you're watching the station that works for you. now, good morning maryland. in the say the of her home hang out in her booed bedroom a pg honor student brutally murdered. investigators want to know why. and when a utility workers shows up at your door, you trust them right? that was not the case for one man in upper fells point when an impostor claiming to be from bge showed up. and as always do your best work. something we should all remember to do because someone is watching.

that's what a waitress at rhode island learned after she got a very, very big tip. the stories and much more coming up on this friday, august 24th. good morning i am charley crowson. megan is off today. we are watching a traffic didn't along 695. exit 18 is the landmark for that. and 795. we will have a live look in a bit. >> i am hoping fog doesn't have anything to do withit because we have reduced visibility this morning. other than that, we are looking pretty good. we have clouds at ellicott city. but we are getting a little sunshine in here going throughout today. now today is going to be a little bit different than it has been because of the fact i think we will see more clouds than sunshine that we have been getting. we can see now maryland's most powerful radar and we are dry many and we will stay that way for the most part as we head throughout the day. so no need to grab the rain gear. take the sun shades with you and don't forget to put on the sunscreen because you can be burned through the clouds. don't forget that. we look at the hour by hour forecast for you. and as we head to the 8:00 hour. still patchy fog developing. and then by lunchtime, still

dry right around 83 degrees and that sun-cloud mix by 3. 86 degrees. charley. the live look from 695 old court road you see the outer loop is completely stopped and mobbed up to a red alert on the traffic site at abc2news.com. reisterstown road is a spot to look out for exit 18 and liberty road in woodlawn a traffic accident has a number of lanes closed that's why you are seeing the backup and it happened in the past 15 minutes. we brought it to you on good morning maryland around 6:20. you see how congested it got and it happened quickly. stop and go traffic out in dundalk near the francis scott key toll plaza. 6:32 and make sure to know who is knocking at your door before letting them in. this morning, balmmore city police are issuing a warning dolt -- baltimore city police are issuing a warning after a man is victim to bge

impersonator. appears they are targeting the old are adults. >> reporter: this is on the heels of the baltimore city police department making arrest and property tax and robbery scam that targeted the elderly. now another dangerous situation police want folks to be aware of. this happened on wednesday morning. a man posing as bge worker made his way inside the home of a 6 to-year-old -- 62-year-old man in the 2000 block of east baltimore street in upper fells point. the man said the attacker knocked on the door and he was dressed in a white t-shirt and tan pants and a yellow neon bge vest. now after talking his way inside, the attacker pulled out a small revolver and they began to fight. he hit the elderly man in the head several time with the gun and ran off. bge says they rarely send anyone to the home-announced. >> -- unannounced. >> for the most part bge won't come unless schedule unless it's gas or electric emergency or to read meters or check bge

equipment. >> reporter: no arrest has been made. if you unsure give bge a call. each employee and contractor carries a badge with an i.d. number. bge will be able to verify that over the phone. charley. >> so we heard from bge talking about giving customers prior notice. what are police saying about this incident. >> reporter: police want to warn folks about this. authorities believe this incident is connected with prior elderly scams officers say when someone comes to your door, call and check it out first. >> thanks much. >> also this morning, prince george's county family is grieving the loss of a 17-year- old honor student. the story heart breaking. they are saying police are that amber stanley had her headphones on and was in her bedroom what gunman kicked open the door to the home and came upstairs and shot and killed her. police are not sure if she was targeted or if there was a person there looking for someone else. stanley went to flowers high school and had dreams of one day attending harvard.

students in frederick county public schools may be able to use cell phones during lunch and possibly during classroom changes. school officials say they are considering relaxing the restrictions that have been around for years. the superintendent says it is time to update the policy and that general will he rye queers students -- generally requires students to keep phones off and out of classroom during school hours. good service pays off for a rhode island waitress. she makes about 60 bucks a night, 100 on a good night. but one day, the single mother got a tip she never would have expected. a couple came in to uncle tony's in cranston and liked her service. and they let her know the best way possible. >> i will be right back with the change and they said no it's all set. i said okay thank you have a good night and looked in the book and there was 5, 100 dollar bills. and the check was 42 dollars. >> all right. now she thought somebody was wrong and thought the count was wrong but she was right. that's a 458 dollar tip and she says she was able to pay off a

couple of her bills. the, sim is building. we are 17 days away from the debut of the katie couric show on abc2. you can win a trip to see the premier in new york live. all you have to do is like the katie show facebook page at facebook.com/katie show then let them know why you are katie'sbiggest fan. one person is going to win a trip for two to attend the premier. you can get to that site by going to our website in a special section abc2news.com/katie. the next time you belly up to the bar, try asking for president obama's special brew. coming up, the call now some are making for the white house to let them in on the president's secret recipe of his favorite beer. and maryland state fair kick off today in timonium a preview of the attraction coming from the midway. and as we go to break let's go back out to 695 the big traffic story and it's not even 30 minutes old just yet. and you see the inner loop is

moving fine. it's the outer loop there's exit 18 causing major backups. the construction now we have a traffic accident. good morning maryland continues in a moment.

