a 37-year-old man was shot in the head. this happened in the 3700 block of bondy avenue. the victim was pronounced dead at the scene and police don't have suspects. family members of a murdered inmate inside a prison in western maryland say he should have they have been in the same-- should have never been in the same cell as inmate serving a life sentence. the medical examiner is calling the death a homicide after an autopsy revealed he died of blunt force trauma earlier in the week. his family received a letter from wallace saying he felt threatened by his cell mate. that man has not been identified but family members say he was serving a life sentence and unlike wallace serving 23 years for robbery and drug charges. >> he is not a lifer. the other inmate was a lifer. he is a threat to society. he is threat to society but to the prison system.

>> a spokesperson for the prison says it's standard to have two enmates per cell and correction officers evaluate the enmates before placing them together. congressman cummings is going to speak tonight. he is talking about the importance of housing for low income families and will take part in a discussion with other local leaders at 7 this evening in the auditorium. to football. we should find out today if ray rice will miss time because of a hip injury. he suffered a strained left hip flexor in yesterday's home opening win. the team hopes it's not too bad. he is not scheduled to have an mri. brown caught a pass from flacco to give the ravens a 14-6 lead and ravens beat the browns 14-6

and congratulations to joe flacco. he is now a father. his wife gave birth to their second child today. about an hour before ck off they named the son daniel. all right. we have much more on the ravens coverage on the website if you want to learn more, find out why the team is not worried about justin tucker's missed field goal. read all about it. the orioles are off today. it's the final off day for the regular season. the o's are 2 1/2 games of the wild card race with 13 gamesremaining. they are in boston tomorrow night to open a 3-game series against the red sox. >> should we use the word critical for the games. good morning. 4:37 on your monday morning. clear overhead right now the. scattered showers are moving through northern frederick county. the bulk of the rain will stay

on the p.a. side. there will be a couple scattered showers moving through here. you will notice it is much cooler than average. 72 is the forecast high today. 78 the normal number. 98 the record on this date set in the 1990s. so a front out to the west is pushing through the state this afternoon and it's 60s to the north. and particularly the temperatures falling 32 and all the way up to close to northern canada how about the 20s. really cool air is is poised to move down. for your day today 76 in town, 70s towards glen burnie and woodbine around 70 today. manchester and northern carroll county 74. for tonight, pretty chilly. 56 in town but 40s at the airport. 49 in manchester towards cecil county. when i come back, we will talk about the 7-day forecast and we have a hurricane egore out there is it egore? >> ingrid how could you forget ingrid we have a producer here

named ingrid. >> we will talk about that coming up in a little bit. here's lauren-- no megan go megan. >> don't forget about me. stay with us a lot more news on good morning maryland. at least four people are dead nearly 1,000 others still waiting to be rescued in colorado. coming up, we have the latest on the bad weather conditions out there that brought rescue relief efforts to a halt. plus most people are not too fond of the street cameras but they are everywhere. what someone did in howard county this weekend that has police investigating. >> reporter: nothing to get in your way here. we have some long-term construction planned for the jfx. i will let you know how it could affect the commute coming up on good morning maryland.

new this morning maryland state police will start bringing in extra help as they struggling to clear up the log of gun license background checks. they are a month behind and say the buyers approaches guns at record levels. roosevelt leftwich joins with us more on what's happening in columbia. >> reporter: yeah, thousands of people are still waiting for the firearms background check to be completed by state police for purchases they made months ago. so they are bringing in as much help as they can to the processing center somewhere here in columbia. in fact officers for our state law enforcement agencies will help process the application.

the number of gun purchases quadrupled over the past year after the tough gun laws. state police say 20 officers from transit transportation authority and state capitol police will be brought in to help. governor o'malley pledged all applications will be approved before the changes of the state law take effect on october 1st. critics say that by using organizations other than state police to do the checks that could have dense information could be compromise-- confidential information could be compromised. newth new law re-- the new law has background checks including fingerprinting. united nations report due to be released today is expected to confirm-- is expected to confirm chemical weapons have been used in syria's civil war but may not fink here is responsible. the obama administration estimates more -- finger who is responsible for it. the obama administration estimates more than 1400 people

were killed. we will keep you posted on what happens. efforts to raise the coasta concordia cruise ship are underway. this is a live picture right now. the start of the operation was delayed several hours this morning because of fierct as yo live picture in italy it's looking like it's clearing up. rolling it off the sea bed and into a underwater platform is expected to take 8 to 10 hours. the coasta concordia is around 2 1/2 times the size of the titanic and crashed into a reef in january 2012 killing 32 people on board. also happening right now many communities in colorado remain cut off by flooding as the rain continued to fall through the weekend. four people are confirmed dade and two more are missing and presumed dead after the homes were swept away. more than 12 people are still

