no problems on the southwest side at frederick road.raffic moving fairly well and as we look around more on the outer loop and inner loop at i-70 traffic appears to be moving fairly nice on both the inner loop and outer loop so far. >>> 5:10. parts of the western u.s. are a timber box this morning. >> it doesn't take much to start a wildfire. what is fueling the flames in colorado this morning? >> oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh. >> too close for comfort. the south dakota couple who nearly became part of this tornado story. 3q (sax player) i can't play my sax with allergy congestion. claritin-d helps me bre ...including congestion without drowsiness. live claritin clear. in fact, it protects you from the most damaging rays across 100% of the uva uvb spectrum. coppertone outshines. so you can enjoy the sun. and replace your old mayoe bar with the full flavor of kraft mayo with olive oil. ♪ mÑdt and calories of hellmann's real mayo... .k may oil t >>> 5:13. a reverend is officially recognized as the first lesbian minister by the evangelical luth

frederick is down to 70. frederick today was up to 90 degrees for a high temperature. culpeper 70 degrees. 72 in fredricksburg. dulles is still a little on the mild side. 74 degrees. as we pull the view out, you can see some 60s back out to the west of us. nothing too cool here. binghamton, new york is even sitting at 71 degrees. a very mild night for them as well. for tomorrow more cloud. that means cooler temperatures, 76 degrees. it is looking now like host of the day tomorrow will be dry until we get to 3:00, 4:00 in the afternoon. some showers, even some thundershowers start moving in from west to east. most of the rain will be late tomorrow evening and during the overnight period into sunday morning. it looks like we're going to continue with scattered showers on sunday and some spotty thunderstorms and some spotty thundershowers. a little less organized. we may get some thunder and lightning but nothing severe. strong storms back out to the west moving out of louisville, through kentucky, up into southern sections of ohio. that's where the strongest line of thun

and parts of frederick county east of frederick, southward, and toward pullsville and then down to the west of the district. there's no thunder and lightning in this, it is just rain shower activity. this is the heaviest where it is yellow and lighter rain shower in howard county. few sprinkles west of that. this is moving eastward and once it comes in, we'll have rain chances on again and off again for the next day or two. let's look at what happened today. we got a fair share of sun and the temperatures went beyond what we thought they would. there was sunshine mixed in. the airport and inner harbour made it to 79. and 66 and 67 and the respective lows and in rain measured yet there. it is just west. typically this time of year 76 would be the high. see the warmer temperatures slightly, mid 70's on the eastern shore where they still have sun breaks developing. and further west you go where it is raining and temperatures dropped at 72 at frederick and westminster and the district is 72. and a bay breeze coming in to affect it. and ocean city, 66 degrees. and temperatures in the 50's a

-- not frederick but prince william here and parts of loudoun county earlier this afternoon, all the watches and warnings are now gone. the threat for intense flooding at this point is starting to diminish that is welcomed news. little area of low pressure sitting over southern virginia. the heaviest of the rains now moved on towards richmond, partiesburg and norfolk. sunday night showers to deal with. that area of low pressure drifts farther to the south. cloud cover around tomorrow, but less rain than what we have been seeing the last day and a half to two days. high pressure slowly building its way down the eastern seaboard. going to push that limb trough of low pressure further and further down to the south. so tomorrow, a lot of clouds but not too much in the way of rainfall amounts for tomorrow. as we get into tuesday, i think we will finally start to see breaks of sunshine coming back, wednesday, thursday, friday timeframe, a-okay. good weather to head into labor -- memorial day weekend. cloudy and damp, passing showers out there, a little touch of may humidity as well. waking

>> frederick was 90 degrees when i came in?> i love the heat. >> you said the heat was great for proms and graals but not when you're dressed up in shorts and t-shirts, right? >> i was not complaining, this is good stuff. >> okay. >> shorts, short sleeves and flip flops is good stuff. >> sure. >> we have changes coming in way and have done our best to try to keep tomorrow propped up so that at least it wouldn't abe rainout and we would have at least half of a nice weekend and we're doing our best to do that. let me know, as we get closer to saturday here, the forecast keeps deteriorating more and almost by the hour. come back at 10, 11:00 and i will hopefully not tell you it's getting worse. it looks like it's not going to be that great. not as bad as it could be and comfortable tonight at 11:00. the lower 70s, tomorrow morning, clouds for some of you and mostly cloudy for others in the area, temperature is 68 degrees. a few showers by noon tomorrow and that does not look like everyone is going to get wet at noon tomorrow. most

one in frederick kent, another in harford county, one in baltimore county. i'll catch up when we come back in a few minutes plus we'll check the harrisburg expressway southbound drive times. back to you. >>> flowers aren't the only things in bloom this spring. >> scams are in full bloo too. joce sterman is protecting your pocketbook in our "scam alert." >> plus, their faith will help get them through this. parishioners arrive to church to a pile of rubble where their place of worship used to be. >> a royal scandal. how much fergie is willing to accept to sell out her husband. because you can get free vehicle history reports for every used car we sell on carmax.com. ♪ dramatic music (carmax spokesperson) now more than ever, carmax is the smart choice because carmax will buy your car even if you don't buy one of ours. ♪ dramatic music >>> 6:12. "scam alert" time. spring is officially here and unfortunately consumer experts say scams are springing up too. >> this morning abc2 news investigator joce sterman takes a look at the top five spring scams. >> reporter:

