bel air had a quick downpour. a couple hours ago you notice the clouds, wet roadways but very, very spotty showers. frederick we take it to next. notice a decent amount of clouds. we had one little lone shower across bel air. that went right into kent county. notice a couple of showers flaring up around d.c., not a big deal. we'll keep an isolated chance through the rest of the evening. otherwise, mainly dry conditions. 94 toward d.c. but with the humidity, feeling like it's between 100 and 101, so very, very hot conditions. for that reason we have an excessive heat advisory. that's open until 9:00 this evening. take a look at the clouds. otherwise, mostly clear skies. right around 8:00, 93 degrees. it will not be sunny. on the way to 76. 96 degrees with the humidity. s in a couple of scattered showers to the north. there is a cold front draped over the northern plains. this is what will come at us by wednesday. it could produce severe weather. take a look at the country as a whole. everyone in the 90s. 100-degree

let's look, 695, bel air, smooth sailing. keep in mind we have debris from the friday storms, last night's storms. >>> back out live to megan pringle in towson, one of the hardest hit areas k one of the areas where tens of thousands of people remain without power. trees are down, and the big clean up is underway. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of people across the state are without power. this yeah has been hit particular hi hard. i will show you why. if you look behind me, a tree fell over, not only did it fall over but fell over on power lines. ist a dangerous situation here. that's why the road is blocked off. earlier, this is a well traveled road, people who aren't aware that it's closed are having to turn around. i ran in to the painters, they go on a morning walk. >> we have flash flashlights and we are coping. >> reporter: it's monday. >> we have been going to movies and eating out a lot so go to bed as late as we can. get up with the daylight, go to bed with the daylight. >> it's too dark to do anything. we go to

plans are to build a wal-mart in the bel air area at route 924. now tonight is your first chance for many of you to and questions about this project. a meeting is at pattersonville middle and high school. >>> supporters of the dream act are taking over the streets of baltimore today. high school and college students are marching through the inner harbor. it offers in-state tuition for illegal immigrants. >>> that's how firefighters from around the u.s. are spending their afternoon in baltimore. the memorial stair climb coinsides with the huge fire house expo going on right now. firefighters are going to run up 110 nights of the baltimore hotel. that's the same number of flights from the world trade center in the attacks almost 11 years ago coming up next month. >>> stay with us this morning. >> he was the neighborhood watchman. >> now george zimmerman speaking out. what he has to say about the night things got out of control and the teenager ended up dead. >> that is a mother's reaction after seeing a chilling video of a man who tried to take her

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bel air road not a bad option this morning. now as we make our way into the city, we are dealing with the sink hole on the east side that continues to shut down monument street between wolf street and patterson park avenue. traveling in the area, stick with orleans street. repairs should be finished next week. downtown baltimore the repairs to the water main break shut down light street at baltimore street. as we head up to 695, this is what it looks like in parkville at harford road. no delays to talk about but there's an accident in glen arm on harford road right at sharon drive. west side of the beltway, at wilkins avenue, everything up to speed. no concerns whatsoever. that's the look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. now over to you. >>> when you go to the hospital, you should be able to trust the people taking care of you. >> dozens of patient -- for dozens of patients that with a knots did -- that was not the case. >> linda so is here with the story you brought last week but it's evoluming. >> reporter: yeah. according to

let's go back to where we are, we have light showers around jarrettsville and bel air, the roads are going to be slick. this will continue as we go through the rest of today. isolated shower or storm to pop up in the forecast, dealing with a little bit of visibility issues around us. winchester, you are dealing with showers and storms, culpepper, more of the same there. let's get a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook. you are talking about a house fire. >> yes , there is a house fire baltimore, north of patterson park. it shuts downlinwood at fayette. stick with lakewood. the fire department confirms no one injured. if you are traveling on 895, all the construction continues south of the harbor tunnel toll plaza. not causing a back up. later, stick with the fort mc henry or the key bridge as your alternate route. as we look at 95, eastern avenue, everything is up to speed. nice easy ride in to the city this morning, here is a look at 695, parkville, harford road. 11 minutes from 95, up to 83. that's a look at you time save traffic. >>> today you are asked to limit the amo

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bel air, 11 minutes from 95 to 83. that's a look at your abc 2 time saver traffic. >>> new video of angry passengers at an airport in dallas, texas. they had to make an emergency landing after a cease disruption on their flight. ñ' >>> five things you need to know on this tuesday morning. leaders from maryland food bank and at&t will open a new network enhancing connectivity, allowing the staff to be in contact with one another throughout the workday. >>> stephanie rawlings blake is joining notre dame helping kick off the national cancer prevention study, the american cancer society is looking for volunteers to help researchers understand the genetic environmental and lifestyle factors that cause and prevent cancer. president obama and his wife are on the campaign trail. first lady in florida for events in orlando and miami. the president is rallying supporters in cedar rapids, iowa. republican in nominee, mitt romney, a town hall meeting this afternoon. new report reveals areas in the u.s. where houses are being sold

