a basketball game was held during the weekend and after years, coach pete left and went to edmonton torebuild the basketball and football programs all that money raised will help coach pete fight alzheimers here at home. >> not remembering friends and family. just remembering day-to-day activities. alzheimers is a terrible disease and my biggest thing now is to make people aware of alzheimers and what is going on. >> ronda mcnair plans to have a website up and running by the end of the day to help coach pete along. >> shot while waiting at a park light. she was a victim, shot in the neck unable to talk now. last night, family hi and friends held a fund raiser at living well studio in charles village, triewpg to raise money for medical expenses and a computer helping her communicate. singletary is in a rehab hospital now. family says she is battling back. if you missed the fundraiser, you can help singletary out, donations are accepted through johns hopkins medicine. call the number on your screen. her friends and family are planning a walk a thon in the future. >>> a check of the weath

just a year later, he brought a football and basketball team at edmonton high school to the championships as well off. but he is remembered as more than just a skilled coach. >> he cared about the kids. he made sure they did the work in the classroom to get to college. he made sure they respected authority, respected their teammates and their coaches. he is everything good about high school sports. >> so when the coach was diagnosed with alzheimer's and his family reached out in need of support for medical costs, it was an easy decision for many of his former players. >> it was not even a question, nobody hesitated. yes, what do you want us to do? anything we can do for coach we will do. >> the money collected from took it sales will help to make sure the coach has round-the-clock care. his family touched by all the support. >> it is great to see all of these people. i really excited. >> coach pompay was a physical education teacher with baltimore city for 30 years before he retired in 2004. friends and family welcomed home soldiers from the 29th infantry division today returning from afg

west side of the beltway, outer loop congested towards edmonton avenue.me on facebook, go to abc news page for the details. >>> something to leave you with, this man here, quincy hall, hailed a hero because that five year old saved his father's life after his dad suffered a seizure, he called 911. the operator ridgely thought it was a joke. the young man's quick thinking saved his dad's life. within minutes paramedics were there. he has been honored. dad couldn't be there for the moan, because he had the -- ceremony because he had the flu. >>> going to be hot. >> we will see rain for today. [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway: the new santa fe steak melts. get extra grande flavor with the santa fe steak & bacon melt or add egg for a santa fe steak, bacon & egg melt,

it's slow going 695 inner loop between security boulevard and edmonton avenue.peeds around 25 miles per hour. going outside to look at a live look at 695. >> no one is out. >> we can count the cars on our hand. 695 at bel air road looking pretty good. >> good time to leave. but not before you hear this. men who make a pit stop at any of the hundreds of michigan bars and restaurants may hear a public service announce men in the bathroom. at restaurants and taverns all over michigan when men do their business they are going to hear a chatty little cake at the bottom off the urinal. >>i just want to get in and get it done and in and out and have someone talk to you while going to the bathroom is weird. >> don't drink and drive. >> don't know if that will do it but the 21 dollar cakes that's disgusting. they last about 3 months and were paid for with a federal grant and they are part of a 4th of july education and law enforcement effort in that state. here we have tipsy taxi and they have talking toilets. >> imagine if she started to laugh at you when you walked in.

outer loop slowing down as you make the drive towards edmonton. and as far as the beltway is concerned, overlea at bel air road outer loop slow towards lock rain and no delays towards 95. that's -- loch rain and no -- raven and no delays towards 95. >>> detectives are making on -- working out details on a double shooting that left a person dead. it happened on liberty road in eldersburg. the second victim has been flown to shock trauma. no word on the person's condition or what may have led up to the shooting but we expect to to get more information from state disdid -- expect to get more information from state police. >>> investigators are work on a shoot involving one of their own. just before midnight, members of the county tactical team were serving a warrant on a home in the 400 block of high meadow court in reisterstown. that's when they way tacked by a person with a weapon and shot and killed the person. the body is taken in for an autopsy and the identity has yet to be released. >>> a dc police officer is investigated for allegedly threate