in frederick, over 3 inches. temperatures are in the mid 60's right now.s. a few peaks of sunshine this afternoon with isolated sprinkles. if improvement by mid-week. the upper 80's to near 90 wednesday and thursday with a few thunderstorms. the warm air is not coming from the south like it normally does. it is coming from canada. it is going to head into new england and push south into our area. it's kind of exciting for meteorologists. i don't think i have seen that weather pattern. >> or refresh in week? >> air coming from the north. >> you have me confused. >> not a bad looking week. >> you have me confused. >> not a bad looking week. >> in lumber. in rubber. in bellies. and precious metals. it's time to put everything you have into your 10k. your 5k. and even your 1k. and, of course, you can never go wrong with futures. kaiser permanente. thrive. ♪ ♪ ay, yay, yay, yay ♪ ay, yay, yay, yay ♪ ♪ ♪ baby, baby, baby, baby... uh-oh ♪

. >>> and now to the latest on a homeless man that stole and crashed a small plane in frederick. they ordered him to pay restitution and caused $12,000 in damage. 51-year-old has served half of his nine-month sentence. >>> well, tonight the oil spill crisis is heading into it's fifth week with confusion spreading like the crude into the gulf of mexico. no one knows just how much or just where it's head he had or just how to stop it. one congressman called it the worst environmental disaster in our history. >> for much of the gulf coast, it's a welcome break. >> within the next 72 hours, we expect no shore line impact from the oil spill in either mississippi, al bam skw or florida. >> but not in louisiana where the beach is now closed and governor wants more land bridges to protect wildlife areas. >> make no mistake about this. this is a marathon event. it's not done until the wetlands, coastal areas, is restored to it's prespill healthy status. >> bp has managed to siphon off 5,000 barrels of oil from the leak, and that was the official estimate of the total leak. we know more co

it is located from front royal north to frederick. madison county, we have a line of heavier storms dropping about 3 inches of rain. at the national weather service has issued a flash flood warning for madison county until 2:45. for the remainder of the area, no watch or warning. the forecast tonight, showers, heavier rain, isolated thunderstorms. upper 50's, low 60's the evening lows. the forecast in much more detail, tracking the storms, and a few minutes. >>> anne arundel county police are trying to determine what caused the death of an infant. the six-week old little boy was found dead after the police were called to a home in laurel. the circumstances surrounding the infant's death remain under investigation. >>> the police crackdown on suspected drunk drivers. officers were out in full force keeping the roads safe. richard reeve is live in vienna with the details. >> this is an unprecedented effort, officers from seven different departments focusing on one particular area. among those taking part, a woman who lost her stepdaught

chantilly at freedom high- school, 4.15 inches. 3 inches in frederick.retty impressive out there on the weekend. we will have a chance to dry out slowly but surely over the next couple days. a few isolated showers possible this afternoon, but it's not going to be widespread. 63 degrees right now. huntingtown, 63. let's look at light rain falling right now mainly around 66. and south of dulles airports around the loudoun/fairfax line. and north of the american legion bridge in maryland. that is it for the rain basically. don't let the low clouds and drizzle scare you off, if you're planning to bike to work. the onshore flow is out there. when you get that off the atlantic, the east to west movement, that is when you get low clouds. that is what we have today. today will be a repeat of yesterday. morning drizzle and clouds, then some peace of afternoon sunshine. it will destabilize the atmosphere. -- some peaks of sunshine. 73 degrees today, five degrees below average. patchy fog tonight, near 60. if tomorrow we will have morning clouds and a little drizzl

well through manassas, making their way to centreville to inside the beltway and 270 no problems frederick to the spur. andrea, back to you. >> thank you, angie. >>> police are searching for answers after finding the body of a six week old baby boy in a home in laurel county, maryland. once police were inside they found the body of a boy. police have not said who the woman is. they are waiting for the results of an autopsy before determining the cause of death and deciding if any charges will be filed in the case. the trial of a man accused in the kidnapping and death of an 11-year-old is scheduled to begin today. thomas leggs junior is charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping and sex offenses in the death of sara foxwell. her body was discovered christmas day. leggs used to date the victim's aunt. >>> what should have been a day of joy for the love family was one of remembrance. she was awarded a posthumous degree this weekend. surae chinn was in charlottesville when love was given a standing ovation. >> we are celebrating her achievements of the class of 2010. >> reporter: a day that

around frederick, always few rumbles of thunder. and a little bit more, down to the south, all of this making it is way in from virginia. you see rumbles of thunder, and it will make its way to the eastern shore. we've seen this on and off. there's another round now coming in. so we'll switch it over and show you clouds, breaking up at tiles during the day today for hazy sunshine out there but here comes the rain, making its way into the state. now, this is not a very big symptoms, and it is weakening as it moves in, but it's also not moving very fast. so we're still going to see this rain into tonight and into tomorrow. the winds are out of the southeast ahead of the main front with it, and that's making it very muggy out there. the dew points have been in the low sick today so it's a little bit uncomfortable. temperature-wise, 75 degrees in baltimore, 66 ocean city with the wind off the water. where the rain has come through, 64 in come bear lafnltd we did get to 79 degrees today, just above that average of 76. we started out at a

