track tha was damaged by the derailment. they moved all of the 21 cars that have fallen over. they're trying to reclaim this area and get things back in order. they said it may be a couple days before main street is open. that's something everyone will keep an eye on. the own are had scheduled the day off. she opened the day with a few folks coming by. >> the fact that those two girls are gone, their families are devastated, i can't compare monetary to that. >> reporter: what does matter is putting the community back together after being dmut two by this -- cut in two by this wreck. the national transportation safety board will exam min it.

there's historic museum itself. many times you'll have a field or park lot larger than this where you can lay your rail out. >> reporter: he's working with the railroad. the bridge is basically separating two communities. >> my biggest concern is getting this place back open. my concern look backward is after that happens, we sit down, listen to the ntsb and what they found and sit down and talk to csx and look at the infrastructure financed there are ways to -- and if there are ways to do a better job in the future, that's what we have to look at. >> reporter: that's why main street will remain closed at this time because there's a lot

of heavy equipment in the middle of main street. there's flatbed trucks. they even have a heavy crane. for now at this end they're trying to get the track in place tend may take a couple days before they get things in order. >> i know the investigators were saying something about video. >> reporter: they were able to get the video out of the train. they send it all to washington. they'll take sections of track, all of these things they have interviewed the three members of the crew. as a matter of fact, the engineer was an engineer in training. they say they've talked to all the members of the crew. they will review the video and make sure the two match up and make sure he come to some conclusion has to why the train

derailed. it's been less than 48 hours but some things are starting to return to normal. >> reporter: this is what they have on main street in ellicott city. most of the shops were open. there were quite a few people out there shopping. there were plenty of people watching at this train derailment. howard county executive ken ulman have been urging to us support the businesses. >> it's important because of the loss in the community as well as how much we appreciate the small store owners and want to make sure they stay in business. >> most of the shops do close around 5:00, 6:00.

the cleanup crows should be out of the main street. if you talk to any parent or teen in ellicott city, they will tell you they know someone who spent some time on the tracks. whether it's hanging out or taking a walk, the deaths of elizabeth nass and rose mayr are raising questions about how easy it is to get on those tracks. >> clearly, the track brings those security issues, so we'll take another issue at this. >> the county executive plans to work with csx to make the area around the main street more secure and looking at extending financing from the track down to the bridge in ellicott city. for the latest information as

the investigation continues, just head to abc2news.com. we have slideshows and an interview with a friend of one of the young victims killed in the train derailment. it's been a pretty quiet day, a couple showers north of us. most of the rain ray voiding -- avoiding the state. the warmest spot on the map, 70s. 77 in winchester, virginia. a few clouds dotting the region. basically the heavier cloud cover has stayed to the east. it will be in the 80s with a few clouds. it will stay fairly humid. just getting new information in on tropical storm isaac. a look at your weekend in just a minute. baltimore county police are investigating an early morning accident that left two teenage

boys dead and another injured. the driver alejandro santee adoe wine was traveling north when he clamed into to a you tell the pole. ryan james boothe was pronounced dead and john morris was talken to the -- taken to the hospital. the former uva student accused of killing his girlfriend yeardley love has asked for a new trial. he asked the judge to set aside the first treel -- trial. believe it or not tomorrow will mark the one-year anniversary of the east coast

earthquake. people were startled by that quake. here in maryland we were close to the origin in central virginia. small earthquakes occur every month in the eastern u.s. but last year was the largest geologists are still trying to pinpoint details, including what fault actually proud the earthquake. continuing coverage of that yowing -- growing west nile virus problem in texas. with texas reporting more than 20 dead from the disease and now they're asking for help. >> reporter: aerial spraying for mosquitoes will continue tonight over texas. planes will spray seven more cities to stop the deadly outbreak of the west nile virus. the crossersal r--- controversiallt began last week.

>> they refer to our area as an epidemic. >> reporter: in texas' loan, at west nile.eople have died from on top of that, more than 1100 people have now been infect with the virus nationwide. from minnesota -- >> immense. i mean, i knew i was in trouble. >> reporter: to tennessee. >> we may end up with larger number of human cases. >> reporter: now other states like california are planning aerial spraying. not everyone is onboard. the north texas poison center has received several complaints. >> we have people complaining of respiratory issues. >> reporter: the cdc recommends that everyone gets rid of standing water and use insect

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a lot of work for them to take care of in ellicott city as we talked about that train crash from yesterday. as the ntsb tries to figure out what caused the crash, the county is looking into ways to make sure that's secure. elizabeth nass and rose mayr died when the train jumped the traction. they were buried in tons of

coal. they are trying to make the area secure. ulman said no one should be on those tracks, that they're incredibly dangerous. he said the county wants to make sure nothing like this happens again. now we'll check in with wyatt everhart. he has a look at our weather. wyatt, are you there? it has been a nice start to weather around here all day. sunshine back out in force. that's what we like. let's take a look at some of the weather through the day as we take a live look at downtown baltimore. you see the skies partly cloudy and, again, we're looking at, again, a good looking weather scenario. 83 at bwi. the sun sets tonight at 7:52. sunset comes awfully early out there. all right. show you some of the weather

through the day around town and the state of maryland. annapolis showing partly cloudy skies with sunshine. the everall pattern with nothing more than a stray shower. how about the beaches. still got the structure. we are looking at a nice looking scenario, bel air today. look at this view. chesapeake beach a mix of sun and clouds as well, so tough to complain anywhere in maryland. here's maryland's most powerful radar. any rain, not really. rain toward york, pennsylvania. we stay dry across the central part of the state. temperatures now mid-80s. 70s to the west. i think tonight we'll see temperatures cooling off nicely. we got a heat index near 90 in the city. near the upper 80s in d.c.

