there is the baltimore beltway. this system is making its way in that direction. e is showers down south of d.c. that we could see in the baltimore area. as far as our forecast for tonight. cloudy skies. scattered showers continue to move out of the area. still a chance for scattered showers but tomorrow afternoon they bubble up once again. starting at 11:00 and lasting through tomorrow evening. very much like today. then on sunday a much better-looking day on sunday. here's your forecast for tonight. mostly cloudy. showers and storms. we'll see overnight low of 75 degrees. tomorrow and saturday partly cloudy. showers and thunderstorms almost a carbon copy today but cooler tomorrow. extended outlook. sunday's a much better looking day. 83 degrees. partly cloudy skies. sunshine monday high of 84. tuesday mostly sunny 86. wednesday, thursday and friday partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies. warm temperatures wednesday and thursday. look at friday. a high of 78 degrees. we'll continue continue tracking the storms. >>> i can not wait for this. tomorrow micheal phelps and

moving nicely as you you make your way towards the capitol beltway and northbound 97 towards the baltimore beltway, no real problems. the tunnels are incident-free. if you're head downtown, utility work keeping some of the same roads closed, fayette between park and eutaw and westbound saratoga between greene and mlk. use pennsylvania as an alternate there. jfx at cold spring lane, traffic looks good in both directions. back to you. >>> 6:01. you grabbed your cooler, made sure your life jacket was on, you were on the water. >> it was the time when two boats collided on marley creek. linda so has details. >> reporter: that collision killed a father of four, a man friends say loved taking his boat out on the marley creek and was fishing when tragedy struck. investigators had to rescue john martins and is a 13-year-old daughter, lauren martins, after their boat slammed into another. the force of the crash flipped over their boat and caused the other boat to go out of control that's when one witness jumped on board that boat to stop it but the driver had died. witnesses say it's not surprising the cra

county here, route 50 at 97, moving along smoothly in both directions whether headed to the baltimore beltway or capitol beltway, no problems at this time. there is a disabled vehicle on southbound 83, that is going to be on the on-ramp to the inner loop, just use caution if you have to travel in that direction. still dealing with that crash also in pikesville, reisterstown road at slade avenue. also no problems to let you know about at the tunnels either. checking the jfx at -- excuse me, cold spring lane, we have light traffic southbound towards the downtown area but no problems. if you're looking for a business you know you can trust let your better business bureau do the work for you with the ateam video business directly. log on to abc2news.com/bbb. back to you. >>> 6:32. they shot miss shirley. >> that's all you really have to say. it's a shocking story. in her own home watching tv. abc2 news sherrie johnson with the shooting in cherry hill. >> reporter: this shooting victim was well known in the community and known as miss shirley. she was known for cleaning up the cherry hill area and

towards the capitol beltway, if you continue on 50 and northbound 97 looks good towards the baltimore beltway. still dealing with the crash on northbound 95 between russell street and bw parkway exit. still blocking the right two lanes. only the left lane gets by, you will see emergency crews on scene there. downtown, be advised eutaw street closed between east fayette and mulberry. a blown manhole cover. southbound 83 at timonium road has been reopened. a fire is north eutaw and west fayette. expect fire equipment on the scene and detour. jfx at cold spring lane, traffic looks good in both directions. back to you. >>> 6:01. senator ted kennedy has died. for a half century senator kennedy was a force on health care, civil rights, war and peace. >> to many of you he's best known as the last surviving brother of a storied political family. we're going to take a live picture live outside of the kennedy complex in massachusetts where the senator lived and also where he died last night. john hendrin looks back at his life. >> reporter: to most americans ted kennedy was the staunch liberal with tha

it is kind of dry air route of the baltimore beltway. the flood watch remains in effect for most areas west of the day, all the way back to frederick county. this includes cecil county all the way down to prince george's county. the darkened region is flood warnings, heavy showers and storms. the clouds and the east wind have held the temperature back on these last few days of august. we are supposed to be hitting the low to mid 80's. more showers and storms overnight. some of them could be heavy. sunset is at a quarter to eight this evening. it will also protect us from tropical storm danny. as the storm dropped into the great lakes and ohio valley, it will produce winds offshore. picking up danny and pushing that storm up the coast and the way, you can see the turn is already taking shape. the showers and storms are way displaced. westerly winds are kind of tearing this storm apart. the center of the low-level circulation is centered over here. we're already seeing the impact of that area of low pressure approaching and starting to lif

we have a situation on the baltimore beltway. >> this is the inner loop of the beltway, northbound on bellaire road. in major oil spill here. they have requested maryland state police to respond because the oil spill goes around the ramp to northbound bellaire road, causing a very slick situation. >> some of baltimore's top educators to show off for a back-to-school peptalk less than three weeks before the first day of class. they came by the hundreds to get their back-to-school marching orders, and they came from the city's ceo. education reporter tim tooten is live with that story. >> this was another sign that the school bells were about to ring, but today the focus was upon those who drive progress in the classroom. it was a peptalk and planning, but the focus went well beyond goals and objectives, to city school students who shared the stage. >> have no fear. i am ready for a great school year. >> the district continues to ride on the momentum of rising test scores, but progress cannot stop there. >> it is a critical moment. we have made tremendous progress. we came from a place