very spotty showers in frederick county up towards haegerstown. as for the weather forecast. 68 in sterling and the district. today, 70 to 75. showers around winds out of the east. i'll extend the forecast to the next seven when i see you in a few minutes. >>> traffic alert. roads closed as thousands of cyclists hitting the streets today. plus, crews working on a major project that could affect your drive as well. news 4's derrick ward live on the key bridge with what you need to know to avoid all of the possibility delays out there this morning, derrick. >> reporter: good morning, aaron this is a great day to be a biker in d.c., but not necessarily such a good day to be a motorist. lot of road closures with this bike d.c. event. along the g.w. parkway and here at the key bridge. bike d.c., organizers of this event, say this is -- they are touting it as a 20-mile ride of car-free biking. on pennsylvania avenue, the pedalpalooza event for those who are not up to the ride. the event wraps up in crystal city. it includes some street closings. we want

one other stop, north of town up to frederick and in to west virginia there down 340 near brunswick and point of rocks a few sprinkles. in the 60s now. only in the 70s. angie is looking at the monday commute. >>> knock knock let's open the door and show you the outer loop is slowing down a bit between university over to georgia. back to the maps. route 4, route 5, crane highway, we zoom in and our realtime graphics reveal that everything is all clear out here. next stop virginia 395 northbound, still delay free from the beltway past shirlington to inside the beltway. finishing up with 95 northbound. delayed between the prince william parkway and 123 and approaching lorton to backlick. back to you. >> right now the chain bridge is back open across the potomac. despite promises the ongoing construction isn't done yet. kristin fisher has this commuter alert and is live from the chain bridge. good morning, kristin. >> that's right. traffic will be limited to one lane in each direction during the rush hour and it will stay that way until midweek. the chain bridge has been closed to drivers a

hagerstown, frederick, back through hancock. that's moving eastward. all of that will pick up over the next 15 to 20 minutes. spotty showers out ahead to towson. cambridge out there and south of la plato, more of a solid rain. out ahead of that band, still light. a few more bands come through and we'll be dealing with this tomorrow. i'll have the forecast coming up, adam. >>> new at 11:00, police in ann arundel county are investigating the suspicious death of a 6 week old baby. police found the baby boy dead inside a home in laurel. homicide directives are asking -- detectives are asking anyone with information to give them a call. >>> a well-known businessman is murdered outside his tavern. tonight, baltimore county police are searching for two suspects. that brutal shooting happened outside of dundalk right after closing time. wjz is live tonight. suzanne collins has emotional reaction from the friends. >> reporter: the owner was shot nine times multiple times before dying. tonight his employees and friends are mourning that violent death. >> reporte

. >> reporter: frederick county investigators haven't seen an accident like this before. charges are a possibility but they are not sure what kind of charges and they have to interview the mother and her son. in meyersville, scott broom, 9 news now. >>> johns hopkins hospital reports the mother is in good condition. there is no information available on her son's condition. >>> the state's deputy medical examiner was on the stand in the robert wone obstruction of justice trial. prosecutors used the testimony to establish a time line for his death and defense hopes it proves they didn't have time to tamper with he was evidence and cover up the crime. audrey, you have been following this from the start. >> that's right. prosecutors have said they believe the suspects had up to 49 minutes to tamper with evidence and clean up the crime scene on swan street. they have relied on a 911 tape and medical evidence, which they say will help them establish a time line of robert wone's last minutes alive. a tearful 911 call from 1509 swan street northwest from suspect victor saborsky.

. >>> good morning i am kelly mcpherson at jobs hop cns university hospital where two frederick countyple are being treated after they why in a jeep that land on the roof of their house. coming up, the pictures and we will explain why police are investigating if a 10-year-old may have been behind the wheel. >>> mandatory investigation. how an innovative computer program is protecting high school athletes. we will explain when "eyewitness news" continues. ♪ what if one little pop ♪ could open a world of wonder ? ♪ ♪ so sensory ♪ so satisfying ♪ the discovery ♪ never seems to stop ♪ ♪ it's the magic friskies ♪ ♪ makes happen ♪ every day ♪ in so many ways ♪ friskies >>> coverage continues with gigi barnett and meteorologist tim william. it's wj ask., maryland -- wjz maryland's news station. >>> welcome back to "eyewitness news" saturday morning i am gigi barnett. >> i am tim william. temperatures in the 60s area wide. cloud cover buted sun is peeking through. look at calm and quiet city. we will look at rain moving in and could bring thundershowers through the overnight hours and a chance

digital doppler tracking showers as they skirt across northern loudon and frederick county.hall, near the spotlight. you might have a little bit of a downpour. headed to the nationals game, playing baltimore, around 71 at first pitch. otherwise, this afternoon we'll probably crack a high around 73. on and off showers, so have the umbrella ready to go. >> all right. will do. thank you, kim. >>> a full hour of local news and weather at 9:00. "today" continues from new york right now. >>> we're back on this sunday morning, may 23rd, 2010. it's a cloudy morning here on the plaza, but all smiles. come on, show me some smiles, from our friends who have joined us. friends from all over the country here with us today. so nice to have everybody outside. i am jenna wolfe, alongside lester holt. still to come, climbing to the top of mount everest, not just anyone, but a 13-year-old. imagine this. it's really an amazing story. a 13-year-old becomes the youngest person to summit mount everest and guess one of the first thing hes did after summiting, he called his mom. we'll talk about th