>>reporter: fortunately everything up to speed on 695 at bel aire road.l show you how traffic is shaping up on 83 coming up on "good morning maryland." >>> good morning, topping america's money, a good sign for the job market. u.s. employers seem to be hiring. they posted 200,000 more jobs in may than the month before. that was the second highest level in almost four years. san bernardino, california is the latest city that can't meet its payroll. its city council voted last night for bankruptcy. meanwhile, workers unions in scranton, pennsylvania are suing because the city is only paying minimum wage. american airlines is now looking at potential mergers. reports say the bankrupt carrier is considering five other airlines, including u.s. airways which has been courting american for months. analysts say two other airlines, delta and united are too big for a merger. and the next couple of days are a good time to get free food. 7-11, chick-fil-a, starbucks are giving way samples over the next few days. check their websites for details. that's america's mone

at 924 in bel air?you have a chance to tell walmart how you feel, in about nine minutes at paterson middle and high school. the store wants to develop on an 83-acre undeveloped site. it's all about the traffic. the meeting will last until 8:30 tonight. >>> lewis, 52, the ravens holding their first ever purple bingo tonight. the new female fans 18 and older at m&t m&t stadium. this is going to be going on until 9:00 tom. tori smith will call the numbers. purple bingo. yell it as loud as you can. >>> here we are in bel air. getting ready for the big farm festival. coming up next weekend. >>> kelly has a look at what is coming up at 11:00. >> doctors more and more concerned about whooping cough. tonight more warning signs about a potential outbreak and what you can do to protect your family. and "the dark knight rises" premiere is tonight. we're going to look at the bat mobile. those stories and more when you join us tonight at 11:00. >> you remember batman. >> you used to ride in xdthat. there really? >>

bel air right now.e a few clouds, with redealing with a little bit of the sunrise, a little bit of clearing beginning to happen. through the rest of today, not ruling out a chance of a shower. the temperature in baltimore, coming in at 74 degrees. ocean city, 75. a good place to go. 73 altuna. 72 pittsburgh. we can see the 70s around the board there. weather pattern looks like this, pumping in the humidity and also the heat for today. for the next several days. it won't be until a cold front traverses in to wednesday and thursday, temperatures will drop off a by. we are looking -- off a bit. we are looking at the possibility for a shower, continuing through the next several days. for today, the temperature coming in at 95 degrees, very hot outside, with the humidity, we will feel like we are in the triple digits up to 105 for the heat index. this is a look at the seven-day forecast. i have good news, strong storms in to wednesday, then we drop the temperatures back to normal levels as we head in to the

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bel air really. let's show you the aftermath of bel air. look pretty this morning right? a different sight as we look at the time-lapse. putting it in motion and you can see beautiful sunrise this morning. a few clouds out there. and that's going to be the name of the game as we head throughout the day. the sun mixing with the cloud. lots of clouds and a lot of spots this morning. and clouds will pay a big story today depending on whether we will get severe weather popping as we go into the afternoon. now the temperature in bel air coming in at 72 degrees right now. nottingham at 73. good morning glen knell being -- glen elk at 69 degrees a looking at the areas in the orange, northern baltimore, until about 7:00 today, yesterday it was 8:hundred unbut it's over at 7 for -- 8:00 but it's over at 7. we will be hot again. i am forecasting a high around 95 degrees. but we like that downward spiral that we will see going through the next several days. the weekend is upon us. lots to do. i think you might like that weather especially as we go into sunday. all right. let's check

. >> the closer we got to bel air, the worse the lightning got. >> reporter: the victim's next door neighbor billy banham said something was wrong. >> i smelled smoke. walked through my house to the deck and coy seat flames shooting out the back of his house. >> reporter: a professional photographer, john gallagher captured these images as fire consumed the roof. more than three dozen firefighters responded to the scene. fortunately, neighbors say the homeowner, a 72-year-old man, wasn't home at the time. from the back of the home you can see where fire consumed the roof and much of the second floor. >> all the furniture is gone and the back is really bad. >> reporter: for now the home sun inhabitable.

