north and west of the city upper 50s. 68 downtown bay front is at 68 degrees into chestertown. issue this morning that may snarl your commute is north and west of the city where we see visibilities coming down. that's an indication there's valley fog that developed. this is right along 70 around the 270 split. you get towards winchester and frederick right now visibility is coming down. it's not the thickest fog but that could certainly trip you up this morning. light -- satellite pictures 200 miles to the south there's heavy rain in parts of the north carolina verge split but most of it is sliding offshore. after 12, one, there could be a couple spotty showers otherwise that's it. not talking about a downpour. 62 in the city right now. 63 up towards chicagoland and there is some warmth developing well south of the mason dixon line. that's here for the day tomorrow. temperatures are to the low 80s. should be around 85. that's below avege. for tonight, not as chilly as last night. temperatures will be into the upper 60s to around 70 in the city. how about this getting into the d

close to 80 in baltimore city and 77 in perry hall and more of the same in chestertown. temperatures will be on the warm side throughout the rest of today. >>> usher is due in court today plus high stakes legal battle for apple. and the 448 million dollar power ball jackpot. this morning we have new information on one of the winning tickets. wouldn't that-- >> reporter: wouldn't that be nice to win? no delays on interstate 70 at columbia pike. i will show you what the other main lines look like and have the greatest drive times coming up >>> new this morning dozens of employees at the u.s. consulate in pakistan have been ordered to leave because of a specific threat to the mission. a u.s. official says the action is a precautionary measure and it's not connected to the closures of other u.s. embassies around the world. the state department has issued a nonessential travel warning to american citizens for traveling to pakistan. >>> president obama is planning to hold a news conference today to talk about the terror alert issued earlier this week. and he is also expected t

we're talking about 73 in perry hall, 73 in glen burnie, also in annapolis this morning, 73 in chestertownd woodbine and manchester coming in at 73 degrees. the sticky temperatures will stick around all day long. yes, you can get out there and play some golf. keep your eye to the sky. you might hear a rumble of thunder. let's check traffic with mike. >>reporter: let me show you one issue as we take a look at gwen pulls parkway at dennison. we do have police activity. we do also have ambulances on the scene. there are some injuries on this one, so just be careful. we'll take a look at a shot, this is u.s. 1, not seeing any delays this morning right now. this is looking towards the south, so we'll keep an eye on this camera. we'll show you this is i-95 at 395, things looking good so far this morning. just a couple of construction region health ---related delays this morning. this is the inner loop at exit 18 on the west side of town. that may trip you up a little bit. 895, 95 all looking good this morning. some of our drive times look like this this morning, lots of grown on your screen. so

manchester 73 and more of the same in chestertown and also elkton. the actual temperatures coming in at 79 degrees in baltimore city. 77 in perry hall annapolis chesterton but with the humidity, this is what it feels like already this morning. it feels like we are in the 80s. the mid-80s in baltimore city and perry hall and low 80s in annapolis and chestertown. and as we go into the afternoon, what it's going to feel like we will feel more like we are in the 90s so if you want to play golf be prepared for the hot weather feeling like but also be prepared for a chance for a shower or thunderstorm as we head into the lunchtime with the temperature coming in at 85. but feeling more like 90, 95. let's check the traffic now with lauren. >> reporter: well, i have an update on 895. a disabled car along the southbound lanes at harbor tunnel has been cleared. delays dissipated and the fort mchenry tunnel is okay. in anne arundel county there's a crash along the westbound lanes of route 100 approaching oakwood road and in howard county a crash on washington bo

elkton coming in at 70 for a dewpoint and 70 in chestertown this morning. very humid day on tap again. 77 degrees now in the city, 75 in perry hall and 73 in chestertown. over to you. >>> new this morning, you're going to love this, more support for a later school start day. earlier this month we told you about comptroller peter french's campaign to have school start later after labor day. and according to published reports, governor martin o'malley is in favor of the idea but won't take action until a task force submits its final report. that report is not due until next year and french says a longer summer would help boost the state's economy. >>> baltimore county executive is asking the county council for $17.2 million. he says the supplement budget is needed to fund air conditioning at five county schools. yesterday the state board of public works approved $11.7 million for air conditioning for county schools. and since 2007 the county has installed a.c. systems in more than 40 of its county schools. >>> he led egypt for 30 years, coming up hosni mubara

look at chestertown, 77 degrees already. it's 70 in perry hall, 75 in baltimore city and annapolis coming in at 75 as well. so as you step out the door this morning, no need for that jacket. remember how we needed a jacket or a light sweater? those days are gone for now. as you step out and about for today, maybe want to play a little golf because you're just a golf nut, you can squeak it in for today, just make sure you do keep your eye to the sky. the patchy fog this morning will be out of here as we head towards 10:00. and, again, by lunchtime, that's when we do have the possibility for more showers to roll in coming in right around 83 degrees. let's get a check of the traffic now with lauren. >>reporter: got to squeak that game of golf in early, lynette, so you don't get all wet on that course. if you are traveling in chairl county, we do have a downed tree to watch out for in sikesville on route 97 at hood mill road. as we look at the main lines, you're going to like this, 83 in hunt valley 63 miles per hour southbound

