darlene daniels was one of 15 people invited by the president, and she was selected because of problemst she has paying for her health care. she got to sit with the first lady for the speech and then later got to meet president obama. >> i was so nervous. >> were your hands sweating? >> yes. you know, i didn't want my hands to sweat if people were going to shake my hand. when i finally got there, i just stood there. he was like, get over here! i'm thinking, should i move or what, you know? then he hugged me and shook my hand. >> miss daniels is also getting a memento of her visit, an official white house photo of her and the obamas. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm meteorologist susan shrack. a very rainy start for us this morning, and we've had it raining all night. it will continue throughout the day today. ing see the rain hitting the streets starting to pool on the roadways. temperature right now is 57 degrees, relative humidity 94%. wind is out of the north at 8 miles per hour. you can see where the rain is coming from, a big storm just off the coast that's spreading that rain back

darlene daniels was one of 15 people invited to the speech by the president. she has had many problems with health care. she got so sit next to the first lady and later got to meet the president. >> i was so nervous. i couldn't move. >> your hands are sweating? >> yes. thenn, when i finally got there i just stood there. they were like, get over here. i was thinking should i move or what? you know? then he hugged me, shook my hand. >> daniels is also getting amento of her visit, an official white house photograph of her with the obamas. >>> traffic heads up tonight. part of westbound fayette street is closed tonight and tomorrow for a habitat for humanity home construction project. abc2 news terry owens joins us with details. >> you're right. it's a major project and it's underway. crews are transforming a vacant block in east baltimore into nine state of the art modular homes in just nine days. they talked to a first-time home boyer who can't wait to move in. >> i am so excited today because this is my biggest dream to be a homeowner. >> the houses are only 12

darlene daniels was invited to the speech by the president. she was chosen because of problems she'd had paying for health care. she got to sit with the first lady for the speech and later got to meet president obama. >> i was so nervous. i couldn't move. >> your hands were sweating? >> yeah. my hands were sweating, he was going to shake my hand. and then when i finally got there, i just stood there. get over here and i'm thinking, should i move or what? you know? then he hugged me, he shook my hand. >> pretty exciting for here. daniels is getting a momento of her visit. an official white house photo of her with the obamas. >>> new information about the swine flu vaccine. according to american and australian researchers the vaccine is strong enough to protect an adult with just one shot. the data shows it takes eight to ten days for the vaccine to take effect. people still need to get the regular flu shot come october. also when the h1n1 vaccine is supposed to be ready. >>> in the meantime, an important change in howard county regarding your f

darlene daniels was one of 15 people invited to that speech to congress by the president himself. she was chosen because of the problems she had paying for health care. she got to sit with the first lady during the speech and later got to meet the president. >> i was so nervous. i couldn't move. >> were your hands sweating? >> yes! i didn't within the my hands sweating if people were going to shake my hands. when i final i had got there i just stood there. he was like, get over here! i'm thinking, should i move or what? you know? then he hugged me and shook my hands. >> ms. daniels will never forget that visit. she is also getting sms special, an official white house photograph of her with the obamas. >>> here we go. it is purple friday. a year ago, kyle boller was hurt, troy smith got sick and hey, kids, it's your team. joe flacco took the keys and drove us right into the championship. we read a lot of magazines but this one, "portfolio ranks joe cool as fourth best in terms of effectiveness. flacco was paid a cool million and thu for over 2900 yards. he ranks behind matt castle,

the white house says 49-year-old darlene daniels who works at bwi marshall airport has a disease that is attacking all her major organs and treatments cost tens of thousands of dollars every year. daniels says her job doesn't pay enough or provide enough insurance to cover those bills. terry owens, abc2 news. >> abc news will air a special tonight carrying obama's address as well as the republican response and that begins at 8:00. >>> just yesterday we told you about at least 170 suspected cases of swine flu on the university of maryland college park campus and other schools are in the same boat. today the maryland higher education commission held a meeting and combating the h1n1 virus was a topic of concern. >> we ought to be vigilant and we ought to be flexible, and deal with this as it comes up. >> meanwhile the harvard school of public health study shows that american businesses are not prepared to deal with major absenteeism in the event of an outbreak of swine flu. >>> radar continues to track shower activity across the region. here's the baltimore area up here. the heaviest rai

. >> reporter: if you would have told darlene daniels a month ago she would get a hug from michelle obama and sit in the capitol for a president speech she would have told you you lost your mind but she did, sitting with the hall of congress just two seats away from the first lady. >> nice hands, pretty dress. and not just, you know, couldn't stop looking at her but i didn't want to be like a crazy person or something. you know? >> reporter: the baltimore woman was there because of her story. at one time daniels with thousands in debt from hospital and doctor bills, now has free health care which helped take care of the bills but for a long time she thought she would be buried by the debt. daniels is hoping that congress can agree on some sort of health care that can help people out with no insurance so they get to go to the doctor without any worries. >> it was an important speech. i just hope whatever bill he tries to make passed, passes. it's important we have insurance. i got it now and most certainly going to use it and i was fortunate. i just want other people to be fortunate like m

he's invited a baltimore woman to sit with his wife during the speech. 49-year-old darlene daniels is struggling to overcome a disease that is attacking all of her major organs. and treatment costs tens of thousands of dollars a year. you can watch the president's speech tonight here on abc2 beginning at 8: 00. >>> another day across our area of scattered showers, maryland's most powerful doppler radar has been tracking that over the past couple of hours. you can see the shower activity making its way through portions of harford county, northern baltimore county and also on the eastern shore. the majority of the heavy rainfall is up in pennsylvania but as we go through the next 36 hours quite a bit of rain is expected throughout the maryland area. here's your forecast right now, or the conditions now, sparrows point high school, 69 degrees with a high today of 68. for the next couple of hours, looking for mostly cloudy skies, a few scattered showers will be in the 70s. tomorrow, mostly rainy. we'll tell you about it coming up. >> i know you'll miss seeing them on harbor cam, i'llle mi

darlene daniels' problems with health care earned her an invite to the white house and a chance to meet the president and first lady. roosevelt leftwich talked with daniels about her visit and the challenges she faces. roosevelt? >> reporter: it was a major speech by the president to put his health care proposal before the public. for daniels, it was a chance to bend the ear of the nation's leaders so they could hear firsthand how she at one time had to struggle with health care. >> madam speaker, the president of the united states. [ cheering and applause ]

with large healthcare bills to sit with first lady michelle obama during the speech. 49-year-old darlene daniels needs care that costs tens of thousands of dollars each year. she said she was overjoyed to attend the speech and then get to meet the president. >> went to meet the president. i couldn't move. he told me, get over here. and i'm thinking, oh, my goodness. oh, my goodness. and it felt like i fell right into his arms. and seriously, i thought i was going to faint. like he just caught me. >> reporter: darlene has insurance through her employer at bwi marshall. earlier today, she met with healthcare officials who helped her solve her outstanding bill problem, saying it was a mix-up but now it's fixed. >>> clouds now. should we expect some rain tonight? meteorologist tim williams is tracking first doppler radar. hi, tim. >> we've seen many of the clouds without much of the rain. and a look at first warning doppler radar shows pretty much what the story is. we have cool temperatures. 57% relative humidity. with the winds coming in at the northeast at 17 miles per hour. that is the direction