in overlea at bel air road, no concerns whatsoever up towards 83. that's the abc2 timesaver traffic. the water main break is causing headaches for drivers. we are working for you. abc2's charley crowson is downtown with more on just how much longer we will have to deal with this issue. good morning, charley. >> reporter: well, good morning. aid big mess and as you said,-- it's a big mess and as you said it's going to last three moreweeks. this is the crux of the problem. two water main lines, one of them a 20 inch pipe about 1914 the date on that one. another one into the 1880s. very old pipes. they just have given way to the time of wear and tear over the years. what the city has done trying to get people back up and running. see the plastic pipes pvc pipes two. one on east side and one on the west side of the street trying to get water restored down here. but as a result of the work, a number of blocks have been closed from baltimore down to

numbers pretty uniformly into the 70s let's take it outside to bel air where we're current aat 75 degrees, that dew point still running really high at 71. so there's a decents amount of humidity still in the air. few clouds mixing it up over the skyline right now but again this pesky stationary front over the area that's separating cooler air over interior new england and hot air down to the south. that's not a good combination in the atmosphere and that will produce the chance for more gusty storms. after the 4:00 hour going into the evening with temperatures that will be around 92 for your two degree guarantee. we'll talk more about the forecast and i have some good news lauren. it will be the weekend that you're going to love. we'll share that with you coming up. >> good. hopefully it will cool down a little bit. artscape this weekend a lot of fun. if you are heading downtown this morning, do watch out for the massive water main break it continues to shut down light street that's going to be between baltimore street and lombard street. if you can use mass transit, other alternate route

road -- 695 at bel air road, a pretty good shot.alk about the drive times quickly and again guys, pretty easy commute right now. 95 to 83 about 12 minutes. and 795 to 95, 13 minutes and heading for the fort mchenry tunnel about an 8-minute commute. weather and traffic again in 10. megan. >> thanks a lot. >>> with temperatures 90 and above people are dealing with no electricity because of friday's storm, and soaring temperatures. they are taking their toll. three people in maryland died from the heat and sherrie johnson has more on this story. >> reporter: well, the soaring temperatures have takeent lives of three people the first three heat heat related deaths in the state. the health department says a man montgomery county a man in wie come cocounty and a man in baltimore county died. two were senior citizens. 34 people died last year in maryland of heat related causes. high temperatures are expected to continue this week. local health departments warn people to be careful because hot weather and humidity can cause heat stroke and

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good morning bel air your temperature is right arnold 67 degrees -- around 67 degrees right now. towson at 67 degrees this morning. and as we head through the rest of today, here's that forecast for you. if you have plans plan accordingly. yes, a fabulous day to eat that lunch outdoors and i'm going right around 90-degrees for today. average we should be at 88 degrees. let's get a check now of the traffic with lauren cook. good morning. how are the roads looking? >>> good morning lynette. we have some trouble in howard county. therest a crash right in columbia on columbia road at ten mills road. fortunate if you are traveling on interstate 70 though it will be nice and clear from columbia pike all the way over to the beltway. and for those of you headed out to the harrisburg expressway here's what it looks like in hunt valley. no problems to report at shawan road a nice easy road down to 695. and as we check in and take a look at the beltway, here everything up to speed in parkville at harford road, 11 minutes ride on the outer loop from 95 up to 83. megan and charlie, over to yo

in you're traveling on 695 this is what it looks like in overly at bel air road. no problems on the inner loop down to 95 and the outer loop nice and clear all the way up to 83. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. megan and charlie, over to you. >>> back to downtown in baltimore that break now expected to take weeks to fix. we're just in day three. >> bad news for anybody who has plans downtown and artscape happening this weekend. the city has a temporary water supply to some of the building but it's been tough for local businesses. >> abc2 news' sherrie johnson is live downtown with a look at ow things are going. -- how things are going. some of the businesses on the west side we understand they've reopened? >> reporter: that's right. we have all new information for you. we were just talking to some of the owners here at the 7/11 and they said yes. about 3:00 p.m. yesterday, they opened up. they have water. they are so excited. so yes, some of the businesses this morning now have reopened up. and have water. and take a look at this hole right here. this

good morning bel air. you right around 71. elkton at 73. middle town at 76. and then we look at thomas point where we are at 80 there. and we are very warm this morning. so you know all that translates into very hot weather as we go into the afternoon. make sure to drink plenty of fluids and seek shade and wear light colored clothing. right now, let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning and you've been talking about the water main break. >> reporter: yes. it's the main story on the roads. yesterday's break happened right during rush hour and it continues to affect traffic this morning. traveling downtown three lanes of light street will be shut down at lombard street. more problems to tell you about if you are traveling on lombard street. that will be shut down between calvert street and light street. you will want to use mass transit and you can use martin luther king junior boulevard or franklin street as an alternate. looking live at the west side of the beltway at baltimore national pike everything is up to speed and as we head

