 foot 1. and that's about the same size of some nfl linebackers. the organization says he exceeds the 135 pound limit for 7th graders. steven harvey invited him to be a guest on his talk show next month. he's going to get a chance to practice with san diego chargers and that's later this week and he is probably bigger than mostf them. a fun day out on water in california actually ended with quite a scare for two boys. 12 years old they took a row boat out into the water to retrieve a football. however the wind blew the boat off the beach and really far out into the somebody fran bay -- san francisco bay. they may not have gotten back if it was not for a man who went out jumped into the water and it was 55 degrees and swam nearly a mile to that sinking row boat grabbed the boys by

the life jackets and told them lay on their bags and kick while he hauled them back to the pier. >> there was a pretty naturally situation they were freaked out and that 2 hundred meter swim i was freaked out because there was no boat and i was holding two jackets with one hand and doing a side stroke up to the pier. so,. >> you made it happen. >> he is a hero. he saved me around my friend's life. and we would have -- can wouldn't have been able to get back without him. >> he actually had been a lifeguard for 15 years and said he was just doing what he had been trained to do in the past. he was not thinking of himself as a hero. >> the battle the books. >> yes. the tribute taking on when it comes to sales who wins? harry potter or hunger games. >> reporter: parents are shopping for back to school supplies and kids prepare to head back to the classroom. i am sherrie johnson with a live report coming up.

hopefully it's and about good summer but all good things must come to an end. >> yeah. students are thinking oh i have to head back to school and parents are prog probably thinking yee. but before they hit the classroom they need proper tools. >> we sent out sherrie johnson who has been tagging along with the parents and teachers. what deals have they been finding. >> reporter: they have been finding excellent deals. parents are a little bit happy and a little sad and the kids are heading off to school. and i ran into some of them at this wal-mart in towson and they found a lot of good deals when it comes to crayons and pencils and paper and notebooks and it seems that backpacks are the hot ticket item they have been flying off the shelves. store managers say sales have been a very good the past couple weeks. and wal-mart has reached out to a lot of the schools to talk to

them about back to school supply list to be helpful for parents and parents found the supply list to be helpful as they try to figure out what to shop for. >> notebooks, folders, pen ills and lots of pen -- pencils and lots of pencils and stuff like that. >> crayons lunchbox and tissue box and that kind of stuff. >> reporter: the national retail foundation says sales are actually up when it comes to back to school supplies. and they say that more people are expected to spend more in the next coming weeks. coming up at 5, tonight you can catch the full story am i making a difference segment at 5 p.m. school starts on monday august 27th for the baltimore area. reporting live in towson, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. when it comes to best selling books having a bow and harrow may be more effective than having a wand. hunger games trilogy surpassed the harry potter saga as the

movement popular series on amazon.com. the most remarkable part of the serge of cattiness and hunger games is that series consist of three books. the harry potter series is 7 both books got a huge boost from the movies based on the tales. and do you know what's happening in 21 days? >> katie premiers in baltimore and we are excited about this this. it will happen here on abc2. >> here she is changing out with -- hanging out with jamie kelly and wyatt n three weeks the talk show premiers on abc2 september 10th beginning at 4.>> and stick around to watch abc2 news at 5 with jammy and kelly.-- jamie and kelly. dignitaries and celebrities are the types you see invited to the white house. >> but not today. why the crowd attending tonight's state dinner is not old enough to drive. >> she is 215 years old gorgeous. but the second time. >> more than century hundreds are going to be out to see the uss contusion set sail under

her power. we are following the journey in a moment. >> a party at a baltimore county hotel leads to a fight and then a shooting. i am linda so live at county police headquarters a18-year- old is dead and a search for the suspect continues. >> and there's patchy fog outside and maryland's most powerful radar picking up on showers right now. i will tell you when they get out of here coming up. >> reporter: in addition to the fog we are dealing with a lot of congestion on the west side of the beltway. i will let you know how traffic is shaping oup on -- up on 95 and 84 coming on good morning maryland.

monday morning this is your abc2 news to go i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson the let's say hello, to lynette. >> good morning. check out maryland's most powerful radar where we are dealing with a few showers pushing in across the area. we can see it along i-70. we have wet roadways out there. just to the north of lateensville heading to montgomery county be prepared for wet weather. sykesville getting in on the wet weather and this is light in nature but still we are dealing with rain.

