most of it in eastern maryland and southern maryland as well. near ocean city, we see a little flash of lightning there. salisbury, lightning there and into delaware as well. n we'll keep watching this throughout the course of the morning. let's go to max 2, show you the satellite-radar for the region. we'll put this in motion for u. it's broad picture of what is happening. you can see there is a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. you feel it in the form of humidity and we get it in the form of rain. we've got pretty good cloud cover across the region. there are pockets of heavy rain off to the east tracking to the north and east. current temperatures around the regi. here in washington, we've dropped off to 7 # degree. 73 here in washington. -- we've dropped off to 73 degrees. forecast for today, simply put, a lot of clouds, scattered showers and thunderstorms, not just this morning but again this afternoon. another warm and humid day. high in the upper 80s, about 88 degrees downtown. for tonight, a warm night. partly howdy skies. humid, muggy,

you can see the dry weather across central and eastern maryland but already some showers are showing up in the western part of the state. we are likely to seek showers and storms approaching from the south and west late tonight and during tomorrow. we will keep an eye on that weather coming this way and check out the complete forecast in a minute. >> president barack obama will hold what is being called a summit at the white house, a beer summit. the goal is to quiet the arrest. >> the police acted stupidly. >i could have caliber did those words differently. >> from a black man's point of view, i can see where he is coming from. >> we commend him to have the courage to raise these issues. >> a house republican is offering a bill. 80% of americans said they are aware of the president's statement, saying that 3/4 disapprove. >> it is just silly. >> so, beer. abraham lincoln once said bring people the real facts and beer. the place will not be a picnic bench. they have changed to a round table in the rose garden. the two men get one-on-one time and then beer with barack obama. >> it is

most of central and eastern maryland will stay dry through the daylight hours tomorrow. clearing skies again on sunday. 80's tomorrow, a little more humid. the risk of a thunderstorm is towards the evening. a small craft advisory is on the chesapeake bay. it could get close to the 90 degree mark in southern maryland before the storms arrive tomorrow evening. a comfortable 76 degrees tomorrow and then a chance for a thunderstorm sunday morning with highs in the low 80's on monday. temperatures are holding in the mid 80's through the weekend the main threat of thunderstorms tomorrow night. temperatures almost 290 degrees next wednesday. >> now, 11 sports. >> the orioles are back at home for a three-game series against the blue jays. dave was suspended for two games because of inappropriate actions leading up to his suspension. in case you missed its -- come on, dave. that is right, he said he did not run hard. he got tossed for the third time this year. what was he so upset? the ball ricocheted off the mound and out of play on this. that is what set him off. that means he

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this one comes from eastern maryland. smith grew up in northern virginia.t spent 17 years working with alice waters at a restaurant. waters is the mother of organic food movement. connolly, a d.c. native, ran betty's ocean view diner in berkeley. 15 years ago they decided to get into cheese. >> no one was doing organic cheese. >> reporter: they partnered with albert strauss, a nearby organic dairy farmer and soon they were making organic cheese in a renovated old barn in point reyes, california. >> we' been able to work with albert's milk in that way that it's really about his milk. >> reporter: cowgirl creamery makes four cheeses under their name. mt. cam, a creamy cheese, red hawk, a strong cheese with an amber skin that connolly found annoying. >> it was actually a mistake. >> reporter: she tried to correct the skin color and got fed up. >> and i threw it in the aging room and i said well i'm just not going to deal with this anymore. and a month later we took it out and tried it. it was the best cheese we had ever made.kj÷ >> reporter: they also make two

you can see storms breaking out in parts of central and eastern maryland. some bigger storms along that east coast. some of that moisture will be feeding north. our chances of storms go up to about 50% or 60%. you add a little bit of cloud cover, that will knock the temperature down tomorrow. the sun rises at 5:54. out on the chesapeake bay tomorrow, watch for an afternoon or evening storm. into the maryland mountains, a good chance for a thunderstorm tomorrow. it does look like things will clear up nicely heading into the weekend. we are in the 90's now around the chesapeake bay. a thunderstorm for friday near the bay. 82 degrees at ocean city on friday and the possibility of a shower or thunderstorm. seven-day forecast. it made 80's tomorrow with a good chance of a storm -- made it 80's tomorrow with a good chance of a storm. after that, the weekend looks dry. comfortable weather monday and tuesday before more showers are arrive wednesday and thursday. >> water damage is one of the biggest problems for cell phone users. a few possibilities to protect your

routine, we will be lin it for ous showers to n e had nume south and astof the distrt all across eastern maryland and southern maryland. we do have cloudy skies there. it is quite muggy across the entire region but that is about it. taking a look at the area airports. 7 # degrees at reagan national. so we've dropped off a little bit. 70degrees at dulles and 70 at 70 at bwi marshall. your forecast looks lake this. summer continues. partly cloud you skies. an isolated thunderstorm is possible. i think they will be very attered. 91degrees for your high, hot an huge you had again today. we'll have more details on the forecast coming up in just a little bit. >> sound good. >>> let's say good morning to julie wright and found out what traffic is like out there this morning. >> we've got some problems out there right now if you are traveling the 11th street bridge prince george's from maryland headed into virginia headed down into fairfax. it is an accident on the left side of the roadway. for those continuing to work their way from maryland nto towards virginia, the left side will be blocked there. it

