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close to 70 degrees. that could allow for the storms to bubble up. the storm prediction center hasn't lined up. this is a risk from new york state to parts of north carolina any storm this evening has the potential of bring gusty winds, dangerous cloud to ground lightning. this is our risk assessment. we'll show you a moderate risk this -- evening. we did have a rotating storm near win clefter but our -- winchester. any storm that does develop, it will be a slow moving storm. wyatt will be back with another check of maryland's most powerful radar. for now, back to you. >> we want to update you on breaking news. one person is dead after a garage collapsed at a popular maryland mall.
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>> roosevelt leftwich has more on the latest attempt. this has been going on for a little bit. >> at least until 2:00. a medical team from shock trauma are working to treat the man strapped under thousands of pounds of concrete. this happened at the mall in becket this da near -- bethesda. witnesses said when the beam fell this sounded like a bomb went off and the impact shook the ground. the crews were working to build the a 16-screen movie theater on that garage site which is right next to the food court and that macy's. fire crews are still scrambling as they try to remove tons of concrete from the scene. at this point the scene is very
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active. we'll have an update at abc2news.com. >> if you get alerts on your smart phone, you knew, so down load. they are firing back at politicians. they are sounding off on the lavish spending. >> the din are crews out -- dinner cruises, $4300. dinners for a pta meeting, $99 a piece. it damaged the confidence. >> these are the administrators. these are the financial people. if they can't run the show, then
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-- >> ceo of schools andres alonso said the school received grant money during the year in questioning and auditors only focused on a fraction of that, $15 million. >> you're talking about $6,000 worth of expenses at three schools. they are not generated in the central office. >> reporter: the audit comes on the heels of lawmakers approving a billion dollar school construction. he is calling on the governor to appoint a state commissioner to oversee the expenditures. dr. a on so said -- alonso says
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they owe it to the public. >> they did a really good job and overwhelmingly the financeds were used for the right -- funds were used for the right purposes. >> reporter: jeff hager, abc2 news. >> now dr. alonso said the system routinely pays back items that don't immediate standards but these are still being challenged. he said the exurks were -- expenditures were meant to award parents and volunteers. newsweek recently ranked 13 of the high schools as top performers. they used test scores, college preparedness and activities. a lot of credit was giving to
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the principals. >> when parent send their young kids to these schools, they know they will get the top quality education. they will get socially emotional services but an extra curriculum larp environment that's second to none. some school bus drivers in new york city are trying to get teamsters to help. they work for durham. they contract with the school to drive children to and from school but the drivers said the bus are in bad shape. some are moldy. some have electrical problems. some have flield lawsuit saying they don't pay them farley. >> every friday people are complaining about their checks. they're being short. it isn't fair. >> the workers are trying to
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unionize. late this afternoon we received a statement from durham school services who said we have multiple reporting channels for employees. our company tries to ensure our workers are fairly paid for the work they perform. efforts to oppose the new gun laws. another county has joined. carroll county commissioners voted to declare carroll as a second amendment sanctuary county. harford has made a similar declaration. former anne arundel county executive john leopold paid off one of his outstanding bills. he paid it late last month. the fine was part of his conviction for criminal miscon dufnlgt he is in the state now of completing 400 hours of
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community service at the anne arundel food bank. all new at 6 tonight, the work, the kids, the house, your husband, the list that stresses us out. take a deep breath. unwind with abc2's don harrison. >> there's the traffic. there's the crowd and dealing with your boss. then you come back to a parking ticket on your car. there's got to be some relief. here at the big vanilla people are working off some of life's problems. she works a full-time job, has two kids and have a puppy at home. yes, she has stress. here's what she does to relax. >> getting rid of the anxiety. kick boxing. that gives me the ability to
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pretend i'm punching things and people who are causing me stress. >> reporter: i wasn't going to stress her out. how about a nice walk or bike ride? >> this takes the stress away, a beautiful area, trees, flowers. >> reporter: it is peaceful. what can go wrong here? >> never ending, but it's fun. >> the largest system is right here in our backyards, the chesapeake bay. what better way to release the stress than on the water. this doesn't matter if you're on this boat or this one. it's nice on the water, although some guys have all the luck. maryland's waters are good therapy. >> a feeling of solitude, think about things and share the experience with the families.
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>> reporter: on the close is a peek bay, don harrison, abc2 news. >> all right. one maryland city is seeing quite the population boom. new numbers show gaithersberg earned a spot in the top 100 fastest growing cities in america. >> amazing growth. coming up four friends and former students prepare to say farewell. >> i couldn't ask for a better way top end it. >> meet at four and find out what they've done in their 14 years together to make them our student athlete of the week.