no accidents to report right now if you are traveling south on 95 and 2959 between the baltimore beltway beltway, i think everybody made it home from last night's game. we do have a crash reported on the outer loop near route 50. john hanson highway. the activity confined to both shoulders with fire and rescue units enviewt. that means they will take away a lane once they arrive at the scene. this is the inner loop of the beltway headed around from route one college park. outer loop holding steady from route one and around towards bethesda. 270 a nice easy ride for those out of germantown. this is a live shot of 644 franconia road and as you work your way up towards the capital beltway. the lane are open continuing up onto 395 andhooded out towards duke street. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> a mailbox mber apparently on the loose after an explosion in a d.s. neighborhood. >> somebody planted a bomb inside a postal service mailbox that went off near brown middle school in northeast washington. tom fitzgerald is live on the scene us for. >> reporter: if this was meant as

. >>> it was a rough start to a friday on the baltimore beltway as well. this is the scene after a car flipped over on the inner loop of 695 near the delaney valley road exit in towson. we are told at least one person had to go to the local hospital afr rescue crews had to free the person from the car. it's not known what caused the car to flip in the first place. >>> we have a baltimore city police officer and a woman both hit by a car. it happened just before midnight here in southeast baltimore at mcelderly street at east monument. we believe the officer only has minor injuries, however, the woman was dragged by the car. they both had to go to hopkins. this morning, police are looking for the driver who hit the two. they say it was a woman driver behind the wheel of a gold honda. >>> a suspect fleeing from police kills a woman who was just entering the intersection of north calhoun and west lexington when the suspect hit her car. police say the suspect was spotted driving a stolen car but took off. he was driving so erratically that police called off th

nothing on the beltway at the american legion bridge or at the woodrow wilson bridge. we will give you all the all clear. baltimore washington parkway, a wreck southbound. nothing to report on the beltway at the american legion bridge. traffic slowing on the outer loop down to georgia avenue. accident and georgia avenue moved out of the way. now to breaking news. >>> we have this story of three big storms that have made landfall. >> claudette is dumping big rain. one of the other two is the first hurricane. matt brock has more. >> that is the breaking news. bildt was upgraded to a full- fledged hurricane -- bill was upgraded to a full-fledged hurricane. claudette did not make it up to hurricane status. slow to start, but the storm system is under way. there was little time to prepare as claudette world in. >> i would doing what i have to do. >> trying to secure a sailboat with heavy winds, and this is before the worst of it. >> i keep getting blown off. >> claudette could deliver as much as 10 inches of rain. >> you have to prepare yourself for the worse. >> ana and bill are in the atlantic. this time of year, you

80,000 students will be going back to the classroom, hitting the books, not just in baltimore city, but just outside the beltway in baltimore county where the one and only jennifer franciotti is standing by live. >> good morning. there's no one like you. we're in baltimore county at parkville high school. 172 schools are expected to open on time without incident. there are no new schools opening, but 600 new teachers are starting off. we know superintendent joe harris and along with members of the border vegetation will make the rounds today, visiting several school. dr. harrison will visit five baltimore county schools focusing on the future of education. one of his visits will include a stop at josephine kao school, where the school has a new virtual classroom, a first of its kind in the nation --. >> we need to put students in a position that they are engaged in the content. this is a great way to deliver instruction. >> one of the first schools on a list that dr. harris and will visit this morning is glenn mar elementary school in middle river. the fifth grades as a news crew. he will be watching them as th

beltway. >> baltimore county police search doing sometng

. >> the preseason gets underway for the redskins and ravens tonight in baltimore. the beltway battle kicks off at 7:30. if you're planning to watch, tune in early. >> there will be a public wake in cape cod today to remember eunice kennedy shriver. the 88-year-old died tuesday after a series of strokes. an invitation only funeral mass will be held tomorrow. >> well, you can look for more angry debate at town halls across the country today. memberors congress are taking the plan to the public again today. matt has more on what is at stake. >> you have to begin to ask yourself if these town halls are self-destructive for lawmakers. take a look at the crowd that greeted ben guarden in hagerstown yesterday. the room was standing room only. 455 people with just 45 minutes to talk. more than once senator cardin was shouted down as he tried to tell the crowd reform won't necessarily add to the deficit. cardin wasn't alone. town halls played out in a similar way across the country. poll numbers supporting reform are falling. it is anyone's guess how lawmakers will respond. cardin is g

washington parkway, up toward the beltway and the baltimore, you have the redskins raven's game coming up tonight at 7:30. the pace is slower. and there is an incident on the northbound side of 95 near 695 out of the roadway. most of the way up in the clarksburg and frederick county, you see the slow pace. more slow traffic at 121. it is really a mass heading south from the fourteenth street bridge. an accident on 395. traffic very slow coming down from pentagon. that is a look at traffic, back to you. >>> coming up, a warning for people who just love their flip flops. they look at the dirty secrets of the issues are holding. >> band slam opens this weekend, and it stars a person from s spngs. s. spngs. s. female announcer: from jennifer, while supplies last, this luxurious microfiber sofa and chair for just $399. our most dramatic offer ever: both pieces, just $399. while supplies last. from jennifer: you don't have to spend a lot to have good taste. - woooh, nice! - that's a lot of food! now get big meals like our stuffed pizza rolls, pizza mia, the p