it will stall in eastern maryland. storms will be coming out of canada as we get into the weekend. we will see stars popping up tomorrow afternoon, just like today. -- we will see storms popping up tomorrow afternoon, just like today. there will be storm and shower activity on wednesday. tomorrow will be a warm one. there will be isolated afternoon storms. the humidity level remains quite high. the waves will be about 1 foot. you can see the water temperatures warming up. there will be high tide at fort mcenry. there will be partly cloudy skies up there. around the bay tomorrow, there will be warm and isolated storms. it will be about 90 degrees. in ocean city, there will be a good chance for thunderstorm. it will be almost 90 tomorrow -- 90 degrees tamara. the best chance for a thunderstorm -- it will be almost 90 degrees tomorrow. the best chance for thunderstorm will be wednesday. >> up next, a high school assistant principal is under fire for his form of discipline. >> he is being told to stop toe- tapping. >> the legal fight continues over michael jackson's children. >> school

>> this watch includes our area, eastern maryland and virtions of north carolina, wrga,niest virginiaa,and the like. let me show you our hd radar. you saw that image there. and you can see where the precipitation is now. her innthhte rae rig northwest washington t ags w greagng nottiet ti rain here in northwest washington. but you can start to see the thisture come acss the region. particularly out to the west. that's where we're seeing heavy fa ndm, n illweer iarn my portions of west virginia and where you st virginia see thpurp'v, d thhae ey nderstorm wrenarings in ar affect for that part of the world. and let's go to the graphics. it is the area enreg that res i thde r e wat, all of the counties there. that watch is in affect from now until 5:00 p.m. eoday. and in the event of storms developing, if they do become strong to severe, you'll e some ofhe t counties go into severe thunderstorm warnings. but right now, warereunder a fwachtor che the region. currently our temperature is 81 ongrees here in washin . so wre inwmarg up uimte nicely. 85 up in baltimore. 88 in ocean city. and aga

morning thursday, scattered showers may cross the mountains and start pushing into central and eastern maryland. so overnight tonight we'll call it partly to mostly cloudy skies. not as cool as it's been. shower chances increasing late tonight. south winds at five to 10. instead of dropping into the 50's, 60's and 70's for overnight lows tonight. the cold front is going to help trigger these showers, and that's still way out near chicago. thunderstorms are starting to pop up along the front. best chance for showers, scattered, in the morning, and then things quiet down before storms try to pop up again in the afternoon. friday we're watching another system push in from the west. that brings a lot of clouds back into the region. overall a cloudy day. maybe even a chance for a shower developing in the region on friday and on saturday. so we haven't had much rain here since the 1st of july. now it will be at least a chance for some spots to get rain over the next couple days. partly cloudy tomorrow. 85 to 92. the wind shifts to the west as the front slides by. a thunderstorm possible especially in

however, outside the beltway right here in essex, that is south maryland avenue at eastern avenue. getting reports of debris in the road. that is being reported as a washer and drier. if you lost that you might want to find it now check the outside of the outer loop here on the west side, things running smoothly from liberty road to the baltimore national pike. as you make your way eastbound, whitemarsh boulevard southbound on 95 we don't have any problems to report at this time either. if you take a quick look at the mdot camera. this is 95 southbound traveling through howard county, you can see traffic flowing smoothly, this traffic report brought to you by baltimore's country station 93.1 wpoc where you'll find great music from stars like taylor swift, kenny chesney and keith urban. back to you. >> is that a maytag? find out the brand. all right. >>> how about a third opinion? this health care plan has been x-rayed, operated on, told it's got three weeks to live. >> now the president believes he has the right medicine to cure america. abc2 news sherrie johnson joins us to let us

a couple isolated thunderstorms generally extreme southern parts of maryland and eastern shore. we are seeing just a shower lingering around laurel over the delaware borderer did i having southeast. all of this -- drifting southeast. all of this is pushing off to the south. we will let you know what that means coming up shortly. >> thanks. tough economic times are forcing the a archdiocese of baltimore to close three cools this fall. now towson high could be next ton chopping block. >> reporter: in a bold attempt to save their school. >> we believe the school can and will be saved, we are raising money as we speak and we believe the community effort will help us save the school. >> reporter: alumna, studentstaff are doing everything possible to keep an 87 year tradition alive. the catholic high is out of money and enrolment is down. last year they lost 81 students. tuition is their only source of income and they are in debt $650,000. >> they just want to make it sound like they can't do anything, we can't do anything. that's not how it is beginning to happen. >> we believe whate

