nothing is getting in your way pushing towards downtown baltimore. a crash you want to watch out for on eat fayette street at president street. everything is up to speed at fort mchenry tunnel. 55 miles per hour along a the northbound lanes. 55 on outer loop of the beltway here in parkville. right at harford road. so you won't have problems making the push up to towson. 95 here at route 43 moving right along. green travel time of 7 minutes to get from the harbor tunnel throughway down to the fort mchenry tunnel toll plaza. a crash on harford county inhavre de grace at level road at aldino road. >>> consumer alert this morning. general motors is recalling nearly 194,000 suvs. the automaker says water can get into an electric module in the door causing it to short circuit and catch on fire. the recall includes the 2006 chefy trailblazer ext and gmc envoy. and 2006 and 2007 trailblazers gmc envoys and buick renner so we will put this online because also included is the saab n7x and asender suvs and 2005 model year 97xs. so again we will put that on abc2

. >> one of the most popular places to have a wedding downtown baltimore. we have more from the wedding expert on plans people way want to consider. >> reporter: that's right. we are at the grand historic venue. it is really elegant. they have so much to offer here. they have 19 different rooms. it is a nice spot, very popular spot to have weddings: they call it the hidden gem of the city. i have drew here. he's going to have an office here in this facility coming up at the end of this. thank you so much for being with us this morning. what type of things to you do in this venue? i know you are a wedding planner. what do you do. >> there's so many different things you can do with different rooms and decor. depending on whether it is traditional. oriental room. you are do different things are tablize, do a long table and a little more king-arthur like with big chairs and beautiful linen much like a picture where there's a look through the table setting. of course we have two big chairs at the end for obviously the bride and groom. we have plush chairs for th

that's why we will go live this morning to downtown baltimore. it is wedding season.e expect right now? >> i have been learning a lot this morning, things i didn't know. we are here live in downtown baltimore. this place is amazing. it is really, really nice. elegant, nice rooms. i have only seen just a few of them but very tastefully done. this is one of the hidden gems of the city. i have drew joining me here, and lawrence senior convention services manager here one thing i have learned. we have two people in our newsroom getting married. i thought june was a popular wedding month. you told me differently j fall tends to be a popular wedding month because it is a little cooler time of year. you can imagine putting a wedding dress on when it is august or -- >> that's funny because september and october. i learned something new, fall it is. but let me ask you something. what do you offer here at this venue. >> we have is the unique spaces so it does add a lot of versatility. a full service catering team and a banquet team to make sure the wedding division comes to fru

turns dribbling through downtown baltimore down york road. ar every .1 of a mile, minimum of 150 tickets will be donated. plays this wednesday, thursday, and friday. baltimore city council takes up the 2014 budget. one that include some big changes for city workers. a closer look at 6 p.m. >> it is down to the wire with the big finale tomorrow. each of the artists will take the stage tonight and i will ring you all the action backstage. >> the finale of "the voice" is here. tomorrow we will find out who the winners are. >> we are one day away from learning the fate of these top three artist. it has been an amazing season of highs and lows. country music has dominated the ?eason. w will go on to win will it be one of the country thests or will it be contestant from boston? only time will tell. after weeks of performances, the finalists get one last chance to earn america's vote. singing what they hope are the right tunes. >> are wanting to sing a song is really powerful and you have to make sure it is the best one. wrecks deciding on tonight's

baltimore with clear skies. 74 downtown. >> the baltimore ravens are headed to the white house. the super bowl champs have been invited to meet president obama tomorrow. he can honor the team for their big victory in the big easy in february. sandusky will join the team and have live reports. >> a new city museum will open chronicling civil rights in baltimore. a collection of photographs by paul henderson. some had well-known historical figures like thurgood marshall and paul robeson. baltimorets in the civil rights movement like the artest to desegregate the theater. >> you often think of the civil rights movement as something that happened in the south. in fact, it happened all over the country. here in maryland and in baltimore, we have a strong connection to that history. this is something we cannot be proud of. >> the historical society is asking for your help to complete the display. officials say they are hoping to identify some of the people in the photographs. many of the placards that have qr codes will take you to a website to do exactly that. the exhibit is free and