. >> it a battle of the beltways with the team facing the ravens up in baltimore. as news4's megan mcgrath reports, there cautious optimism among fans that this is going to be a good year. >> reporter: fans have gotten a feel for the team during training camps. but tonight is the first time that they get to see the redskins really reply. the skins take on the ravens in their first preseason game in baltimore tonight. fans will be watching closely. hoping to gain insight into the way the season will go. >> a lot of optimism. you know, i'm -- there's a lot of hope but we -- we have to see, you know. if they can keep the injuries away, i think we will be all right. >> preseason is an opportunity for them to see what their strengths and weaknesses are and adjust. like i said we will see some of the strengths and probably some of the weaknesses. >> reporter: last year's season was a bit disappointing. a strong start sizzled and taking the skins out of playoff contention and fans are hoping for more this time around. >> hopefully the redskins, redskins fans. and i'm hopi

just outside the beltway in baltimore county, many kids going back to the classroom as well. jennifer franciotti is standing by. >> good morning. you are correct. in baltimore county, is the 26 largest school system in the nation. more than 104,000 students will go back to class in baltimore county. 172 schools expected to open on time today. hopefully, without incident. that is what school officials are hoping for. dr. joe harris and will be visiting five schools along with a messjim smith, county executi. he wants to make sure everything is running smoothly. 600 new teachers are starting their 2009 school year. this will be exciting for them. it is a little chilly. if you were planning on wearing shorts today, you may want to wear jeans. make sure smalt children are wearing a sweater to the bus stop. there's a chill in the air. jennifer franciotti reporting. but thank you. some good news for students and staff that double its high school. the state has removed it from the persistently dangerous school's list. -- dubois high school. they got a grant last year to help address

a live look outside on the beltway at baltimore national -- things looking great in both directions and 95 north of 100 northbound and southbound. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. now for a look at the buses and trains we head to kurt kroncke with the mta. happy friday, kurt. >> thank you, kim. have a great weekend. we're looking at the 311, 61, 64 buses diverted northbound at charles and watermain break repair 21 bus with a diversion at pennsylvania and dolph in. and the 17 bus diverting due to road construction. light rail metro subway on time and the mark trains on time as well. bring your family to metro family movie night tomorrow from 6-10 p.m. at the metro station parking lot free with drawings and "hotel for dogs" movie. i'm kurt kroncke. back to sandra shaw. >> it's going to be a hot weekend for sure but we've evaded all the intense heat. above normal by the second half of the weekend however let's rewind and go to today because it's going to be lovely out there. high pressure extending its reach from the midwest so hard-pressed to even find any clouds out there. it will

we're dealing with a crash in the same area around the baltimore national bike and beltway there that blocks the lane. and 695 that is on the scene another at green spring avenue. there is a crash on the seen there. as we check the cameras and downtown overlooking utah and almost board streets. looking for a business that you can trust let the bbb do it for you. pick an a-rated business. back to you. >> and kim saw snoop dog. >> was it good. >> he was awesome. >>> american idols first mariner bank arena. we senator that steven tyler fell off the stage in south dakota. i'm getting word that the rocker wassens ding around he was singing love in an elevator and fell off the stage. security rosh rushed on. the crowd cheered and joe perry said the show is not going on. he is now in the hospital. we'll have more information on his condition coming up. >>> hope these horses have insurance. this is in a car gets in the way of horses. they dodged the car. watch the big one. up and over. and suffered cuts and everyone will be okay. this is up and over. and it is steep and slippery and force fre

head back to baltimore for reaction on the skins >> battle of the beltway. standing by. what happened, buddy? welcome back, baltimore. the final in preseason game. number one. jason campbell. three of six. 38 yards. ten plays. two series. unable to get the redskins into the end zone for a tie though. the second team offense for the skins looking etty good. where we start in the second quarter. todd collins under center. getting some time here. looking over the middle. and hitting. 6'4", malcolm kelly stretches out. a sweet grab. three catches in the game. malcolm kelly. matching his season total. just before halftime though. the ravens after a turnover taking advantage. troy smith on the pump fake. kevin barns, the rookie corner out of maryland. and gets beaten badly for the score. justin harper hauls it in. gives the ravens a 13-0. halftime lead. 23-0, final here in baltimore. i feel look i said it 100 times. certainly not the way they wanted to start, starters played two series. one series on defense. jim zorn knows they have things to work on. not end of the world. >>

things are good around the beltway. baltimore washington parkway looks spectacular. good on the greenway and on the toll road. quiet on route 7. i will give you a glimpse of traffic, non existent near holy cross hospital. >> outside we have temperatures this morning on the cool side, some places in the 50's off to the west. 63 in annandale. the dew points are indicating the air is much more comfortable. some other numbers across the area -- gaithersburg, low 60's. all of the energy from yesterday is finally breaking. we will call it partly to mostly sunny skies. high pressure is settling in. there will be a more dry air mass to make it more comfortable. temperatures in the mid 80's. it will feel much better. this is a short lived pattern. clouds will start to move them. winds will start to shift. that will transport some milder air. temperatures will be about 90 degrees tomorrow. that is nothing. by sunday, we are in the mid and upper mid 90's. same deal for monday. we could have heat index numbers over 105. low 90's all next week. some thunderstorms could help cool