the heaviest cells now on the eastern shore of maryland, getting to move into delaware. the area picking up a quarter of an inch of rain to an inch and a half in frederick and that's where the nasty cells were, western howard county and carroll county and frederick county in maryland. airport delays not just here. around reagan national. new york city, 83 minutes. boston up to 53. almost an hour with the same line, the same front that's been racing off to the east and with the low pressure still hanging out south and west of our area, we will see, i think, a few more, few more strong storms. it is -- questionable if any of those will be worn down later. thunderstorms conning up until 11 owe xlohgs m. or midnight. 72, the temperature. we saw the temperature drop and hit a high today of 90 degrees. today was our fifth 90-degree day for the month of july as we wrap things up. last year we had 14 for the month of july. futurecast over the next few hours, there you can see the -- what's left of the showers and rain moving out. though southern portions of maryland probably see

we seen showers to the south, clouds have been a a part of the forecast for the maryland and eastern shore, the rain that moved through ed early in the morning, stayed to the south. around the carolina coastline, there is a front that is separating most of maryland from that rain and those storms to the south, we have also storms developing off the great lakes, high pressure is dominating our forecast. with that said, we are going to be looking at dry conditions with the next chance of rain coming through tomorrow afternoon in to the evening t. front comes through, will drop our temperatures a bit. but comes through pretty dry. we will keep a chance for showers, but it's a small chance, talking about a 20% chance here. 85. down to the low 60s. clear and comfortable. for your tuesday, chance of showers in the afternoon, we are looking at partial sunshine, 85 degrees, lows in the 60s. five day forecast is coming up. >>> not much, i haven't had much to talk about this morning, excellent monday morning commute. there is a look at your speeds in and around the area, see above the posted sp

urerat emperaturf8 inwa.gtshon washington. 75 degrees down theoa idoan richmond 77 on the eastern shore in maryland. 66 degrees in el kins, west virginia. there's rain on theway. ac fusin jt, n.ayt ow comingac d cgin dowown66tenua ta th in about readyrso on nde on the western side of the tatabeltway, we have raindrops for your morning commute. we have another chance for rain and embedded thunderstorms later this afternoon, some could be severe. temperatures aren't going to move much in the low 80s, but with the showers around, go ahead and make your plans early to get wet. >> or stay dry. >>> jerry, what are you going to do? jerry edwards is here with the traffic. >> put the top down? >> no, i'm going to keep it right where it is for now. we'll take a live look to see how we are doing. the wet roads could pose issues. 95 through the area is doing well. 270 is okay. we'll check the trip in the west along interstate 66 making your drive in, and headed to the capital beltway, take my word for it, it looks good. >> thank you so much, jerry. see you in a few minutes. >>> here's a look at four big storie

it was in southern to eastern maryland and then blew out.the area, as expected, remained dry. out to the west, our next real weather maker is well out to the west, in the midwest. and this will modify before it gets here but there are rain showers and clouds out here. by the time that works in here it will be the weekend and we'll have heat and humidity in too. bright sunshine today. a great afternoon. highs in the mid-80s and comfortable humidity levels. five-day forecast, more of the same tomorrow, friday. saturday and sunday, summery. temperatures in the upper 80s to around 90. chance of a shower or thunderstorm late on saturday and then in the afternoon and night on sunday. that's the latest in the weather. for a check on traffic, we'll go to julie wright. >>> on the beltway leaving the springfield interchange toward the wilson bridge, the lanes are open but we are dealing with sunshine delays so a lot of slow traffic into the sun headed for the bridge. and live as you make your way from the springfield interchange toward van dorn and ou

shows that rolling along the eastern sea board with a heavy shower, again affecting the eastern shore. in the marylandwe'll be okay for tonight and the way it looks for tomorrow. but more activity down here heading in hour direction. that will be setting us up for heat and humidity coming through on wednesday through the rest of the week. baltimore, no precipitation. heavy shower activity over 9,000 lightning strikes. they're having a real good time down there. at ft. meade 86. as far as our forecast for tonight a few scattered showers are possible but highly unlikely. during the day tomorrow a pretty decent day. again, a slim chance for a shower but the best chance for showers comes in on wednesday. once it gets here it will stick around for the remainder of the week. in metro baltimore partly cloudy. we'll see some fog. 6 for the low during the day tomorrow. we'll go precipitation free, partly cloudy and warmer. even though when go precip free tomorrow wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday shower activity rolls back in with higher heat and humidity. we'll see you tonight at 11:00. >>> well,

maryland. also the eastern shore around st. michaels and easton. ocean city, you're about to get pelted with more strong showers. this is quite an impressive line extending through d.c. and going to move up through our area so more from where this came. we're going to remain unsettled today. this is what we dealt with last night. anytime you see purple and the sort of rotation around timonium, we're dealing with high winds. very strong hail and very impressive, large hail that fell down last night. and torrential downpours. severe weather line that moved through. many people sent in photos if you'd like to check some of the damage out go to our website, wbaltv.com. it's really impressive. if you were in the midst of those storms, you know how intense they were so what we're dealing with this morning, just that tropical feel to things. we're looking at 75 to begin things downtown. very balmy. 72 at the airport. 72 in easton and st. michaels. 76 in ocean city. dew points, that is a measure of the moisture. anytime we're dealing with upper 60's, we're

