>> reporter: now the family has set up a hotline trying to gather more information on what happened that night. and if you have information, that number to call for the hotline is 410-605-2976. reporting live at camden yards, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. new this morning, as many as 3 football players from the naval academy could face criminal charges. a female midshipman accuses the three of sexually assaulting her. according to the department of defense, the female student dropped the complaint last year but has since revived it. happening today, former secret service agent is expected to make an announcement about his political future. he scheduled a news conference where he is expected to formally announce plans to run for the republican nomination for maryland 6th district. bonn geno served on security details of president bush and obama. last year he was defeated in his run for the u.s. senate.

world leaders admits more embarrassing allegation of u.s. spying. edward snowden the u.s. whistle blower that leaked the information that was holed up in hong kong is promptings more announcements and his father begs him to stop. here's the latest from washington. >> reporter: the latest leak of government seek rids stunned the g-8 economic summit. he had war snow dn revealed the british government spied on diplomatic targets from all nations and the smart phones and world leaders in 2009. he said the u.s. spied too listening in on calls by russia's president and in an interview president obama said the leaks must stop. >> the case is referred to the doj for criminal investigation. >> reporter: and possible extradiction-- he can tradition. >> reporter: the president saysit does not follow every

phone call. >> we couldn't have carried out bin laden raid if it was on the front page of the papers everybody understands. >> reporter: in a pew poll as many americans disapprove of it as approve despite the role in the fight against terrorism. snowden who is hiding in hong kong says he is determined to review the full extent of government spying in an online chat through the guardian newspaper he wrote the government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. meanwhile snow dn's father for the first time made an emotional snow dn's father for the first time -- snowden's father made an emotional plea for his son to step down. >> i ask you measure what you will do and not release anymore information. >> reporter: u.s. official are concerned edward snowden could defect to china with his secrets but in that online chat he said he is not a spy and has had no contact with the chinese government. abc news washington. troops could be leaving

afghanistan. today president karzai expected to announce his forces are ready to take security from u.s. and naval forces opening the way for a full withdrawal in the next year and half. the ravens have released the training schedule. >> some practices will be open to the public. how to get there and where the teams will be practicing and what you can find out before the upcoming season. >> you may not care whether your carry out foot food is in a styrofoam container but some businesss are probably breathing a sigh of relief for now.

we are coming up on the hottest time of the year and you won't be able to swim at threebeaches. bacteria levels are too risky for your eyes ears and you can't swim at magothy or londonton beach. swimming might be a good idea these days coming up the next few days because it's certainly warm out there. >> let's find out what days are best to hit the beach. >> i would choose probably

wednesday, thursday and friday maybe even into the weekend. even though temperatures are going to be a little cooler but we will be seeing lots of sunshine and it's going to be nice. right now, not so much. look at the dew points. we are in the upper 60s so we are quite humid annapolis at 73. so very sultry and uncomfortable. this is the time we will have to take three hours a day. that's what you want to feel like. yes, three. it's a mess i am telling you. trust me. stepping out door also the humidity but we are dealing with temperatures that are on the warm side. so we are talking about 76 degrees right now in baltimore city. 70 in timonium and 68 in eldersburg and 65 in manchester. 64 in frederick right flow and annapolis the temperature is at 75. we have places that do have patchy fog out there. but, 65 degrees in elkton and easton at 71 degrees this morning. as we go lieu the afternoon we will -- as we go through the afternoon we will have the cloud a few peeks of sunshine but we won't get the sunshine

we saw yesterday. we have showers and thunderstorms that will make their move in here especially as we head towards the afternoon. but as early as the morning time. late morning we will see showers in the forecast. this is what we are waiting to move in across the area. and as you plan your day this is what you can expect. waking up around 7, 73 degrees. we will be humid and 78 degrees by 10 and by lunchtime thethunderstorm is possible coming in around 806789 let's check the traffic with lauren -- 80. let's check the track with lauren. >> reporter: we are off to a calm commute but we have a few accidents traveling in harford county and there's one in havre de grace on level road at aldeana road and another in downtown baltimore on eat fayette street at president's street. traveling on the jfx nothing to worry about, as you make the push into the city. 95 also going to be clear. 56 miles per hour along the southbound lanes at the beltway. 695 moving along here at harford road nothing in are way on the inner loop to 95. that outer loop is nice green

travel time of 11 minutes to get from 95 up to 83. the west side of the beltway going to be in great shape hereat old court road. outer loop will take 12 minutes traveling from 795 to 95. that's the timesaver traffic. >> free showers. >> really? >> what about if you just do extra swipe of the deowe the owed rant. >> my second consider deodorant. >> my second shower is coming-- deodorant. >> my second shower is coming up at 8? this is one to like on facebook. >> how social media site like facebook is now helping save lives one organ at a time. >> also ahead, less people are reaching for cigarettes those days. we will breakdown the numbers coming up next.

