it's also disresulting traffic on --s the resulting traffic on -- disrupting traffic on pratt and light street. here's what the west sides of the beltway looks like at liberty road and inner loop just fine but the outer loop will be slow down to route 40. in parkville, unfortunately there's no relief. inner loop though nice and clear but that outer loop you are looking at a very slow ride up towards towson. charlie? >>> okay, so the mexican food chain chipotle has found a new way to keep the lines moving. some locations in new york and jersey are now rounding to the nearest nickel to accommodate for the change that could be coming to you. they say it speeds up the lines but at the same time, it helps divvying out the change rather. so get the pennies out of there. don't worry though they're now rounding down. what do you have? >> i have some s'mores that or photographer made for us. >> it distracted me there. >> here, enjoy. >> got to have a sweet. orms elementary in baltimore county closed today for power outages. let's go to new york, have a good day. ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone at

s roosevelt leftwich has more. >> that is the problem a lot of folks had. pratt street was closed off, lombard. it was just not easy to get around, especially those who live in federal hill. this is the grand prix of baltimore transportation. you can go to our website for the latest. it gives you pan idea -- an idea. if you're down here in the south part of town and want to get over to say canton. click on the interactive map. what you do is check right here. they give you a roadway. they show you from federal hill. this shows you the simplest and most direct route. that is the problem many had. they got so fed up they didn't go anywhere. so a lot of people just -- a lot of local folks stayed away. let's try another one here. seems like you're on the north side and want to get down say to this part of town over here. click on zone four and it will give you directions. look at that. they give you a way to go through the city streets and also gives you a chance to find those places that you may not have been able to get through. we'll have a link from our website at abc2news.com. >>> another big

have to choose s - between their home or their family pets 3 in your wastewatch report, this morning...a new development... involving the phone system in city hall.city comptroller joan pratt files a "freedom of information act" request with the mayor's office. office. the request seeks details regarding the mayor's top aides and their involvement in the purchase of a controversial phone system. pratt accuses the mayor of skirting the city's competitive bidding process to purchase the system... at the same time her office was evaluating competitive bids. the inspector general is now investigating the purchase. three delaware childcare employees face serioos charges for encouarging toddlers to fight.dover police are not releasing the cell phone video from march ... but say it shows the female workers ennouraging two 3-year-olds to fight.the incident was reportedly discovered during an unrelated investigation. police say in the video... a daycare worker can be heard telling a crying child... "no pinching onll punching"" 21-36 "the kids was crying. obviously did not wanttto partake in this and was basically urged to continue on so again as i said it's sickening to see it. it'

middle of pratt street but starting tomorrow afternoon, that's when the cars will start doing more practicing. >> this weekend's grand prix already causing some major traffic problems. abc2's lauren cook has more on how the big race will affect your commute. >> well, the grand prix has shut down many roads in downtown baltimore. interstate 395 is shut down between martin luther king boulevard and pratt street. pratt street is also closed from mlk to packer street. light street will be heavily affected. your best bet is to use public transportation or 95. or95 -- 895. for complete news, go to abc2news.com. >> thanks a lot, lauren no we're beginning to fed out -- switching gears to isaac -- how many damage has been caused. a weakened dam could be the latest problem. we did live to new orleans with the latest developments. looks like it's in the raining at this point but we have something else to worry about. >> reporter: we do. it is not raining. the national guard's humvees have been replaced boy people. it's a very nice evening. isaac continues to weaken but the effects are wreaking havoc. isaac badly damage adam. the dam is holding for now. >> mississippi emergency operat

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s office into question i accept this at the outset as a member of the safety oversight board but the department was responding to a crisis. i did not think it plop pratt for me -- appropriate for me to say no, you go ahead and deal with this crisis and i'll just stand by and -- >> no, i have a short time here. by your own admission you were unfamiliar with the details -- and by your own admission, one of the reasons that you wanted to be involved in the whole process was to bring yourself up to date. is that correct? >> i participated in informational meetings to bring myself up to date. >> up to date on issues you didn't really know anything about. >> i didn't know anything about them. >> you didn't know anything about it, yet you were accepting a policy position within the administration. let me -- >> i did not participate in policy decisions. >> this is a policy board. >> it was not a policy board, sir. it was a board asked to bring safety recommendations. >> right. which is policy. that is policy. >> that is policy. >> can you provide an example of when -- of prior times when i.g.s have participate policy groups like this? >> i do not have an exam

s towards the end. >> the second annual baltimore grand prix is a week away and city transportation officials want to alert of street closures. prattd street will close to traffic and remain shut down until the end of the race but remain open for pedestrian traffic. that's just the beginning of the street closures to prepare for the race. >> we want motorists to know that thursday's traffic closures will impact travel. coming in from the south, definitely have to take alternate routes. >> officials are strongly encouraging residents to use public transportation during the event. for a full list of street closures, head to wbaltv.com. >> the ravens only have one preseason game left before the start of the regular season and much to the delight of o's fans, we are still talking baseball with the o's definitely in the playoff hunt and football season about ready to start for real, baltimore fans are thrilled. >> go o's. >> and the pitch, high fly ball, deep right field, back it goes, upper deck and that ball is gone! >> at camden yards, a instead flow of fans buying tickets for this weekend's games. >> thank you very much. >> with the