winds are from the east. so a little bit of a breeze, but not much. the active weather has been to our west and even more so to our south and east. lock at all the rain showers across north carolina. this is the beginning of a coastal system that we think will stay offshore. show you that on our future trend as we put things into motion. you can see the hottest air bottled to the south. as a result high pressure keeping the sunshine around maryland right through the end of the day on friday it. looks like a dry start to the weekend. all right. here's what you've been hearing about on sole home is day or watching the national news media. i'll tell you this, isaac, yes, a well defined and potent tropical storm moving into the lesser antilles near st. lucia. as we go forward in time, this

is where we think isaac is headed. as we go into sunday, looks like the hurricane will turn into a tropical storm and redevelop. the national hurricane center has this tracked over southwest florida into monday but i'm telling you this could change. we could see this track further out in the atlantic. tonight 63, trending cooler with patchy fog. tomorrow we'll say sun and clouds and on the warm side. here's a look at the forecast tomorrow night. 64 with some patchy fog late. as we look at the next three days, the morning fog but more of the same as we kick off the weekend in the upper 80s. i think an isolated shower saturday, not much. better chance tuesday of next week. looks like things will cool off toward wednesday of next week. in the meantime it's more of the same. august weather, classic, go wash

the car. we'll be back with more abc2 news at 5:00 coming up.

around the nation tonight the tradition laden tennis world has been rorked by a murder -- rocked by a murder scandal. it involve as female rep accused of killing her husband with a coffee cup. t.j. winick explains. >> looks like we're having difficulty with that story. let's send it back to the live shot. we'll go to ellicott city. okay. we're having difficulty with that. let's go to break. let's go to break. you know, i was once used for small jobs.

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let's go to a story. it's a murder scandal involving an umpire. she's accused of kelling her husband using a coffee cup. let's hear the story from t.j. winick. >> reporter: well known tennis umpire who could hold her own with some of the sport's biggest names but low wis ann goodman is facing murder charges after being arrested in new york city. the police were called to her home where they found allan goodman, her 83-year-old husband and father of her children dead. she said he had fallen down the stairs but later learned she used a dangerous weapon, a coffee cut to bludgeon him to

death. >> he received multiple sharp force injuries to the head. we located that coffee mug and several pieces at the crime scene. >> reporter: police said they had trouble tracking low wis goodman down but learned she had been in new york city for the u.s. open which began next week. >> she was back to schedule. >> reporter: tuesday morning she was arrested leaving her hotel wearing her u.s. open union for. >> reporter: she allegedly beat him with porcelain cup and stabbed him with pieces. her attorney said she will fight this case. t.j. winick, new york. students will go back to a

new addition to their school. sherrie johnson has more. >> reporter: here at leaf walk elementary school, crews are working hard to put the final touches on this new addition to the school. built in 1951, this school hasn't had any renovation, that is until now. >> we have a school with the oldest buildings in the state, a lot of issues in terms of maintaining the best possible education. we had a complete study by jacobs international hall firm. it shows our building is in poor condition. >> reporter: the firm came up with a price tag of $2.4 billion. it's phase one in this renovation process. phase two includes renovating the old building. once the entire $28 million project is complete, leaf walk

will house1200 students. >> we're trying to do everything to let the students have the best opportunity,. >> reporter: school mirsz say the public can help with the bottle tax and the state's expanded gambling revenue. >> all of that will go into new construction. we would do minor ren vow vaitions and build completely new schools for every school in the district. we want to increase the educational capacity of our system and put the ultimate in technology in all of our schools. >> reporter: renovation is part

of ceo of schools andres alonso's block grant. >> putting in air-conditioning in all of our schools and also putting new windows in all of our schools which, of course, we're going to do as we do the smart plan. >> reporter: so as students begin the new school year, leaf walk will be a shiny example throughout the city. >> get those backpacks ready. baltimore city public schools start on monday the 27th. there will be a ribbon cutting ceremony at 8:30 in the morning. let's shift gears talking about the house. a new survey finds 17% of high school students drink, smoke or use drugs during the school day. according to the survey peer pressure is a major factor in substance abuse, particularly digital peer pressure.

75% of teens feel encouraged to use drugs or alcohol when they see their peers doing it. the best way is for parents to get involved. get engaged in their lives. if your child wants to give up playing a musical instrument, children who get a few years of musical instruction will see the benefits. young adults have taken two years of instrumental training. previous studies have linked that type of response with improved attention, organization, short term memory and reasoning. it's important for parents to have a plan in place to keep them safe after school. if you're in the picking up your children, be sure they know who's coming to get them. write your child's full name on the outside of the backpack. if your child walks home, stress

to them the importance of taking the same route every day a and walking with a group of friends. abc2 is the place for all the health needs you will need. coming up at 5:30 we've been talking about it for the past 24 hours, 48 almost, a train derailment claimed the lives of two college students. labor day is almost here. find out why aaa said the holly will be a big one. >> how about using up left gofers. a new study on how wasteful americans are with their food. stick around for that.