still 90 in -- 91 in downtown baltimore. 95 into cecil county. some reports of time-sized hail -- dime-sized hail. also into the northern sections of delaware. keep an eye on that storm as it makes its way toward southern new jersey. there are no severe thunderstorm warnings or watches in effect. strong storms are possible until a little after sunset. the sun goes down at eight said -- 8:36 p.m. this evening. this is the front that is kicking those storms up. it is moving south out of the great lakes into the mid-atlantic that it is washing out and getting -- not getting a good was to the south. this area will be living along the front and enhancing the clouds and showers and storms tomorrow. and maybe arts of wednesday as well. nice weather coming in for thursday and friday but the middle part of the week could be unsettled. we have perhaps the second possible storm of the season. the windsor at 35 miles an hour but it is forecast to become a tropical storm thursday. the winds will get up over 39 miles an hour. if it becomes a storm it would be

. >>> if you're traveling through downtown baltimore on york road today, you might see something unusual, the harlem globetrotter will bounce towards globetrotter week. they are in town, as the inner harbor to tiger arena at towson university. they are expected to arrive by 1:30. they will have a game wednesday, thursday and friday at that arena. a 7:00 tip. a great time. they will be going out 7 miles the weather? >>> humid, and drink plenty of fluid. they are athletes they know what they're doing. not a lot of rain this morning, but the potential for showers and thunderstorms into the afternoon. most of them to the south of us. this is a line that came through overnight. and then showers and thunderstorms back across the plants once again, severe weather, isolated tornadoes across the area. townsend, we are dealing with clouds and sunshine. that is the name of the game throughout the day. temperature wise, we are quite warm this morning. we're at 73 degrees in baltimore. now this is what going on at the surface. we have this cold front, that is waiting to work through. it will stall ou

baltimore city. there is a crash downtown right on east fayette street at president street. jfx will be free of delays nothing to get in your way. tunnels also going to be moving along. we are looking at 55 miles per hour along the southbound lanesof 95 at the toll plaza. 895 a lot of construction along the northbound lanes at petite street but 50 miles per hour so it's not impacting the morning commute. travel out on 695 a live look at the west side at baltimore national pike. inner loop clear up to 795 and outer look at 12 minutes from 795 down to 95. for those traveling in howard county westbound travel clear to frederick and eastbound no problems getting over to the beltway. that's your timesaver traffic. >>> here's something you might be able to relate to. did your siblings give you a hard time growing up? a study finds being picked on by a brother or sister can be harmful to a child's mental health. researchers from the university of new hampshire looked at data from the national survey of children's he can posure and found -- exposure and found kids bullied by a sibli

you won't have any problems getting all the way to downtown baltimore. 95 downtown, speeds clocking in at 55 miles an hour. the tunnels will be in great shape. and if you're headed out to the beltway, a live look at park will, at harford road. the inner loop cleared to 95. and the outer loop, taking a look at the latest drive times, normal drive time 11 minutes to travel from 95 all the way up to 83. and then the northwest corner, also going to be delay free. a live look at park heights avenue. looking at a 12 minute ride on the outer loop from 795 all the way to 95. that is your time saver traffic. >>> time now is 5:03. she is going to miss her kindergarten graduation. truth is she will miss a lot. the girl is in johns hopkins with a long recovery ahead. >> hit by a car in ocean city. her mother witnessed the whole thing and now she is on a mission. abc's shanice johnson has more on what could be done. >> reporter: aaron shaw is on a mission to make a stretch of ocean city safer for pedestrians and wants to make sure no one else is injured like ther daughter. 5-year-old jalen shaw is

