they are months behind as gun buyers purchased guns at record levels. rows velt -- roosevelt leftwich joins with us more. >> reporter: the state police are bringing in as much help as they can to the center the processing center here in columbia. in fact, several others from several other law enforcement agencies will be brought in to help process the back longed of gun application. -- logged of gun applications. state police say about 20 officers from maryland transit, transportation authority, natural resources and state capitol police will be brought in to help. governor o'malley has pledged all applications will be approved before changes in the state law take effect on october 1st. critics say by using organizations other than state

police to did the checks the confidential information could be compromised something state police dismiss. on october 1st the firearm safety act takes effect. the law would prerequire different -- would require different standards for verification including fingerprinting on all future firearms owners. reporting live, roosevelt leftwich abc2 news. >> other, my gosh. go. go. go. get down. >> huge story in new york city. a shooting in times square caught on camera. new york city police opened fire hiting two women who weren't the target. this happened saturday night one woman took a bullet in the knee and the other was grazed witnesses say police were aiming for a man who looked confused. >> the guy was like wandering in the street like he was lost on-- and he was a pretty big guy. one office wears trying to get him to get out of the middle of traffic. he looked like he was on something. >> police subdued the suspect

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ingrid. the hurricane ingrid. that's the best i can do for you. it's as a matter of facty storm producing 75-mile-per-hour winds and tremendous rain forecasted over shall central mexico. not the case back closer to home. cooler and cloudy and as we go into tonight, down to 50. we will show you the seven-day forecast in a by the. here's lauren cook. >> reporter: heading to bwi airport no problems on 95 or 195. interstate 97 looking good from route 100 up to 695. in the beltway, it's going to be nice and clear. looking at 55 miles per hour on outer loop at security boulevard. inner loop is going to be clear up to 83. and this is what it looks like in the parkville at harford road. the outer loop normal drive time is 11 minutes. to get from 95 all the way up to 83. traveling the jfx, we have a major traffic alert. it begins tonight at the 10

month-- it's a 10 month-long project. they are going to fix bridge joints and concrete bear years. -- barriers. it will shut down two southbound lanes between 41st and fayette street on weekdays between 9 p.m. and 5 in the morning. everything will be up to speed on the jfx. no problems into the city but keep in mind this construction project. that be will begin this evening. follow me on twitter at maryland traffic for the latest updates. that's your timesaver traffic. stay with us. there's much more coming up.

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expected to confirm chemical weapons were used in syria's civil war but may not finger the perpetrator. the obama administration estimates more than 1400 people were killed in the incident including hundreds of children.today's report is on the heels of a tentative agreement between the united states and russia on how to get rid of syria -- of the stockpiles of chemical weapons they have in that country. president obama has set his focus on the economy marking the 5th anniversary of the financial crisis with a speech from the rose garden today. tomorrow he has an interview with telemundo on the economy as well as immigration. and friday, he is traveling to kansas city. the assembly plant to push his manufacturing agenda. the vice president is back on the road. joe biden will visit the ports in south care hoona and georgia and -- carolina and georgia and talk about the need continue to vest in the infrastructure. ports are expected to see increased cargo ships once the

expansion project is completed in the panama canal. last week vice-president joe biden visited the port to talk about the same thing. governor perry is out to today recruit businesses that may be fed up with taxes and he wants them to move to the lone star state. as we learn more about the visit we will pass it along. elijah cummings will take to the-- talking rather about housing this evening. the congressman is taking part of a panel discussion in the -- in the importance of housing for low income work families. it takes place at 7:00. it's hosted by the homeless person's presidential project. it's on the reading list for stewed antes cross the country but -- students across the country but many may not get to open the book because a mother filed a complaint says the book is too steamy for high school students oche physicians in a air -- officials in a

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intervene when students spoke online about ending his life. some critics are calling it stocking an invasion of privacy. a local group wants students in howard county to get more sleep. we told you about this before. howard county school start later group wants high schools to start later than 8 in the morning. tomorrow the group will hold a meeting at the congriewrnt counseling building from 7:30 until 9. they plan to have a comprehensive look at the opening time of schools and the impact of opening early when i -- what it has on the health and well-being of student we will keep outposted what they find. bolt hoar is getting rade for the annual book festival and tomorrow mayor stephanie rawlings-blake and other officials will make the announcement. the festival will teak place september 27th through the 29th at mount vernon place featuring more than 200 authors illustrators and book signings and there will be live music

and a asortment of food and drinks. look at that. they will dry out parts of north and central new mexico. the area including albuquerque was pounded with heavy rain this weekend. look at that. drivers are having a tough time getting around because of the flooding mud slick roads. so mike a bad situation here. but, there rather but here, people are waking up to great temperatures. >> yeah. do not complain about your weather or your weather forecast here because it could be that. you know. >> not like that. >> no. this is easy. we are lucky. it's been beautiful. yes it's been hot and cool but they are getting slammed out to the west. look at the number this morning. 67 in the city. st a gentle southwesterly wind at 5. and we have 60s along 95 and you have a couple 50s out toward the north and west but these numbers are again unseasonably mild for what we should be this time of the year. this is maryland's most powerful weather radar and you look into the north d west that's where we find scattered