here is baltimore city there is the beltway right there. watch the storm as it gets in. explodes. and it's heading up towards the bel air region right now, in the process of crossing 83. very heavy shower and thunderstorm activity. extremely heavy rain, gusty winds. a lot of lightning. we've had over 2,065 lightning strikes just ñrin the past 30 minutes as it makes its way towards the north and east. now let's talk about hurricane bill. hurricane bill has intensified. it's now 110 miles an hour storm. 1,959 miles east-southeast of miami, will track towards the north and east, and it should not impact the continental 9ñ it is however, going to cause some rough surf along the carolinas. it does not look like it's going to impact our weather. we'll keep our fingers crossed, and hopefully bill will stay out into the atlantic as the national hurricane center thinks it's going to be. lots of heat gave rise to the shower and thunderstorm activity that you see building up right there, and just explode once it got over the top of the baltimore area. once the patch gets by, we'll

>> well, so far so good if you are leaving baltimore to the capital beltway. at 95 and the baltimore washington parkway. it is a go. outer loop between prince georges and montgomery county. we are noticing volume around university boulevard and colesville road. no incidents in the roadway. eastbound 66 in virginia picking up volume and slow between 50 fair oak and 123. and inner loop of the capital beltway at speed between 66 and springfield. watch the popup graphic. we have an accident in annandale. columbia pike and rose lane involving a police cruiser. take caution through the area. here's kristin fisher in the web center. >> thank you very much. >>> good morning. from a new planet to a mystery object found in saturn's rings. there are quite a few stories about space making waves on the s leb toget' t itg. s get t' it check this t.ou fo is not too unusl r ntiescists to discover iea new eta inthis day and age but it is very rare that planet is orbiting backwards. that's exactly what astroners in switzerland discovered about a planet that is 1,000 lightyears a

the outer loop of the capital beltway is looking good between college park and bethesda. checking the routes believing baltimore to the capital beltway no problems or incidents to report on 95 or the baltimore-washington parkway. back to andrea. >>> this morning police are investigating an early-morning hit and run crash. it has left one person dead. it a developing story. armando trull is live in southeast with the latest. >> reporter: here's the situation at stanton road. traffic is moving smoothly in and outbound of the district. there is no accidents here right now. that was not the case a few hours ago. around 2:30 a.m., police say a man was walking on stanton road and basically crossing suitland parkway when a vehicle that was traveling at a high rate of speed inbound on suitland parkway hit that man. the impact was so severe it basically hurled the body around 40 feet and in to the side of suitland parkway. police do not know who that man was. he was not carrying i.d. or if he had i.d. the i.d. was knocked away from the body because of the impact. they also don't know who was driving the car. all they kn

no traffic and 95 and the bw parkway clear from baltimore to the beltway. over to you. >>> this morning, shuttleis still effort bound. thunderstorms popped up unexpectedly last night. the storms were easing but not fast enough to try the launch. they will try again tomorrow. they expect 70% chance of good weather for the liftoff. >>> the fight over wal-mart maybe over. orange county leaders approved the retailers plans to build near the wilderness battlefield early this morning. armando trull is in our information center with more. armando. >> good morning. >> supporters said the county needed the jobs and tax revenues. opponents said the wal-mart would be built on the graves of civil war dead. the majority of speakers supported bringing a superwal- mart to locust grove. they say the residents of the community would benefit from the jobs, tax revenue and inexpensive shopping options. >> i think wal-mart does a lot of great things like putting money back in the school system and there's nothing out here. >> reporter: the store would be located near the wilde

smooth sailing out of baltimore to the beltway. live from 270, we are here at 121 -- actually this is the outer loop north of the district. live from university no problems or incidents. the lanes are wide open. switching the shot over, here's 66. tracking head lights. moving great through centreville. see what is going on 395 northbound. right now no delays in to duke street and i want you to know as we go back to the graphics if you ride the yellow or blue line, you have track maintenance issues. over to andrea. >>> as howard is telling us, brace yourselves for the heat. yesterday was bad. today is expected to be worse. 9 news now digital correspondent armando trull is joining us live from the rockville metro station with more. >> reporter: good morning, andrea. the metro dc area is under a high heat advisory. that means a combination of high temperature, high humidity. it will feel in the triple- digits as you heard howard say and with us is jean with clean air partners. she will tell us what you can do to escape from that. firs

baltimore. all nice and green past powder mill to the beltway. move over to open that door and take you outside and show you 270 where we have a good amount of volume from germantown road to 370. moving the shot in to the district, northeast dc, i give you inbound new york avenue where we have one delay stretching from the times building to bladensburg road. 395 northbound from duke to seminary. already a good amount of volume but no significant delays but they are on the way. 95 from the prince william parkway to lorton, we are tracking that trip and fining the drive time holding at ten minutes. andrea, over to you. >>> we want to get to a story happening right now. this is in montgomery county. it is a two-lay harm fire in a r towo d wood street off of route 29 north of white oak. we just learned that firefighters have this one under control. a fire in one townhouse began 90 minutes ago and spread to another. fortunately no one was hurt and these are live pictures of that fire. you can see the unit still on the scene there. but again we have be