reporting live in downtown baltimore,. >>> all right. i want to share more photos. >> come on.hat's an awesome picture. that's the best one i have ever seen. that is great. >> this is a llama between a happy couple. that's really good. >> what about when your priest photo bombs the photo. >> good stuff there. >> we have certainly having a lot of fun with this. we want you to get involved in the conversation. so on the facebook page, we asked you if you have been marry, if you had a we could, what's the one thing you would do differently. time. >> also, new an facebook and twitter, as the wet turns bad, new information throughout the course of the next few days: things could be changing soon. >> i will say by today, this afternoon we will get the moisture moving in here where you can see what's going on behind me on the radar and satellite. most of the moisture back off toward the west as of now, but all of this is going toward the east. a lot of this is coming up from the south. this courtesy of andrea. we are definitely going be feeling the effects of that. temperatures at 63

anpolice are investigating assault in downtown baltimore. the victim was conscious and was taken to the hospital for treatment. jury selection continues and opening statements could start before the day ends in the trial of a police officer. james laboard is charged with manslaughter in the death of christopher brown. investigators say there was some kind of struggle after other teenagers ran away and brown became unconscious. an autopsy shows he died of asphyxia. the nationalf security agency will appear on capitol hill. president obama made new comments about the spy program yesterday. livee jackson joins us with more details on the story. good morning. >> hi, stan. the president called the choice between freedom and privacy a false choice and said nsa records are legal and -- nsa methods are legal and transparent. president obama defended secret nsa surveillance. >> some people say obama was a raving liberal before. my concern has always been not that we should not do intelligence gathering to prevent terrorism. but are we setting up a sy

you won't have any problems getting to downtown baltimore. the fort mchenry tunnel in great shape.n on 895, despite that 50 miles an

. >> there was an assault in downtown baltimore.ials say the victim was unconscious at the time and was taken to an area hospital. >> there was a double shooting in east baltimore. one man was found shot in the arm. a a college is celebrating new extension center. it is equipped with science and hospitality labs. >> 5:31. time for traffic and weather together on the 1's. it feels a little sticky outside. >> that is the humidity. we have a lot of clouds in place. 87%.ity at there is a shower passing by edgewood and abingdon. nature.ry light in .ore showers will break out highs from 79 to 84. still uncomfortable by the afternoon. inwe have an accident harford county. let's point that out to you. there is an accident wrapping up. we have a crash at fayette street and president street. there is some construction in the left lane. at the free on 895 harbor tunnel. enjoy a quiet ride on the major roadways. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> the head of the national security agency will appear on capitol hill. >> president obama ma

. >> abc 2 belinda stowe is live at downtown baltimore with more on what is going on. >> reporter: animals for sure maybe in the next hour. but we are fortunate to have this in the backyard. and the national aquarium is getting ready for a huge party this weekend. to tell us more about it laura banky director of conservation. thanks for being here so early. >> thank you for coming. >> you guys have a huge event scheduled this weekend. saturday and sunday. for world ocean day. tell us about it. >> yes, we do. we are celebrating world oceans day both days this weekend. and during saturday and sunday, we are inviting the public to come and celebrate us with. we have lots of activities within our aquarium building. both families, fun activities, and great animal encounter, and just a lot of experiences, kind of one-on-one, with our staff, and our animals. >> we hear a lot about earth day. not a lot of people know what world oceans day is. what is that? >> it is similar to earth day but it is focusing on our waters. and specifically our one world ocean. so it is our opportunity to talk about th

and a lits dusty towns or right in downtown baltimore and i spent a huge amount of time doing that. so if you think about it, this robot takes the picture and it takes a picture consistently from the same place and it is really i guess objective. more objective than any taking pictures. any journalist would also present a point of view. there is no point of view initially when these pictures were made, but then i am coming in and creating a point of view from within this ocean of imagery. as a flip through a few of these and let you look through these. you can see the city name down on the lower left, mississippi. the number next to the city is the derivative of the gps marker for this google location and i sort of transposed the numbers and used that. i wanted to connotate that virtual world and also there was a visual connection to the photographic heritage that was pretty wild. on top of this moment in time, there is also a breaking down of the imagery thaps in the google pictures themselves, most of these are lo fi and i chose that i guess because of the esthetics. it did not co

