now, as for friends and family of the couple, 21-year-old william monroe and 22-year-old megan carey, this makes the loss even worse. more than 150 of them gathered outside of the victim's home on south carey street last night. police say that mason threatened them as early as friday and they say they even called police. police say mason broke into the home on tuesday morning, shooting monroe's mother and a family friend before killing monroe and carrigan who were in a back bedroom with their 16- month-old child. police say mason would have shot the baby but the gun wouldn't shoot. they say the couple is good people and it's beyond tragic. >> when i heard it, i busted out crying. i can't imagine what their 17- month-old child, you know, th're going to be without a mother and father, and it's very sad. >> seeing all these people lets me know they were very well loved and they had good friends.

>>reporter: looking into the family's claim and filed a -- that they filed a report against mason. meanwhile, individuals say they will all try to help raise the 17-month-old who's now without her parents. reporting live in downtown baltimore, roselle leftwich, abc 2 eyewitness news. a victim was found along bayside beach road during rush hour. detectives are also looking for the driver who may have killed her. evidence around the body led police to believe that this woman may have been the victim of a hit and run. and we do have a picture of what police believe is the car that looks like it hit her. now, if you have any information in the case, police would like to hear from you. the number to call is 866-7- lockup. bradley manning could have faced 90 years behind bars but instead a judge sentenced him to 35. manning was also demoted from army private first class to just private. the convicted whistleblower leaked hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the website wikileaks.

manning will get credit for more than 3 1/2 years that he has already served, that combined with good behavior means that bradley manning could be eligible for parole in as little as seven years. manning's lawyers are now planning to ask for presidential pardon. sports now, a much needed win for the baltimore orioles and a much needed day off before beginning another key series this weekend with the oakland a's. baltimore beat tampa last night 4-2 to avoid that home sweep. adam jones and chris davis each had home runs on the night. for davis that is number 46, tying him for third most in the history of all oriole hitters. they remain five games out of a east, but they do improve to just three games out in the wildcard race. well, here's the logo the o's are hoping to paint on the field again come this october, it'll be for the post-season. tomorrow the o's will begin mailing out invoices to post- season tickets to all season ticketholders. with that invoice you can guarantee seats for all 11 possible home games for the o's. the deadline for those orders will be september the 6th.

and coming up tonight the ravens take the field at m and t bank stadium for preseason game number three. that's typically the game where the starters see the most action. the ravens are 2-0 so far in the preseason, but the starters have struggled. tonight ravens face the carolina panthers and that game will be on espn. kickoff is set for 8:00, so what will the weather be like down at the bank as fans make their way down for a game with the ravens? lynette is standing by with the forecast. >> all right, charley, yes, the potential for a few showers and storms out there, but scattered in nature and most likely they will get that game in. the satellite and radar not picking up on a whole lot now, but we did see some nasty showers and thunderstorms work their way across the area last night. right now we're pretty much dry. but as we go throughout the day, we will get some sunshine in here and that's just going to aid in the instability so that's why we do have the potential for more showers and storms to pop up this afternoon. the dewpoints, oh, yes, they are up there, the measure of the moisture in the air in the 70s, so we are definitely feeling a little bit on the oppressive side for today just

like yesterday. 71 in the city, 70 in glen burnie, 71 in annapolis, 73 in perry hall. elkton coming in at 70 for a dewpoint and 70 in chestertown this morning. very humid day on tap again. 77 degrees now in the city, 75 in perry hall and 73 in chestertown. over to you. new this morning, you're going to love this, more support for a later school start day. earlier this month we told you about comptroller peter french's campaign to have school start later after labor day. and according to published reports, governor martin o'malley is in favor of the idea but won't take action until a task force submits its final report. that report is not due until next year and french says a longer summer would help boost the state's economy. baltimore county executive is asking the county council for $17.2 million. he says the supplement budget is needed to fund air conditioning at five county schools. yesterday the state board of public works approved $11.7 million for air conditioning for county schools. and since 2007 the county has

installed a.c. systems in more than 40 of its county schools. he led egypt for 30 years, coming up hosni mubarak could be released from prison as early as today, but where will he go, and how this could affect his badly divided country. also this morning, a family outing turns into a tragic night for a 5-year-old. we'll tell you how his parents will keep his memory alive. >>reporter: good morning, i'm mike massco. cold spring looking god this morning, the commute an easy one. we know that's going to change. we'll have more with traffic and weather coming up on the other side of this break.