taking it up to 95 and the bw parkway, all clear from baltimore to the beltway. notice the green cars, we are moving at speed. we will show you the nice quiet drive past father hurley to the split. virginia, 66 eastbound travelers, we are moving past the car rest area and wrap it up with 395. no delays to report at this time. drivers making their way past duke street to the district. over to you. >>> the last of the kennedy brothers is gone. senator edward kennedy battled brain cancer more than a year and died last night. he was 7 years old. -- 77 years old. armando trull has more on senator kennedy. >> good morning. here on captiol hill is where senator kennedy left his greatest legacy, 50 years of political accomplishment. when ted kennedy took over the seat left vacant by his brother in ' 62. he never suspected he would be among the longest lasting senators in american history. the legislative record of 47 years which influenced education, civil rights, immigration and health care and earned him the respect of presidents. >> the life of senator edward m. kenne

we are clear out of baltimore toward the beltway and finely take it to virginia and show you from the prince william parkway to lorton an 12 minute drive time. everybody to you. >>> we are less than three months away from election day in virginia. a new poll shows a majority of commonwealth voters are still making up their minds. 47% back mcdonnell. 40% support deeds with 13% undecide. however, 52% said they have not definitively picked their candidate. >>> in sports y.e. yang was able to top tiger woods and win the pga championship. y.e. yang. >> reporter: yang beat tiger wood by three strokes. he's the first asian-born golfer to win a major. in michigan the nascar backed 400. the three laps left johnson's car out of gas. at number 83 vicar takes the lead and the checkered flag. >>> 72 degrees here in northwest washington. is bob erlick planning another run for governor? in three minutes find out who says yes, he is. ny even during times like these, there is a light beginning to shine again. it comes from a restaurant downtown. a shop on main street. a factory around the corner. entr

baltimore. there's nothing around the beltway though once you head to southern maryland it does appear as if there's rain and that rain trying to come out of southern maryland. look at this mess from st. mary's county heading to cambridge. could be clipping easton and southbound over towards salisbury. still take the umbrella. there's a chance there could be a shower or storm popping up as we head through this afternoon. temperatures make it up to the two-degree guaranteed high of 85. >>> 6:01. let's check the roads with kim. >> good morning. twitter.com/marylandtraffic, get your twitter updates directly to you. in anne arundel county, route 50 at route 97, traffic is a little heavier than normal but again school does start in anne arundel county so use caution. a look out for the kids as they make their way towards the bus stop. still a couple of events in the city, crash still on the scene, harford road at north broadway. be aware of that. big watermain break downtown, saratoga closed in both directions between mlk and greene street. use pennsylvania avenue as an alternate. in hanover, the crash h

beltway shower. started out a couple of hours ago in baltimore. and now it moved, as you can see right inside the beltway, into southeast, northeast washington. folks down there, your lawn is getting a nice little shower. there it is over the last hour. moving right almost down i-95. but, again, right into the southeastern areas of d.c. it will move -- continue moving into charles county. for anybody heading out and doing boating, i think pretty nice boating weather and beach weather over the weekend with an onshore breeze onda satury especially. and east-northeasterly winds. as high as 10, 15 knots. it will be in the 70s in the beaches. meanwhile for those of us stays at home, temperatures in the high 80s to near 09 sunday. humid. not anything excessive as we saw earlier this weekend with wind. any showers we get will be wednesday or thursday. other than that, lonesome bell way one. back to you. >> thanks, bob. >>> coming up at 11:00, highlights from the first eseason game between the skins and the ravens. also you heard about the long-term impact

because of that and the delays begin on the patrol area and they get better along 97 and on the beltway at baltimore national pike, you can see no problems what's so far. this is brought to you by subway. scrabble at subway. win a jackpot and a beach's resort satiation. play at subway. >>> and thank you. from the beatles to the rolling stones. and sometimes or another, most big line acts have been here and as mike schuh tells us, the boss is coming. >> reporter: after 36 years, the boss is returning to baltimore. >> bruce has only played in baltimore once. it's 1973 and he wasn't even the head liner, he opened for chicago. you can thank this man, the general manager, he work on it for six years. >> he was an uphill battle and i had him three times and lost it. >> reporter: once the stones sold out and played a great show, they looked at the arena. >> they have to tell out. we sold out hannah montana and in seconds because the computer system couldn't handle it. >> reporter: he confirms a baltimore show will sellout. >> i would put him at the top in terms of demand for tickets. for shows. you know? h

it may only be a preseason game, but baltimore is buzzing over tomorrow's beltway battle with the washingtonedskins. terry owens is outside m&t bank stadium where the game will kick off tomorrow night. terry? >> reporter: marybeth, the parking lot is empty now. but about rush hour tomorrow afternoon, i imagine this place is going to be packed with tailgaters. in fact, i think some folks got started a little early. we hit a favorite ravens hot spot in federal hill. enough already with the highlights from training camp. ravens fans are ready for some real action, even if it is just the preseason. >> it can be very crazy tomorrow. it's going to be absolutely insane. >> everyone is pumped. we're excited. we couldn't wait for football season to start, and i know we're going to win. go ravens! >> reporter: for a wednesday night, this is a nice crowd at mothers in federal hill. but come tomorrow, the crowds will be spilling out the door and filling up the now famous purple patio. anna dixon works as a hostess. you guys have got to step up your game too then? >> definitely. we have to be double-staf