we will look at bel air's temperature at 76 degrees. this is bel air elementary school.ity at 96%. dew point 66 so you know what that means, we are feeling the humidity out there. that pressure at 30.01. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook what do you have for us on the road? >> reporter: we have a few problems in baltimore city. we are dealing with the big sink hole on the east side. so east monument street will be shut down between wolf street and patterson park avenue. repairs will be finished sometime next week. but in the meantime, you will want to stick with or liens as a alternate. and here's a live look at harrisburg expressway at shawan road. everything up to speed in hunt valley. no problems heading towards 695 and it will remain clear as you get on to the jfx. and here's what 95 looks like heading into the city. traffic is picking up at 395 but no significant delays. it will be a nice easy ride through the fort mchenry tunnel. that's the abc2 timesaver traffic now over to you. >>> when you go to the hospital you expect to leave in better sh

as far as other accidents southbound 295, annapolis road, emmerton at slum tree in bel air and oakleyvenue at poe that is a look at white march we did have that disabled vehicle, southbound direction it has just been cleared but as you can see traffic is still crawling along in that direction. this traffic report is brought to you by subway stop in and try their soft cake. >>> if you have a ford escape you will want to listen closely ford is recalling thousands of 2013 escape suvs due to a potential problem with brake pedals. mispositioned carpet padding in more than 8,000 vehicles could prevent drivers from moving their feet from the accelerator to brake pedal. ford will fix it free of charge. >>> renew your drivers license online instead of inline. drivers under the age of 40 who qualify can use self-serve kiosks. drivers under the age of 40 are exempt from vision screening so they get convenience first the second phase will accommodate the vision requirement for those over 40. >>> new pictures of an atlanta grad student as shery covers from a flesh -- as she recovers from a flesh e

take you to bel air. look how lovely bel air is now. just a few clouds floating across the skyline. hot day, 97 at the dwi. you go to charlottesville, 100 degrees this afternoon. hot atlanta living up to their name today 104. 97 that will go into the book. certainly far cry from that record 1901. look at overnight low, only got down to 73 degrees. 95 in town now, 98 down toward d.c. the eastern shore 90s. we're not seeing much of a sea breeze to kind of break the heat on the coastal sections. that will continue for the next couple days. westerly wind pushing that chance of a sea breeze offshore. dew point values when we talk dew point 60s , it's a barable number. that's why we don't have excessive heat watch warnings. so 96 roanoke, look at nashville, that's where the core of heat, 102 degrees. we have this front on top of us right now. that's bringing a little beth of dry re-- bit dry relief across the area. showers big old thunderstorms down to the south, norfolk seeing tornado warnings. now most powerful, we have the beam up edwards the north. right now indications, we will be do

we'll go outside confirm for you 695 this time bel air road looking very, very good. and it looks like it's going to be a beautiful sunrise out in that vicinity. take a look at the drive times and confirm for you that nice commute 95 to 83 good 11 minute commute there. 795 to 95 as well as 11 minute commute and then you go from 695 to fort mchenry tunnel, just about an eight minute ride. traffic and weather together coming up. charlie over to you. >>> new this morning firefighters have kept busy overnight with two two alarm fires in the city. we first told you about this at abc2news.com. shortly before midnight. that first fire broke out inside a home on roberts street in west baltimore. that was reported around 11:30. now the second fire also a two alarm job started at the ambassador theater on liberty heights around midnight. investigators aren't exactly sure what started the fire. the ambassador you see video in from overnight. >>> anne arundel county police on the scene right now of the overnight drowning it happened in brock lynn park. once again in anne arundel

. >>> a little taste of what you'll find if you head to bel air for the hard county farm fair but wyatt everhart is there. >> reporter: the harford county farm fair and how does that go with the high tech game show that we're launching. i don't know, the 25th annual harford county farm fair and $25,000 on the line on abc2. let's look at this. you were here earlier applying. what do you think? >> i think it's great that harford county citizens had a chance to be a part of a project like this, a show that is there for us to win $5,000 -- $25,000. >> you can do it from the comfort of your home. >> it as all in the skype. why not, from the comfort of your own home. >> thanks. let's bring in miss donovan. you're a new resident of harford county. you live in the fallston area. ever been on a game show? >> no never been on a game show. >> are you excited about getting in on why are on game show and maybe win some bucks? >> that would be great. >> if you were to win, what would be the top of your list? >> a dream vacation. >> again, it's everyone's opportunity to come to the harford county farm