in a way, he is a postmodern frederick douglas. and what did he mean by this? he meant that he is somebody who is able to tell the stories, we were talking about this before. frederick douglas had a unique capacity to tell his story back and forth across racial lines. that he grew into a -- in terms, he was a trickster figure. in other words, he's able to translate, just as casandra was describing. this is a remarkable figure. however you feel about the mission -- mistakes or his fault or politics, whenever you come done, this is not geography. this happening, somebody african-american and by this name becoming president is to paraphrase joe biden, a big deal. [laughter] [applause] >> raise your hand. we can make the work with the microphone and get to you. hold on. >> we have 20 minutes for questions of i'll just approach you and wait until you get the microphone to ask your question. >> because of the personal nature, i've been fascinated by obama as a person since i read his book. i grew up in kenya, i met his father in '67. >> where were you when i needed y

and then in a way he is a post-modern frederick douglass. and what did skip gates mean by this? he's somebody who's able to tell a story. frederick douglass had a unique capacity to tell his stories back and forth across racial lines. that he grew into a -- he's a figure that he's able to translate such as cassandra butts was describing obama. this is a remarkable figure in our history, barack obama. however you feel about his mistakes. his faults, or his politics. wherever you come down on that, this book is by means a hate geography. but this happening -- somebody african-american and by his name becoming president is to paraphrase joe biden, a big deal. [laughter] >> let's invite the audience in. [applause] >> raise your hand and we can make our way to you with the microphone and we can start right down here with the gentleman in the gray. just a second. [inaudible] >> hi. i'm looking forward to your book because of the personal nature. i've been fascinated by obama as a person since i read his book. i grew up in kenya. i met his father in '67. >> where were you when i needed

-- montgomery county and frederick county. take an umbrella with you. but the sun may even peek through the clouds later this morning. it is an upper level feature -- but the center of the low pressure is back in western pennsylvania, but if that to rest of east slowly the conditions will start to improve -- if that drifts east slowly. we can see a few breaks in the overcast off to our south at the present time. i think we might get a peek at the sun. take an umbrella with you in case one of those showers pops up again. temperatures, mid to upper 60's. if we get sunshine, we should make it into the mid 70's later on today. there could be a few showers left on monday, but high pressure will move in behind that and take control through the middle of the week, which means quiet conditions. a lot of computer models are developing a tropical low off the southeast coast during the middle of next week. then the forecast will change. we will keep an eye on it. for today, a chance for rainshowers, otherwise, a mixture of clouds and sun

southbound out of frederick into montgomery looks nice.er 7 flying over route 4, pennsylvania ave. they have let 408 because graysons corner has reopened. about 4 good at andrews air force base. back to you. >> thank you. >>> in frederick the sun is rising. mostly sunny today with a few thin clients. -- thin clouds. 55 degrees in owing. let's show you what's going on. a storm system is churning through the nation's midsection moving to the east. it will continue to bring clouds and moisture. that will arrive late tomorrow. the best way to characterize the weekend is widely separated showers and storms. there may be a few here and there. abundant clouds this weekend. temperatures in the 70's. today we are in the 80's. cloudy. 85 degrees this afternoon with a light southwesterly wind. 60 degrees tonight. clouds get thicker tomorrow. chance of a late-hour tomorrow. the rumble of thunder. a better chance on sunday. monday will stay cloudy. sunshine returns tuesday. it will warm into the 80's. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a record-setting sil

and then in a way e is a post-modern frederick douglass and what did skip gates mean by this?he meant he is somebody who is able to tell stories. we are talking about this before. frederick douglass had a unique capacity to tell his story back and forth across racial lines. but he grew into a in and co political terms he's a figure that he's able to translate just as cassandra was describing obama. this is a remarkable history and figure. however you feel but his mistakes, his faults or politics, wherever you come down on that this book is no means a a geography that is happening, some of the african-american and by this name becoming president is to paraphrase joe biden a big deal. [laughter] [applause] >> let's invite the audience in. [applause] raise your hand. we can make our way to you with a microphone and start right down here with this gentleman in the gray. >> [inaudible] >> we have 20 minutes for questions [inaudible] >> my name is [inaudible] i'm looking forward to your book. i've been fascinated by obama as a person and i read his book. i grew up in kenya and i met

southbound leaving frederick in to montgomery county. that's the d.c. trip. 95 northbound are those headlights. between dale city and the pentagon, nothing complicated to report. the dulles greenway, dulles toll road, 28 near tysons, things running in our favor. normal travel times in baltimore. >> don't be surprised if we see a lot of cyclists. its national bike to work day. 8500 people in our metro area are expected to take part. a bicycle rally will be held at d.c. freedom plaza from 8:00 until 9:00 a.m. stations have been set up throughout the d.c. area. >> 58 degrees in rosslyn. >>> one city is planning major changes to their daily paper. >>>> if you work in the district but live elsewhere, it could cost you more now. >> you are watching abc 7's good morning washinton, with doug mcelway, alison starling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, and lisa baden with traffic. this is good morning washinton, on your side. >> the senate has approved a sweeping overhaul on how the government regulates banks and wall street. it's aimed at preventing a repeat of

frederick 64. out in far western maryland, oakland, 65 degrees. here's that cloud deck overhead.reaks in the clouds. a few thin spots in the clouds out in western maryland as well. so right now we have these high clouds overhead. again they are trying to produce some sprinkles. here's the weather feature itself. there is not much to it. it tuesdayed to be an actual low pressure center and a cold front. the cold front has dissolved into this line. and the low pressure center itself is dissipating. this will become mower an up every air feature and be with us all winter. it is running smack dab into high pressure from georgia down to the maritime provinces of canada. it is having a hard time breaking into that. but it will be hanging around all weekend long. this afternoon and this evening our rain chances will go up. in general, mid 70's for highs. boaters in the bay can expect a southeast wind at 5 to 10 knots and that rain chance of course. and somebody somewhere might pick up a rumble of thunder or two. it wouldn't be out of the question, but it is not a good chance for that. h