baltimore toward d.c.. right into that d.c. beltway area.ere is what is happening now, 79 degrees with the northeast when about four or 5 miles per hour. smooth sailing year, and the weather and-weather problems anticipated for the football game. -- know whether related problems anticipated for the football game. inner harbor, 85. that is within the normal range. the record high -- for the first time in a while we did not hit 140 record high. -- 100 for the record high. warm temperatures as you head back into the valley and cumberland and hagerstown. there is typically a flood watch on the eastern shore, but this is just in case they have the sherer develops. it does not look like that flood watch is when you have to be extended. futurecast does indicate a few scattered showers moving on to the eastern shore. i think most spots will be staying dry overnight with temperatures 62-69. sunset this evening at 8:04 p.m. we're still dealing with the fringe of the front down here. friday, saturday and sunday will have some pretty nice summer days wi

beltway. in baltimore city acouple of accidents there at edmonton avenue. east lombard at south president and annapolis road. now let's take a live look here 95 south at 895. as you can see, no current delays. if you have suffered a personal injury, call 1-800-the-firm or visit the cochranfirm.com for your free consultation. now back to you. >> thank you. >>> the legacy of britain's princess diana lives on even on this 12th anniversary of her death. we report for wjz that royal insiders say the royal family is grooming a 27-year-old kate middleton to become england's next princess. >> reporter: when princess diana died 12 years ago, it was hard to imagine anybody could compare to the woman known as the people's princess. but now her son's long-time girlfriend kate middleton is reportedly being groomed to follow in the late princess' footstep dos royalty. >> i don't think kate's going to conspiracy the shock that die ana had when she went straight into the royal family. >> reporter: the sources say people here at buckingham palace are teaching kate middleton

we have the lane open if you are travel ago long 95 and 295 to and from baltimore and the d.c. beltwaye beltway getting a little busy as you travel west of new hampshire avenue trying to get past colesville road. the lane are open as you work your way past university boulevard headed to silver spring. southbound 270 a good go with no incidents to report out of hie atstown headed into germantown. 66 picking up the usual suspects now as you travel east of fair oaks headed in towards 123. no accidents, just volume delays as you continue eastbound after nutley strait to the beltway. and northbound i-95 not looking too bad right now but volume uncreasing as you work your way north of the franconia springfield parkway continue up to 395. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> the latest powerball winner has come forward. his name is solomon jackson, jr. he is from columbia, south carolina. he hit last week's jackpot worth nearly $260 million. that is the largest one with a ticket in south carolina. he was an assistant supervisor for he south arolina state revenue department and he

beltway. head out to manassas at 68. frederick 72 and baltimore is 68. here's the satellite-radar loop. one lone shower rolled down eni most of in e st of the activity as forecasted was out to the delmarva and to the east. today with the exception of a lone thunderstorm we will be looking good. so, as we work toward noon reaching for 84. today's high like yesterday 87 at 5:00. angie is off today but kenny burns has the traffic. >> good morning. on the suitland parkway, westbound to the city it is closed between nailer and stanton road due to police investigating a fatal accident overnight expect the road to be closed much of the morning. for alternates consider suitland road or pennsylvania avenue. 0 a -- 270 a smooth trip. 95 fredericksburg to springfield is without incident and 395 traveling through alexandria and arlington it is clear to the 14th street bridge. here's andrea. >>> this morning many redskins fans maybe repeating the mantra, preseason doesn't count, preseason doesn't count. remember that. brett haber has more on what went wrong in last night's first exhibition game. >>

beltway. nothing along suitland parkway. nothing on the 11th street bridge. we give you the all clear on 270. normal travel times along the dulles greenway, 66, and on 95 between richmond and baltimore, even though there are plenty of headlights out of dale city to get to the beltway. >> thank you. >>> 5:12 on this was the morning, at 73 degrees in rosslyn. >> the start of school is around the corner. there are some new recommendations on how to fight the swine flu. >> we will check headlines around our region. region. >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington," with doug mckelway, alison starling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, weather, and lisa baden, traffic. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> in our top stories, pa. police are trying to figure out what caused a man to walk into a health club and start shooting. the man went into the class at the l.a. fitness studios just outside of pittsburgh, turned out the lights, and started firing. he killed three people before turning the gun on himself. metro meet $7 billion over the next decade in order to offer safe and reliable so -- service. the house approved $150 million in federal aid to be matched.

beltway. traffic is moving along smoothly along baltimore national pike. inner use as there. 695 and 895 in hollands ferry road. jamie? >> here's what we have for you. "good morning, maryland" coming up at 9:00. the annapolis market house is trying to be around a long time. why some say this time it will succeed. >>> also, we begin our cooking series that teaches you the basics. we'll show you just zschau easy -- just how easy it is to make ice cream at 9:00. >> that's cool. >> everybody enjoy the weekend. >> the weekend? >> the weekend. >> yeah, we planned that well. >>> thanks for choosing "good morning, maryland." for more news, ge to abc2news.com. abc 2 works for you. fact. the soft places we love could be home to thousands of bacteria. but, lysol disinfectant spray can help protect your family because it can also be used on soft surfaces. it kills 99.9% of bacteria, won't stain, and leaves your soft surfaces with a light, fresh scent. lysol. the #1 pediatrician recommended brand. disinfect to protect. this school season, kill bacteria on backpacks and

