you're watching the station that works for you. now, good morning maryland. stewed antiperry hall are praying for one of their own shot on the first day -- students at perry hall are praying for one of their own shot on the first day of school. >> the flaift tampa where the republican national -- the latest from tampa where the republican national convention continues. ann romney spoke last night and wowed the crowds. it's august 29th. good morning i am charley crowson. >> i am megan pringle. so much to talk about the newslocally and nationally. everybody paying attention to what's going on in the gulf

coast. >> isaac made landfall around 9 and this could have impact for the weekend. people making plans and want to go places. isaac could be hurting us. >> it made the first landfall last night the mouth of the mississippi but made the second landfall around port forion louisiana. lots of rain heavy rain tremendous torrential rain with this system dhoa. see over 15 inches when it is said and done it will be a bad scenario. and plenty of storm surge as well. charley said this could be faking us as we head through the weekend. it could. yesterday i was forecasting the weekend, but now looks like things will improve for the weekend and we could be seeing wet weather as we go into maybe monday or tuesday. so things looking better as we go into your labor day weekend. right now, let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with mike masco. >> reporter: good morning. we will bring you right to the maps and show you along 97

north at generals highway. an accident knocking out the right lane. we have some extensive delays as you head towards 97. that's south of glen burnie. be aware of that. also road closures begin at the midnight tonight from west pratt street right down towards the south. mostly toward the west of the inner harbor. go to abc2news.com for a full list of road cloddures. for a live shot 95 as you approach the -- closures. for a live shot 95 as you approach the tunnel, mostly clear on the roadways. another check on traffic in less than 10 minutes now onto you. it changed the first day of school forever and now a 15- year-old is is in jail charged with first degree attempted murder. >> sherrie johnson is live at perry hall and what is expected today. >> reporter: well, this morning, students will return to class about 7:30 this morning after one of their own is charged with opening fire inside the perry hall school

building injuring 17-year-old daniel borowy. he was shot in the lower back. a team of counselors is on hand for students and staff if they need to talk to get through the traumatic event. we have been told by school officials that today they will scale back that team of counselors but there will be some available for student that need to talk. this morning, i spoke with the nursing supervisor at shock trauma and daniel is reported to be in critical condition at this hour. now 15-year-old robert gladden june juror is charged with attempted first -- junior is charged with attempted first- degree murder. he was known as bobby g and he took a double barrel shotgun to school along with the weapon police say he brought 21, 16 gauge shells and bottle of sod can i which he took several sips from leaking up to the incident but he was not intoxicated. during lunch someone threw something near his table and he set the plan in motion. >> he probably didn't tell anybody what was going on and probably didn't have the

courage to got principal's office and say i aming bullied by this kid and this kid and it kept adding up and he finally snapped. >> this case there are no evidence that at this point in the investigation to say that bullying was a factor in this. >> reporter: now gladden is undergoing a mental evaluation at a local hospital. in the meantime, students here at perry hall high school have started this campaign on twitter to encourage lady gaga to come here to visit. reporting live here in perry hall, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. and the family of a murdered 20-year-old gathered in catonsville to remember the life of jessica lee. she was from brooklyn park. earlier this month the 20-year- old's remains were found in anne arundel county behind a outlet. family members says she left in may and they have been looking for her since expecting one day she would come home and never thought she would turn up dead. there's been no arrest so far. >> it's still an open book. it's not closed.

we will relive this down the road, and hopefully with our faith we will get through it again. >> she left behind a 16-month- old daughter named megan. police say it's investigated right now as a homicide. anyone with information is asked to call police. as expected delegates at the storm short nd republican national convention got to work last night. -- shortened republican national convention got to work last night. >> two highlights of the event speeches by new jersey governor christie and wife of mitt winick has the latest. >> reporter: ann romney was in the spotlight making the case for her husband of 43 years. >> this is the man america needs this is the man who will wake up every day with a determination to solve the problems that others say can't be solved tofix what others say is beyond repair. >> reporter: the appearance brought tears to the ice of her

sons and republicans hope it will convince women to vote for the gop ticket. >> a story book marriage? nope not at all. what mitt romney and i have is a real marriage. >> i think people just feat human connection to her. >> she was -- felt a human connection to her. >> she was awesome and she has heart. >> reporter: the speech comes at critical time for the romney campaign. a new abc news washington post poll found romney has the loathest personal popularity at the time of the convention of any -- lowest personal popularity at the time of the convention date back to 1984. the keynote speak governor chris christie had another one. >> we ended a -- i am here to tell you it's time to end the era of absentee.