calvin cox had been living in a tent near the frederick municipal airport in frederick county where the plane was stolen. the 51-year-old was ordered to pay only $40 in restitution to the plane's owner. prosecutors say insurance paid for most of the damage except for that deductible. cox has served half of his nine month sentence for stealing the plane. >>> sentencing today for the woman involved in the kidnapping of elizabeth smart. vick joins us from the news room with the judge's decision in this case. >> reporter: today the suspect said she was sorry. she was sentenced to 15 years in prison. she'll get credit for the 7 years already served and she will testify against her now estranged house brian mitchell. smart was discovered with them nine months after she was abducted. >> vick, thank you. >>> elizabeth smart is now 22 years old and currently serving on a religious mission in paris. >>> another rollercoaster day on wall street. stocks bounced higher as investors put aside concerns about europe's money troubles. >> reporter: the stock market took a bunkie jump with the dow plungin

let's look at temperatures. 54 degrees in frederick, 55 in gaithersburg, 50 in a plata. it will feel like spring today. the humidity is gone for the foreseeable future. it is cinco de michaeayo. >> overnight construction is being taken care of. we are giving you the green light on 95 between fredericksburg and baltimore. a nice run on the greenway and 270. headlights are southbound on the way to i-495 . now to allison and doug. >> was still shocked student body will gather tonight at the university of virginia to remember the life of yeardley love, murdered monday in an act of domestic violence. tonight's service comes as we learn disturbing details about the suspect, the export friend and fellow student george huguely. brianne carter has the latest. >> at the university of virginia, students are still in shock over the death of fellow student yeardley love. >> we are shocked and we are morning. >> 22-year-old george huguely made his first court appearance tuesday. according to documents, this lacrosse player told police that they broke up and during the course of the ar

a bizarre accident in frederick county. authorities say one adult and child were injured when a car crashed into the roof of a home in myers bill. -- meyersville. almost 12 hours later, the car was still on the roof. they were treated for non life- threatening injuries. the woman lives in the home with other members of the family. no one else was hurt. >> a friday afternoon committing mass. traffic backed up after a tractor-trailer caught fire in anne arundel county. authorities say the truck was packed with cardboard fed the flames. fire spread to some nearby brush. there are no reports of any injuries. >> of baltimore mother is outraged after she found her 4- year-old daughter walking with other children and adults after their bus was in an accident. barry simms is live in northwest baltimore with details. >> shortly after leaving this elementary school, the bus got into the accident. there were 32 children on the bus. apparently, they just aren't walking home with no adult supervision. -- they just started walking home w

rain has fallen out toward frederick and beyond. we will tell it up -- what talk about where this is heading for the week and next weekend, which is a big college a. >> the attorney-general was our whichl guest for -- is a big holiday. >> the attorney general was our special guests. >> we have improved compared to last week, last month, last year. where we really want to go is 50 years ago and tried to bring it up to bring our tourism back. we want to bring the oysters, the crabs, the rest of the industry back. >> you can watch that complete interview at wbaltv.com in "weekend edition." engineers with bp stake and insertion to at the fractured w -- say an insertion tube at turingte is only caputri about half the oil. >> engineers are preparing to try to seal that sometime this week. it is increasingly clear -- time and patience are running out. >> i am angry and i am frustrated that bp has been unable to stop this well from leaking and stop the pollution from spreading. >> a new team of scientists were assigned to the effort to date

. >>> 6000 people will be out of work in frederick by the end of the year as a credit-card company shuts down one of its call centers. jpmorgan chase has shut down the center, citing the need to increase efficiency. the facility will be phased out beginning this summer. >>> the fight over the proposed slots at arundel mills mall is heading to court. -- the company is suing the elections board, saying that it overlook fraud in the petition drive. the trial is set to begin on monday. >> sunshine is out, and a few high, thin clouds overhead. it is up to 85 on tv hill. not quite that one at the airport yet. just a few thin clouds over maryland and ease to the mountains. that year cost the western producing rainshowers. -- the heavier clouds to the west are producing rainshowers. is breaking up a little bit. we have if this area of high pressure protecting us so far. tomorrow and sunday is a different story. elements of the storm come in. we will detail at all coming up. >> a single car crash in harford county has claimed the life of a candidate for county executive. stephen wright was killed

rainshowers friday night will wash the air out a little bit. 84 degrees in frederick.ie at 80 degrees. not much different throughout the atlantic. raleigh at 83 right now. humidity levels are starting to pick up. houston at 93. winds coming out the gulf with cool weather. there is cooler weather trying to sneak across the canadian border. that will cause temperatures to start falling over the next few days. it will take a saturday night before the cool front to work in our direction. we have a little area we are watching across northern ohio. it is across the lake here. most of the region has a lot of sunshine and warm temperatures. that front tomorrow will rauch out of our area -- it will wash out of our area. but tomorrow will be very pleasant with a dry air coming through friday. saturday bringing some showers and cooler air by the weekend. sunshine, pleasant tomorrow. we will check at the next seven days. isolated showers in the forecast friday night and saturday morning. then cooler saturday afternoon and here is your mother's day forecast. sunshine with a high of