reisterstown owings mills and randallstown and towson has rain. this will persist throughout the day off and on and that will continue heading into tomorrow. but 65 all across the board for millersville to edgewater. and the winds are calm right now. and your hour by hour forecast looks like this. we will have a brief breakthrough the morning hours and lunchtime still on the dry side. 75 and by the afternoon temperatures close to 80 with showers in the forecast. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. good news for those of you hadn howard county a disabled car has been cleared from the westbound lanes of interstate 70 at route 32. overall it's going to be a very easy ride from columbia pike over to 695. now a crash is cleared on the beltway on the inner loop at holland ferry road. delays dissipated but the west side is going to be the main concern right now traveling that outer loop from 795 down towards route 40. and if you are using 95 to get into the city this is what it looks like heading downtown.

at 395, you will notice it's going to be pretty heavy in this vicinity. leave yourself extra time and look live at the harrisburg expressway north of 695, nothing to get in your way. it will be clear from hunt valley down towards 695 and remain that way on the jfx11 minutes to travel from towson downtown to east fayette street. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic now over to you. we have brand new information to pass along this morning. a missing 12-year-old boy who disappeared over the weekend has been found. his name is rashad foster and his parents say he is autistic. police say he was found safe and unharmed and he was last seen on liberty heights avenue and he is home safe this morning with his family. a shooting outside a baltimore county hotel now an 18-year-old is killed. linda so is live at county police headquarters with the very latest and linda, where are we relative to police making an arrest? >> reporter: no arrest yet. this happened early sunday morning but police don't have a suspect. people saturday the ramada

limited on route 40 tells us the group of about 50 people were having a party in room and it spilled into a big fight in the parking lot when be somebody pulled out a gun. when police arrived they found 18-year-old kevin glasgow dead at scene. hotel staff says they rent to people 21 or older. >> i wouldn't really expect it around this area. maybe more towards the city like a couple blocks down. >> reporter: now the victim lived about a mile away from the hotel. his family had no comment. if you have information on the suspect, call baltimore county police. live at couldn't y police headquarters -- county policeheadquarters linda so abc to 2 us. -- abc2 flues. a man accused of mud. dur -- abc2 news. markel jones is accused of killing a man last halloween in the waverly community. his family actually turned him in after they saw surveillance video that police released to local news stations. he is accused of killing a man

named freddie jones junior. gun laws in our state will be under scrutiny tomorrow as a task force established back in june will study the access to firearms to people with mental illness. this group will study whether or not current state laws are adequate or need to be changed. this is going to happen also with the current laws and the other policies relate together access of law enforcement officers with mental health records. this will be part of of several meetings that are going to take place. the chick-fil-a wars are not over yet. now student at the university of maryland are calling for the restaurant on campus to be shut down. they started a petition in response to comments against same sex marriage by the company's ceo. the online petition calls on the university replace the chick-fil-a in the stewed even the union building with a accepting restaurant or maybe a healthier dining option. consumer alerts this morning the risk of fires forcing the recall of more than a quarter million gm and esue

due s vu. s -- s u6789 v -- suvis. suvs. if salt is used to clear the road in the winter it gets in the power likes and window system and can cause a short circuit that could cause a fire. there's reports of 28 fires but they are unaware injuries as a result of the fires. check your crisper for romaine lettuce a supplier is recall the lettuce over fears of possible e.coli contamination. it's the limited to the field fresh wrap single head romaine lettuce. it is packaged in a plastic bag and may have the best buy date of august 19th. some of them were shipped to our state and there have been no reports of any illnesses at this time. we will keep you posted on the recall. in the first public's pearns in two months wikileaks founder julian assange called

for the united states to release private first class man hog is being tried in our state accused of -- manning who is being tried in our state accused of releasing secret documents and they are saying they are calling him a hero for his actions and assange was granted political asylum in ecuador where he is speaking in the video last week. now he has been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy trying to avoid extradition to sweden where he is wanted for questioning in a sexual assault. five things to know as you head out this morning. accused "owe higho school shooter set to appear in court today. -- ohio school shooter is set to appear in court today. a new trial date could come from today's scheduled hearing. u.s. military top general is meeting with senior officials in afghanistan in an attempt to find a solution to the wave of attacks against

international forces. army general dempsey is expected to talk about the progress of the campaign in the country. republicans meet today and tomorrow in tampa to discuss the platform ahead of the convention one week from today. democratic platform committee meat week ago to approval the platform. and nasa is planning the first test drive of the mars rover curiosity tomorrow. that is start of a year long trek to the foothills and nearby martianmountin range. lockheed martin celebrates the 100th anniversary. the governor and senator cardin will be on hand to celebrate. they employ 400 people. 44 games and counting. the o's continue to keep pace in the al east and wild card races following a win this weekend in motown. sunday, anything but pretty. after falling down 5-0 to the tigers in the first, the o's stormed back with 4 in the second and 3 in the fourth on the way to a 7-5 win sunday.