in thanks for staying with us. news time is 6:40. so, how easily with you imbibe up a closely-- give up a closecally guarded secret. there's a petition for white house to release the recipe of the president's home pruned honey ale are they going to give in. >> i think the president and first lady were asked about it a little bit in an interview last week which i believe is published or broadcast about how the white house beer came about. but, i don't -- i am not aware of plans at this time todivulge

the. >> -- >> jay that's a nice looking tie. same tie. according to -- they brewed 3 different types. you have the holly ale a blonde ale and honey porter. the cool part is the honey comes from the behive that are on the white how's south lawn. you may be able to have more money at the grocery store. wegmans freezing the prices on more than 60 items families buy during the fall season. from tomorrow through the december 31st the end of the year the store is holding the line on items like frozen veggies cereals and pasta and other nonfood items like tiewght paste and shampoo is on list. >> she says she was trying to catch a train and now she says she is grateful to be alive. the horrifying moment for mother and child caught on camera. we will show you what happened. and tampa braces for a hit from isaac. a look back at another storm

that hit florida 20 years ago today. good morning maryland continues in just a moment. we are following that storm that traffic actual loin 695. >> all right and the weekend is -- actually on 659. >> the weekend is upon us and i will tell you what to take with you to the beech. >> -- beach. >> and here's 695 old court road. that's the shot 795 exit 18. those are your points of interest. a two-car collision multiple lanes closed and traffic backed up good morning maryland is back in a bit.

time for abc2 news to go. i charley -- charley -- charley yow crawson. >> good morning. -- crowson. >> good morning. we have a nice sunrise in urbana but we have clouds towards the back. we are deeing with -- dealing with more clouds around towson and that will be the scenario going throughout the day. i believe that we will have a few more clouds in here than what we saw yesterday. and the day before that. look at the temperatures in towson. 61 right now.

and easton close to 70. 64 in galena and winds are calm. but don't let that fool you because as we go into afternoon they will pick up out of the southeast at 5 to 10 miles an hour and with that, that's when we will have more of an onshore flow. we are watching the next coastal system to ride up going through the weekend. more details on that coming. but right now let's check the traffic with charley. >> yeah let's go back out to 695 old court road. two car accident no injuries reported now but we are reporting that traffic is completely stopped on the outer loop. you see that for yourself. but they are clearing the incident now. two lanes blocked off and this is at reisterstown road near exit 18 about 795 and this shot is coming from 695 at old court road. you see how it is shoot being back that way. -- shooting back that way. two car crash. and they are cleaning the scene right now. delegate don dwyer admits to drink and driving a boat when it crashed in the magothy river.

several kids were among the injured and ranged from 5 to 12 years old. abc2 news sherrie johnson is here with more on the story and dwyer was brought out of the hospital to issue a statement and surprised a number of people with what he said. >> reporter: he wanted to come out even though he was hurt and apologize for his actions. his blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit at the time of the accident. he was injured in the crash along with two other adults and four children. delegate dwyer was wheeled out of shock trauma with a neck brace and cast. the legal limit for boaters and drivers in maryland is .08. witness the tell abc2 news delegates dwyer turned the boat into the path of a second boat around 7 wednesday night on the magothy river. his boat was cut in two pieces and sank and two adults and five children on this boat when they were hit. neighbors went into action including randy who was operating the boat hit by delegate dwyer's. >> a lot of screaming and when i came around the corner,

running down the pier, and help, call 911. >> living in this place has been the best move we have made and the outcome was completely incredible. there's no explanation for the miracle that occurred out here. >> reporter: delegate dwyer is known for leading fight against same sex marriage in maryland and an issue that will be on the ballot for november. he didn't take questions after his brief statement outside the hospital. >> that was probably the result of some advice he was given from his attorney. the legal limit is .08 and he says he was at .2 op if-- okay if it's you and me we are going to a booking if we have come out like that we have problem. >> reporter: right now this is an ongoing investigation right now. so far, there's been no word of any charges, but we will wait and see what happens next. >> all right. abc2 news sherrie johnson. news time is 6:48. and his beating was caught ontape and now a baltimore woman is hoping just lis prevail after the woman accused of beating her 90-year-old

father is in maryland. anastacia oluoch fled to africa after being named a suspect in the case. jaki taylor set up a camera to monitor his father's care and she found him being abused by the woman who was supposed to be care caring for him. now -- caring for him. now jaki taylor wants closure. >> in a situation like this with anyone who has a parent and loves them and something happens to them you will fight to the bitter end to get justice. >> oluoch faces assault and reckless eng dang -- endangerment charges. family and friends are saying final good-byes to two teens killed in a train derailment in ellicott city and this morning linda so has been on the scene and has the very latest on the cleanup efforts underway. >> reporter: crews have been here all night trying to clean up the mess. they have made a lot of progress. you can see coal is by the track and they are use -- there used to be a huge pile but they