hours, there has been a lot of rain. 1.5 inches west of howard county and a couple of places in frederick and washington county got in excess of 2 inches of rain just recently. some folks are catching up on the rainfall, but around baltimore and ease, rains have been a little on this body side. annapolis is at 67, cambridge 64, ocean city 61. downtown is still 70. just beginning to drop into the 50's out in far western maryland. here is the satellite image, showing the circulation of this storm around us. at the moment we have these easterly winds which are bringing in all that moisture. some of that is in the form of rain. a couple of little weather disturbances with that easterly flow, but high pressure is beginning to push in from the west and will eventually show some of this away. as we pull back, we notice of to the southeast a little weather disturbance. let's look at the tropical satellite image. forecasters at the hurricane center are watching this weather disturbance. it is expected to drift toward the southeast coast in the next couple of days. they are watching that with great

it happened in frederick county last night. fox 5's bob barnard is here trying to sort out the facts for us. >> reporter: brian, investigators are fairly certain the myersville woman and her 10-year-old son were in the car alone heading home down their hilly driveway when the jeep flew off the pavement and into the house. how that happened and who was in control of the car are still under investigation. these photographs show you exactly how and where the family's jeep cherokee crash landed into their house. the front end is on the roof. the rear wheels on the ground. >> it sounded like a bunch of wood were dropped off a truck or if a shed collapsed or something. it was real loud. >> reporter: what steve heard just off harmony road in myersville was his next-door neighbor's car crashing through a stonewall and into the house. it was just after 8:30 last night. >> from what i could hear, it sounded like someone was hurt. >> reporter: frederick county sheriff's investigators say in the car were 42-year-old alisa and the youngest

traffic is moving well on the southwest corner here at frederick road on the beltway. as you look around some more, no real problems here at the i- 70 interchange on the beltway, either. megan and jamie, back to you. >>> news that may make you think you are having an uh-oh before taking a splash in the pool. >>> are you having trouble holding a job? what some men are doing to help make sure that they make the cut. how many ways can you be comfortable? an energy efficient infinity air conditioner by carrier can save you up to 56% on your cooling costs, while also reducing your impact on the environment. which is better for where you live, and better for where we all live. turn to the experts during cool choices and get up to $1200 cash back on an infinity system by carrier. >>> this morning's health alert. you might want to look twice before you leap. a new report for the centers for disease control finds one in eight public pools shut down two years ago because of dirty water and problems with safety equipment. kiddie pools had the most problems with sanitation and oft

looks like it won't -- 69 -- 66 in frederick and 70 still in the dc area. it'll drop down to 68.ot quite as cool. changes in the weather. big cooldown. when that happens coming up. >>> detour in a county community is angering neighbors and they want answers. barricades currently close off a part of the road to traffic forcing driver to use another boulevard. tonight they voiced their concerns but officials say they are trying to work through the problem. >> if we can get some good feelings and agreement on a way to go we can move forward. . >> now the state said the new traffic pattern was put into place to give drivers a way to go. forge road is locked at the intersection with belaire. >>> the streets of downtown will soon look like the indianapolis 500. today officials approved a contract with local investors to bring the racing league to the city by 2011. the city used millions in grant money to design the course and make necessary improvements. it'll bring hundreds of new jobs and revenue. >> it put this is city on the map for all the right reasons. it's time for a new story

frederick, 3 inches of rain, almost three and a 10th of an inch. about 70 across the board. let us go to the graph. notice buffalo from the east to the west. we still have the onshore flow from the ocean, so clouds are moving from the east than going west. we see a few holes but not too many. but it will be a generally cloudy day. an interesting situation going on. minneapolis, 82, reagan national, only 69. chicago, 84, memphis, 87. right now with the heat pump over the nation, the midsection, right of the mississippi river. the hot air will mark up and over into eastern canada and then by wednesday, into thursday, that warm air will push southward on to our region so it is actually going to be a role reversal, sort of a backward weather pattern will get into wednesday and thursday. our hot air will actually come from the north, rather than the south. partial sunshine by tomorrow afternoon, near 80 degrees. then well into the '80s, the upper 80's by wednesday and thursday with the northerly wind -- kind of odd to say -- increasing heat and humidity. but a unique situation. >

let's check it out this morning at frederick road for you. the case in both directions. that's a look at your morning travels. patrice, back over to you. >>> thank you, candace. >>> just in time for mother's day, we're looking for baltimore's best mom. we think we found her. we sifted through hundreds of entries and have selected one winner and four runners up. our runners up will win a $50 gift certificate. we are revealing a runner up every day this week in our 8:00 hour. we will do another one today and then we will reveal the grand prize winner on friday. she will win a trip for four to anywhere southwest flies. the $100 visa gift card and oriental gift card an rug from paper jam. i'm going in. troubleshooting runs on dunkin'. america runs on dunkin'. with our new iced dark roast coffee. it's a bolder blend of america's favorite coffee on ice. grab a delicious cup today. america runs on dunkin'. hurry in today and try the new iced dunkin' dark roast. >>> the massive oil spill on the gulf of mexico is moving closer and closer to land. it's