we had a few passing showers over bel air. right now it's 93 degrees. 91 east. salisbury is 92. d.c. has a passing shower that coolinged you to 88 degrees. humidity in place, is making the temperature feels like 100. d.c. is feeling like 93. wilmington, delaware feels like 97 degrees. the heat and humidity combined, we have that excessive heat advisory for southern baltimore and all of the city limits until 9. i anticipate the weather service reissuing that. we are expect near dangerous heat on top of us during the course of your tuesday. a few clouds moving across the area. otherwise, we'll call it a mainly clear sky. 92 around the 8:00 hour. we'll wake up to 76. 96 as we head into tomorrow afternoon. so you can see some of the mopup showers. the mopup -- some of the pop-up showers. we'll watch this system her the northern plains that goes all the way into idaho. that's a system that comes out as we head into wednesday afternoon, wednesday evening. once this interacts with the heat and humidity, that could trigger off a shower. look at the heat. 99 degrees over the southern dak

you see the clouds thickening up and a passing shower, not too far from bel aire.ray here late in the day. we look from ccbc and then clouds begin to billow up. the atmosphere is getting more unstable and that's when you begin to see those vertically- stacked clouds, but not so unstable to allow major storms to begin to rumble out there this afternoon. let's take a look at the inner harbor where current conditions are warm but not excessively hot. 85 at the airport. right now, temperatures running low to mid 80's, 79 in york, 78 in ocean city. a wind light and variable, basically just enough to stir the air a little bit. it's relatively comfortable for early to mid july. however, as we look at the highs on the day, we can see widespread 80's. 93 was pretty hot in the heart of the city today. 91 out in frederick way. humidity is moderate, around 50%. the mean pattern continues to be to our south in terms of active weather. it's all the way from arkansas, louisiana, texas to the outer banks of north carolina. not a moving front, just a stationary front that will kind

here is bel air, traffic picking up on the outer loop. inner loop along fine towards 95.will remain up to speed traveling through fort mc henry and the harbor tunnel. that's a look at your time saver traffic. >>> update on breaking news, we reported this morning on air and on line, police are investigating a triple shooting. linda so is live with new information. >> reporter: police say the shooting happened inside a house, one person is dead, two people taken to the hospital. police responded to 5508 loathe yum at 1:30 in north baltimore and found two men and one woman shot. police were collecting evidence. the they are veered the scene. police haven't released the motive or the victim's identity. we don't know if one of the people shot was the one carrying the gun. we will bring you updates on line at abc2news.com. live at city police headquarters, linda so, abc2 news. >> be the first to know about breaking news, download the free app. text wmar to 46988. >>> people are looking for a new place to live after a massive two-alarm fire at an apartment complex on glenn micha

harford ignite as fire that destroy as bel air home. the strong storms blew through the area yesterday evening. john gallagher took the pictures of his home on hemingway drive. dispatchers said no one was home when the lightning struck. it was fire in the attic. >>> the weather is a big story on this monday morning, thank you for joining us, hope you had a great weekend. >> back outside now, lynette charles is outside in the soupy weather. you said this was going to create bad hair days all around. it's absolutely miserable. we will be dealing with the humid conditions through the next several days. today, what we have on tap welcomes the heat and humidity, a heat advisory this morning, let's get to it. we can see that a heat vivary is in effect for the areas shaded in the orange color. baltimore county is in that until 8:00 this evening and most likely extended in to tomorrow and maybe the day after that. as we look at what is going on, on maryland's most powerful radar. we are dry, we had a few scattered showers and storms that rolled

we can see what is going on in bel air, nice and quiet.ir skies and cars trying to move along the roadways. all in all, things are quiet this morning, that's going to be the trend, as we go in to the afternoon. temperature in northville, 70 degrees, 71 chestertown, edgewood 72. 64 emmittsburg. goldsboro 70 this morning. moisture still out there, we can see the dew points in the upper 60s around 70 dc. baltimore, the lower 60s in hagerstown and york. not as humid in the areas. we are slightly humid this morning. the humidity levels will increase as we go throughout the day as we see an easterly flow. that will continue as we head in to tomorrow. tomorrow, the chance for showers and storms, we do have an area of low pressure, it could ride along the coast in to tomorrow. that could bring the chances in to us, that's why i'm saying a better chance for rainfall across the area for tomorrow. for today, that temperature coming in around 87 degrees, a chance for isolated shower or storm. by tonight that temperature around 70 degrees, mostly cloud