pretty much all across the board here. 70 in baltimore city, 66 perry hall, 67 an, the upper 60s in chestertownf you want to play golf, today is going to be a superb day to do that. >>> let's get a check of the traffic now with lauren. >> well, you definitely have to avoid 95 on the southwest side of baltimore city. a very serious is crash involving a tractor trailer. northbound lanes now shut down approaching the beltway. here's a picture from the scene. these were actually sent in by harry kagel. right now traffic is being diverted off to 195 east. one southbound lane going to be shut down for northbound turn around. if you see breaking news happen take a picture and e-mail it to at pix@wmar.com. there's a crash along the southbound lanes of 95 that's blocking one lane of the ramp to water lieu road. something else to keep in mind. the jfx at 55 miles per hour, normal 11 minute ride to downtown. the tunnels are in great shape as well as the beltway. west of pairing parkway, 11 minutes from 95 up to 83. here's a live look at green spring avenue. inner loop free of delays up to 83. outer loop j

we hit 78 this afternoon. 76 in the state capital. 73 in chestertown. will say this, tonight's lows will be cool but not as crisp as this morning. the all-time record low of 53. the old record was 54. the low 60s with some low 50s. most much us around 60 and back around 80 tomorrow. tomorrow the weather will begin to change as the clouds begin to stream in out of the south. the a rain maker developing in the coastal southeast and will run the coast. it will go into the day on sunday. enjoy a mild and dry evening and a bright start in the morning because things will change, especially on sunday. more on that coming up. >>> back to school in moore, oklahoma. a city devastated by a deadly tornado that struck at the end of the past school year and killed several students. teachers and faculty welcome kids back today with a big celebration hoping to put the memory of the twister behind them. >> reporter: it's a new beginning in moore, oklahoma. >> it's first day of school. we're back together. [ cheers and applause ] . >> reporter: abc world news went back t

baltimore city is dropping below 80 in the last hour. 73 in chestertown. manchester and hayingerstown we have mid-to-upper 70s. this is a pleasant scenario. wet weather to the south. all eyes here on the weekend. the rain maker can make a run into maryland as early as late saturday night. i really think not most part the rain chances will hold off until we get into the second half of the weekend through the day on sunday. we'll talk more on that in a few more minutes. just realize, it's partly cloudy. it will be a bright start in the morning with some cloud cover but things will go downhill late in the day tomorrow. we'll have more on that coming up in just a few minutes. >>> the murder of a parksville women has advocacy groups looking at what laws need to be strengthened. victoria glover was murdered on tuesday by her estranged husband. she was headed to trial a that morning for an assault charge. he shot and killed her right in front of her 3-year-old son. the women's law center of maryland and the network against domestic violence met in annapolis to ta

a pair of 6s towards chestertown. we are comfortable this morning. but the one issue in the short- term is fog and it's as you get from 70 to the 270 split as you get out towards damascus and mount airy towards frederick, the visibilities are down. so be careful with that. keep your low beams on and speeds at a reasonable level. cloudy today and another below average day with temperatures that will be struggling to get to 80 degrees. a few spotty showers will develop and the heat is going to be with us by tuesday. so here's satellite picture. a lot of clouds on top. maryland's most powerful showing dry conditions over the state. heavy rain to the south of the city. this is going to slide to the south of the city. that's good news. but there could be a couple scattered showers in the northern edge of this. that may push in our direction. so we are going to keep the scattered showers in the forecast today. but the heat starting to crank well south of maryland and dew points are starting to crearchg so by tuesday, it is going-- crank so by tuesday it wi

upper 50s north and west of the beltway. 69 downtown and 60s along the bay front from annapolis to chestertownes fairly cloudy afternoon below average temperatures and we should be right around will 5 -- 85. we are forecasting 80 and there could be spotty showers developing a little after the1:00 hour. but if you love the summer heat and tim you love it. it's coming in by tuesday into wednesday. here's the satellite picture. a lot of clouds on top of us. covered and smoothered and the planner reflects sunshine and clouds through the 8:00 hour. overcast conditions around 10 and by lunchtime overcast skies 74 bringing us to 80 with a few clouds out there through the 8:00 hour. the heat is build together soutand west. maryland's most accurate 7-day forecast in a little bit. this is the queen of trafficland lauren cook. go for it lauren go. >> reporter: thanks king of weather. >> all right. >> reporter: always a blast to have mike around in the morning. i have bad news. if you are a traveling in anne arundel county --an arundel count-- if you are traveling in anne arundel county there's a dent --a