the mid 50s hagerstown, elkton, downtown baltimore. 61 degrees ocean city, 60 annapolis, kent island,rock hall, 54 columbia, 52 bel air, 57 degrees westminster. that's a big slug of moisture that's headed your way. it wanted to become a tropical low. it's a deep low pressure that got its birth in the tropics. as this frontal boundary moves to the east it's going to pull it up the atlantic sea board. 1 to 2 inches of rain coming your way on friday. it's not impossible we could see flooding advisories out on friday. if the numbers work out correctly this is going to get out of here saturday afternoon. saturday evening might be okay with a beautiful sunset. might is the operational word. 80 gorgeous today. over night 58, increasingly cloudy skies. tomorrow cloudy with a high around 78. call it 77 and a mess on friday. hopeful clearing later saturday, 82. sunday, sunny 81. monday sunny, 88 degrees. >>> as we went into the break it looked like trouble at one of the tunnels. here is sharon gibala at wjz traffic control. >> there sure is. we can show you a live picture of that. it's on 895 s

we are dealing with a crash southbound from the parkway to downtown baltimore.ltway, starting to ease up. 42 miles an hour in the outer loop at liberty road. there is a crash on northbound 795 at owings mills boulevard. and another crash near park road, now shut down at dolefield road. watch out for putty hill avenue, a crash. there the latest updates sent straight to your twitter account. >> we will send you back to new york and "good morning america." back in a half hour. thumbs. they help kids thrive indoors, but my husband and i were certain that they had a greater purpose than... this. so, we reintroduced them to their natural habitat, and the purpose of those thumbs became quite clear. ♪ it's truly awe-inspiring to watch them do what they were designed to do. ♪ we may live in houses. but we are born for busch gardens. ♪ >>> vince vaughn. running for mayor here in times square. great new movie, "the internship." looking forward to speaking to him about it. as we say to you good morning, america. >> good morning, america. >> oh, boy. >> also coming up, you s

. >>> traveling inch downtown baltimore, there is a site.of sun and clouds this morning. this will continue through your day. the potential for showers and thunderstorms in the forecast as well. temperature right now in laurel coming in at 78 degrees. we are close to 80 degrees. you can see that temperatures are going to soar today. and also, humidity, it is going to feel hotter than the 86 that i'm talking about into the afternoon. the seven-day forecast, we start to see improving conditions toward the end of the week. now, traffic with lauren. >>> well, lynette. delays on 95. speeds clocking in at 26 miles per hour. 8 minutes from the harbor tunnel through the beltway. and another crash on 95. and another accident at the inner loop on the beltway at 97. and the outer loop, no relief there. 22 miles per hour. and a 14 minute drive time. there's a water main break that = report. >>> we're out of time. the doctors are coming up next. . (guy) we should totally do that. (girl ) yeah, right. (guy) i wannna catch a falcon! (girl) we should do tha

to see my constituents who get the early bus the ones that go down to the sheraton hotel in downtown baltimore and clean the floors, then. i thought about the man who came to me the other day because he just got a letter from the irs about an audit. and i believe he did not mind being audited him he was scared but he wanted to know he is in treated fairly and was to know the other day concentrated on truth and trust. today, i'm going to add to that take in the waste. what happens here and that when we have episodes like this, it has an impact on the average person. i live in a blog where most people do not make $50,000 a year yet we can produce a video that has no redeeming value and spend tax payers hard earned dollars for that. then there was that line dance. i say we can do better. guess what question mark -- guess what? the money that was fed on that, that's my money. that's the lady who got that early bus this morning, that's her money. the one who $35,000, her. the gentleman up the street from me that makes 45 hauling trash. so it was wasted. that $50,000 is a huge amount for families st