coming from the northwest side, you will see some delays around 795 towards edmonton george the j.f.x.. that is the latest. now we have a check on forecast. ofwe're seeing a couple sprinkles on the radar right now. a sprinkle is in montgomery county. and just to the left of columbia -- it is falling apart. a couple of raindrops west of the city. light showers up into the northeastern part of the metro area. this is the trend as we go throughout the day. we are seeing storms more than likely coming into the afternoon. we will see a dramatic change in the weather coming up. we will still have a chance for storms and it has been hot but all that will change this weekend once the cold front completely closed the area. we will get some cooler air pushing on in as temperatures will be in the 80's. that is what we are starting off right now downtown. 82 at the inner harbor. 77 at the airport. dew point are fairly high. that gives us uncomfortable temperatures this afternoon. 10 degrees cooler today, but it is still hot. upper 80's. near 90's. that is the forecast for today. cloudy skies. cha

congestion popping up now at 695, between 70, edmonton avenue. 695, bel air, congestion is starting toe open today but employees will have the option of taking unscheduled leave or unscheduled telework. here governor martin o'malley declared liberal ha leave ojing people not to drive because of the traffic signals are disabled from friday's storm. three fire companies slated to close yesterday, now will stay open through thursday helping people recover from the storm. back to new york for more of good morning america. 3q back to school time means back to school germs. that's why lysol partners with schools to help teach healthy habits, habits you can reinforce by adding lysol wipes and no-touch hand soap to your back to school list. learn more at lysol.com/schools >>> katie, look up. >>> tom cruise and katie holmes. they have been one of hollywood's most high-profile couples for almost six years now. there are new details about their divorce battle and katie's decision to leave. was it based on scientology? why does she want sole custody? >>> and josh is back. >> great to see you. >>>

if you are traveling on the outer loop, expect 15 minutes there from liberty road to edmonton avenue. a minor delay at 95 southbound at white marsh boulevard. after that it breaks free and you are back to normal speeds. as far as accidents go, southbound 10 at the beltway is blocking the right-hand lane. that will cost you a couple of extra minutes. we have north lynwood closed between east fayette and orleans because of fire activity. let's take a live look. as you can see, things are building in volume. 95 north of 195 and we will take another live look, traffic on the west side at liberty road. this traffic report is brought to you by lee academy. join them for their open house at their gaithersburg location july 18th at 6:30 p.m. where good cooks become great. >>> the heat wave may be over but the effects are proving deadly and are continuing. the deaths of 18 marylanders are being blamed on the conditions and the storm that left hundreds of thousands of people without tries and air -- electricity. as far as roads go. eastbound 50 in bowie buckled under the sun's attack yesterday.

. >>> a government agency under fire for accusations that it snooped on employee edmonton mailed. >>> the u.s. continues its push for peace in syria in the grips of a civil war. fox 5 morning news is back in just a moment.  i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [romney singing]: oh beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountains majesty, above the fruited plain, america, america, god shed his grace on thee, and crowned thy good, with brotherhood... >>> a showdown at the jaix united nations today as the security council is voting on a new resolution against syria. rush yays promising to veto any use of force to end the conflict. in the capital, the rebels say they have launched operation damascus volcano they are calling it and fighting is intensifying. but president sass ad is denying any push by rebels in the capital. >>> in north creigh arc the young leader has a new title. he has been promoted to marshal, the highest rank in north korea's military. outside observers say the new title is an attempt by the new leader to put his st

behind that, there is a lot cooler air. 70, bismarck. 75 in winnipeg, manitoba. 72 in edmonton. that -- somewhat of that, at least a little piece of that is going to be pressing southward here over the weekend. first saturday night. showers and storms. with that frontal system as you already see. a lot of activity. that's pretty much the boundary line between the cooler air and the heat in the midwest. that is going to spread over the great lakes. we think that front coming through late saturday night or early sunday. good chance of some severe thunderstorms. unfortunately, to break that heat, that would be late saturday night. and on sunday, scattered thunderstorm activity likely. but it will begin to cool down. with the clouds on sunday, probably only in the mid-90s. but tomorrow, ahead of that front, really hot, steamy air. tomorrow is going to be the toughest day we've had -- well, this year for sure. very hot, very humid. very uncourteousable. -- uncomfortable. showers and thunderstorm threat. and yes, cooler temperatures for early next week. south wind it's the bay. 5 to 1