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that is the one million dollar question that everone in landsdown is asking. someone may have won a second tier prize. even the folks who work at the royal farms where the ticket was sold said they have no idea. >> we really don't know who won, so we're trying to find out just like everybody else. >> there was one other million dollar winner in maryland last night. that ticket was sold in prince frederick. first year in high school and the four won the la crosse championship. four years later they won again to end a stellar high school career. they are this week's bel air honda's high school athletes of the week. >> reporter: the fabulous four, hannah, ian, rachel and rebecca.
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>> these guys are apart from being my teammates and cocaptains. they're some of my closest friends. >> the four won the championship against friends. >> it's an amazing experience. we're so lucky. they don't come around that often. >> a soft more rebuilding year. >> it was the full circle. i couldn't ask for a better way. >> call them the book ends. >> it's the only way i wanted to go out. >> the coach, you don't get to -- as coach, you don't get to see things like this very often. now it's about thinking about their years spent here. their love of school and one another. >> i feel cared for and loved by
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the community. i mean, it's cool that i had the opportunity to go here. >> they taught me a lot of life lessons for not only college but whatever i choose to do afterwards. >> it looks at the students as individuals and as student athletes. >> the fabulous four -- rebecca, hannah, ian and rachel. you four or this week's bel air honda's student athletes of the week, jamie costello, abc2 news. >> love it. if you have a deserving star, just go to abc2news.com/athlete. >> you see that cluster of storms moving in from the north
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and west. pretty robust. now at this point in time most of the storms have been staying just below limits but still dangerous lightning, a few hail storms earlier this season. that drive west would be a real headache north of damascus. i could put a storm track there. you can see wood bine, sykesville, eldersburg. eventually part of the storm could cross over the randallstown area. so, ago, keeping a sharp eye on the radar. the big perspective, you can see the main line continuing to push. this is our storm line. once upon a time it was in the southern plain states creating bigger storms. still, the possibility of strong
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storms. our camera in german town. you see the skies briefly going sunny. there's the storm action, out to the south and west. mt. airy, skies changing. after midday, sometimes that midday sunshine ramps up the heat and helps fuel some of the big storms. this stuff encroaching ever closer to the baltimore area, up into towson as it turns darker and darker. dew point near 70. you see the high temperature around 80. don't get too used to. that things will be much, much different as the storms pass the rest of the evening. we'll seat cooler air and drier air arriving. it's muggy now, that helping. there's an additional line in western maryland. we'll see how well, that holds together. that's a fairly intense and narrow line. the whole system will begin to phase out at least by 10:00,
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11:00 tonight. after that a passing rain shower tomorrow. otherwise, things will be improving but getting much cooler as we lose all thunderstorm chance. we'll struggle to get out of the low 60s. that's cool hair just march -- air just marching in. that's helping to fuel these storms. cool night on the way, chilly day tomorrow. in fact, into tomorrow night, i mean, this is going to be unbelievably cold for the season late tomorrow night. friday night and first thing saturday morning you want to dress warm. things will improve. saturday morning looks chilly. mid-atlantic view. you got the storm cluster. i'll be tracking that, down to 60, a few storms will and late tomorrow. 64 degrees. way below average. tomorrow night in the 40s, low to mid-40s, maybe upper 30s on
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the board. so here we go a cooler start to the weekend after we clear the storms tonight and check out the rest of the weekend here. i know we were talking about the pools opening up, kelly, joce. it's a little crisp. >> just observing. >> a nice fleece on. >> fleece and pool, they do not go together. >> have you ever inhaled a glass of wine? a new way to save calories, why it's worries doctors. >> and narcotics seized by police. those stories and much more coming up on abc2 news at 11. we'll be right back.
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>> that one needed some motivation, just a little bit. >> let's take a quick check of the radar. we don't have severe warnings but we'll be watching it has thunderstorms move across the area and maybe a little flash flooding. drier this weekend. >> all right. we'll keep an eye on is that and see you back here at 11. have a good one.
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this is "world news." tonight, shots fired. the dramatic new video of police taking down london attackers. and tonight the remarkable women on the scene who defied those attackers in that bloody street. storm front. violent weather rolling across america right before the big memorial day weekend and a worrisome warning about the
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coming hurricane season. sky fall, pieces of an airplane break off and fall through your roof. what is happening in the sky? and twin city. 24 sets of towns in the same city, in the same school, in the same grade. how they are making history, tonight. good evening. we begin with new details, that new footage of that truly horrifying terror attack. a young war veteran beheaded in the streets of london. here it is, the new video showing the chaos, as police move in to restrain the suspect. also tonight we have learned the identity of the victim. a 25-year-old father. his name and face revealed today. he looks so young. and there are new details
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