the blisters were oozing, and painful to touch. i woke up to a blistering on my shoulder. i spent 23 years as a deputy united states marshal. we'd get up early and, and stay up late. there was a lot of running, a lot of fighting. i've been pretty well banged up but the worst pain i've experienced was when i had shingles. i was going through some extremely difficult training, and i couldn't do it. when we were going through pursuit driving, i couldn't put a seat belt on because the pain that would have been caused by the seat belt rubbing against the shingles would have been excruciating. when i went to the clinic, the nurse told me that it was the result of having had chickenpox. i had never heard of shingles prior to that point and i had always been relatively healthy. the rash, the itching, the burning that i experienced

on the side of my neck and my shoulder, i wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. we have new video into the abc to news -- 2 news this morning of a house fire in harford county from forest hill near bel air north. it's on chestnut hill roadch the fire broke out -- road.

fire broke out before 3:30 and went to 2 alarms. it took 30 minutes to get flames under control but the house was destroyed. investigators are trying to determine what sparked the flames in the first place. also new, it's how we stay connected and keep in touch with people we know. facebook is helping to save lives. >> abc2 news health reporter linda so is here to explane how. so what is this all about. >> reporter: researchers at hopkins discovered social media can have a huge impact on getting people to become an organ donor. researchers saw 21 fold increase in a single day suggesting social media could be effect any of dealing with the ongoing organ shortage in the u.s. the boost in numbers came last may when facebook created a way for useers to share their organ donor status with friends and provided easy links to post their official status on websites. there are more than 118,000 people on waiting lists for organs in the country. we want to know if you are an

organ donor. it's our facebook question of the day. back to you fewer people are lighting up. a survey find the percentage of smokers in the u.s. dropped to 18% in 2012. health officials have not concluded why the rate dropped and it's not known when the graphic antismoking ads the cdc launched played a role. smoking is the leading cause of preventable illness in death in the u.s. and now maryland's most accurate forecast. >> all right. let's talk about what's going on right now. satellite and radar composite pick up on clouds this morning. we will see a few peeks of sunshine but mostly cloudy skies will prevail for today. being see the showers and thunderstorms back off towards the south and west. and they will make their move in here going through later in the morning hours and also this afternoon. those thunderstorms will be out there and some of those could put down heavy rain just like we saw overnight yesterday into kent county. havre de grace looks pretty good look towards the tide water marina the susquehanna river as well. but in terms of temperatures,

we are on the warm side this morning. and we are going to stay that way going into the afternoon. now 71 in arnold, 71 in reisterstown. heading up towards york or glenrock temperatures at 69. bel air is at 67 degrees and goldsboro is at 70 and we should be at 62, 63 for the low temperatures. we are well above that. this is what's going on at the service. we are waiting for the front. it's a slow mover and will slowly but surely get through but in the meantime, we will have disturbances that will move into the area as well along with the humid weather. so with that we will have the potential for the showers and storms and we will have them more widespread than what they were yesterday. but the good news is that behind the front, yes, we will have that drier air moving in so we will be less humid as we go through the next several days. we have to get through today for the most part. this is what's going on as we slide further to the south. we have been watching this storm here is now a tropical

depression tropical depression number 2 and it's bringing heavy rains to guatemala and staying off towards west heading towards mexico. good news we won't be encountering this one at all. we donned need more rain. unfor the fetly, it's going to pick up on rain showers and thunderstorms as we go through today. by thursday that's when we start to dry things out. that temperature for today around lunchtime at 81 degrees. and then we will be nice and pleasant thursday and friday. let's check the traffic now with lauren. >> reporter: well, nice and pleasant here on the jfx. nothing is getting in your way pushing towards downtown baltimore. a crash you want to watch out for on eat fayette street at president street. everything is up to speed at fort mchenry tunnel. 55 miles per hour along a the northbound lanes. 55 on outer loop of the beltway here in parkville. right at harford road. so you won't have problems making the push up to towson. 95 here at route 43 moving