ian edmonton was a news editor there. so, too, greg lynsky. james weatherup was an assistant news editor. and he was their award winning chief reporter. all big tabloid names. >> sreenivasan: if they're convicted, those charged could serve up to two years in prison. the british government is going ahead with plans to deploy 1,200 more soldiers to help secure the olympic games in london. the opening ceremony is just three days away. but the private firm hired to guard the games has been unable to fill all the security positions. with the new deployment, more than 17,000 troops have been called out to cover the shortfall. the leader of a model democracy in africa died today. john atta mills had been president of ghana since 2008. there was no word on the cause of death. the vice president was sworn in as the new president within hours, underscoring the country's adherence to constitutional stability. john atta mills was 68 years old. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to gwen. >> ifill: we turn now to the syrian conflict. in wa

tie things u congestion out there this morning. 695 and another accident over baltimore city along edmontonvers pumping the brakes at this hour. charley over to you. >>> breaking news in baltimore city medic and patient are hospitalized after falling 6 feet after a porch collapse. it happened on east 33rd street before 6:30 this morning. that's in north baltimore. the area of the city is video back into the abc2 newsroom and according to authorities, the home was vacant but it's not clear if there was a homeless person inside that was injured or the previous home owner. the video coming in moments ago from the abc2 newsroom. no word on the condition of the medic or the patient. fire crews say the porch collapsed because it was old. we have great shots. it's going to be available at abc2news.com. once again this story in north baltimore. now back to new york for more good morning america. we are back with weather and traffic one more time in 30 minutes. have great weekend. ♪ >>> whoo! no doubt taking center stage in the summer concert series. they are all here in central park today. >> unbel

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timesaver traffic over congestion this morning and that's from the inner loop on 695 from 26 to edmontoning to pick up. you can notice few speeds reduced down to 32 miles an hour. we have got actually cut them inhalf and we will look at some congestion showing up and that's 695. beautiful skyline but 695 around harford road heading towards the west, that congestion is starting to pick up. congestion the theme of the traffic deal this morning. another check on weather and traffic in 25. back up to new york city. ♪ oh, my god [ cheers and applause ] >>> look at that crowd outside with us. you can tell it's a holiday week. they are ready to have a good time. wonderful to have them here. you, too, might be saying omg, like usher, after you hear about a new diet. it's called the omg diet. it says a cold bath, skipping breakfast, drinking coffee, you can slim down in six weeks. >> yeah, right. >> i'm in. >> you're in on the cold bath? >> i'm a supporter, josh elliott. i'm just guessing. >> all the news you need, america. welcome. >>> also ahead, melanie griffith. she is opening up about her st

on the west side of the outer loop 15 minutes from security boulevard over to edmonton avenue.the area. eastern boulevard at mariner's point drive. fire activity in harford county, darlington at harmony church road. accidents cain road and east 25th at green month. things are heavy at white marsh boulevard in the southbound direction. this traffic report is brought to you by subway. stop in and try the steak melt for a limited time at subway eat fresh. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a 25-year-old montgomery cold case has been solved. mike schuh has the latest. >> reporter: good morning. a quarter century after the rape dna evidence points police to the rapist. it happened in 1987 near silver spring. while police had good physical evidence, it wasn't sophisticated enough to lead them to william trice who way rape in anne arundel county. the supreme court is considering whether maryland can continue to collect dna and check it against outstanding crimes. the man in the recent case killed himself in prison two years ago. back to you. >>> officials are calling for changes in severe

is jam packed southbound 95 from white marsh to the harbor tunnel thruway. 25 minutes from 795 to edmontonbled vehicle on the shoulder between 70 and security boulevard. let's take a live look. we have an accident northbound at the steel bridge. traffic is basically stopped. this traffic report is brought to you by the cochran firm. don, back to you. >>> a recent heat wave is causing problems. here is mike schuh with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, don, good morning, everyone. the threat to people and pets has passed but infrastructure concerns remain. eastbound route 50 near bowie buckled during the height of the heat. the state made temporary repairs. traffic is flowing. the state needs to determine the extent of the repairs. at reagan national, soft asphalt caused a jetliner to stick to the pavement causing it to stick. meanwhile, we are not alone. roads in other states have buckled and train tracks have warped from the heat. i am mike schuh reporting downtown. back to you. >> thank you. stay with wjz 13 maryland's news station. up man: there's a cattle guard, take a right. do yo