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welcome back. it's something no parent ever wants to go through. >> i don't think any parent can imagine. a child nearly kidnapped in front of her mother. police say a suspect broke in through a back window fearing for her 2-year-old daughter's safety the woman inside confronted the suspect. >> the victim apparently put a- a struggle with the guy. he fought back threw her to the ground and kicked her. at least one time. >> this is in california. now on his way out the suspect grabbed the toddler as he was headed for his car. that's when the mother she grabbed a shotgun. she told the man to drop his

daughter or else somebody else was going to take place. police say that suspect listened dropped the girl and now they are look for him. -- look for him. here's -- looking for him. >> here's lynette. >> let's talk about isaac. it's dumping plenty of rain across the area and will continue to do that. they are dealing with flooding and storm surge up to about 6 to 10 feet. and this will continue as we go through time here and also they have some tornado watches and warnings to be contending with as well. so, we are going to be dealing with that as we go through the rest of today. but also, we are looking at plenty of sunshine as we look at our weather. we will dry out nicely as we go through time. be prepared for that. and as you head out to the game tonight, it's going to be a nice time to do that. once again we are playing the white sox. temperatures at 82 and it will be nice and dry. let's check the a beech c2 time -- abc2 timesaver traffic with mike masco. >> reporter: we will go to the roads. an issue of 97 a accident around 97 south at glen burnie

and we are seeing construction delays west street in both direction between westgate circle and route 2 this morning. and we will slide that up towards the north and we have paving work along york road ongoing and that's going to tie things up from york road right between right between hammond avenue. that's what i was trying to say. let's go outside live. here's what's going on. this is 83 -- there's a brain farther. 83 at york road look pretty good at this hour. guys. >> can we say it or let's just say it? >> does it matter? mike thanks. you know, it seems everywhereare hearing about the probable level bullying and it's said -- problem of bullying and said to be a reason for the scooting in perry hall. >> we will hear from a bullying expert about what signs to look for and what to -- and help that is available. >> and your normal drive through downtown may be getting detoured.

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wrenching. kids feeling so tormented some take their lives and this week some student at perry hall high school say the accused shooter was bullied himself so what can we do about this? megan has a guest right now who knows all about the problem. megan. >> thanks. he is with the maryland department of education kind enough to come in this early. thanks for coming. >> thanks for having me. >> we are hearing about cases more and more or are we talking about it more and more? >> we are seeing an increase in cases. maryland participated in the youth risk behavior surveys since 2005 and that's part of the centers for disease control survey system measuring attitude and behaviors that students from grade 9 through 12 have issues about mortality and morbidity and one of the factors is thatth whole topic of bullying. in the last year that we had the survey, it's given every two years at the high school

level, we had students grades 9 through 12 participated so that 21% said that they had been bullied on school property. now that figure is down a bit from 2005 when we first started the survey in here in maryland which was the figure was around 28% that they had been bullied on school property. >> i think most us have felt bullied. so when we hear about teens committing suicide or acting out in violent ways because they feel like they are a target ofbullying it's hard to understand but the bullying is harder to escape for teens because it's facebook and social media. >> absolutely. when i was -- i am a person if you were bullied you could go home and escape it pretty much and you had the time free for yourself. but our children and youth today it's hard for them to escape it because with the social media, with electronic communication devices, you know, they have a lot more data

coming at them. my colleagues in the schools tell me that the bullying we see today is much more severe much more you know it's much more severe and it's oftentimes more constant towards the victims than it's been seen in the past. >> he is going to stick ard and let us know at -- stick around and let us know what resources are out there for teens and parents and what proactive things we can do. >> view thely. >> we will look forward -- absolutely. >> we will look forward to that at 6. news time 5:48. we will bring you a update on a story we told you about about what he going on in southern did -- about what is going on in louisiana. some homes have 12 feet of water in them across new orleans 400,000 people are in the dark. we will have more throughout the morning. if you've driven through downtown baltimore you've seen the signs the baltimore grand

