in time with severe injuries and illnesses so they can benefit from them. at live desk 18 is a number of women who come forward with accusations sexual and workplace harassment against san diego mayor bob filner. after more than a month of denying fighting and therapy it appears the inevitable may be reality. filner will resign as part of the deal to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit. multiple sources say he will step down after a proposed settlement is discussed during a closed-door city council session later today. this is where it gets sticky because in exchange for the resignation the city of san diego will reportedly pay some if not all of filner's share of the damages awarded in the lawsuits. at least 18 women have come forward accusing him a democrat and former member of congress of-appropriate behavior. he apologized and went throughtwo weeks of therapy. the 70-year-old filner served in congress for 10 terms until

become the first democrat aelected -- elect to san diego as mayor in 20 years. we have a sneak peek of inside the poker room at maryland live casino the two story addition has 52 designated poker tables where they will deal cards on august 28th at noon. maryland live is partnering with the players poker championship to host the poker tournaments in the new space. on a new place to study on the weekends, all baltimore county public libraries will be opened on sunday year-round. hours and staff are also going to be exited at the lock -- extended the at the lock-- at the loch raven library. if you want something to do head to kicks off today. there's roosevelt leftwich live with preview. he has been hanging out with the animals. baby chicks is so cute. >> reporter: they are so fluffy. look at them. just having a good time here. these are-- this is as fresh a

chicken as you can get. and the funny thing is there's one rowdy in here that gets everyone fired up. there he goes. when he moves, the others moves. this is part of the birthing center and barn tour at the maryland state fair. lots of good stuff. over here every year they have a lot of births including right here. look at this. piglets. having a good time there just it's feeding time at 5:30 but this is what you will see. this ised kind of thing in the birth -- this is the kind of thing you will see in the birthing center. all of them are pregnant and any time or sometime during the course of the fair they will give birth and that's something the kid can see and they find out where the food comes from and get a idea of what life on the farm is like. there are animals and budweiser with a two-story bar set up anda good time there and they will have double the horse racing this year. there's bull riding and there's a big high dive and mountain goat exhibit to name a few. and we will tell you a beller

-- better run down of what he coming up in few minutes and talk with the 4hers some of the kids responsible for raising the animals you will see out here at the state fair charley and megan. if you see a bull run you need a passport or airline ticket. coming up next, a tank of gas may be all you need to see the first running of the bulls taking place this weekend in the u.s. ♪

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running with the bulls requires a trip to spain but this weekend, the great bull run is happening here in the united states. it's the first ever event that's going to be held in virginia near richmond happening tomorrow. promoters expect 8,000 people to show up and believe half will be attending the other half will be watching. so they are going to be running with the bulls in virginia and we will see how it goes. lynette are you up for that. >> i will be watching. all right. 86 degrees is the temperature for this afternoon. partly cloudy and we will have a chance for an isolated to scattered shower or storm for today. and if you are heading out to the game it should be dry by that time. that cold front should be through. temperatures at 81 as we take on the a's at 7:05. and if you are headed to the beach, we like this right.

maybe a thunderstorm today but heading towards the weekend, 77, dry mostly sunny and the water temperature coming in around 73 degrees. and by tomorrow, 84 degrees ample sunshine and steady clearing and this is back on land. and as we check out what he going on -- what's going on next few days, saturday and sunday around 83 with lots of sunshine. continuing for the first part of next week. let's check the traffic with lauren. >> reporter: if you arusing the light rail you will want to be aware of disruptions of service. there's a bus bridge in effect for those making the stretch from timonium and hunt valley. it's due to utility work right on west warren road at beaver dam road. that's blocking turn lanes in both directions. so be aware of this. if you are traveling on the mainlines, 83 in great shape. no problems getting to downtown baltimore. the tunnels both in great shape. and 695 no problems to get from parkville up to towson. west side is going to be nice

and clear. traveling the outer loop from 795 down to 70 you are looking at 55 miles per hour. no problems on the inner loop and traveling out in howard county here's a live look at interstate 70 at columbia pike very easy ride to the beltway or westbound up to frederick. 9 north of 195 you won't have problems getting down to dc this morning and northbound travels 10 minutes from route 32 all the way up to 695. that's your timesaver traffic. stay with us. there's much more coming up. you are watching good morning maryland.