we're about 20 minutes away from 5:00. and the latest this morning on the crisis in egypt. there's new information on the country's former leader. the prime minister for egypt has ordered the release of former president hosni mubarak after being dwayneed for close to two -- detained for close to two year. he will be on house arrest as a condition of that release. however, the move could likely increase tensions in the deeply divided country. it was under mubarak's rule that gave rise to the 2011 arab spring and led to the ouster of that long-time president. what followed was the country's first democratly-held election and morsi from the muslim brotherhood and a year after that egypt is once again spiraling out of control. many analysts now fear mubarak's release could amplify islamist allegations that last month's military coup was a

step of restoring the old regime. there is concern in syria of chemical weapons by the government there. bashar alasaid's rejet stream used toxic gas to kill 130 people that killed children as they slept. the syrian government denies the weapons, calling the allegations "absolutely baseless." this morning the united states, britain and france are demanding that a team of u.n. experts already in syria investigate the claims into the attack. taking a look at the other stories making headlines around the nation this morning, we're hearing the chilling 911 calls made from inside an atlanta- area elementary school where a gunman opened fire. police say michael brandon hill entered ronald e. mcnair discovery learning academy armed with an ak-47 rifle and about 500 rounds of ammunition. he fired at least one shot inside the school and one outside -- and went outside to exchange gunfire with approaching police officers. that's when the bookkeeper there, antoinette tuff called 91 now listen closely. you can hear gunshots in the

background. >> stay on the line with me now. where are you? >> i'm in the front office. oh, he just went outside and started shooting. >> can you get somewhere safe? >> yeah. i gotta go. he don't see me. >> put the phone down. >> when hill reentered the school, he didn't get any further than the front office and that's because tuff actually managed to talk him into surrendering. luckily no one was hurt in that shooting and hill is now in custody facing a handful of charges. in other news, u.p.s. is cutting 15,000 workers' spouses from an insurance rolls, citing the president's new healthcare for the decision. in a memo to employees, u.p.s. says it will discontinue coverage of husbands and wives eligible for insurance with their own employers. the company says it expects healthcare costs to go up by more than 11% next year. u.p.s. is blaming several aspects of

obamacare for the cost increase, including its requirement that dependent children be covered after the age of 26. today civil rights groups will begin their journey visiting places of historical meaning to the civil rights movement. the tour will start in birmingham, alabama and end in washington d.c. on saturday. there the group will hold a rally and a march at the lincoln memorial and then go to martin king -- martin luther king, jr. national memorial. it's all in honor of the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. today president barack obama will kick off a two-day bus tour through new york and pennsylvania. the president is expected to discuss new ideas for lowering the cost of college tuition. the president is scheduled to speak at three colleges and one high school. vice president joe biden is expected to join the president during his stop in scranton, pennsylvania. that stop is scheduled for tomorrow. thousands of buildings near yosemite national park are being threatened as a number of wildfires continue to burn out west. the fire dubbed the rim fire is nearly out of control. it has already destroyed five buildings and forced the evacuation of camps and private homes. so far the fire is only 5%

contained. more than 400 firefighters are working around the clock to contain this fire along with water-dropping planes. and the thunderstorms will continue as we go through today, scattered in nature. we're talking about it as we go toward the afternoon. the satellite and radar not picking up on a whole lot this morning. we do have one nasty thunderstorm offshore as of now and one in harrisburg, but around maryland we're pretty much drying things out and that might not necessarily be a good thing, especially if we do see some sunshine today which we will. that is definitely going to aid in the thunderstorms popping up as we go into the afternoon. it's 74 degrees right now in glen burnie and 69 in mount airy. churchville coming in at 73 degrees and along the eastern shore in easton this morning we're at 70. so you can see these temperatures are on the warm side and we're also very humid out there. so we do have a case of the muggies once again. so as you step out and about for today, make sure you do have lots of water on tap. this is what's going on at the surface as we do have a front

that will begin to push its way in as we head towards tomorrow, but in the meantime we will be dealing with that humidity as an area of high pressure is off in the atlantic, you get that return flow and that's lots of moisture and lots of humidity that we will be dealing with as we go through today. abc 2's most accurate futuretrend goes into motion, picking up on the potential for more showers and storms as we go through the rest of today. and this will continue, again, as we go into the evening time frame tonight, a slight chance for that. but then as we work our way toward tomorrow afternoon, we start to dry things out and it looks like we're going to have a nice weekend on tap. i'm going to show thaw forecast in a minute. but with the showers and storms possible for today, make sure you do download our storm shield weather app. it does come -- if it does become severe in your neighborhood, you will be alerted to it. the high temperature come being in today right around 88. let's get a check of the traffic now with mike. >>reporter: ghosttown out there. nothing going on this morning. this is an easy ride, 695 at liberty road looking good.