this activity is moving east and making its way to baltimore. 79 and downtown. 70's across the easternre. a lot of clouds to start the day. any sunshine could help to ignite some of these showers. maybe around 12:00 p.m. we get our first shower. there'll be plenty of periods of dry weather. this is sinking down to the mid atlantic. a lot of sunshine by the end of the week. a chance for a thunderstorm and tomorrow. friday is the first day of summer. we will have full sunshine. >> a raise could be on the way for those in and are on the county.rundel the cost-of-living adjustments would range from 1% to 2% average go into effect in july. of "the voice" there's tonight and tomorrow night. >> we have a preview of the final two episodes of the season. crowned the voice" winning last fall -- the route bookd, promises more suspense. adam levine and shakira's singers are all gone. >> it comes down to a performance. show'selle is the youngest ever finalist. >> there is no one on the show who can sing as well as she can. tophey were the show's performers on the itunes chart. >> it is how much peo

and to see my constituents who get the early the ones that go down to the sheraton hotel in downtown baltimore and clean the floors, then. i thought about the man who came to me the other day because he just got a letter from the irs about an audit. he did not mind being audited him he was scared but he wanted to know he is in treated fairly and was to know -- the other day concentrated on truth and trust. today, i'm going to add to that take in the waste. what happens here and that when we have episodes like this, it has an impact on the average person. where most blog people do not make $50,000 a year yet we can produce a video and has no redeeming value spend tax payers hard earned dollars for that. then there was that line dance. i say we can do better. --ss what question mark guess what? the money that was fed on that, that's my money. that's the lady who got that early bus this morning, that's her money. the one who $35,000, her. the streetan up from me that makes 45 hauling trash. so it was wasted. that $50,000 is a huge amount for families struggling to get by. that's more than many ho

today we have great connections between baltimore and downtown, mark trains, amtrak trains, buses to the metro and i am someone who gets to take the mall or take gold bus 5 a out to dollars from roslyn and soon we have a silver line. a lot of problems we used have in terms of you had to be going in and out of dca or was too inconvenience are leaving. we need to increase the number of people being able to come in to our nation's capital and come here at visit here, spend their money here to learn about our government. that is where i think living slot around will be important. if the merger has to go through this is a remedy and there should be other remedies because this only covers one tiny little talk of it. >> senator warner? >> thank you. let me again, 98% of us last struggle on and on on this. mr. leocha, one comment i want to make before i get to mr. parker is i agree that the silver in line, transportation in between various airports will get better but it has that dramatic affect on particularly for lows of traffic international. if you don't go through dulles, if you make th

to see my constituents who get the early bus the ones that go down to the sheraton hotel in downtown baltimore and clean the floors, them. i thought about the man who came to me the other day because he just got a letter from the irs about an audit. and i believe he did not mind being audited him he was scared but he wanted to know he is in treated fairly and was to know -- the other day concentrated on truth and trust. oday, i'm going to add to that take and waste. what happens here and that when we have episodes like this, it has an impact on the average person. i live in a blog where most people do not make $50,000 a year yet we can produce a video hat has no redeeming value and spend tax payers hard earned dollars for that. then there was that line dance. say we can do better. guess what? the money that was fed on that, that's my money. that's the lady who got that early bus this morning, that's her money. the one who $35,000, her. the gentleman up the street from me that makes 45 hauling trash. o it was wasted. that $50,000 is a huge amount for families struggling to get by. that's more t

we have a crash downtown on east fayette street at president's street and for those traveling in baltimore county, you will want to watch out for a crash on middle river road at pawnee road. 95 -- 59 nice and clear a -- 95 nice and clear at route 4 3. nothing in your way as you make the push down to the fort mchenry tunnel toll plaza. and 695 here in overlea going to be in great shea. inner loop clear down to 95 and that outer loop as we look at the latest drive times notice it will be green across the board. it will take 11 minutes to get from 95 all the way up to 83. and the west side also nice and calm it will take 12 minutes to travel the outer loop from 795 down to 95 and there is a lot of construction still taking place out on 895 and it's not affecting traffic through the harbor tunnel. you are looking at a normal drive time of 9 minutes from 95 to the toll plaza. that's your timesaver traffic. >>> 201 years ago the war of 182 began and the u.s. declared war on great britain. there's a new way to learn about the history of baltimore and the role in the war. we will kick off the 1812

