patchy fog to talk about this morning, so pretty much a carbon copy of what we had yesterday. we will get some sunshine in here mixed in with some cloud cover well. the temperatures coming in at 63 degrees, arnold at 63 degrees right now. the winds are calm to light. we do have uv coming in about 100% that's the indication that we're seeing reducevisibility outside. we look at maryland east most powerful radar. not picking up on a whole lot. fog this morning, patchy in spots, dry by lunchtime once again at 85 degrees is high i'm going with. let's check abc2 time saver traffic. >> to bring to your attention,

it's 95 right around the split, just be aware of that the shoulder is being blocked because of that issue. another accident we discussed into traffic center of washington on boulevard. that's slowing down speed. that's right near 95. with i'll eel take you out dealing with some issue this is morning, that's because of lane closure and road closures. due to construction. now, live shot, we'll show you the commute starting to pick up some volume. 695 at liberty road, you can see some traffic starting to pick up. going to get another shot. this is 695 at bell air road. things looking pretty good. as we know start to become more congested during the course of this morning. drive times, we'll show you again so far so good on most of our roadways. guys send it back to you. >> this morning historic elegant city is covered.

giving us more information, but the investigation as well. linda. >> you can see a lot more now that the sun is taking a look behind me. you can still see the coal that has stilled along the track. they have been using heavy equipment to pile it up. right behind that pile you can actually see the wheels of the derailed train cars they've been taking that off the track and today investigators will be back out here actually we've been seeing them all morning long taking a closer look at the track trying to figure out what caused this train to derail. we do know that emergency braking system went off at some point during the derailment but it's unclear what set it off. today ntsb investigators will sit down with the school members on board the 80 car train that was carrying coal from west virginia to baltimore. investigators will review video mounted on the front of the train to learn more about what caused the derailment. the tragedy in this all is that two college girls were killed when those train cars

overturned they were sitting on the bridge when they were crushed by the heavy coal. about an hour ago we spoke with worker with federal railroad administration who tells us there are about 4 to 5 cars that they have to remove from there track. they're in the process of removing the train cars that fell off the bridge on to a parking lot below. today again investigators big question that they hope to answer is to know what caused this train to derail. we're live this morning, glenda, abc2. congress aiken -- congress aiken sticking by it. made about rape and abortion. congress aiken went so far to put out a tv ad. republican congressman todd aiken met a withdraw deadline pass. he's under heavy fire says rape rarely lead to pregnancy.

the platform committee approved a platform called for a constitutional amendment banning abortion. it does not contain. he even released a tv ad yesterday. now, republican platform committee still has to finalize the draft platform language before that convention. she region son, abc2 news. >> if you put your child in day care you know that trusting someone else with your safety is not an easy thing to do in the story. in delaware 3 employees there are two encouraging toddlers to fight each other. investigators say they have cell phone video to prove it. they say two 3-year-olds can be seen on the video punching and whaling on each other and day

care workers are in the book ground egging them on. the children are watching them fight and parents this morning are outraged over this. >> that made me mad just because i feel my daughter is around anything i should have known. >> i can't believe in a million years, i mean, i would have to see the proof to believe it. this is a boy from river bank california crying at school school. he was excited until mom insisted on taking his photo with his older brother. >> i feel bad for the kid. but definitely as you guys are taking your kids back to school, snap a picture of them, send it to us. we would love to see the

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again with those temperatures in the low 60s from manchester. those winds are on the calm to light side. we do have a little bit of patchy fog to talk about this morning reduced visibility take it easy as you head out and about not picking up on any type of wet weather we have a chance of isolated shower to pop up as we go into the afternoon. speaking to the afternoon take you hour by hour to start you out at lunchtime today. we will be dry continuing into the 3:00 time frame. >> some accidents. to bring to your attention we're going to start you on the bell airside of town and that's around red ford road. and we do

have issues down the other end, right around west street in both directions west gate circle at route 2 we're having issues with construction work. we're expecting some congestion lines out there. >> this is right around 43. things are looking pretty good right now. let's take you over the m. d.o.t. cameras and confirm 695 shot looking pretty good at wilkinson avenue. we'll have another check on your traffic coming up in just a little bit. >> usually filled with tourists going antique shops or checking out some of the bars and restaurants this morning a completely different scene as crews continue working to clean up the coal and 20 plus rail guards that derailed last night killing 219-year-old women leaving one community in a mess. live on the scene, linda, you were there yesterday as this story first began developing. you was there today. it's a much different scene, isn't it? >> yeah, clean up has been steady, but still they have a lot of work to get done. you can see they're using that