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is seen it out there -- even though it is humid out there, we are in the green category for maryland and eastern shore. 0.34 -- > zero. -- 0.43 inches of rainfall. less than half an inch of rain of accumulation, making up the deficit in july. we will be in a similar range today. nowhere near the 88. we will surge well above that starting tomorrow. 97 in 1987 as the record high for this date. 62 to 66 as the overnight temperature range. still a little bit unsettled. humid conditions. only issue with this front is that it is pretty weak. it will not trigger as many stars as last night. the torrential downpours should be less of a factor. it is going to be hazy, hot, at an humid. good day to go to the beach. partly cloudy, my speech weekend. we will stay in the upper 80s to near 90's. >> now that we have hit the midpoint of summer, many people looking for ways to combined more time outside with a solid workout. how water aerobics classes are free form of exercise for any age. >> after the birth of her second child, she was looking for a way to shape up without getting bored. >> i needed to get the

mostly everybody in the 50s, eastern panhandle of west virginia, western maryland that's where you willnd upper 50s this morning. nothing terribly cold but they are the middle of july near perfect weather. today we will keep it like yesterday, mostly sunny. if anyone gets an isolated shower, i think far northwest suburbs will see it but not very high odds of that happening. it is in and around the beltway and points south that we will have mostly sunny skies. we are in good shape. 60s for you. no rain. blue skies above. the afternoon we will keep it that way. like yesterday in the middle 80s. the seven-day forecast is a few minutes away. angie has the traffic now. good morning. >>> good morning. happy tuesday. half way through the 6:00 hour. we are beginning with a look at virginia roads. 95 northbound looking at a 24 to 25 minute ride to get from dale boulevard to the fairfax county parkway. that's just volume. no incidents or accidents there. over to the realtime graphics we go or not. we will take a live shot a of the inner loop from 95 to 66 no problems. drivers zipping by here. on

lower eastern shore and southern maryland got a few showers. what is up for the week ahead? maybe changes and talk about that in the forecast coming up. >> former washington, d.c. mayor, marion barry is in hot water again. he was arrested after a woman claimed he was stalking her. >> councilmember barry is no stalker. instead he's someone who lended his hand to assist and in the end has come back to bite him. >> a spokeswoman for marian barry says he's innocent of charges against him of stalking. >> this is our hope that charges of barry will be dropped or the truth of the matter will prevail in the court of law. >> the accuser is donna wats and she worked with him on the campaign. and barry said that mrs. watts has helped him over the years. >> never did mr. barry feel this would be an outcome. the best word that describes him is betray. in anacostia park, indicated that barry was stalking her. how the two came together is unknown. >> mr. barry was transported to the substation and after questioning and in consultation, a misdemeanor of stalking was charged. >> mr. barry wa

maryland and northern neck got hit hard. as we look at live doppler hd this morning it is all quiet except the eastern shore. eaving southern maryland, northwest of easton and a sprinkle out of montgomery county in to howard county and that's it. otherwise a quiet morning but a muggy morning. got the humidity around. temperatures in the 60s and 70s. as cool as 61 in garrett county, and lower 70s easton, southern maryland, washington we have 73. 73 in annapolis. it is 68 in culpeper and manassas also at 70 degrees to start your day. reagan national, our winds are south at 9 miles an hour. and the dew point at 69. had a cold front to the west and as this front gets to us it will initiate more thunderstorms for this afternoon. we will watch that carefully. your seven-day forecast looking like this. not much difference from one day to the next. temperatures 88 with some thunderstorms. fewer storms tomorrow 91. more tomorrows on wednesday afternoon, 88. thursday 91 with isolated storms and upper 80s to around 90 with a dry day completely on saturday. let's get a traffic update at 6:48. what's happening. >> right n

eastern shore. three quarters in culpeper. up to one and three quarters in manassas and pockets of patchy dense fog and cumberland three quarter mile visibility but looking good in southern maryland. showers, well we had some last night. locally two inches across carroll county, baltimore county and eastern frederick county but most of us did not see the rain and a lone shower that has fallen apart to our south. there are clouds this morning, not really. it is hazy outside. i was outside on the terrace and could see a star or two but a thick morning with dew points in the upper 60s and relative humidity at 88%. we have the readings with the fog. 64 andrews. 70 at the naval air station in patuxent river. 73 reedville. good morning, jan, 70 in fredericksburg. she calls in and tells me about the bay. it is nice down there. look at all the rain in the midwest. that area of low pressure will shoot off to the north and the east. it will not be impacted by it tomorrow but as it trails this front closer to us for friday, or thursday, excuse me for thursday and then that will enhance our storm chances but by friday we will reduce the chances as it pulls away. here's the seven-day forecast

eastern maryland toward baltimore in columbia. mostly sunny skies, get out and enjoy with the winds to the north at 5 miles an hour. take a trip toward the western portions of maryland, cumberland, a very nice summer-like day today outside. the winds out of the west, very calm and light right around 5 miles an hour. the seven-day forecast looking very summer-like as well. as we look toward tuesday, 86, mostly sunny skies, a couple of more clouds around for wednesday and thursday. that will keep our temperatures down just a little bit. as we look toward friday, yech degrees for the high temperature, and look at saturday, pushing close to 90 degrees by saturday. 88 degrees by sunday, just a slight chance of storms that pop up with the heat and humidity that will be returning by the end of the workweek. now remember, fox 45 sky watch weather is now at your finger tips. i radar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use doppler radar to track incoming storms. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on i radar. let's check in with candace t