temperatures still warm into the 70s with a lot of humidity, we're going to talk you over towards bel air, that was one of the spots that got hit with the storms, take a look at that, big thunder head developing after 6:00 and you notice the storms pushing in from southwest to northeast, big storms through bel air and also out in frederick today, you'll notice some of the clouds coming in and a spotty shower and thunder and lightning from that coming through. and ocean city escaped storms, really good looking conditions downtown, nice looking light show to end the festivities down there. not much happening on the radar, you notice spotty showers well towards the and north and this is going to be running along i-95 towards wilmington and these are the storms from earlier this evening and those are exiting, clear skies out towards the west so that is good news. 96 degrees today, and ocean city a little bit of a breeze came in off the ocean and that knocked the temperature to around 87. so 77 right now in townment humidity way up there 88%, and we have few are 70s over -- a few 70s over the

show you some of our hd weather bug cameras, this one in downtown bel air.of course in the heart of harford county, the skies getting stormier. some rain coming down on main street. it's much, much needed rain. we like the rain. we don't want damaging winds but love the rain right now. you can see storm clouds flaring up across mount airy, our view from summit ridge, again, all this rain will be welcome. we're anywhere from a half-foot to nine inches below our typical annual rain. it's been a dry stretch, not the severe drought of the midwest but it's been very dry here in the mid-atlantic states. take you to a current view of annapolis, beautiful shot, 90 degrees, winds east at 9 miles per hour. our humidity has really made things feel just a bit hotter today. these numbers, the solid 10 to 15 degrees cooler than yesterday but still in the 90s. still the humidity a factor. the bigger factor today, the evening thunderstorms last night, they contributed to higher humidity in the atmosphere today. so the heat index values still pretty oppressive. still feeling

we've even seen the lightning diminishing and getting a good shower, bel air, back into parts of -- welllly, you have to call it eastern baltimore county, basically from white marsh south into towson some rain. that's not all. there's more rain to the west here. we have a storm flaring through carroll county and big storms rumbling down here at the beach. and boy, this is parched earth on the eastern shore where we're eight inches or more in spots behind on rain totals. so again, you have to watch for the lightning showers. the rain showers on and off through early saturday, actually pretty welcome stuff. the weather that developed through the day, downtown bel air, storm clouds develop and rn÷get the downpour dousing downtown and main street. it gets wet, the trees are liking it. manchester in northeastern carroll county getting a healthy downpour here as well. so rain continuing on and off. we have a nice heavy shower. the football fields are soaking that up. at the beach, checking out that powerful thunderstorm, look at this, yeah, big waves of rain, and stormy skies. beach clearing o

beautiful shot of 695 bel air road. all is well on the roads this far this morning.ther check on traffic and weather together coming up in a little bit. >> all right. looking forward to it. thanks. >>> sobriety checkpoints and taking keys away is one way to prevent drunk driving. what if stopping dui started in the bathroom. the creative way law ep forcement is suggest -- enforcement is suggesting you call a cab. and if you plan to have a few drinks baltimore city is looking to make sure you get home safely. how to get in touch with testimoniesy taxi straight -- tipsy taxi straight ahead. ahh, now that's a clean mouth. i wish i could keep it this way. [ dr. rahmany ] you see, even after a dental cleaning... but new crest pro-health clinical plaque control toothpaste can help. it not only reduces plaque... it's also clinically proven... to help keep plaque from coming back. plus, it works in these other areas dentists check most. ♪ new crest pro-health clinical plaque control toothpaste. life opens up when you do. for extra plaque protection try new crest pro-health c

bel air in terms of temperatures 71 degrees. humidity out there and that'sfar enough and scattered showers. 71bwi observation. [audio not understandable] 70 downtown. we have a couple scattered showers out there perry hall is seeing this. this will cross 95 middle river towards white marsh and another lone shower running into towson and york road will see a couple scattered showers. not a widespread event by any stretch. but we will address the idea of more showers and storms developing during the course of the day today. we have all the humidity coming up out of the south. we have a cold front out towards the west that's going to interact with the low level moisture and what does that mean? well it's going to mean a stab at -- scattered showers and thunderstorm during the course of the day. in terms of temperatures, 91 degrees. humid sunshine today. certainly compared to yesterday of 180. going down to right around 73 tonight and early storm muggy and warm. 7pp day forecast looks like -- the seven-day forecast looks like this h

once you get onto 695, this is what it looks like on bel aire road headed up towards 893.'s a look at your abc 2 time saver traffic, over to you. >>> if you love art, music and food, you might want to head to mount royal this weekend. >> we'll have a live report on what you can expect when you head out to art scape that kicks off here in charm city. >>> plus she weighed less than a can of soda, she's finally home. we have an amazing story, an incredible story of survival. you're waking up to what's new in maryland. >>> five things you need to know on this friday, the u.n. security council votes today on a resolution threatening syria's president bashar assad. it's an attempt to force the a sad regime to deal with violence in that country. >>> the first lady campaigning in virginia today for her husband. she's speaking to supporters at an event in charlottesville. she'll then head to fredricksburg. >>> one of the many clothing manufacturers in baltimore getting a visit from ben carden. he'll talk about the need to keep more jobs here in the u.s. >>> spend the day at ocean c