second person is behind bars charged with the murder of a man in rogers forge. police arrested charles jackson yesterday at his place of business donte stevens was shot several times while driving there last month. they found him dead inside his car. another man dante woods has been charged in the murder in this case. the attention on the bradley manning case shifted from the conviction now to his confession. the army private says he wants to be a woman. and he will go by the name chelsea and wants to begin

hormone therapy treatment while in prison but the military says it's not going to happen they won't provide it. his attorney says they are going to fight this and his desire to become a woman as an argumentfor leniency on his sentenced. the question is whether or not it will play a role when he is up for parole. >> i don't think that they probably should even look at the fact that he or she now is transgender in makeing that determination. >> manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking a million pages of classified paperwork to wikileaks. he was spared the charge of aiding the enemy. new video for you out of northern taiwan. tie the typhoon is the -- the typhoon is the source of extra water. wow. >> wow is right. >> the dam in the spillway look at this. that's incredible. this typhoon is the 12th of the season to give you an idea we are staring at monitors

watching this water flow over. lynette you ever seen anything like that? >> i never seen anything like that. >> they may think you are looking at a river when you see this but it's a street. that's not taiwan. we will show you video coming up. southern colorado. look at this. you think it's river? no this is a city street. a number of thunderstorms caused flash flooding and large hail and the hail was so big many say it looked like snow. this has been a prevalent themeacross parts of colorado. plows had to come out in august to shovel the stuff away. >> wow. i am in ahh of the -- a d-- awe of the video this morning. we are in the possibility of more isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms possible in nature. but our eye takes to us west virginia where we are seeing heavy rain across the area courtesy of a disturbance along the cold front. and with that, we have the possibility for this to move into our area. so some of that energy could get in here going throughout the day. and here it is.

this is what looks like at the surface. there's the little disturbances there and there's the cold front and the front is on the move behind that cold front. that's when we start to smile because we get the more mild conditions in here and the drier air will work the way in here. so what does that mean? we will feel more pleasant and feel much better outside. as we take it into the gulf of mexico still watching the disturbance right here. but it has a 10% chance of becoming a tropical cyclone over the next 48 hours but the national hurricane center ismonitoring it. as we look at temperatures we are at average. 7 # degrees in baltimore. 73 in stevensville and 67 in parkton and 69 in emets burg -- emmitsburg and nothing going towards the weekend. that's how we like it. high pressure is going to build in and do its thing and for today, the temperature by lunchtime coming in at 83 degrees. we have a great photo we want to see -- if you have a great

photo we want to see it. plenty of sunshine conditions by next week. let's check the traffic with lauren. >> reporter: well, we are dealing with a major disruption to light rail service. if you are traveling between timonium and hunt valley, be aware a bus bridge is in place. it's due to utility work that's blocking turn lanes in both directions. something to be aware of. leave yourself plenty of time. 83 is nice and clear. no delays from shawan to 695. the jfx is in great shape and heading over to harford county this is what 95 looks like at route 24. traffic will remain up to speed as you make the push down to the harbor tunnel throughway. look at the drive times. green across the board from the throughway down to the fort mchenry tunnel toll plaza. a typical 6 minute ride. we will remain in the green on 695 traveling the east side outer loop from 95 all the way up to 83 taking 11 minutes. no delays on the outer loop at the weave side and the inner loop-- west side and inner loop 8 minutes from 795 up to 83.

you can be the very first to know about the drive times. just follow me on twitter at maryland traffic. 50 years ago civil rights leaders marched with dr. martin luther king junior in dc and this weekend they are going to honor his will go sigh by heading back to washington. local members of the united health care union are going to the nation's capital to celebrate dr. king's work. they are calling for action towards racial and economic equality. a 5-year-old loves to play and have fun is being honored tomorrow. nathan baker died during a family vacation last year and tomorrow a play ground is being dedicated in his honor at mechanicsville elementary school which baker attendedch the money comes from a -- attendedch the money comes from foundation the family-- attended. the money comes from foundation the family started to help communities and families in need. the wags dog park officially opens tomorrow part

of the improvement project. there will be play areas for small and large breeds and doggy water fountains and other amenities. bring your four legged friends at 10:30 in the morning tomorrow to have a good time. gates open this morning for the maryland state fair. if you've been, you know there's so much to see and do over the next week and a half. and abc2 news roosevelt leftwich is live there and you've beenhanging out with the chicks and talking to the pregnant pigs what do you have now. >> reporter: how about this. duck, duck, goose. there you go. it doesn't get better than that. this is the 4h animal world. we are back over here and we have lots of really cool things here. the kids can get up close and personal with the little friends. we can meet this little rabbit abigail with the 4h. who is your friend. >> this is marie. she is a rhinelander rabbit a rare breed and i think it's the only one in the county. so. >> reporter: you raised her