. >>> we have building volume around the beltway especially between liberty road and baltimore nationalharford county, 95 northbound the exit ramp to riverside parkway remains closed because of the earlier crash. pasadena, bedford road at cloverhill road closed because of downed power lines. also in pikesville, that intersection at hillside road and greenspring avenue closed because of downed trees and power lines. in dundalk, north point boulevard closed in both directions because of a fire at the diner, that is between north lane and trappe road there. this is -- mlk at fayette street. no problems there. 50 in both directions running smoothly. back to you. >>> after "good morning america" is "good morning maryland" at 9:00. here's what we're working on -- believe it or not there are just three or so weeks away until school starts. everybody needs to get the supplies. we're going to tell you about bargains you can find. also talk about how there's help for those of you that can't afford new notebooks, pencils, all of that. >>> looking to pie a new home or refinance? carl delmont will b

not so bad at montgomery village avenue. 95 and the bw parkway all of baltimore all clear to the beltway. we have been asking for your back to school picture and christy garcia sent this one in. little madison will be attending hutchenson farm elementary. good luck, madison. you are a doll. over to you. >>> the maryland board of public works has approved a number of budget cuts which will save the state $454 million. it means the state government will shut down for five days. some employees will lose up to ten day's pay and 200 will lose their jobs the layoffs are not going over well with their jobs especially after they learned that lawmaker and judges are exempt from the furloughs. >> we are housekeepers. you have plumbers carpenters, we don't make a lot of money but for us to take a hit for the state basically i think that is wrong. >> reporter: counties statewide will lose out on $211 in state funding. >>> the department of health and human services is looking for a new home and wherever it it will bring 5,000 wo s errkwith it. hhhas n ruout of a rucomplex in roville. it is lured to

baltimore county got hammered. trees down, wires down in various intersections. no problems to let you know about on the beltway. i'm getting word of a crash on the 895 split. like i said, baltimore county, lots of problems, we have a tree down, blocking the intersection of stevenson road. owings mills boulevard closed due to flooding. jennifer road closed for wires on the roadway there. franklin road at reisterstown road, use caution. jamie and megan, back to you. >>> mother nature put on quite a light show early this morning. lightning, thunder, heavy rains that led to water rescues, you name it. tense moments behind the wheel for many of you. hi, linda. >> reporter: good morning, megan. while most of us were sleeping, some were forced out of their beds to deal with a huge mess. let's look at the video from pete on the street o'neal. what happened to this family is any homeowner's nightmare. water pouring into the basement, completely flooding it out. to make matters worse, they just bought the brand new house ten days ago and today is the homeownes birthday. the outside drain got clogged with storm degree caus

. >>> the beltway, no problems in our immediate baltimore vicinity area as you check liberty road. delays in cecil county, that is southbound 95 approaching the tydings bridge and also riverside parkway and ememmorton

95 southbound out of baltimore from 198 to the beltway, we are traveling it and not finding any incidents or accidents along the way. now over to andrea. >> now a few words of inspiration to jump start your morning. willy jolly is ready to help you deal with the inevitable. >> hi, this is willy jolly and today i want to share a simple idea to help you live better and have greater success. i was recently speaking for one of my clients and she said that she heard these short messages i share on the radio every day and she said it had an impact on her life because she was dealing with change. she had been moved from another city to washington, d.c. and it was uncomfortable. but she heard me tell the audience that change is good when your attitude is great. change is going to happen whether you like it or not. we're going to have change happen in our lives. do you remember your first day in high school, how big the halls were. do you remember going back and visiting the high school after you graduated and how small the halls were. the halls didn't change. you did. change is inevitable but our

baltimore national pike. the north side of the beltway has delays, tapping the brakes.rom harford back to providence road. >> students returning to gorgeous weather this morning. >> there are clouds, but is so much nicer. highs in the mid 70's. in ocean city and southern maryland there are light showers. sunshine tomorrow at 76 degrees. >> have a great thursday of school, everybody. thank you for joining us. >> at 7:25 we have a live update. towbin into wbal radio for traffic and weather on the fives. hey, guys, where the heck is dan? he used to eat cereal every day. i heard he eats breakfast out now. dan! dan! dan! you can afford breakfast to go. buy any beverage and get a sausage biscuit for just 99¢. because it's breakfast, not brokefast. america saves on dunkin'.

. >>> it's still busy out there with lays off of the beltway on the southbound baltimore- washington re open but it's kenilworth where we have problems with a stalled car tieing up the center of the roadway. outer loop of the beltway toward georgia avenue, 197 north of 450, the crash, follow police direction to get through. no aidents reported in virginia. off of 95, slow from the occuquan toward lorton and from the frank conia parkway to 395. and slow from annandale to merrifield. and here is a shot and below speed up to 66. no accidents southbound on 29. slow out of white oak passing lockwood drive and toward university boulevard. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> she left millions to her dog trouble, but what about the rest of leona helmsly cash. why those in charge of her estate could be facing legal trouble. >>> and holly is live at the rodeo, with no cowboys or horses but there sa utility crew on hand. and quite a workout for holly. more coming up it's 8:22. (eloyee 1) subject: urgent!! bob!! i need the baker file stat!! reply!! still making changes. circle back