points in the 70s in perry hall, 71 in annapolis, upper 60s in baltimore and glen burnie and look at chestertown at 72. elkton at 66 for the dew point. the temperature in the city coming at 76 degrees right now. over to you. >>> shock and disbelief in a small oklahoma home after the shooting death of an australian student. schools in that district where he was killed are beefing up security. what students can expect with a heightened police presence later today. >> no delays on 97 south of 695. i'll show you what the other main lines look like and bring you the latest drive times coming up after the break. [ female announcer ] at royal caribbean, our ships are designed for wow. ♪ oh, oh ♪ sometimes, i get a good feeling ♪ ♪ yeah ♪ ♪ get a feeling that i never, never, never had before ♪ ♪ no, no, i get a good feeling ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] all this, only on royal caribbean. book by august 31st and get a free upgrade. call 1-800-royal-caribbean today. >>> more on a developing story out of duncan oklahoma. we told you about christopher lane gunned down by three teenage boys. the schools in duncan

we are at 79 close to 80 right now in baltimore city. 79 in perry hall and 77 in chestertown and with the humidity the temperatures we feel like we are at 84 degrees right now in baltimore city and 85 in perry hall. the 7-day forecast looks like this as we begin to dry things out as we head towards the end of the weekend. let's go over to megan. >> all right. lynette, the 80s i like it even if it's humid. all right. one thing we are excited about here is the preston mitchum junior back to school drive. and it happens every year and it's something abc2 is really proud to be a part of. we are partnering with the young school and basically what this does is help kids in our community. every year we talk about shopping and getting the kids what they need to get back to school. here's examples of things that have been dropped off at abc2. you can see binders erasers and notebooks, backpacks not incredibly expensive things but kids in the community don't have the money often to get back to school and have some of the things. so why not make it possible. it's easy to do. next time you go to

cooler to the north and west, upper 60s and 75 in chestertown so uniformly into the 70s and dew point values starting to climb so, you know, pretty comfortable all weekend long, things are going to change by monday morning, you're going to feel that more soupy air mass that will be on top of us. this is maryland's most powerful weather radar, baltimore's most powerful radar for the entire state. things quiet. up to north and west, scattered showers and storms, maybe into york, dallas town you may deal with a scattered shower or thunderstorm tonight as the storm system moves off to the east. isolated situation. we are going to have to wait for some more storms that will fire up along the boundary, stationary boundary and more storms out to the north and west, that will head in our direction by tuesday. a soupy mess. dew points into the 70s, 60s up towards the north and where we do find the stationary boundary, this is going to be the focus for those scattered showers and thunderstorms both on monday and also for your day on tuesday. we do think, though, tuesday is going to be a little

that line of storms, pretty much from galena and chestertown two queenstown. you can see that storm sitting over the bay bridge. they have gusty winds, 30 to 40 miles an hour. and you folks in queenstown. it's right on top. annapolis is just moving to the east. another brief shower, west of severna park. for the most part, the activity has shifted to theurn upper eastern shore. and will continue to move off into delaware over the next hour or two. so you folks in dover, denton, easton, topper county, caroline county, tell be affecting you in the next 30 to 45 minutes with brief downpours and gusty winds wind in some spots. temperature-wise, if you did get a shower, you're probability near 70 to 80. d.c. hasn't seen the rain. 90 yet in houston. 83 in elkton. with shower activity cooling down there. 72, cool spot in oakland. upper 70s to near 80. rock hall getting rain. but last hour, on the hour, they did not report showers. hot spot, south and west, where they have yet to see the showers. we've got a bit of a west wind tomorrow. a west wind will bring in some

i'm a big fan of gk chestertown. he says that, basically you have to have dogma. you have to believe in certain things even when they're inconvenient. what makes america special we believe in certain things. if you start saying the constitution only applies when it is convenient, you're basically saying you don't have a constitution at all anymore. that is essentially the argument we've gotten out of obama we've got init out of republicans too. george bush signed campaign finance legislation even though admitting part of it at signing ceremony is on constitutional. violating an oath of office have violating constitution. jon: you have attorney general john ashcroft refused to sign off on things because they were illegal. >> john ashcroft was introduced as a medusa's head and they would declare holy war on john ashcroft because he was idea log. when he asked the by the white house to do something, his own justice department lawyers, and from his own hospital bed and white house chief of staff and white house kunz sell say we're not going to do this. eric holder see

morning, very muggy readings, 66 to 75 in the city, up towards cecil county into the 70s. 75 out in chestertown will get into the low- to mid-80s. showers and thunderstorms will be out there. a better shot for storms comes into play as we go into your day on friday. some of these storms could be pretty gusty, dropping a lot of rain. so the forecast for today, maryland's most accurate, calling for a shower and thunderstorm chance, 85 degrees, mostly cloudy skies. maryland's most accurate seven- day forecast, pretty warm stretch over the next several days, 85 today, 88 for friday. gusty showers and thunderstorms and right now indications are this could linger into saturday with some drying and improvement by sunday. but all in all should be around seasonable average highs between 85 to around 88 degrees. let's get a check on your morning commute. a few issues to talk about. liberty road at 695, we do have an issue, just a minor crash, not tying speeds up, northbound i-95 past exit 41 we're starting to see those speeds coming down. now, we are jammed, this is 695 inner loop from annapolis road pas