maryland." >> let's look at the weather. >> a rough morning for some on the eastern shore now. eck out maryland's most powerful doppler radar. some pretty hefty rains now on the delmarva from delaware on in through southern portions, out towards ocean city. we take you a little closer -- now that we have the shower we've been talking about rolling from the south, just a little closer, with rain passing through annapolis and eastern shore, we're also watching this shot from laurel and heading up through elkridge and arbutus looks like over through downtown baltimore and dundalk and it looks like essex and perhaps pushing over towards the northeast side as we head on into the next, say half-hour, over perry hall and whitemarsh, they will get a little wet. 75 nearby parkville. 69 cockeysville and westminster. a muggy 74 with rain in glen burnie and stevensville. we average near 70 this morning. basically cities south and east, the best chance of rain this morning. more showers and storms after 3:00 this afternoon. >>> let's see what's happening on the roads with kim. >> you have a

and eastern west virginia, and all of maryland, and the eastern shore, and pennsylvania, and there could be flight delays between here and boston and portland, maine. 2:00 to 7:00 looks like the time for strong storms to develop. and humidity out ahead of the front coming up. and all of this acting to be the trigger for strong storms to develop. and then as we go forward, there are colors where we could get strong storms late afternoon and early this evening and then up towards new england, and then it will begin to clear out. we will have lower humidity moving in. and on sunday, it looks like it will be pleasant. for the afternoon, mostly cloudy. thunderstorms are likely, and there is a slight risk of an isolated storm could produce wind damage as well as hail. and the primetime would be around 2:00 p.m. as late as 7:00 p.m., and then we will have lingering thundershowers that may interrupt the clubs/nationals game. and then by dark, humidity moving in and the skies should clear up. and highs reaching low to mid-80s with low humidity returning. and morning lows should be low near 60. an

this morning the bulk of the showers and storms are on the eastern shore and southern maryland. it looks like that could be the case later this afternoon as well. let's take a look at our current temperatures. we're knit mid 70's. these are the storms that rolled through last night that caused all the heavy wind damage. we saw very large hail associated with that. today, again, the risk for isolated severe storms. i think of late-day storms once we get through this morning batch. it's going to remain hot all week long. >> we're dealing with several problem spots related to the storm. we have downed trees in many areas. we're also dealing with an accident. we're hearing it's a fatal crash in white marsh. we've updated this location originally thought to be at campbell and honeygo. but, yes it means it's a very busy intersection. lots of police and rescue on the scene amount void that intersection if you can. we have some debris to watch for left over from the storm in cockeysville at cranbook and york. also blocked in the area of stevenson due to downed wires. nicodemus, a downed

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these are all local berries from he eastern shore of maryland. we got beaches and berries, strawberries and blurr blueberries. >> you have two boxes out? >> yes, i'm doing another one out in 2010, all gluten free and addresses other food allergies and restrictions as we. everybody should be able to enjoy it without having to worry. >> we're going to come back and taste with your son here. we'll have that in a couple moms. now back to halle allison. >>> thank you. # 11 operators are the critical link between those in need and the police officers and firefighters rushing to the scene. >> but recordings of some dispatchers behaving bachelor's degree lay are potentially putting officers in danger. we tracked down those in charge in this investigation. >> reporter: 911 operators caught on tape, talking about police officers, giving out wrong addresses and misses critical calls as they deal with personal business on the job. >> before you complete the traffic stop i need to call you. that vehicle belongs to a worker here at this time, sir. >> this is h

actually had showers there in southern maryland, lower eastern shore, overnight. front. and slowly we're going to start to ooze in cooler temperatures. 65 to 70 for the wakeup. if you're watching now you're already up but once we get out the door we should warm up after the 6:00 hour. 82 is our two-degree guarantee this afternoon. light breeze and partly cloudy. >>> as you make your way southbound on 95 from harford county to the 69 a/895 split, traffic running smoothly at this time. however, we have downed power lines at marriottsville road, closed in both directions at the howard county and carroll county road. police are on the scene and will post detours. southbound harbor tunnel is closed at this time. that is because of construction, but traffic gets by in the northbound tube. >>> still to come, a man kidnaps his wife, sets their house on fire. as he holds her hostage, we have the amazing video, just ahead. >>> plus the hotel room doubling as a drug lab. it explodes, nearly kills three people. your national headlines after the break. we'll be right back. [ e

carolinas and parts of virginia this morning bring in a few more clouds to the lower eastern shore and in southern marylandfor the most part a clear started it looks like it's mostly sunny throughout today. 67 degrees downtown right now. if you cross the state line into york, it is 54. talk about weird july temperatures. 64 in easton. 71, ocean city. we're going to make it up into the mid 80's today, which is where we should be. a cool start for july this morning. i've got more on your forecast in a little bit. >> we'll see you in a bit. 4:57. here's a look ahead to 11 news today. >> a teenager is in critical condition at shock trauma after being discovered on train tracks of a light rail train station. i'm jennifer franciotti. details are straight ahead. >> i'm brook hart in washington. president obama visits russia today ready to announce agreement and he hopes to improve prelingses. >> and we're getting ready for your monday morning commute. captioned by the national captioning institute -- www.ncicap.org -- >> good monday morning. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. thank you for joining us. >>