. >> we have the volume on the northwest corner of the beltway, but things looking good on frederick road. a pair of crashes we will get you caught up in less than 10 minutes. >>> they black on their lacrosse sticks last night in the honor of yeardley love. >> reporter: she graduated from noter dame present, -- notre dame prep, and now they will have more on her death. >>> live to pensacola, florida, where the plan to keep the oil off the shore is on. >>> ernie harwell dead at the age of 92. we will look back at the life of the great broadcaster. >>> we know no other child will have to endure what she had to endure. >>> parents can rest easier, a new law aimed with stricter punishment for sex offenders, and the little girl who made it happen. >>> 6:43. time for your abc2 news to go. new developments overnight in the murder of the university of virginia lacrosse player. >> and the womens and mens team both decided to play. that story in a minute, but first justin with the forecast. >> reporter: good morning it's 6:43. did you like yesterday? we never really developed the afternoon sho

shots rang out late last night in the 2100 block of frederick ave.a 21-year-old man was hit multiplerÑ/[es. e died at the hospital e this morning. arlypolice have not said whether they have a suspect or a motive. >> if you use baltimore city water, you could soon see your bills soar. >> this fight will not only be felt bought -- this spike will be felt by those in other counties. >> water rates in the city have increased every year for the past five. the county set their own rates, so the amount of increase will vary depending on the county. as far as city residents are concerned, they could see their bill go up $80 a year for their water. water main breaks seem commonplace in the baltimore area, with more than 1300 in the last year. >> major water main breaks last year _ and the importance of funding infrastructure improvements. p!r5>> aging pipes under the cy are the main cause of those breaks. the bald receive public works department is hoping to raise water -- baltimore city public works department is hoping to raise water rates. it will cost th

two-day total 3/4 of an inch. 2 1/2 inches in frederick. a half inch in la plate ta. annapolis, .05 of an inch. doppler radar, over the last couple of hours showers continue to drift slowly back out to the south and to the west. scattered light rain showers around for the remainder of your sunday into monday morning. tomorrow, you want umbrellas ready to go. still, if you're caught in one of the stray showers without your umbrella, you'll say why didn't he tell me to have that umbrella? i will tell you i did tell you have that. less rain tomorrow than we saw over the last few days. high pressure is gradually going to work its way in. cooler, drier air settles on in tomorrow. plenty of clouds, scattered showers most of the rain is gone for tuesday. sunshine at a premium through tuesday afternoon as well. high pressure comes on in. easterly-northeasterly wind not our friend. cloudy, damp. wake-up temperatures tomorrow, upper 50s, low 60s. back to work and school forecast. plenty of clouds. scattered showers, on the cool side. highs into the low and mid-70s. all-importan

baltimore relative humidity down to 2% out at frederick. that's very dry air. the rest of the evening we are staying clear, dry and mild in the 70s as we push toward sunset after 8:00 tonight. a great-looking night. there will be a few changes in the forecast into tomorrow afternoon. we'll let you know what those are coming up. >> thank you, wyatt. >>> sports apparel company underarmor's future is looking bright. the ceo of the baltimore-based company predicts revenue range to $985 million. that's an increase from $856 million last year. this year the company will be focusing on revamping running and training shoes and overhauling e-commerce site and opening several outlet stores. >>> another local business is hoping to have a bright business as well, the new bakery on east ford avenue features sweet treats. pete o'neill was there for the opening. >> reporter: this morning people started their day in the rays of the sun cast its light on the city. those same rays hit a little shop on ford avenue and helped a dream come true. >> for me this is just standing on t

the accident happened last night in frederick county and turns out family members living there were in the car. john henrehan is leave with the latest. john? >> reporter: this accident in ellerton, maryland, didn't happen from the roadway but from the driveway. it goes downhill and to houses at the bottom. and the driveway turns left, the car kept can going. a photographer got to the house in time to see the car partly on the roof and on the ground. two family members who live at the house were in the car and maryland state police landed a helicopter in this newly planted corn field. the 42-year-old elisa and her 10-year-old son are expected to survive their injuries. >> contractors are now repairing the house whole investigators from the sheriff's office attempt to ascertain how the car flew off the hilly driveway landing on the house and one source said the detectives are -- at possibility and it's unclear who was in control of the car that went off the driveway and into the roof of the house. >> we'll look into all aspects of the incident to determine where everybody was sitting and

go to live doppler 9,000 and show you where we have areas of steady rain towards montgomery, frederick, and howard county. steady rain, only gaithersburg, rockville, poolsville some rain. we cross over the potomac into northern virginia, the district itself is light rain here, steady to light rain as you go to prince georges county. clinton, there's the steady rain as you head back out to dulles and loudoun county. reston, even down to fairfax itself. then we get the steady rain, down to parts of southern maryland. colonial beach seeing some rain. get to our forecast this everyoning. the rain moved in here saturday night. it's going to continue as we go into evening hours here. go back to our forecast if we can and cooling down. temperatures back into the lower 70s. turning more scattered since we go overnight into our sunday morning and through sunday morning, still going to see showers around. once we go to the afternoon, this could turn to putting a thunderstorm back in here. the keyword is going to be scattered rain shower activity. the overview forecast, this is just the overview,

. >>> an attempt to sell a september 11th memorial sculpture in frederick county has failed.the sculpture was up for sale on ebay with a starting bid of $11 million. it recrates the momeets whenú three firefighters raised a flag at ground zero. it was up for auction because it was financed with money from a ponny scheme. >>> one board member for the community proposed the idea to hhlp idennify pets whose owners weren't cleannng up after them. had the plan passedddna would have been collected from each dog in the complex to be put on file. when someone did not clean up a3 mess later, it would be sent to the lab to find out which owner was going to be fine. but the owners decided to ditch the idea for something more realistic. not acting on the desaster early enough. 6 million gallons of oil has seeped into the oil since the desaster last month. some say it's more. president obama has named an iidependent commission to look into the oil spill. he hassmade it clear bp is responsible for stopping the oil and cleaning it up, but some republicans say that response hasn't been good