yeah, we're not even seeing any brake lights coming on. that's some good news. it's all about construction this early morning. here's 100 westbound right around exit 8 dealing with some construction-related delays. you're seeing a lot of green on your screen, so we're not seeing any speed sensors being tied up. inner loop at exit 18 some delays going into 17, all construction related. so they're keeping things moving this morning. thouter loop exit 34 as you get towards essex and head down towards white marsh, also other construction-related delays. not seeing any speed sensors being tied up. that's good news. we'll take a look and show you as we fly along, we'll show you, again, our speed times sensorred 48 right around aviation boulevard as you get out towards the airport. so if you're catching an early morning flight, a-okay with that and speed sensors going from 70 down to 695 about a 50, 60 mile per hour speed. looking good there. northbound route 100 to 695, that's a six-minute commute. we'll talk more about your traffic and weather together in less than 10 minutes. charley. it's been a year since a

young boy from carroll county drowned. nathan baker was just 5 years old and abc 2's preston mitchum explains how preston's family is keeping his name alive. >>reporter: monkey bars, flying board, balance beam, what kid doesn't like a playground? >> he was always out on that playground, on his rope swing, swinging, and i can remember him telling me, you know, dad, swing me, higher, higher, higher. >>reporter: the he dad is referring to is his son nate, nathan chris baker, an energetic, fun-loving kid. >> he was very adventurous and just so much fun to be around. >>reporter: a dad gets choked remembering a year ago the family wanted to surprise nate with a trip to the family it lake house. that's when fun times turned tragic. >> i went over to the water on the dock and looked down and i didn't see him and i noticed that his life jacket and his swim shoes were on the dock. >>reporter: this fun-loving

kid had drowned. the family vows not to drown in sorrow, but to uplift his name through their foundation, building playgrounds and making sure kids everywhere like nate can swing as high as they can. >> and that's our slogan is to go out and be great. we want other people to do the same. we want other people to go out and contribute back, give back to the community. >>reporter: in carroll county, preston mitchum, abc 2 news. >> the ceremony for the new nathan baker playground is for this saturday. it's going to take place at mechanicsville elementary school at 1:00. that's where nathan went to school. a car accident left him seriously hurt and he needed a lot of care. and today they want to say thank you to those who saved their lives. this morning we'll tell you how you can help two teenagers give back to our community.

seven minutes away from 5:00 right now. today two teenagers involveed in a serious car crash are holding a blood drive. this is their way of showing gratitude for those who have helped save their lives. you see, josh wilson and brandon wienhold were driving home from a fallston high school basketball game when a pick-up truck -- well, a man driving a pick-up truck ran a stop sign and smashed into their car. wilson suffered major injuries, including a broken pelvis and brain injury. he needed about 15 units of blood and spent 17 days in the hospital. so today's blood drive goes from 2:00 until it 8:00. it's happening at the fallston fire hall on cars mill road. wilson and wienhold hope to

meet every emt who had a hand in caring for them. starting today retrofit baltimore is issuing a challenge to neighborhoods to lower their energy bills. a certified energy auditor will do a variety of tests like using thermal cameras and smoke sticks to find leaks. the owner will then provide a report on what needs to be done to lower that homeowner's energy bill. any homeowner is welcome to take part in the challenge. the maryland state fair officially opens tomorrow, but today you can actually get a sneak peek at all the fun. m and t dollar preview night starts at 5:00 tonight. admissions and rides cost just a buck and the fair runs all the way until august 23rd, through labor day, so you have some time. this year's musical acts include carly ray scwrepson, fallout boy and three days grace. the kickoff starts today with dollar day. city officials want to hear your thoughts on ture of b and the aquatics programs. a series of community meetings are planned to get input on the department of recreation and park's plans to upgrade current

facility and build new pools and spray pads. today's meeting will be held on thursday, that's going to be thursday, today, you get it, the cold spring recreation center. it obegins at 6:30 tonight. let's talk about what's going on for today because, yes, it is going to be a great day to get into the pool, meaning that it's going to be warm enough to do so. very humid out there as well, but what you need to watch, the thunderstorms as we go throughout the day as well. but they will be scattered, so that means that not everybody is going to be getting wet. but you know when you hear thunder, when it roars, go indoors. that temperature coming in right around 88 degrees for today, so we will be above average once again. and then this is what the game forecast looks like tonight as the ravens take on the panthers and that kickoff at 8:00. that temperature coming in at 81, showers and storms possible again. i keep saying that for today and that means it's going to be scattered. as we head towards tomorrow a morning shower, but then we dry out nicely. and look at the weekend, nice and mild. let's get a check of the traffic with mike. >>reporter: thank you, lynette. yeah, we gotta good weekend forecast it looks like. i think you said that right.