showers and heavier bands of rain. we are looking good and will feel cool today. 72 degrees is the normal for-- actually our forecast highs. normally should be around 78 degrees. so a cold front on top and that's slicing through the state and cool are air is behind it. cooler air is behind it. 20s and 30s in canada. it won't get that cool here but the cool air is pushing south and that will be in here as we get into the day tuesday. chillier afternoon in comparison to yesterday. 73 downtown maybe around 75 towards the eastern shore. tonight 54 in the city. north and west into the 40s and a struggling to get to around 70 for the day tomorrow. and even cooler night tuesday going into wednesday. the temperatures in the upper 40s. so 72 today and we will show you marled's most accurate 7- day forecast in a bit. there's -- maryland's most accurate 7-day forecast in a little bit. and there are's lauren with the traffic report. >> reporter: thanks. if you are heading out to route 50, we have construction that is just cleared from the

westbound lanes at the bay bridge. no delays in the area. it's going to be a nice clear ride across the bay bridge. and 97 also looking good. looking at a normal 17 minutes from route 50 to the 895. 64 miles per hour southbound at route 100. you won't have problems getting to bwi airport either. 195 going to be nice and clear and here's 95 north of 195. no problems getting down to dc heading into baltimore city. you are looking a at normal drive time of 6 minutes from route 100 up to the beltway. 695 going to be in great shape. that's your timesaver traffic. if you love who canity washington capitols will -- capitals tol host the boston bruin in the hockey classic. the excitement starts at 7 when the puck drops. last year's baltimore hockey classic was canceled due to the lockout. the inaugural classic two years ago sold out as more than 11,000 fans packed arena to catch the caps face the

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you're watching the station that works for you. now, good morning maryland. gun laws are about to change in the state and-- and the state is overwhelmed with applications. we are live with how they handle the paperwork. and if you utes jfx your commute is going to change starting tonight. we will tell you what you need to know and how things will look different so you don't get tied up in traffic. those stories straight ahead on this monday. hope you had a great weekend. i am megan pringle. charley crowson is not here. he is in colorado dealing with the deadly flooding and reporting out there. we will check in in a bit but first mike masco will tell us

how the weather is looking. >> how was the weekend. >> great. >> welcome back. monday morning 6:00, temperatures into the 60s along 95. north and west of town cooler towards woodbine and cockeysville. 5 # to 59. it's a dry morning. clouds are in play and we could see couple scattered showers sneaking into the peckture by mid morning towards the lunch hour. heavy rain up on the pa-- p.a. side. some of it will move in. not a lot of rain but a couple pockets of showers could develop a cloudy schoolish afternoon. sunshine will reign supreme later this afternoon and a clearing will lock in a chill from the city to the north and west talking upper 40s to around 50 out at the airport. a mixture of sunshine and clouds this morning. cloudy skies from 10 right to around 2 and the spotty showers will be out there. we will forecast 2 degree guarantee of around 73 degrees. we will talk more about your forecast and we have tropics all loaded up with action. and getting slammed in mexico

by two systems. one egore i've been calling all morning but source it will me it's ingrid. ing this lauren cook our traffic expert. hi. >> reporter: thank you. weather expert. if you are traveling in baltimore county, we have trouble in rosedale. a crash is reported on pulaski highway at contractor's road. 95 in the area that's going to be nice and clear. white marsh is looking at 56 miles per hour southbound right now at the beltway. you are not going to have problems to the fort mchenry tunnel. and harbor tunnel delay free. as we check in and look at 695, no problems right now from parkville to towson and in pikesville. 5 miles per hour in the inner loop at grue-- 55 miles per hour in the inner loop. on the outer loop a green normal drive time of 11 minutes to get from 795 all the way down to 95. and 795 that's going to be nice and clear as well. here's a live look at owings mills boulevard. nothing to a get in your way.

very calm commute towards the beltway. that's your timesaver he traffic. we have a important alert for drivers reach the pairs to the jones falls. repairs to the jones falls parkway will be starting. it's going to close lanes and the joant repair work will begin 41st and east fayette streets. and that's beginning on the southbound side closing two lanes between 9 in the evening and 5 in the morning. you can follow maryland traffic on twitter for all the yule dates and -- updates and closures. the president will mark the 5th anniversary of the financial crisis with a speech from the rose garden today. the white house wants it to be all about the economy and president obama schedule the rest of the week reflects the theme. tomorrow an interview with telemundo and on wednesday he will meet with business round table and thursday he meets his export counseling.

friday he travels to kansas city assembly plant to push the manufacturing agenda. the way guns are bought and sold in maryland will change on october 1st and the state is dealing with a avalanche of applications before the date arrives. roosevelt leftwich is live with the details on how the state is handling all of this. rosy. [ no audio from station ] >> we apologize looks like we are having an audio error with rosy's live shot. but here's the gist of it. in columbia, the maryland law enforcement agencys are going to conduct background checks. maryland state police needed to bring in extra help to get it done. so again this is happening today to deal with the october 1st deadline. they were not prepared for how many applications they were going to