or do something for us, he was always right there. >> we are not going into the details of the case except to say that detectives have validated this victim's complaint. >> gregory -- >> reporter: gregory hudnet faces third degree sex offense and posted a 750,000 dollar bail and is awaiting his release to await his trial. reporting live, roosevelt leftwich. >> it happened again another student received a sexually explicit message from a online predator. principal held an assembly after learning more than 50 girls were targeted at st. paul's and other private schools and sent a letter to parents warning them to keep an eye on their kids. social media accounts. they are prodding the kids and parents and students. >> you are giving the power to the predator by not sharing and not helping prevent this.

so, that's why it is a courageous thing to do and that's why i applaud the students that came forward. >> the school continues to keep track and work closely with police. investigators are look into whether or not a crime has been committed. here's an exame to use when talking to your kids about the dangers of playing with matches or lighters a 4-year- old boy playing with a lighter set his house on fire. anne arundel county fire officials say it started in a upstairs bedroom in severn. the home sprinkler system helped firefighters put out the flames. >> lighters and matches in the hands of children can be extremely dangerous. children at this .ly don't understand the impact and growth and the speed which itgrows and can become injured or injure others in the home. >> five people live in the home and they made it out safely. the naval academy is trying to figure out who is set being fires on campus. there's been 7 small fires at the school in the last two weeks. they were contained to trash cans in five buildings one is a

dormant others are academic buildings. 's cad -- navel academy officials inveesed security patrols. most of you don't like changes in the next two weeks when it comes to the affordable health care act. when that takes effect. 62% of those surveyed says the lack of information to understand the changes is is available and barely 1 in 10 think the government and health insurance industries are ready for the new law to take effect. 52% say they don't support the law which is known as obama care. couple new laws taking effect in the next two weeks in maryland. starting october 1st get ticketed for talking on your cell phone while driving. right now police are cite you if they pull you over for another violation such as speeding. the fine for first time violators is $75 and the other new law is the seat belt law. if you are not buckled up you can be fined $50 and you can be fined if your child is not

properly in a child safety seat. today we will take a moment to remember military members who were prisoners of war went missing in action. it's observed across the country and it is the third friday in september. anne arundel county is holding a flag raising ceremony to commemorate the day that starts at 9 this morning outside the arundel center in annapolis. more than will 3,000 -- 83,000 americans are missing from wars as far back as world war ii. all right. on this friday, we are not dealing with a whole lot in terms of rain or cloud cover. we have a few areas of patchy fog this morning so reduced visibility the further off toward the north you go if you are heading towards york along i-83 about 2 miles of visibility and four in frederick and 7 inwinchester and less than a mile towards culpepper. we want to get to the 10s everywhereels and we will do -- everywhere else and we will do

so. it's 50 in cockeysville. 48 in woodbine and 50 in frederick and 55 in manchester. lots going on this weekend and i will have the forecast coming up. megan over to you. well the orioles are in tampa tonight hoping the bats come alive they lost to the red sox 3-1 and red sox pitcher john lackey had no hitter until the #th before serving up a home run to jones and the o's maced two hits and are two games behind the wild card race with 10 games remaining and begin the crucial series tonight against the rays. the ravens are looking to make it 2 in row when they face houston on sunday. future hall of famer ray lewis is going be to be inducted into the ravens ring of honor at halftime and ed reed is making his return to baltimore. he has yet to suit up for the texans as he recovers from hip surgery. however, the houston chronicle reports he will likely play on sunday. there's no doubt about it, nicu help nurse the tooniest --

tiniest babies back to health. we will introduce you to a family who says they have a healthy set of twins thanks to the nicu. >> reporter: no delays on 795 at owings mills. i will bring you the latest drive times coming up after the break.

there's neat events around

town today. johns hopkins is hosting the hack-a-thon. students are being challenged to come up with software that has the community purpose. edth deadline is sunday morning. the winning idea will receive a prize of 1,024 dollar which is the wits in -- the number of bites in a kill bite. it's parking day. metered spots will be transformed into temporary public parks. if you are thinking what? you will have to check it out. you are encouraged to rethink the way streets are used to discuss the need for broad based changes and urban infrastructure. and leave your car at home that's the message from harford county as they encourage you to participate in the car free days. this goes until sunday and you are asked to park your car and choose a different form of transportation to reduce trips. lots going on as we head towards the weekend. and the weekend is going to be 50-50. we will talk about that in a

second but getting you out the door yes we are seasonably cool out there at 55 degrees in baltimore as well as norrisville and 53 in westminster good morning to you and along the eastern shore this morning, in easton at 56 degrees. cambridge at 54. and 53 degrees in edgewood and the temperatures will climb as we go into the afternoon. on a normal day but we won't go above average as we go into the afternoon. satellite and radar pick up. the rain is back off to the north and west and south and west as well. and we do ve a big area of showers and thunderstorms ahead of a cold front that's going to be on move towards the weekend and this is bringing us rain but in the meantime, yes, we have an area of high pressure off the atlantic and we will get more of the southwesterly flow and that's what's warming the temperatures as we go throughout the day. abc2's most accurate future trend is in motion and it

