this is the staff at woodside elementary school in glen bernie. live in channel 2, say hi. they are getting ready for a ben tbit that -- benefit that will happen. they have several families that are homeless. these kids go to school. instead of worrying about mass, they worry about where they will lay their heads at night. the stories have affected all teachers at woodside elementary. michelle polk is one of the organizers of tonight's benefit. there is one family, michelle, four kids involved. their shuffle back and for the. >> the family, their grandmother and mom was incarcerated. they put all three of the children on board. it was too many kids living in the apartment. the apartment complex, evicted her and they've been living back and for the, traveling to someplaces and staying in dc most of the days. our staff was worried about where they were staying, if they had a safe place to stay. we decided to do something. >> and this is the story, told us about 15 minutes ago. how is tonight's benefit will help that family. they are close to getting into an apartment. >> yes,

. >>> he earns the highest praises from the customers, in glen bernie convenience store. >> i don't care what 7-eleven you go to, you will not see a person works as hard and fast. >> that man, has reached a low point. he taken thousands of dollars in cash receipts from the store to deposit on wednesday. the bank already closed. thursday morning, he got ready to leave his home with the deposit bag when he got distracted. >> and on sight and the person, trash -- i let the money, with my jeep and pulled the cash out to the streets. >> roy jummed to his street and headed interstate 97 before he realized what we had done. the cash flown off, spilling along the highway. by the time roy doubled back, cars were parked on both sides as people scrambled to scoop it up. >> i asked people, at are you looking for. i love money. >> and at first, suspected he made up the money, gambling the money at the new slots casino. he would have to make up the loss outs of his own pocket. he's at the mercy of the money- grabbing motorist to return it. >> i hope in your good heart to return the money. give it to u

if you're leaving the airport between our parkway and glen bernie, you'll be fine as well. if you're planning to head over to the beltway near university boulevard, i've been telling you this morning about a long- term construction project on the inner loop. it's just after university boulevard where the road splits although four lanes are maintained. it may take a little getting used tosmght the outer -- used to. the outer loop is fine through silver spring. to southern maryland, we're looking great. route 5, 4, 301 you're fine. accokeek to the beltway in oxon hill and across the wilson bridge, no issues to report. we'll take a live look heading into the district. this is new york avenue as you leave bladensburg. traffic is moving smoothly. if you're heading to the u street corridor, don't forget today is the start of the street and sidewalk upgrade project along d.c.'s popular u street corridor. construction will take place on u street it 9th and 14th streets. traffic could be limited to one lane in each direction and curbside parking will be restricted. so you might want

but let's start with the cool temperatures this morning. 51 good morning aberdeen and glen bernie 54.inds for the most part are light staying that way going throughout the day. they will be variable. now, maryland's most powerful radar is dry as of now but we could see a few popup showersisolated in nature as we go throughout the day. we are under the unsettled weather pattern. we have one more day of it and high pressure will build in going into friday. but here are the coastal concerns. we have a coastal flood advisory for the areas here shaded in the darker blue. so, as we had the high tide that onshore flow we have areas of concerns. so just be prepared for that. light blue look at flood adviso let's check of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. we have one accident gone. how is it looking now. >> reporter: we are dealing with trouble on 97. a disabled tractor trailer is blocking two northbound lanes and in baltimore city, we are dealing with a house fire that has jumped on fulton at ramsey street. traveling in the area stick with mound street as an alternate

the best news is the tornado warning around the odonton area and glen bernie, it's still a thunderstorm warning. >> been listening to you for quite some time, my man, and i always got the impression that when the storm passover the clouds, they lose power. why would they intensify? >> once they move over the mountains, they encounter the warmer air and then you have more instability, more buoyancy in the atmosphere. >> a lot of stuff different about this pattern of storms. all right. thank you, doug. >>> we are going to go back out to shamari stone. it looks like they are getting heavy rain. >> reporter: that's right. i'm right off of 295 and we said, forget being a block away. let's bring our news 4 viewers a little closer in a safe area to the scene. let me move with my photographer and zoom in a little bit. those three drivers, they tried to come through the water. their cars are still stuck here. you hear that? that's the thunder that doug was talking about and it's moving through this area the rain is picking up. there's a lot of folks trying to drive through here and this driver,

usually it is no big deal but the owner of a 7 eleven in glen bernie made that mistake with somethingre valuable a bag of money. that was supposed to go to the bank. now at the bank he realized the bag was missing and decided to retrace his steps. that brought him here, to where route 100 and interstate 97 split. what he saw when he arrived was some people out in the road, and in the grass, picking up what was left of this cash. >> my heart just hurt for the person i can't imagine i lose my sunglasses, i am going crazy i can't imagine. >> then jennifer found out that person was a friend the owner of the 7 eleven she has visited almost daily for the last 10 years or so. >> he is an awesome person, has a heart of gold, family, i mean family means everything to him. his customers mean everything to him. >> reporter: the owners didn't want us to identify him. >> he is a very hard working works 7 days a week always here. >> 7 eleven didn't want to talk specifics how much money was involved. >> a great amount of money. >> this bank deposit is not covered by insurance. jennifer wanted to hel