front end loader to push the coal into a pile right over there made a mess of things when that train derailed. all of that coal spilling on to the track. you can see also there was wheels over there, those are the wheels that actually came off of the derailed tracks, again, today they'll be spending most of their time removing the coal trying to clear the tracks. css crews are back on scene in thing the tracks, removing debris. we just saw them bringing a huge truck to remove some of the debris off of the track. but, again, they're using that front end loader there, heavy equipment, to pile all of the coal into a heap. now, we do know that the emergency breaking -- braking system went off at some point but it's unclear what set it off. that's the big question investigators hope to answer. investigators will also review video mounted on the front of the train to learn more about

what caused the derailment, the tragedy in this is that those two college were killed when that train derailed they were sitting on to op that bridge, historic bridge when the train derailed filling -- spilling heavy coal on top of them. you can see back on the scene again this morning they're using sledge hammers to nail back the spice in the tracks. they're removing debris from the track. the goal is to get everything cleared up within the next several days but main street along elegant city remained close this morning. you should call beforehand if you have business down in the area if you have to go to any of the shop, the restaurant. you should call beforehand to make sure they're still open. we're live here abc2 news.

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frank. >> superintendents that parents can't afford to pay. there can be a community service option available for their kids. >> educators are getting a special visitor today, secretary of education annie duncan is meeting with teachers to talk with them about the future of their profession. they're going to be joined by superintendent and state superintendent duncan is speaking at perry hall high school that's happening at 8:30. all right. well on monday, baltimore city students will be heading back to school. abc2 news reporter she region son joins us with more they needed some of these renovations renovations. >> they're going to be quite for a treat when they head back

to school. phase 2 includes renovating the old lee school building. once the entire 28 million project is complete. the off students wi-fi, air conditioning, voice over internet phones state of the art security system and lots of natural light. public can help students with the mayor tax and state's expected gambling all of that revenue will go towards education. >> we want to increase the educational capacity of our system and put the ultimate in technology in all of our schools. >> there will be a ribbon cutting ceremony on monday august 27th as students return to school to mark that new building she region son abc2

news. >> all right, well, we will choose individual tables and hard earned dollars to fill up your refrigerator there's new research this morning and it shows. >> 40%. for the average family of 4. that equals about $2,200 a year. it found fruits and vegetables to get tossed out and followed grain products. >> five things you may want to know, abc news have released the latest about -- gop nomination. it appears they've fallen a little bit slack. joe biden is not doing much better in fact knew mercury. >> he starts his day today with teachers and holing campaign event in las vegas.

he'll fly to new york city for two more campaign events one includes a basketball exhibition game dubbed the obama classic that's happening. >> list of those wealthy members of congress due out now and topping that list. michael mccall from texas a net worth of $290 million. democratic senator john kerry takes the second spot. gary polk. senator of virginia and that's stopped by. >> all right, well the family -- judge is expected to get guardian -- (inaudible). >> about 63,000 acres -- (inaudible) >> dallas has been the worst

hit by the out break. they now have 11 confirmed deaths, the results of west nile virus. >> make sure you do have that jacket out and about. 62 degrees in baltimore. and we're seeing another 55 in winchester, 61. elegant city clean up efforts there today and we have some good weather, some good news. maybe isolated shower in the forecast and the reason why, well, we do have this trough of low pressure across the area, back west, we do have high pressure that will begin especially as we head into tomorrow and also friday. isaac is out here in the atlantic and it is pushing over

the western an tilllies what it's doing it is strengthening we do have some hurricane warnings going up for the dominican republic as we make its way off towards the west. it is moving to the west at about 16 miles an hour and it is heading for florida by the time we head to the end of the weekend, we are looking at that. also what we're seeing this morning we do have temperature coming in at 69 degrees in the morning but look at what we have at lunchtime for today. 82 degrees those temperatures will go up from there forecasting right around 3:00. 85 degrees more of the same as we head into your 4:00 time frame and check of the 7-day forecast for you as we will be nice and dry as we head through the weekend. let's get a check now at abc2 time saver traffic. >> good morning everybody. let's get right into it. we do have a few accidents to bring to your attention. we'll start you at north avenue at hilton parkway. we do have an accident tying down. that's usually a 55 miles per

hour -- blocking the shoulder from 95 where you see the 695, 895 sports be aware from that speed time and we'll take you south and west of town and accident on washington on boulevard near 95 tying things up. let's go outside and take a live look. a lot of congestion on this roadway. we are expecting congestion to pick up through the course of the morning. we'll update you good morning america. >> car lovers check this out. 1936 mercedes benz 540k. this is auctioned off recently. did not meet what the expectations were. it went for 12 million. they expected the challenge in 1957 ferrari that went for $16 million. maybe congress could afford that. >> could afford several of them. that story was crazy. >> that's a bargain. >> those are some gorgeous cars though. >> we're out of time. abc2news.com more news and weather we're back with it.

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