prix is about to kick off. more roads soon to be closed. linda so is live downtown letting us know how it will affect the morning commute. linda, some people will be very unhappy. >> reporter: yeah. overnight they had to deal with some road closures to install the gates. we are at charles and pratt street. it says narrow lanes but that's not the only thing people will worry about. starting tonight actually last night they closed some of the road overnight so they can get the final preps ready and starting tomorrow, the lanes -- the road along the racetrack will be closed throughout the day. now we are in the final phase of construction before the grand prix. last night, gates were installed closing charles street between pratt and lombard and between conway and lee streets. those roads will close again tonight for more -- so more dates can be installed. and starting on thursday, all roads along the racetrack will be closed throughout the day through labor day weekend. they will only reopen at night. now the other roads that are

not along the racetrack they will stay open throughout the weekend. so you can take those as alternates. also, if you are heading to an o's game, the parking lots at camden yards will remain open. live in downtown baltimore, linda so, abc2 news. gf you are driving -- if you driving in and around d.c. a report says the nation's capital has the least safe roads in the country. drivers in d.c. getting into an accident every five years. but right behind them, drivers here in maryland. we are ranked the second most dangerous. something to keep in mind. five things to know on this wednesday. today. [audio not understandable] the new farm is in emmettsburg. today mitt romney will speak in annapolis. tomorrow romney will formally accept the nomination for president. president obama is going to be speaking in charlottesville

virginia. you university of virginia declined the request to speak on campus saying it would be an extraordinary disruption for classes in the first week. paraolympic games kick off in london. opening ceremonies nearly 4300 disabled athletes from 166 countries will compete in the games. candle light vigil for michael jackson will be held outside the family's home in gary indiana on what would have been his 54th birthday. his mother and sister latoya and children will be there for the event. let's check the weather right now with lynette. >> good morning. we are dealing with mainly clear skies this morning. the cold front has moved through the area and behind it, high pressure is going to do its thing and build in nicely. we will be dealing with dry times. this is a good time to go ahead and watch the -- wash the car because we will have several days of dry weather. hurricane isaac the wind sustained at 80 miles an hour making the second landfall pumping in lots of wet weather. storm surge we are getting that as well and they are going to

be dealing with tornadoes as this makes its landfall. so, again, we are dealing with wet weather across the area. for today, temperatures coming in at 84 degrees. mostly sunny and comfortable. make sure to get out and enjoy it. by tonight, grab the jacket. we are going to be clear and cool right around 58 degrees. and 87 a little warmer with sun and patchy clouds by tomorrow. and here's the 7-day forecast as we will get hotter heading into friday with isaac possibly coming in going into monday. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with mike masco. >> reporter: good morning. we will go to the roads. let's talk about pratt street and the closure after midnight. it's from pratt street on south and west from penn street to calvert street all of conway street will be closed and then from howard street from or take howard from pratt street south to the mlk boulevard. just be aware of that. that's starting at midnight and will go right through tuesday of next week. we have construction west

street between westgate circle and outside for a live shot and we will show you things are looking good this far this morning. here's 695 at harford road. smooth sailing. another check on traffic in less than 10 minutes. now onto you. desire to give can come for anyone at any age. even a child. >> and next, we will meet a girl determined to help those who need it the most. it's involving shoes. we will explain when we come back.

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kids can be capable of grownup ideals. >> and sometimes the selflessness is beyond borders. >> today addison's 5th birthday somebody instead of asking for gifts she is asking for -- birthday and continued of asking for gifts she is -- and instead of asking for gifts she is asking for shoes. >> 123 pairs of shoes head for children in haiti. if you know anyone waiting for an organ, it's agonizing. >> a lot of people at a hospital are answering questions. many of you wondering how something like this could possibly happen. >> plus, pushing and shoving as tension boil over in a courthouse. >> and it's not just new orleans soaked right now as a

result of isaac. we will tell you what is being hammered by heavy rains of their own. good morning maryland at 6 continues.

you're watching the station that works for you. now, good morning maryland. >> the attorney for the accused perry hall high school shooter says he didn't intend to shoot anyone but police say otherwise. we have a live report