brings us rain heading towards saturday. we have the game yes the ravens playing on sunday and it looks like it could be a dry game mostly cloudy to partly cloudy skies by one. the planner for today by mid morning that temperature coming in at 64 and 75 and dry by lunchtime. and if you have that great photo we want see it so send it to wmar.com in the next few days and it starts to dry out as we head towards sunday. let's check the traffic with lauren. >> reporter: well, if you are heading downtown right now, no problems on the jfx. we are looking at 55 miles per hour southbound right at the beltway. typical 11 minutes from here to downtown to east fayette street. fort mchenry tunnel is in great shape. on beltway this is a live look at harford road. the inner loop is nice and clear and that will persist down to 95 and the outer loop 11 minutes from 95 up to 83 as we head west on the beltway at liberty road nothing to get in are way.

just 11 minutes traveling outer loop from 795 down to 95. that's your timesaver traffic. the strongest fighters are in the tiniest bodies. don't look any further than nicu. they have a team behind them and that's the case for the 450 babies at gbmc who need special care including a couple who knows the nicu very well. >> yes. yes. i know. >> reporter: spend sometime with them and you can tell there's never a dull moment. the baltimore county couple have their arms full of love and work. >> it's exhausting and challenging. >> reporter: there's 3-year-old elizabeth and twins joseph and eli rarely going in the same place at the same time. you would never know by looking at the 1-year-old healthy and full of personality that their start was tough one in life. >> it was emotional. it was not how i envisioned anything. >> reporter: the bernsteins

could have never prepared for the challenges as 32 weeks an emergency c-section put them some police they -- place they never spec to be knicku -- nicu. seeing their sons like this was agony they have a hard time thinking about it and they try to block it out and trugel to -- struggling to remember what it was like. >> when you see them it is shocking they are toonie andhooked up to oxygen and tubes -- tiny and hooked up to oxygen and tubes. >> reporter: one was in to two weeks and the other for four. >> you are not used to diapering and feeding them through a feeding tube and it takes a lot of getting used to but they were wondeul as far as their education and training to you as a parent of a child who has special needs. >> reporter: now they say it's unbelievable to look at the two healthy boys who needed extra help and care coming into the world. >> aid blessing. -- it's a blessing. it's shocking when you look at

the pictures of then and now we were doing that the other day and it's amazing. >> reporter: they say they will always be grateful to the people at nicu who help their children and help them. >> everything they did to reassure you as parent it was almost as if it was their calling and it's almost as if they will get their reward in heaven. >> the bernsteins says they will always give back to the hospital and they run in the father's day race to give back to the nicu and they artaking part of the celebration of 50 years of-- they are trying to get a group photo of as many babies born there as possible. they are going to give it a shot on september 28th and we are in on the action too. here at abc2 we would love to see your pictures and hear your stories. all tough do is send us an e- mail it's pix at wmar.com. a police chief gets a call about a bank robbery. voice on the other end sounds familiar. we will tell you who called in the crime. and just a reminder we need

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a bank robber is on the loose in a small town of newtown new hampshire. police got call almost immediately thanks to someone

that the thief didn't count on the wife of the town's police chief. she was one of the tellers working that day. surveillance video shows the man at the counter police say he slipped the teller's note demanding money. as soon as he he left the police chief's wife went into action. >> she called me on my cell phone and they pushed the panic alarm and the call came through on my cell phone before the burglar alarm did. >> it tox minutes for the plies police chief to arrive. the burglar had fled the scene and is missing this morning. one woman's name is so longsocial security says that the system cannot happenedel her name. so it's geneva caitlin william hidenrick she says no way i am not doing it even though social security says they only accept first and last names and don't consider middle names or any sort of sufficient fox to be part of a person's legal named

but hendricks says she won't give it up until she gets her full name on a social security card she is fighting it. how do you fit the whole name on there. >> way to go i don't know. let's talk about the forecast because you may say way to go for the forecast as the kids head out. we are talking about temperatures at 58 degrees. this is seasonably cool temperatures. plenty of sunshine and we will be on the warm side as we go into the afternoon. we are talking about 80 degrees and that's what we can expect by tonight. 60 part cloydy and it will be mild -- cloudy and it will be mild. by tomorrow we are talking about a temperature at 76 degrees but we have the potential for the showers and storms in here. and as we go into time, yes, sunday morning this is what we are going to be working with swm across america. wyatt everhart will be a part of that. temperatures at 60 and mostly cloudy and showers. winds shifting to the north and west and more importantly look what we have as we go throughout the day. yes we have the texans at ravens kick off at 1 and looks leek it will be dry for -- like it will be dry for game time. let's check the traffic with

lauren. >> reporter: well, if you are traveling right now in anne arundel county. 97 looking good. 64 miles per hour northbound at benfield boulevard. very easy read up to the 895 spur and no problems on 195 on 95. this is at 195. no problems this morning getting down to dc or traveling northbound. right now from route 100 up to the beltway you are looking at 6 minutes. no delays on interstate 70 or the beltway high speeds on the west side at 695. outer loop clocking in at 55 miles per hour right at 706789 and over on the top side of the beltway west of york road nothing to get in your way in towson a 11 minutes from the outer loop from 95 up to 83. and that's your timesaver traffic. the tolls along 95 could be getting worse. you get a chance to weigh in on the plan before the new tolls are added. they would be on a 7-mile stretch from monrovia to joppa road and rates would vary