right along. green travel time of 7 minutes to get from the harbor tunnel throughway down to the fort mchenry tunnel toll plaza. a crash on harford county inhavre de grace at level road at aldino road. consumer alert this morning. general motors is recalling nearly 194,000 suvs. the automaker says water can get into an electric module in the door causing it to short circuit and catch on fire. the recall includes the 2006 chefy trailblazer ext and gmc envoy. and 2006 and 2007 trailblazers gmc envoys and buick renner so we will put this online because also included is the saab n7x and asender suvs and 2005 model year 97xs. so again we will put that on abc2news.com so you can check it out. today lawyers for chrysler

expected to file papers to explain why the automaker refuses to recall the nearly 3 million older jeep suvs, the government says they are at risk of catching on fire in rear end collisions. chrysler says they meet the safety standards when they were built. education news. dozens of layoffs to teachers in harford county now the teachers that will remain will face new challenges once classes start up in the fall. common core standards are coming to maryland for 2013-14 and that means newer tougher testing for your kids. harford county board of education called a meeting to explain a new program just one week after announcing dos of teachers will be laid off. school officials -- dozens of teachers will be laid off. school official say the positions are be restored and losses could come through retirement instead of layoffs but there are likely to be fewer teachers to implement the new testing program. >> at this point, think we have done the best we can to save as many positions as we can. and you heard they are work on

trying to save more position. >> we have have a link for more information on the common core standard at abc2news.com. the baltimore city council approved 2 1/2 billion dollar budget. according to published reports if you live in the city your property tax also go down but you're going to be paying more in storm water fees. also your water bill could go up and that part of the plan will be voted on next month. we will keep you post on what happens. we get carry out in baltimore city and it will be in a styrofoam container a bil been a banning the use of foam cups and containers going back to exitee them the decided not to vote after several members withdrew support. a chance for you to check out the super bowl champs. see the ravens practice for free. august 11 at navy marine corps memorial stadium you have to enter a lottery if you want to get to mustang stadium for the sunday practice on august 18th.

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>> the father's day tab came outto 229 dollars and they did the same thing last year on father's day. a training day program now made to prepare ow you for real life situations. >> but when it comes to preparing teachers for the classroom that's not necessarily the case. we will explain on good morning maryland at 6. >> a kitchen -- kitten hitches a ride from oregon to california but i can assure you the comfortable seat was not comfortable. where the kitten spent a nearly 1,000 mile ride. >> we have showers and thunderstorms on way. although we are i do now we will ted -- dry now, we will tell you when you get rid of the humidity. >> reporter: no delays on 695 at providence road. what the other main lines look like and i will have more on crashes across the region coming up on good morning maryland. have a good night. here you go. you, too.

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more on this tuesday i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson a hot start to the workweek. yesterday is soupy and saucy out there. and yeah, you are laughing aren't you. >> what did you call i'd today a three shower day. >> three shower day. you take would be when you leave the house and another one when you get home and then maybe one before you go to bed. >> and another one? >> exactly. >> can we turn on -- turn on air conditioning. >> marled's most powerful radar -- maryland's most powerful radar is dry but we will see changes in the forecast later into the morning and also afternoon. we will have showers and thunderstorms popping up. the further back off to west virginia and pourings of virginia, they are dealing with a flash flood watch in effect so again any thunderstorm that comes through it's going to be puking down a lot of rain. that's what we saw in kent county overnight. look what's going on in manchesterp we have plenty of clouds out there. we are trying to see a few peeks of sunshine this morning. but really the clouds will take

over. it's going to be mostly cloudy day on tap for us. the temperature in manchester coming in at 69 degrees right now. and as we head over into annapolis, that is coming in at 73. we have patchy fog in some areas this morning as well. so take it easy on the roadways as you head out and b this is what to expect at -- did about. this is what to exexpect at 8 this morning. 85 and the high temperature at 3, 4 coming in at 83 with some storms. let's check the traffic now with lauren. >> reporter: yoi mentioned we are dealing with a little patchy fog this morning as well as several accidents. travel in har ford county watch out for a -- harford county watch out for a crash. and a new accident in baltimore county right on middle river road and another in downtown baltimore right on east fayette street at president's street. there are no delays on the jfx heading into the city. and the beltway pretty nice and clear. as we look live here at the west side, out he loop is at 55 miles per hour at baltimore national pike and inner loop