unaccounted for. charley crowson is in colorado and shows us how people are dealing with the disaster. >> reporter: charley crowson reporting in colorado. now day 5 of the torrential rain and flooding playing a big -- plaguing a big portion of the state. we have learned they are estimating the land mass size of the flooded area to be in the neighborhood of the size of the state of connecticut. we are in will county predominantly rural area north of denver but we want to show you 100 county roads are closed as result of the flooding. and this is just one of them county road 13. you see the truck moving through right now. it's a heavy duty truck smaller cars shouldn't attempt anything at all like this. the intersection of county road 13 and 26 in the past hour since we have been in this position. the flooding of the road has been so severe that it's taken over the banks to the west moving to the east. you see the waters moving into this farmland and now

threatening this area but threatening cattle and live stock out to the west you see the horses now on the driest land possible. the truck that moved through is the man who owns the cattle doing all he can to make sure he is safe and protected in the dangerous time. also a as you see the run from the cattles and horse trailers completely flooded. just beyond the tree line there is is a house that is under water 2 to 3 feet of water. it's submerged one of the first areas in well county that did flood. that family got out wednesday night. we have learned that they have come back a number of times. but as you expect, there's nothing for them to come back too. much of the house is under water and a lot will be a loss. we have learned from one local resident that a firestone community fire engine went off of the road county road 26, 50 yards to the north and had to be pulled off because it tried to get through the flooded

roads and was not successful. so this is the scene once again in colorado. we will be providing reports for you as often as we can to show you how bad it is out here out west in the rocky mountain region. until then charley crowson reporting for abc2 news. >> he's been busy in colorado and posting a lot of video and photos on facebook and twitter. he will update the pages over the next few days and we will check in with him throughout the morning for more reports from colorado. our weather this morning starting out on a cloudy note. it's cool to the north and west this morning. we are into the 50s. 67 downtown right nowch the airport is at 6-- now. the airport is is at 63. we will show you maryland's most powerful radar a couple catered -- scattered showers is moving through northern frederick and carroll county. the city is dry but we see scattered showers later today. mont the-- behind the fronttemperatures are falling. now 10 degrees cooler than where we were yesterday morning

in minneapolis. that's the cool air that's pushing in. today is going to be in between. clouds and scattered showers mild with temperatures in the low 70s. the front moves through and by tomorrow beautiful area of high pressure comes in. it's going to bring cool, refreshing air and temperatures tonight 40s and 50s. tomorrow strugels to get to 70. -- struggles to get to 70. 70 this afternoon cooler to the north and west. tonight to 54. 40s to the north and west. and going into your day on tuesday, we have the numbers, a struggling to get to 70 with overnight lows tuesday into wednesday into the middle and upper 40s. marled's most te maryland's most accurate says showers cooler and cloudier. we are down to 50 tonight with 40s north and west of the beltway. it will be breezier so maybe a wind chill? let's not go that far yet. 72 degrees for today. 73 for tomorrow. and then we are around 76 for the day on wednesday. so it's a gorgeous forecast getting into the latter portion

of the week with temperatures close to 80 and making plans going into next week, maybe a couple scattered showers. we will talk about the tropics coming up at 5. and for now let's talk to lauren about the traffic. any issues. >> reporter: i have a major traffic alert a long-term project is planned that will take 10 months altogether. thr replacing bridge joints and damaged concrete barriers. it starts this evening at 9 through 5 this morning tomorrow morning. two southbound lanes will be shut down between 41st street and fayette street. it's a 10-month-long project. you want to expect delays if you travel the jfx in the evening or early morning. right now the jfx is going to be free of delays. 55 miles per hour southbound at 695 typical 11 minutes from here to fayette street and right now the tunnels are going to be delay free. we are looking at the nice green drive time through the fort mchenry and harbor tunnel.

out to 695 no problems to report across the key bridge. 51 miles per hour on the inner loop and outer loop clear from parkville to towson and in pikes vial 11 minutes from 795 down to 95. that inner loop is going to be nice and clear up to 83. and interstate 70 in howard county also going to be moving right along. no problems traveling from columbia pike to the beltway. that's your timesaver traffic. police are trying to solve an arson in howard county. they want to know who seat speed camera on fire. this is what it looked like before it was removed from glenelg high school. someone set it on fire and a newspaper delivery man saw it and made the first call. todd heard the commotion. >> it was like firecrackers orheavier like m80s. >> well don't think about speeding in that area because police say the camera was

replaced overnight. arson investigators are offering a reward about $500 for any information that can help them arrest someone. from dancing to singer and answering the tough questions. 53 young ladies were narrowed down to one. so up next we will take you to the crowning of the new miss america. we will be right back.

>> your new miss america is

miss new york. >> already. there she is the new miss america nina davuluri was the second consecutive contestant from new york to win. 24 years old the first contestant of indian heritage to become miss america. and she wants to be a doctor. mike if you were in the miss america pagent what would your talent be? >> my talent? wow. hey. cool. miss new york what happened to miss maryland no go? >> maybe next year. >> good morning here we go. 67 in town this morning. 50s to the north and west. we go to maryland's most powerful radar and it's clearoverhead right now. a lone shower. notice the bulk of the action north of 70 in harrisburg. so most of the rain will be on the p.a. side but a couple showers could