things looking ok in western maryland and on the eastern shore. i have more coming up in just a little bit. >> in this morning's medical alert, bath time is a nightly ritual for many families. more than 43,000 kids and teens are hurt in bathtubs and showers each year. children under the age of four were half of those incidents. a suggests that parents add non-slip mats in bathtubs and showers. >> research shows fetuses at 30 weeks have a short term memory of about 10 minutes. after a while rkt they got used to the stimulus and didn't react as strongly. researchers found that 34 week old fetuses could store information and remember it a month later. fetuses aren't determined full term until 37 weeks. >> the same thing happen when's you are about 50. >> coming up, you've cleaned out your closets and bagged up unwanted clothes and ready to donate to charity. do you really know where your donations are going? >> a look at sky calm. up next, traffic and weather on >> every now and again, we get a little work done. what do you mean we? we are going to h

eastern seaboard. right now maryland's most powerful radar, not indicating any precipitation around the region.nd that's what our online interactive radar looks like. these interest tool bars right down here that you can use to kind of move things around. you can change them out, change the view, get wider, get more close in. you can go to other parts of the united states. again, it's available on our website at abc2news.com, 24/7, 365. you can drive it yourself. here is the forecast. a few light clouds, but then for the most part, some nice weather through thursday. and then on friday, we see that shower activity starting to kind of get its act together down here off the carolinas. but that area of low pressure as it makes its way northward again won't bring the showers in until very early saturday morning and through the day on saturday. here is your forecast for the overnight period. mostly clear. we'll see an overnight low of 58 degrees. during the day tomorrow, partly cloudy, again, below normal temperatures with a high of 80 degrees. the extended outlook for the next seven days. 80 tomorr

basically clear skies, clouds across southern maryland and lower eastern shore but as far as we're concernedhy fog, we're climb out of the 50s to near 60 to our two-degree guaranteed high of 85. should be a quick warm-up, lots of sunshine, low humidity. >>> now the roads with kim brown. >> thank you. a brilliant start to the monday morning commute. tunnels they can checking in clean from the pennsylvania state line to the beltway. west side outer loop at liberty road, good in both directions. back to you. >>> mta officials have a lot of questions after one teen is killed, another seriously hurt by a light rail train. brittney gordon has more. >> reporter: the holiday weekend ended tragically when two teens were found on light rail tracks near the lutherville station. it looks like they were hit by a train yet no one seemed to notice. one of the teens died, the other seriously injured after apparently getting hit by a light rail train sunday afternoon. it was a fair inspector that saw the teens laying on the tracks. that train was stopped as the operator ran to help them. one boy was taken to

maryland and into west virginia as well. but right around washington, the nearby suburbs we don't have any fog. as well as the eastern shore or southern maryland. we've had cloud cover continuing to pull away and move off to the south. we'll have lots of sun today with highs mid-80s with low humidity. partly cloudy tomorrow, low humidity still in place, highs into the mid and upper 80s. then on wednesday, still not very humid as well as on thursday, highs in the mid-80s both days. as we get into friday and the weekend, though, turning hotter and more humid. highs near 90 friday, saturday and sunday. over the weekend, there's a small chance of some afternoon isolated thundershowers. otherwise, partly to mostly cloudy, hot and humid, highs near 90 for the weekend. now let's check traffic. jerry, how's this monday looking? >> this monday is looking fine so far. good morning, head south, take a check at the approach to the woodrow wilson bridge, both inner loop and outer loop looking good. that is welcome news headed that direction here in the next couple of minutes. 95 northbound coming out of fredericksburg, headed up

warmer down into southern maryland, and out on the eastern shore as well. a little break or two of sunshine put temperatures in those locations up in the low 80s at this point in time. rainfall amounts, we had a little this morning. you folks in charles county, quite the powerhouse thunderstorm went across there. lightning was reported with it. a lot of people at 3:00 a.m. wake up call, not courtesy of the kids but of mother nature this morning. and here is the check of live doppler. not much rain around the immediate metropolitan area. and there are light showers in baltimore county, and more organized light rainfall up into the panhandle of west virginia as well. we will take a wider view of it. most of the central parts of virginia and down into tied water will break into a little sunshine, and that will help enhance the severe weather risk later today. general rain showers coming out of west virginia. and we will stay cloudy for the rest of the day. with a chance for some rain showers and a possibility of thunderstorms, again, our best risk for severe w

and southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore weather watchers reporting temperatures in the lowhere s a all. neou, 70nsnt ar no adna rarng s rhowieom som inothe u sesklp ipr i synnania andesrntesy maryland, north central west virginia as well as on the eastern shore. acbes getting some sprinkles right now. for us today, partly cloudy this morning, rather humid. afternoon highs reefg the upper 80s. small chance of an afternoon thundershower. a look at tonight and tomorrow in ten minutes. >> all right. thank you, tom. >> let's go to jerry edwards now, take another look at the roads. >> good morning. head into the district, take a live look and see how we're doing here. new jersey avenue, new york avenue, everything seems to be doing pretty well so far. all the way into town, new york avenue from really coming in from maryland to the 3rd street nnel and beyond, no worries whatsoever this morning. elsewhere, check out the capital beltway south of town. outer loop of the beltway from springfield to the point past van dorn shift, far right lane splits off from the other lane after van

right outside of the beltway, that washer and dryer still remain in the road, that is south maryland avenue at easternoulevard. keep that in mind there. 83 southbound, we have a crash past the mount carmel road exit. that has the shoulder blocked at this time. no problems to report on 95 southbound as you make your way through to the whitemarsh area, down to the 695/895 split. quick peek now at the east side -- excuse me, west side of outer loop, liberty road, you can see traffic is moving lightly and smoothly at this hour. this traffic report brought to you by baltimore's country station 93.1 wpoc for the work day. listen to music from stars like taylor swift, kenny chesney and keith urban. back to you. >> should be on the spin psyche until essex now. >> it's been on the road for a while. >>> how about don't get sick? >> will the president's health care reform heal america or will it make the system more sick? abc2 news sherrie johnson has more on the big debate. >> reporter: president barack obama says health care reform has been talked to deadged it's time for action. he says out-of-pocket costs fo

as we can see that rain is securitying up across west virginia moving to the eastern panhandle, western maryland. you folks will be the first to see it out to cumberland, deep creek, shephardstown, west virginia and not too long after lunch we will see it close in on the western suburbs. we will pay the weather toll today so we can have nice weather on saturday and sunday. but keep in mind these thunderstorms this afternoon could drop some hail and certainly could always pack a punch with gusty winds. if you are watching on satellite over the beach today you shouldn't have any trouble. 91 is hot in lewes, delaware. the beach forecast, for your saturday, not bad. a few clouds lingering in ocean city, 82. and as we plan ahead for sunday, not bad. ocean city 80 an the water temperature is 73. a good chunk of the ensurer seaboard is in nell owe shaded area for severe threat from the prediction center in oklahoma. main threats are hail and high winds today. other than that we need the rain and we'll take what we can get. here's the computer model showing you the timing of it. especially this afternoo

the rides are in d.c., prince george's and montgomery counties in maryland, arlington, prince william, eastern loudoun counties in virginia. for more information on other celebrations, log onto our website, wjla.com. >>> people are still reeling today from sarah palin's surprise announcement she is resigning as governor of alaska. she has not given any specifics about the reason for her resignation except to say she is putting her family first. vice-president joe biden told abc news he sympathizes with her decision. >> at the end of the day, it is really and truly a personal family decision, and they have a real impact. >> palin will step down july 26. the resignation has not slowed to speculation she will be a republican contender in the 2012 presidential race. donations to political action committee have gone up since yesterday's announcement. >>> suspect is on the loose in frederick county after leading the police on a high-speed chase. at times, the suspect reached 100 m.p.h.. richard reeve is live in the mark with the search. -- he is in new market with the search. >> this is where the ch

michaels, maryland, eastern shore, over 40-mile-an-hour winds.altimore itself over an inch of rain. and all of this, as we know, a brief time. overnight tonight we are going to continue to see that race off and back of it, some hot weather will be coming in tomorrow with the light westerly winds and then as we get on into later in the weekend, we could see another little weak weather front giving us another chance for some thundershowers. i think plain old thunderstorms for sunday afternoon. tomorrow over -- the next few hours, some lingering showers. certainly not any severe weather. nothing like especially you folks into frederick county and parts of montgomery county went through earlier this afternoon. then a warm humid morning. fair amount of sunshine. temperatures only will be around 70 degrees. lot of sunshine tomorrow. if you are heading to west virginia, western maryland,eep a weather ear, weather eye. there could be some showers and thundershowers out there. i think around here just hot and humid. here is how esch sealo beaches . doing

a little bit of light pripitation across eastern portions of the viewing area in maryland and in portions of southern maryland as well. also, some showers and sprinkles in parts of west virginia. for us though, the forecast looks like this. we are not looking for heavy rain for us today but it will be partly sunny, some scattered afternoon showers, some thunderstorms are possible as well. high about 90 degrees and humid. and then for tonight, we will see a lot of clouds around, some showers and thunderstorms possible again during the evening and early nighttime hours. overnight low, about 72 in town. your five-day forecast tomorrow, more of the same. high in the upper 80s. chance of showers and thunderstorms during the day and evening. same on saturday but our temperatures begin to drop off. by sunday, i think sunday is a very nice day. partly to mostly sunny skies. 8 # for your high. now, we go to julie wright for the latest on traffic. >> they are still busy trying to repair the road damage because of the sinkhole. well one lane getting by. for a while, we had the service road open. liv