from the very beginning. >> i got her mother and father and bread them and raised them and they are about 5 months old now. >> reporter: very cool. >> they are big for their breed. >> reporter: and that's kind of the cool stuff you get to do in 4h and you get to raise your animals but there's so much more to it. >> 4h is for the head heart hands held and using your head and intelligence and heart reaching out to others, health, trying to keep safety and we use our opportunities and head heart hands health ach out. >> reporter: and for a lot of folks, too, it's just a great activity for a lot of kids to, you know, for you to learn how to raise animals. but also to carry on the farming tradition. >> yeah. i mean, i enjoy farming because if we don't have it we won't get our produce and all of our food and animals and animals are a good thing because they teach responsibility also to

the young kids. so. >> reporter: and they can come out and meet your friend here at the fair and see all the other animals out here. we have miniature horse and goats and we have got sheep. we have got so many different things. thanks so much to abigail for talking with us. and there's a lot of cool thing at the fair to see and do. and coming up at 6, we will give you a run-down of the highlights coming up. jamele mcclain is giving away backpacks and school supplies. they will help 53 boys and girls. that is his jersey number. so why wouldn't he? it would be a great way to give back to the community. we are back in a bit. beep-bop-boop-bop boop-beep. [monotone] she says, "switch to progressive and you could save hundreds." call or click today.

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you're watching the station that works for you. now good morning maryland. >> a 8-year-old boy is recovering after being hit by a car and this morning the search is on for the american person -- is on for the person who left him injured in the street. >> a live look at the 11 best days of summer is upon us. we are live at the fairgrounds in timonium for the upcoming state fair kicking off. >> i am kind of jealous he got that assignment i would like to

be out there. we have one in the studio maryland spca will join us in bit. in the meantime thanks for joining us. i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson i thought you were going to call him an animal. >> me too. >> an animal already. >> what are you doing? oh, wow. >> let's get to the weather. >> all right. let's talk about what hing a -- what's going on. we are in frederick county where we are seeing a couple showers. very he light in nature around thurmont and we can see around hunt club acres. this will start to continue i should say going through the rest of the morning. we will call them isolated showers a few scattered showers trying to work their way into the picture but all in all, we will be seeing a partly cloudy day and we will be seeing a dry day as well. we are waiting for the cold front to move through. taking you outside to bel air seeing the sunrise and we see a few breaks in the clouds. that means we will get somesunshine in here as the day goes on. but all in all this is what we are work with in teamings of

temperatures. 69 he-- terms of temperatures. 69 in bel air with the dew point at 64. wind out of the northwest at 2 -- winds out of north east with the 2 miles an hour. as you head through the day, we are looking at temperatures by lunchtime at 83 degrees and again, not going rule out the chance for showers and thunderstorms isolated in nature. let's check the traffic with lauren. >> reporter: well we have the first crash of the day in downtown baltimore. right on martin luther king junior boulevard at west lombard street and a imagine alert if you are using the light rail this morning. there's a disruption between at this mowno and hunt valley. there's a bus bridge in place due to utility work on west warren at beaver dam roadblocking turn lanes in both directions. the mainline is clear. jfx54 miles per hour southbound at cold spring lane. 695 up to speed. 11 minutes on the outer loop from 795 down to 95. and 795 going to be nice and clear here in owings mills boulevard. no problems getting down to the

beltway. that's your timesaver traffic. it could have been your 8- year-old coming home from football practice in a crosswalk when he was hit by a car. jaquan rucker was hit by a jaguar that didn't stop. his family says he suffered a broken ankle but they are waiting to see how serious it is right now. he is upset when paramedics had to rip-off his uniform to get him treatment. >> he had to drag himself out the street. he was strong enough to drag himself out the street. because the other cars were coming, too. and he laid on the sidewalk and started yelling. my leg, my leg, my leg. >> unreal. police are looking for a dark color four-door jag. the family hope the driver will come forward to help them out. annapolis high school is mourning the loss of an safetiant coach, patricia cunningham was riding her bike in davidsonville