but today we have great connections between baltimore and downtown. we have mark trains, we have amtrak trains, buses, metro, and i actually get to take them all, or take-a out to dulles and we'll have the silver line. so a lot of the problems we used to have in terms of you had to be going in and out of dca, otherwise it was too inconvenient, are leaving. what we need to do now is increase the number of people being able to come into our nation's capitol and come here and visit here, spend their money here, and learn about our government. and that is where i think that moving the slots around will really be important. and if the merger has to go through, this is a remedy. there should be other remedies. this only covers one little tiny pocket of it. >> thank you, senator warner. >> thank you, madam chair. let me again -- since 98% of us, last struggle we were arm and arm on this. i guess, the one comment i'd want to make before i get to mr. parker is, i agree that the sill her -- some of the transportation between the airports will get better but it

baltimore it is rather warm. 83 at the inner harbor. >> the ravens have announced their training camp schedule. , sunday, august 4 at annapolis at 5 p.m. the second, sunday, august 11 downtown. also 5 p.m.. both are free and open to the public but turkey will cost you 10 bucks. the team will practice at stevenson university. you must enter a lottery for free ticket. chargerssame street have top -- tackled some tough problems like death and divorce. why not jail? he is not a regular part of the cast. one in 28 children in the u.s. has a parent behind bars. inmatesds of the 8500 are parents. alex can help kids understand at what happened to them has nothing to do with them. the toolkit is available online. the boys were picked up i a good samaritan. all were wearing their life jackets. voteoast guard let the keep spinning until it ran out of fuel. campaign has an outsider ready to take on the incumbent. the young upstart is ready to reform city hall. media reaches 120,000 likes on facebook. tired of empty .art -- promises also campaigning in elections across mexico, dogs, chicken, and a donkey. .his is an ideal situation residents of jamison city spotted a 100 pound bear with

baltimore county. look at this, it is a live look. nothing to get your way. it will remain nice and clear has you get on the jfx into downtown. 95 is moving right along here at route 24. no problems heading down to white marsh. and now the latest drive times -- you're looking at a typical 8 minute trip. and no delays on 695. an 11 minute ride on the outer loop from 95 to 83. the outer loop will be clear on the west side as well as the inner loop. that's your time-saver traffic report. >>> coming up on abc 2 news -- take a look at this video out of canada near vancouver. it starts one whale popping its head out of the water. and then a group come up for air. >> oh, my god, my god, my god, my god. >> anyone see the movie "great outdoors" john candy, big barracker big bear chase me. it is a natural reaction if it is in your front yard. look at this, a woman thought there it was a dog, but after a look it was a bear. she got in her car and followed the bear. the bear jumped over her neighbor's fence. who knew that bears could do that. she jumped out of her car. >> i pounded on the people's who house it was, i was like there is a

downtown. we are still seeing a lot of clouds over baltimore.on the pennsylvania line on 60 it into western maryland. this is what will move our way later today. pity scattered. not everyone is going to see them. 80s today.e mid unsettled tomorrow. chance for an afternoon shower or storm. we dry out into the end of the week. joining us. for back with another update at 8:56. >>> 8:30 on a monday morning. the 17th of june, 2013 and a pretty start to the work week this morning in new york city as we wave hello to all of those waving hello this morning. good morning, i'm savannah guthrie along side matt lauer, al roker and natalie morales. >> do you know who is in the studio now? >> someone i love. >> heidi klum is here. she is a super model, four of four and judge on america's got talent. she just passed a milestone in terms of birthdays. we'll talk to her about a few of those things coming up in a few minutes. >> we'll climb aboard a tasty trend in eating, the food trucks are all the rage now and we'll get a taste of the one just named best in ame

to offend anyone in maryland but the misfortune of being in baltimore recently and i got to tell you. it looked large tracks of it like downtown baghdad after george bush got done pounding it into the stone age and i spoke to a couple of people and they told me it's been like this for time immemorial it is a tremendous filthy stinking ghetto and instead of helping these people raising them up that same governor who's trying to bamboozle the good folks with this c.p.i. mumbojumbo what did he do in two thousand and eleven he paved the way for illegal aliens to go the state schools in maryland at the expense of a lot of you know you don't go out and raise there is that fair does that help the quality of life nine. i think that you know expanding the state schools making education available to everybody would be a fine idea and you know i'm with you we have a large section only so much real are those are us rooms are large sections of america have been dead. as stated by thirty two years of reaganomics large so it's more than not it's by the bills dated by our let's say legal who are taking the seats you know you have a lot of you