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sam cassell is a dunbar high alum and got back to school to coach future basketball stars. he is on the wizard coaching staff and he and others put players through drills and they talk about hoops yesterday. cassell says he he hasn't been back to dunbar in a while but it's good to be home. >> this place is -- this is where my groundwork and roots started here at dunbar. >> next month wizards plack the knicks at baltimore arena in the first ever baltimore

basketball classic. all right you and your dog can strut your stuff storm the trot your mutt fund-raiser. it starts at 9 -- strut your mutt fund-raiser. it starts at 9. proceeds will benefit the best friends animal society. how would you like to earn 18,000 dollars in just a matter of 70 days? nasa is looking to hire but there is a huge catch. we will explain what it is on good morning maryland at 5 which starts right now. >> you are watching the station that works for you. now, good morning maryland. we are tracking breaking news this morning. 13 people shot in a chicago park. a 3-year-old is among them. the story sunday folding as we speak. we are helping you get ready to head out door this morning. is just ost accurate forecast ahead on this friday morning. thanks for joining us. i am megan pringle.

charley has the day o friday sounds good i don't think-- off. friday sound good i don't think it matters what the weather. >> you are right we will have a sunny friday before the wet weather gets here. but remember, we do need the rain so don't be so hard about the wet weather as we head towards the weekend. not going to happen today. getting you out the door this morning we are on the cool side this morning in jappa-- jupeo but the temperatures coming in around -- joppa. but the temperatures coming in at 53 degrees. winds are out of the southwest light in nature and dew point around 52 so we have the dry air in place not dealing with the humidity. davidsonville's temperature is at 55. dew point at 5 3. and the wind will be out of the south for today. that's what's going to help warm the temperatures up as we go towards the afternoon. so, seasonably cool this morning and we will be slightly above average going towards the afternoon time frame. good morning monrovia you are at 58 with the dew point of 56 and winds are light out of the south and west.

maryland's most powerful radar nice and dry right now. as we head through the friday we will continue on the dry theme. but then we will see changes so no need for the rain gear for today. but keep it handy because if you have plans for tomorrow, and possibly morning hours on sunday, you will need the rain gear. but for today, cool mornings and we are talking about around 7 the temperature at 58 degrees and by mid morning around 10 we will be at 69 lots of sunshine will prevail through the day and we will stay dry through lunchtime with the temperature at 75. let's check the traffic with lauren. >> reporter: well we are following breaking news in baltimore city a two alarm fire right now is going on on east lafayette street at aiken street. rosie leftwich is on the way to the scene. expect closures and detours in the area. if you are heading to downtown baltimore, the jfx is going to be in great shape. 55 miles per hour southbound at the beltway typical 11 minutes from here downtown to fayette street. and if you are traveling on the 95 here's a live look at 395.

no problems this morning getting through the fort mchenry tunnel. harbor tunnel is in great shape and 695 south of broening highway no problems across the key bridge and look at the latest drive times at 695. just 11 minutes on outer loop from 95 up to 83. as we head west, it's going to take 11 minutes to travel from 795 down to 95 and the inlerp 8 minutes from -- inner loop 8 minutes from 795 to 83. that's your tieive saker traffic. in case -- your timesaver traffic. 13 people were shot a at a bush-- at a park in chicago. a 3-year-old is in critical condition along withw two other people. it happened around 10 last night and police are interviewing witnesses. so far no arrests over labor day weekend violence ended with 8 di dead and 20 others injured. follow us on twitter to be the first to find out about breaking news when it happens. look for us at abc2 news

underscore alerts. authorities have released the timeline for the shooting rampage at washington navy yard. investigators say aaron alexis carried out the massacre in building 197. that's after 8 in the morning on monday. they say alexis fired the first shots on the 4th floor by 8:12. first responders arrived at the scene 20 minutes after 8 and then a gun battle began with alexis. he was pronounced dead at 9:30 in the morning. 12 people lost their lives including a man from westminster. if you didn't know gregory hudnet his days as a firefighter or his charity work or possibly his dedication to the ravens. but this morning, the man known as the baltimore birdman is getting attention for something disgusting accused of abusing a member of his family a minor several years ago. police say the victim was a young teenager when the abuse began and is now over 18 years old. at the time, hudnet was a