. >>> all new this morning, jpmorgan chase in frederick says that it's going to close possibly the creditd center. they might be laying off 600 people. the facility was filled with mainly delinquent accounts. the spokesperson says the decision was based on diminishing account volumes and need to increase efficiency. they said the operations will be moved to another location. >>> before you make your coffee, check your screen. this coffeemaker is reportedly overheating and catching on fire. this was sold exclusively at wal-mart. >>> a consumer product safety commission is recalling thousands of the storage trunks sold at target. the commission says that there are at least two reports of injuries involving young children. after the chunk's lid suddenly snapped shut. if you'd like more information, we've posted all of it for you. all you have to do is head to our web site, abc2news.com. when you get there, there is a news tab for recalls. >>> all right. ten minutes away now from 7:00. >> a major vote, jamie, today in texas will affect your child's history textbooks over the next ten years. a

. >> reporter: this speed camera on frederick road in gaithersburg has gone as many as ten days straight no technician to be checking in to make sure it is right. >> a lot of times the tests are not performed every day. >> reporter: he is opposed to speed cameras on principal and is a consumer watch dog and has been checking public documents like these, discovering it is common practice in gaithersburg and montgomery couldn't to leave them up and running days at a time. even though state law prescribes a daily check. it says "a speed moon toring system shall fill out and sign a daily set-up log for a speed monitoring temperature." >> i don't think it necessarily proves the machines are malfunctioning or anything but it shows they have decided that they can make their own interpretation of the law. >> we are taking a look at it. >> reporter: police believe they are complying with the law because the cameras perform automatic self checks every day and a technician verifies the data later to make sure it is good. heely says that's not good enough. >> people have a right to face their accuse

in the bat of the >>> a car ended up on the roof of a house in frederick county, maryland, startling family inside. police say the driver lost control on the steep driveway in myersville last night and drove right on to the roof. the driver and her 10-year-old son were injured. they're both expected to be okay. nobody inside was injured. police waited until this morning to move the vehicle. >>> the oil spill in the gulf of mexico is making a smelly mess of some vacation spots in southern louisiana. a seven-mile public beach closed to day after thick gobs of oil washed ashore. until recently only an oily sheen had begun trickling into the resort area of grand isle. but the situation is expected to get much worse. engineers for british petroleum say it will be at least tuesday before they can take another shot at stopping that oil liking underwater. the process known as top kill involves shooting heavy drilling mud into the well. >> face book is about to make changes to its privacy policy. the company sent out an e-mail statement, anounnouncing it wil simplify what users share online.

over the next one to two hours in time frame and after three to four hours up into portions of the frederick, maryland. no widespread rain buy back behind of that line but nonetheless storms developing over locations. radar estimates between two to three inches of rain over madison county over the last 90 miles to two hours. so on the bigger view area of low pressure has a pocket of cold air associated with it andta will help to fire up more showers and thunderstorms during the day tomorrow, again no severe weather expected, but a couple of rumbles of thunder that are likely that little wave of low pressure in the atmosphere, a little trough out there, will hang around for at least the next 24 to 48 hours and that keeps our weather fairly cloudy and somewhat unsettled so we'll have a very good chance for rain tomorrow and rain chances will at least ling into monday. maybe a little longer than that. so for tonight, cloudy, scattered showers, one or two thunderstorms out there for sure. tomorrow, same story as today, only a little bit cooler because we won't get that couple of hours sunshine l

pretty much steady rain up towards frederick and haggerstown. you have to go up into the blue ridge to really get the thunderstorms. then as you get out of the blue ridge, you see parts of western fairfax county is steady rain. lightning bolt within that storm but mostly the thunderstorms you go up towards the blue ridge like boston. culpeper in between storms right now. seeing some rain right now. that will be moving up i-95 way. here in washington we are looking at the rain. that's what this is. eventually moving to fairfax. that's just rain. i think the thunderstorms holding off well tonight. let's go to our forecast overnight tonight. mainly just scattered showers and mild. might see a thunderstorm up in the blue ridge. i think when the storms start to build away we will get storms just turning to rain. i had to go back. i get ahead of myself. let's go into that forecast. scattered showers. mild. back into overnight tomorrow morning. scattered showers. get rid of it all. midday to afternoon. this is where i think a thunderstorm could move ba

frederick county, still seeing the intersection at route 75 and 26 closed in both directions because of a bad crash. a new accident at conowingo and hughes road. the accident on the scene in whiteford, route 165 and 136. outside of the beltway in randallstown, the injury accident eastbound liberty road and old court road. back to you. >>> 64 degrees at 6:32. when your son dies and you don't know why you go to the end of the world to find out. what is thank -- that is happening now for a bel air mom and dad. sherrie johnson with more. >> reporter: michael hogan has been missing several years and his family hopes a forensic scientist at towson university can help figure out what exactly happened to him. he lived at spring lake rampleg in vermont when he disappeared. it's a facility that is for recovery and therapeutic work. recently police told hogan's family that pieces of michael were found less than a mile from the ranch, a skull found in the woods by a hunter has been identified as michael hogan. now family members want to know what happened to him. with no evidence of homicide, ve