and maybe hit 9 95 a little construction issues, they're -- 95 a little construction, 695 outside, bel air road, if you can get the commute on now, get it on. take a a look at drive times, eleven minute commute, 95 to 83. and if you're heading to the fort mchenry tunnel, 695 a you have just about an 8 minute ride, more traffic and weather in less than ten. >>> the state's public utility watchdog is preaching patience this morning saying it is too a early to blame bge for a a response that's now into seven days. pikeville, one of the many areas still without power this morning and people who live there say they're getting really really frustrated and fed up with bge, however the head of the maryland public service commission says it is not criticizing the utilities response just yet. >> nobody is happy until all the power is back on, but we don't at this point have the data to grade fairly the performance one way or the other. >> i think the response has been a bad. no one tells you anything. no one can give you concrete answers and you're suffering. >> the idea bearing power lines undergro

powerful doppler radar showing the heavy bands and around baltimore city and this is going along 95 bel air seeing a good downpour. look at this cell just towards the west of the city limits. middle river essex and this cell is moving into ellicott city. dealing with a good downpour of rain between an inch and inch and a half that could reduce visibility but cause isolated flash flooding. easton is at 75. you notice everything is streaming from west to east. right along the cold front. that will shift towards the south. some breaks in the cloudcoverage otherwise showers and thunderstorms. lauren cook so, a lot of problems out there. >> reporter: yes, interstate 70 slammed with rain and a new accident to tell you about the eastbound lanes. we are dealing with a disabled car along the southbound lanes of route 43. and even accident moved to the shoulder along the southbound lanes of 95 at o'donnell street. traveling in downtown baltimore no delays through the tunnels but a crash on fulton avenue at west pratt street. traveling the beltway traffic is pick up. this is at the west side at old co

. >>> we begin tonight with a bird's eye view over bel air, another steamy night across the area but we might get a little relief tomorrow. wyatt everhart is here. >> we will see a brief break in the humidity at least, that's half the battle here in late july. we will see basically an improvement through the day and even tonight we're already seeing dryer air working in, storms well south now. you see these lower dew point numbers in pennsylvania with very dry air in place and pushing south, push out the steam a little way south into the day tomorrow but not right this moment. we are looking at a hot humid night out there in the upper 80s in terms of what it feels like but tomorrow we climb into the 80s with a noticeable drop in humidity. enjoy it. we'll get those details coming up. >>> new video out of colorado of the star of the dark knight rises leaving a colorado hospital after visiting some of the victims of the early friday morning massacre. >> he is christian bale and posed for pictures with survivors and families and if you've been on facebook you have seen these pictures, th

here's the beltway, traffic is starting to pick up on that outer loop slowing from bel air road up towards providence road. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. now over to you. >>> it's 6:32. you may want to play blackjack or you don't want another casino in the state but however you feel there's a push to round votes to hold a special session on the ferry issue happening in boughtmore today. governor will meet with city and state lawmakers. and sherrie johnson has more on today's meeting. >> reporter: well, today baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake goneor o'malley and house speaker bush is meet with the house delegation. it will be in baltimore and the mayor supports expanding gambling to allow table games at a planned baltimore casino. the governor wants to call a special session. once a consensus is reached. governor expressed confidence a consensus will be forged to pass legislation this summer. now a proposal for a casino at the national harbor has complicated the negotiations. the window of opportunity is creeping towards a close for a special session before an august

closer to home as we slide into the baltimore area bel air we can see around dc dry conditions but we could be getting into that. more details to come. but heats check the timesaver traffic with lauren cook. any accidents. >> reporter: good morning. we have a first accident of the day in downtown baltimore on west preston street at cathedral street. watch out for that. if you are traveling on the beltway, traffic is picking up over on the west side. here's what it looks like at old court road. not too bad here. but that will change as you make the drive towards liberty road. altogether you are looking at 13-minute ride on the outer loop from 795 towards 95. the jfx nice and clear. 11 minutes from the beltway downtown to east fayette street and no concerns this morning on 95 at the fort mchenry tunnel. northbound from the beltway to the toll plaza that stretch will take you 8 minutes. that's your abc2 timesaver traffic. now back over to you. >>> news time 6:31. ravens running back ray rice now hoping to bring a ray of hope against teen bullying. >> this morning linda so is here with ev