hauled a lot of that away. we now know the cause of death for the two college girls killed in the derailment. the medical examiner's office says eliz net nass and rose mayr died of as fix aches and couldn't breath when the coal crushed their bodies. they are trying to determine what caused the derailment and it could take weeks to get to the bottom it. county executive says he will work with csx to find a better way to secure the area to keep people off the tracks. today, family and friends will gather to say bye to the two victims. funeral services will be held for elizabeth nass at the church of the resurrection at 11 this morning. viewings will be held today for vows mayr from 3 to 5 p.m. and -- rose mayr from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 tonight. the funeral is tomorrow at 11 at bethany united methodist church in ellicott city. again, crews working all night to try to clear the mess but it could take days for things to

return to normal here in ellicott city. in ellicott city, linda so, abc2 news. about 10 minutes until 7. a terrifying accident all caught on camera. look at the middle part of the screen. take a look at this video because the cameras were rolling what massachusetts woman look at that she had her child in her arms falls on the subway tracks and the child is is 4 years old. the the video unbelievable. she says she saw the outbound train on the other side of the tracks and thought it was hers and walked over the edge. you saw her fall. she was pulled from the pit just moments before that next train arrived. the two were not hrt but they were taken to a -- hurt but they were taken to a hospital to get checked out. she says she is going on vacation to her homeland in india. massive flams along the louisiana interstate caught in the middle of the night. the source a damaged tanker truck as part of a multicar accident. the traffic nightmare across i- 10 in baton rouge. this is one of the busiest interstates in the southern

u.s. especially through this stretch of louisiana. you can imagine what caused it- - the result of this big backup and they were trying to get rid of the leaking fuel and flammable gas. it was controlled and firefighters controlled the flames for two hours. people living nearby were temporarily evacuated. this on interstate 10 in southern louisiana. five things to know on this friday morning before you head out the door. lawyers of george zimmerman will be in back in a courtroom this morning. a judge will hear arguments concerning an objection to a subpoena in the trial for the death of trayvon martin. zimmerman is not expected to be in the courtroom. and the prosecution in the drew peterson murder trial could rest todaych the former police officer is on trial for 20 04 murder of his third wife. the death was reclassified from an accident to a homicide after peterson's fourth wife stacy peterson disappeared in 2007. and the shooting the

suspect in the shooting in dc at the family research counselor council will face the judge a preliminary and detention hearing will be held. he is suspected of shooting and wounding a security guard. the chesapeake bay will get needed help. a 22.7 million dollar fund for restoration projects will be announced today. senator carden says the monies -- cardin says the monies can be reduced to fund projects. and as we keep our eye to tropical storm isaac, it's churning towards land. remind us of another storm. today marks the 20th anniversary of hurricane andrew as it slammed into south florida. originally classified as a category 4 storm but the monster storm was reclassified in 2002 as a cat 5. it had winds at more than 1 50 miles

per hour. price tag for andrew was 126 billion the third most expensive costliest hurricane in u.s. history. lynette. >> you are right. we are watching the tropics because we have tropical storm isaac churning out there brewing, and this is the track of it. so the winds sustained at about 45 miles an hour. and it's moving to the west at about 13. and it will begin to slide over cuba bringing plenty of rain flooding across the area and also some windy conditions. and also, look at the cone of uncertainty now. we can see it extends into the gulf of mexico but tampa is in on that. even if it doesn't get a direct hit still lots of flooding and rain concerns and look at how it strengthens to a category one hurricane as we go through next week. so this is what we will keep our ice ongoing through time. now let's -- eyes on as we go through time. we are going at rehobeth beech. we have people out there that -- beach. we have people that will have plans and today okay for the most part but going through

tomorrow, the day after that, that's when plans will go downhill. the weather begins to go downhill because we are watching this area of low pressure that will form and it's going ridep along the coast. it's bringing plenty clouds across the area for today. we will see more of that as we go through the weekend and also some wet weather. we are going to get battling between the h's and l's. so high pressure and low pressure seeing which one will win out. i think we will have more clouds in here as we go through today. and the rain should hold off but as we go through saturday and sunday, there's the area of low pressure that will move in across the area. we will dry out for monday. heading to the game, well, increasing clouds and temperatures at 85 degrees. playing the blue jays we will win and check out the picture for today. this is sent in by david of rose hedale. and he sent the beautiful picture in of a better fly in his guard -- butterfly in his garden. look good on monday. we dry -- looking good on monday. more showers for the forecast on tuesday. charley. back out to the roadways.

695 rather at old court road, the accident landmarks are 795 and exit 18. traffic beginning to move once again. it was stopped ten minutes ago as they were clearing up the two car accident that had the right -- or the far two right lanes closed and as a result we told you a moment ago they had everything stopped while they cleaned up the accident scene but traffic beginning to pick back up once again. the winding down of summer signals the beginning of the maryland state fair. it officially begins today but last night eager fair goers got a ride an early preview for 16 bucks. gates opened this morning at 8 and that's in about an hour. this year's headlining acts including the band perry and christian rock band the newsboys. the fair runs from now through september 3rd. so you have the fair and you have cirque du soleil and the o's in town and antique show at the convention center. >> lots going on. >> plenty to do. >> exactly. >> we are out of time. news coming up in 25 and 55 and that's the newsroom. it's friday.

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