anything but perfect on the way to the 12th win of the year. baltimore remains 6 back of the yankees in the east and they are tied with tampa atop the al wild card race. for the first time in the ripkin world sear yeas team from our state made it to the championships. team is from upper montgomery county and made it to sunday's championship and took on defending champs from japan but for the second year in a row the japanese take the world series with a 17-7 win over the maryland state champs. >> and not a lot of people get a chance to do these type of things. to be put in the pressure situations last night and 2 or 3,000 people sitting in here cheering them on you know, the tv cameras pointing at them for the first time and to come through in the moments you carry that for the rest of your life. >> the guys are not done from the season. runners up will fly to memphis on thursday for another baseball tournament. the white house plays host

to international dignitaries and celebrities. >> they do but today a special state dinner will be held for kids. it's a lunch and it's the first of its kind. the menu created by kids. >> nearly 1200 young chefs created the recipes and sent them in for consideration. 54 kids the recipes were picked including one from right here in maryland. 10-year-old samuel hightower submitted the recipe megan. >> it's sizzling tofu with green onions and sugar snap peas. >> today he is going to dine with the first lady all the recipes will be online after the lunch so you can try them. we will have them at abc2news.com. >> sounds good doesn't it? >> >> you don't think so? >> don't like peas. so if you said broccoli. but you make it sound delicious. >> the way she says it. >> you are right. one more time. >> sizzling tofu with green onions and sugar snap peas. >> i will do the weather like that. look at that 67 in baltimore

oh, yeah. 62 in york. 64 in frederick. 63 in hagerstown and these temperatures seasonable this morning. and we will stay that way or actually be below seasonable temperatures as we go into the afternoon. that's good news if you like the cooler weather. let's go outside to manchester where we are dealing with plenty of cloud cover. and that's going to be the trend as we go throughout the day. we will see sunshine in here but those clouds are going to hold tough. more of the same in laurel this morning. and even as we go over to ocean city that what few showers out there. now things are tapering off most of the wet weather is out into the atlantic. but the satellite and radar picking up on what i am talking about. pushed off there and we have a few showers trying to pop up around carroll county. baltimore county and that's going to be the scenario as we go throughout the day off and on showers. we won't see anything continuing. we are in between the two systems and we will have disturb ands riding along the system to the south. and that's going to give us a chance for showers for the next three days. a disturbance in the atlantic will be watching that as it works off towards the west and becoming probably a tropical

depression through the next 48 hours. future trend on a few showers for today. tomorrow and also wednesday. and here's hour by hour forecast by 7 p.m., 75 degrees with more showers and a check of the 7-day forecast, well, we dry out as we head into the end of the week. let's check the traffic with lauren cook good morning. >> reporter: good morning. construction does continue on 895. traffic is reduced to one lane in both directions at the steel bridge. you want to expect delays traveling through the harbor tunnel and 95 the fort mchenry tunnel no exception. that's pretty packed as well. and if you are headed out to the west side here's what it looks like at liberty road. inner loop fine up towardspikesville but the outer loop sluggish making the ride towards route 40. overlea at bel air road no problems to 95 or heading up towards towson we are giving away $600 in free gas. like my "physician abc2 news facebook page and i will have details at the top of my profile. >> all right. you have to look at this. in boston the u-ss constitution

raised its sails to the wind and proved again why it deserved to be called old ironside. this is the second time in 113 years she set sail under her own power. >> this is the world's oldest commission warship afloat. >> all right. >> the ship is in remarkable condition and she is almost 215 years old and you don't take anything lightly with her. >> the sail commemorates the 200 anniversary of the victory over the british ship the hms from the war of 1812. it's where the ship got the nickname. 18 pound cannon balls were bouncing off the side of the constitution's hull. and that's where the nickname came from. >> you see the drawing they had? the people look terrified. >> yeah i know. >> old iron side is probably a scary ride. >> abc2news.com the place to go news weather and traffic coming up in 25 and 55. see you then. >> sizzling tofu. >> do it again megan.

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