. >> reporter: well, everything is up to speed on 695 at bel air road. i will show you what 83 looks like coming up on good morning maryland. i'll go east coast for the philly cheesesteak omelette. no, let's go to the heartland for the midwestern meat & potatoes sandwich. wait umm, yeah. try the seven regionally inspired dishes of the tour of america menu. only at denny's. >>> now "good morning maryland." >> check this out. beachgoers in orange county were treated to an unusual sight. two goats surfing in the wavesof the pacific. only in california. those goats are goatee and pismo and the owner says that he enjoys surfing and assumed the goats would like it too. he started to put them on the board and they graduated to being able to do this by themselves. lynette, your thoughts. >> that's embarrassing. i don't know how to surf and a goat can? wow. i think it's cute charley. the satellite and radar picking up on wet weather off a to the south and west we can see it around kentucky and west virginia. this is possibly going to be moving into our area as we

>>reporter: well, lynette, traffic is really starting to pick up here on 695 at bel aire road. i'll show you what traffic looks like on 95 and 83 coming up on "good morning maryland." [ male announcer ] it would mean one billion dollars for maryland and our schools and teachers. thousands of good paying jobs it's the new resort casino at national harbor. but it won't happen unless lawmakers act right now. all that money -- and all those new jobs -- will go to delaware, pennsylvania, west virginia. the only loser: maryland schools. tell your delegate and state senator to vote yes for schools, jobs, and small businesses by saying yes to national harbor. >>> 6:45. good morning, maryland, i'm charley crowson. time now for your abc 2 news to did. we begin with meteorologist lynette charles on top of everything you need to know weather wise on this wednesday. >> charley, i'm all over it. we're looking at urbana right now, we take you outside, we're looking at a beautiful sky. we did have a few clouds out there this morning, but now we are looking at plenty of sunshine and that is goi

here's what the beltway looks like in overly at bel air road.oop just fine which that congestion will continue up towards the towson area and the west side of the belt wail really packed. fortunately no concerns if orguesing the jfx to -- the you are using the jfx to get into the city. if you'd like a chance to win a $600 gas gift card. like me on facebook. all the details will be at the top of my pro file. we'll see you in 30 minutes for another weather and traffic update. now back to new york for "good morning america." 3q every type of stain is different and needs a different product. with so many choices, it always feels like you're just playing the odds. take the gamble out of stain removal. introducing resolve all-stains. the pre-treat that combines a chamber of oxygen formula with a chamber of enzyme formula in the same bottle. resolve removes all types of stains in the first wash. so whenever you do laundry, you'll always hit the jackpot. trust resolve. forget stains. and for a dollar off coupon, visit us on facebook. i just wish it woul

we're between 72 as you can see in bel air and 81 as we see down towards d.c. and the d.c. suburbs. the 30-mile-per-hour winds at b.w.i. marshall is one of two readings as high as the double digits, up in elk ton. the low pressure system driving all the way back to keep things cool along the coastline, but it's spinning in a counterclockwise fashion but keeping the northeast wind off to the side. what we're watching is the front associated with the low, not really going anywhere for the next day or so. we will see cooler conditions, temperatures staying well below the 87-degree normal high and conditions to the south. the sunset today at 8:28. 5 to 10 knots. wind? not a major factor. periods of rain. cooler, and not the prettiest day. we've known arctic to be pretty hot. it's going to be hot. not a washout, but a naggy drizzly. >>> we have a programming note for you. tune in tonight at 8:00 for a special edition of 48 hours. scott pelley with the cbs evening news from colorado. >>> there's more ahead on wjz at 4:30. there's a big change in what it will cost you to fill the tank. don

have 75 degrees right now, as our temperature at bwi. 59 oakland, 63 on the shore, 70 in elkin, 71 bel air, we go into the mid 70s near columbia, 73 rock hall, 79 annapolis and 79 kent island. winds have been variable through out the day, just a light wind. a good bit of the area is seeing wind coming in with some type of an eastern component. a northeast wind town towards easton, a southeast wind around oakland. so, again, that eastern flow is wrapped around the low pressure, primarily bringing that counter clock wise flow around the south. that front is still stalled down to our south, one that moved through five days ago. high pressure is moving off the coast and moving off to the east. that is also bringing around the clock wise flow bringing winds from the east. we have two forms of this wind pushing across the region. now, what's going to send our temperatures way up is this warm front moving through the region that will come through here tomorrow, followed by a cold front. these two are responsible largely for the spotty showers. as soon as they clear the area, the temperatures are

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