beltway. nothing complicated north into baltimore or south into richmond. quiet on the freeman. 95, the normal travel times between baltimore and richmond. good on 270 and 66. this is traffic near dulles airport. more on the traffic seen in just a little while. >> thank you. >>> we begin with breaking news. this is from prince george's county. a fire at a county firehouse. >> the closest stations lost its fourth career staffing. matt brock has the details. >> to show you the fire station behind me. people are working inside. it is ok now. not so much at about 2:30 this morning. people are worried that this is a sign of things to come. smoke and flames poured out of an engine. volunteers whoere there doing prep work were able to move some equipment before it got too bad. the first fire company called in to help was the capitol heights station. only just this weekend there were bumps down to volunteer stuffing. we're told the capitol heights group never made it here. so many told us they are concerned about reduced staff and that it could lead to disaster. th

. >> we do haved intoing on a lot of the side streets in baltimore county and harford county as well. looking at the beltway this is running along nicely. now a check on the buses and trains with mta's mark jones. >> reporter: good morning. still dealing with vie verses on, 28, 46, 45 and 91 being diverted westbound. fayette and park locations look for the 519, and 91 to be diverted. the number 13 diverted at washington boulevard due to construction. the 160 commuter bus not going into oliver beach due to a problem there. 8, 45 running 12 to 15 minutes late. for the mta transit team, i'm mark jones. q >>> schools all over the country are having to cut back on budget woes. students in kansas have to clean up their own mess. 13 janitors no longer have jobs. so the students in this elementary school now have to take out the crash and sweeping the floor. all that you see right there. >> i do help with cleaning windows. that's something that's really fun for me. >> i heard parents say oh, my gosh, they are putting up their backpacks andp t.'s making kids feel accountable and proud that they have a job. >> the s

the outer loop of the beltway at liberty road towards the baltimore national pike everything appearse flowing freely. no delays or any incidents to let you know about at this time. back to you. >>> 5:17. former president bill clinton in north korea. the trip comes after heightened tensions over the country's nuclear program and two prisoners in pyongyang. hillary clinton requests amnesty for the women asking that they be returned to their families in california. >>> continental airlines passengers say all they could do was hold on. it hit turbulence so severe and unexpectedly that flight attendants were thrown against the cabin ceiling. they were among more than two dozen people injured. >> i hit my head on the light above and it broke the light out and i was showered in glass. >> one lady just came out of her seat and flew over the middle row. hit her head on the wall and landed on her back like this. >> 179 passengers and crew members were on board. the plane was diverted to miami where several people were taken to the hospital. four people are said to be very seriously injured. >>

beltway. that is the latest on traffic. back to you. >> baltimore city officials say that crime cameras around the city is helping. >> footage from a crime camera in an area proves that his client is not guilty. our reporter has more on this story. >> good morning. you are right. lamont davis pruett -- pleaded not guilty in court. he says video evidence will prove his client is innocent. >> the video shows a man in a black shirt standing on a corner with bystanders. he starts chasing a man in white shirt firing several shots. once the shooting is over, you see neighbors gathered around a five year-old raven wyatt. she is critically injured in the crossfire. lamont davis was charged with attempted first-degree murder. in a bold defense mood, his public defender released this video saying the shooter is not davis. police said he was wearing a mouth functional gps monitoring device when he was arrested. the video shows the shooter was not wearing one. >> he is doing this with a very good reason. >> a law professor has gone up against davis's attorney.

on the west side of the beltway, there's a look at the baltimore national pike. running a little slower. on the inner loop, you're looking at a 14-minute ride, with an average speed of 24 miles per hour. this traffic report is brought to you by subway. you could win a $100,000 jackpot at beaches resort vacation. play scrabble at subway. back over to you. >> hello, tim. >> hell no. not too bad a day. a little warm. but as vic mentioned. not too humid, not -- tolerable. >>> relative humidity at 50%. the wind from the west is coming in at 8 miles per hour. 29.97 and rising. the barometer, we'll talk about that and how it could affect us heading into the weekend. >>> it's beautiful out there now. but you know, the weather computer has been turning over there with the storm that's coming up. >> danny, he sounds so friendly, like a nice kind of guy. >> let's hope he is. >> it's like the neighbor you don't want to invite to dinner. and danny may not be so nice when he moves in our direction. we're keeping a close eye on him. we are particularly clear around our area. we

you're traveling on 82 through baltimore county, you're looking at 62 miles per hour and bogue okay on the beltway, at 59. all in all, not too much to complain about as you head out this morning. of course, we do still have the gas main leak that happened last week and it continues to shutdown fa yet street. and lombard and pratt are going to be the best bet for the alternate, any are incident free. from 695 downtown it's going to be in the green a nice and pleasant drive. the same traffic pattern from the jfx up toward greenspring wrapping down toward 795. checking in on the west side right at liberty road, the cars are cruising along but it starts to get heavy moving around 70. just be aware it's starting to buildup out there. that's a look at the morning commute. patrice, back to you. >>> topping this morning's health check, the world health organization is warning that the global spread of the h91n11n1 vs could speed up over the next few months. now many colleges are preparing on their campus. >> reporter: they are among the most vulnerable group of people to an h1, n1 outspread. they eat at c