move in we have showers in the forecast. a look at ingrid i called it ingore yesterday and megan corrected me. it's moving to the west northwest at 6 which could brin 20 inches of rain in mexico. you go 200 miles to the south, and here's another system. so they are getting slammed on each coast of mexico with some sort of tropical system. otherwise, we are just talking about clouds and showers closer to home. 72 is your two degree guaranteed tonight. down to 50 tonight it will be chilly in the northwestern suburbs. and then it's a struggling to get into the 70s through the day on tuesday with lots of sunshine. wednesday, you will love 76 and warmer by the end of the week. here's lauren cook with your abc2 timesaver traffic. >> reporter: well, mike we are looking at high speeds across the region. traveling in baltimore county, 795 going to be in great shape. here's a live look at owings

mills boulevard. there's nothing to get in your way this morning traveling southbound down towards 695. and 695 also looking good. here is a look at the west side at baltimore national pike. this inner loop is clear up to liberty road and outer loop look at the latest drive times. green across the board an 11 minute ride from 795 all the way down to 95. and if you are traveling the east side of the beltway, right now we are looking a at normal drive time of 11 minutes to travel from 59 to 83. no problems -- 95 to 83. now over to you. pretty cool a treat forhockey fans. 2013 baltimore hockey classic which means the capitol will host the boston bruins at baltimore arena. the pub drops at 7 p.m. tomorrow. last year's baltimore hockey classic was canceled due to the lockout in the nhl. the inaugural classic two years ago sold out with more than 1100 fans packing to watch the caps face the national predators.

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here's good news this morning. the power ball jackpot keeps on

growing. there was no winning tickets sold on saturday and that means the jackpot is ballooned to 400 million dollars. this is the 4th time this year the lottery jackpot passed a 300 million dollar mark. there are several match five win owners saturday including one ticket sold here in maryland those lucky winners will get one million dollars before taxes and the next drawing is on wednesday so good luck. good morning maryland at 5 starts right now. >> you're watching the station that works for you. now, good morning maryland. >> the rush is onto apply far gun application behalf new law takes effect. we are live with how police are dealing with the crush of applicants. and you can't tell by this live picture of the jfx but things will look different pretty soon and major construction project starts tonight. we will have the latest on the closure in the timesaver traffic. it's monday morning, thanks for joining us. i am megan pringle.

charley is out in colorado. we will check in with him. he is reporting on the floods there. really gorgeous weekend weather wise. let's find out about the left of -- rest of your week with mike masco. >> when is the power ball drawing? >> wednesday. >> if you follow me or megan we willive you a piece of our winnings if we win. this is what's going on. 5:00 on the dot. 63 degrees. the temperature is comfortable into the 70s the southwesterly wind at 5 and numbers are not too bad this morning along 95 into the 60s. west of the city is a pair of nickels or double nickels. otherwise clear on maryland's most powerful but going to the north and west, that's when we find rain showers in fact future radar shows these scattered showers will make it into the northern zones as we he go into later this morning and a couple showers by the lunchtime. not a washout today but it will be cooler and cloudier than yesterday. 729 forecast high and that's pretty much below average. normally should be around 78

this time of year. cloud-- 78 this time year. clear tonight means it will feel chilly for a lot of people and a unevent fell weather setup -- eventful weather setup. here's one storm a weak system pushing through the state again this afternoon and temperatures will start to fall. look at the numbers to the north into canada. right around 30 degrees. chilly air will work its way in by tomorrow. otherwise sunshine and clouds. 64 to around 65 at 10. lunchtime, not going say soggy but the best looking day. going for 73 for the forecast high. we will talk about the most accurate 7-day forecast coming up in a little bit. this is lauren cook she is getting married. >> reporter: 18 days away. >> can't wait. >> reporter: flying by. if you heading out this morning, 95 in howard county looks good. southbound lanes 65 miles an hour at 195. you won't have problems heading to downtown baltimore.

fort mchenry is in great shape as well as the harbor and traveling out on 695, 52 miles per hour in the inner loop at the key bridge and outer loop that's going to be nice and clear as you make the push up to parkville and here's a look at harford road. inner loop going to be in great shape as you make the push down to 95 and outer loop looking at 11 minutes from 95 up to 83. typical drive time on the west side as well at wilkins avenue. looking at an 11 minute trip from 795 to 95. that's your timesaver traffic. an important alert for drivers. repairs on the jones falls expressway will begin tonight. the next 10 months they will work to replace damaged concrete barriers and joints. repair work will between the 41st and the east fayette street exits on the southbound side and close two lanes each week night between 9 at night and 5 in the morning. you can follow lauren at maryland traffic on twitter for updates and closures.

some maryland bridges are inneed of repair. a review identified 7800 bridges across the country considered deficient and critical. 28 of the bridges are in our state. however maryland officials say the repairs are underway or planned and weight restrictions are placed on some bridges to make sure drivers are safe. maryland will have some of the strictest gun laws starting on october 1st. that date is fast approaching and the state is getting flooded with applications. roosevelt leftwich is live this morning with how they are handling all the paperwork. >> reporter: thousands of people are waiting for the background checks to be completed by state police as they continue their search to try to get their firearms purchases they had months ago. so they are bringing in as much help as they can so they can continue to process the applications in columbia at the processing cente