okay, good. here is -- this is at route 50 at sandy point. this is the toll plaza, maybe people are getting an early start to the beach. well, bay bridge looks good this morning. we'll take a look and show you another spot. that's still the camera at sandy point. we'll see if we can switch that over. we'll show you across town. this is 395 at 95. looking good this morning. some construction-related dhais on 695 on the outer loop past edgemere and 95 southbound at exit 74 also some construction region healthed delays. no incidents to really bring to your attention this morning. look at our drive times, they're really looking good. fort mchenry tunnel to 695 on the south side, that's a seven- minute commute. if you're going to the harbor tunnel from 95 southbound approach, nine-minute ride and 95 to 795 on the outer loop, that should take you just about 11 minutes. we'll talk more news, traffic, weather all coming up right after this break.

a 15-year-old high school student comes to the rescue of three young children in carroll county. michael sher was working on a roadside flower gard aren for his mom when he heard a car crash. he said he went 75 yards down the road when he saw a wrecked car from a carriage. watch. >> i ran about 75 yards down the road. when i finally got there, i realized how bad it was, and i'll be pretty honest, i didn't think anyone survived, it was that bad. she's screaming at the top of your lungs, i need your help,

my kids are in the car. they were 5, maybe 4 years old in little car seats in the back. >> unreal. together along with the mother they got the kids out safely. paramedics transported the mother and three kids to a local hospital, all with minor injuries. wow! "good morning maryland" at 5:00 begins right now. all right, parents, what do you think about this? the school year starting a little later? the idea is gaining more and more support. a live picture right now of -- wait for it. oh, hazy, ominous moon. what's going on? could showers be in the forecast? do you need the umbrella? maybe maybe the golashes. >> there's something to say good morning to people watching the moon. good morning, i'm megan pringle. >> i'm charley crowson. what's going on outside?

>> not a whole lot right now. we calmed things down, but that's not going to be the ca as we go throughout your day and that's because we have the potential for scoirs for us. as you look -- scattered showers for us. as we look at maryland's most powerful radar, it's pretty dry right now. if you're traveling along i-83 this morning, definitely going to run into a thunderstorm there around harrisburg. we are looking at it around the linklestown area, also some small hail and gusty winds up to 40 miles an hour. around dun kenon as well, just to the north of glendale. that's where you'll be running into some nasty weather. but here in maryland right now we're looking pretty good. as we look at the temperature, coming in at 71 degrees in davidsonville. yes, that's bonch after -- that's above average. we have the muggies out there, the dewpoints 69, chose to 70. not feeling good at all. you'll probably have to blast that a.c. as you head off to work or school. colombia is coming in at 69 degrees. as we look at what's going on in our last stop this morning in monday rovia, that

temperature coming in at 68 and that dewpoint at 67 as well and this is what you can expect as we go through the rest of your day, it's going to be a good day to maybe do that bike ride in the morning. but as we head towards the afternoon, lunchtime, that temperature coming in at 85 but feeling more like we're in the upper 80s to right around 90. let's get a check of that traffic now with mike. >>reporter: there is still nothing going on this morning. 695 west side of 95, this is just such an easy commute this morning. if you -- go in early and then you can leave early, you see how that works? not bad. this is a great looking ride this morning. good morning, everybody. two minutes after a 5:00. we'll show you the inner loop at exit 18. yeah, this is a construction- related delay, but notice a lot of green on your screen, so we're not seeing those brakes being pumped this morning, at least on the west side of the beltway. we also have some construction- related delays as you get up -- or down rather towards essex. this is the outer loop at exit 34. speed sensors looking god, 55 miles per hour as you go right up from 695 down towards 895.

brooklyn park also looking god. and some of the drive times this morning also looking good. this is route 100 at 695 on the northbound side. that's going to take you six minutes and then 795 at 95 on the outer loop, that's an 11- minute ride. easy commute thus far this morning, but you know that'll change. we'll talk more about traffic and weather in less than 10 minutes. megan, on to you. we're learning new information this morning about a young couple gunned down inside a southwest baltimore home. william monroe and megan carrigan were murdered in what police say was a dispute with a neighbor. abc 2's roosevelt leftwich is live at police headquarters. >>reporter: megan, city police charged murder charges against melville mason. he's accused of killing a young couple that lived down the street from him over a perceived dispute over what police say was about $10. as for family and friends of 21- year-old william monroe and 22- year-old megan car dl rigan, this makes