eastern shore. keep the umbrella handy. another batch of showers and storms in western maryland. we have a cold front and the precipitation in front of it. 81 degree is the high -- degrees is the high for central maryland. we will be about 66 degrees-69 degrees tonight. we need the rain. we have been very dry so far this month. i have more on your seven-day in a bit. >> if you are taking a vacation and thinking about travel insurance, that may be a good thing. there is a policy exclusion you may not be aware of in your claim could be denied. here is our report appeared >> a maryland woman is battling an insurance company. she believes they should have been reimbursed for when she was forced to cancel a trip to hawaii. when her father became ill, she thought she would get the cost of the airline tickets back because she played -- paid hundreds asher for travel insurance. >> we thought it would be a relief that we would not lose thousands of dollars on the airplane tickets. >> she says her claim was rejected. >> it is the number one reason for declines on the policy. >> white plain

you can see all across the bay here into eastern portions of maryland, some southern portions of maryland as well making its way into delaware. here in the district, we are not seeing anything but some shower activity starting to push into our region so we are going to keep our eyes on this and see how that develops during the course of the morning hours. let's get back to graphics. we'll go to max 2. what we are seeing here is the cloud cover that is over the area and the movement of these little systems as they are coming through. some of them aren't so little. the one that we are seeing across the chesapeake bay is just the western portion of a pretty good coastal storm making its hua up to the north and west we see another system, an area of low pressu up across the great lakes and that is helping to push a cold front into our region. eventually, we'll get that cold front coming through here and that will lead to some more showers and thunderstorms for our area later today. temperatures across the region look like this. we're in the 70s. it's warm start to the day. 7 # here in washing

we've got this 57 oakland compared to the low 70s in the lower eastern shore and in southern maryland're sandwiched in between the mugginess and cool stuff. just sitting on the other side of the mountains and around the great lakes. and midwest but here's that complex that blew through between about 10:00 and midnight. this one was responsible for dropping 40 mile-per-hour winds. and dime-sized hail. this shower cluster passing to the north and that has left a very moist environment so this is the prime area for pretty thick fog. otherwise we have one lone shower coming out of east/central virginia. that is passing to the south. we're in an environment here where there's not a guarantee we all get wet but we're surrounded by a lot of moisture. we've got the clouds off the coast. we have this cluster back here across the midwest. this is part of a system that is starting to generate a little bit of extra energy as it dives around the base of this trough. that trough that is carved out the cool weather in the atmosphere. a weather pattern we would expect in the middle of winter, not mid

eastern shore getting it. on maryland'sst powerful doppler radar, we have the lightning strikes in a couple of -- we'll show that you in a couple of minutes. lisbon had 3/4-inch hail yesterday. they are down to 67. in churchville, almost that much. temperatures basically ranging from upper 60s to low 70s. this morning rain and storms south side of the city, south and to the eastern shore, will regenerate more showers and storms mainly after 3:00 p.m. today, our two-degree guarantee 87. >>> our first check of the roads. here's kim. >> as we check around the area only one accident to let you know about, that is 70 eastbound heading out towards route 32, single-vehicle crash there. but we have trees down around the area, especially in howard county, woodbine, morgan station road closed in both directions between route 99 and 144. also, we have a tree down in the reisterstown area, that isic deemas -- -- nico deemas road. and we don't have much to tell you about on the beltway, 695 and liberty road, everything flowing freely. b

line of not only thunderstorms but radar indicated tornadoes that swept through western maryland then hit the easternshore. so, definitely turbulent. the area of low pressure that triggered it is out of our direction up to the north over new england this morning. as a result, we are clearing out and seeing a little patchy fog out there. still really the tropical humidity feel but today a little more dry because there won't be the trigger mechanism for showers and storms. 73 downtown now, 71 at b.w.i.-marshall. 82 in ocean city. balmy there. dew points are elevated not like yesterday but upper 60's to 70. so that is firmly in place and it will stay in place most of the week. we will get a brief break saturday, then sunday we will get a little more humid again. looks like 76 in the mountains of western maryland, more sun. isolated showers and thunderstorms the potential chance. as far as baltimore goes, really hot and humid. but no showers and storms here so just about a 10% chance of seeing something. 91, well above the normal high and winds out of the southwest bringing in the humidity. 88 on the sho

now, for tomorrow, we do have the slight risk of seeing some severe weather from maryland out towards the easterne. and up towards new england. something we'll watch. frontal band for this evening. mix of cloud. stars. upper 80s. next couple hours. tomorrow, there is the front. makes its way to the area. showers, storms. during the afternoon hours. some on the strong to severe side. the front in fact stakes round for monday. then we can see some active weather then too. all right. so here is the situation then. for this evening. some spotty showers out toward the bay. thunderstorms from the beltway westward. your sunset at 8:25. temperatures for the next couple of hours in the upper 80s. then for tomorrow. mix of sun and cloud. warm and humid. just look today. with tempe a90 rounat90 degrees. duringteheaf rnoon with the daytime heating.af thhe front ming in we could have showers and aiunderstorms. and again. some of them could be on the strong to severe side. for tomorrow. 90, some afternoon storms. 40% chance. likewise monday. still warm, humid. i think tuesday. wednesday. dry. but still warm an