. >> cities like baltimore, san diego, denver and san francisco, urban ballparks have a transformative impact. >> we do this right it could be a catalyst for transformation of downtownsan jose leaders filed the lawsuit yesterday and estimate a new stadium could bring million and a half in taxes. they called the lawsuit an unfounded attack on the fundamental structures. oakland a's owner has expressed his desire to move to san jose but he says he is not in favor of legal action to solve business issues. >> kristen: we were first to break this story on twitter. you can get breaking news alerts any time. just follow us on twitter at abc nice bay area. >>> new this morning, a young man and young woman showed up at san francisco general hospital overnight and told authorities they had been shot. police tell abc news their wounds have been superficial. they said they were shot in the bay view district but when police went to the scene, they say they found no evidence of a shooting. >>> new this morning, san jose police say they have arrested three suspects in connection with a fatal stabbing last thursday. investigators say 21-year-old robert alvarez and 24 cassandra reye

the afternoon. 75 downtown. 68 degrees in parkton, and we're still a little bit cooler in the mountains as well. we continue to warm things up even with the cloud cover around baltimore. this is what we have to deal with for the next couple of days. it's an unsettled pattern from pennsylvania down into arkansas. and that has to move east for the next couple of days. each time it moves north and south we track those chances around maryland. now severe weather is to our west today but we're included in the general thunderstorm area. i would keep in mind that any thunderstorm this afternoon could have some gusty winds and small hail. nothing like what we had last friday and on monday. but it is something to keep in mind. the warmth really allows those thunderstorms to get a kick in their step. >> across the earn shore, it is a little bit warmer in southern maryland as they will get up to 90 degrees. in frederick county 1:00 p.m. and beyond and for baltimore mainly after 3:00 panled so if you have outdoor plans, the earlier the better. becoming a lot more humid. for tonight we drop into the 60's and a thunderstorm could still be left around the evening hours. a 30% chanc

downtown. i think a lot of the areas which are isolated and in trouble are just remnants of the housing collapse and the fact that baltimoreinteresting city. it had a lot of neighborhoods that were almost suburbs, if you will, in terms of stand-alone houses and yards. and there may or may not be an economy that will support that. but i feel the mayor now i think is doing a good job trying to close down and clean up profrts th properties that can't be rescued, rescue those that can, make sure people living in the cities are being hired in the cities. i feel pretty good about baltimore. >> you see some of the action that's happening but the reality is one-third of the population has left. that's not just the story of baltimore. that's the story you look at what's happening to chicago. detroit. exactly. i wonder to what degree you think that this problem of sort of cities in decline or this excess in housing which is to say abandoned, foreclosed homes. whether that can be solved by forces from the outside. i know vacanted to value works really with the community but some folks in chicago, for example, grassroots activists who

baltimore and d.c. now right over the top of allentown and downtown philadelphia. it's heading to the northeast.rk city and northward up into the hudson valley. more downpours. we're going to get soaked by one or two of these thunderstorms. we could see another 1 to 2 inches of rain in areas that don't need it. the other thing, little dangerous today, from d.c. southwards all the way down through raleigh, charlotte, columbia. we could get some strong storms with the chance for some isolated tornadoes. we don't need tornadoes this afternoon so let's hope it stays cloudy. the other story, it was so hot out in the west, sacramento was 110 on saturday. we were very hot through salt lake city yesterday. that heat is spreading now into areas like denver and into texas. while the cool air and the rainy air is all in the east. the heat is really going to be felt. look at dallas today at 97. look at the rest of the week in the big d. 100 on thursday. 101 on friday. it looks like spring is over in the central plains. summer heat is here to stay. we leave you with a shot washington, d.c. kind of cloudy, ki