i don't know, the 25th annual harford county farm fair and $25,000 on the line on abc2. let's look at this. you were here earlier applying. what do you think? >> i think it's great that harford county citizens had a chance to be a part of a project like this, a show that is there for us to win $5,000 -- $25,000. >> you can do it from the comfort of your home. >> it as all in the skype. why not, from the comfort of your own home. >> thanks. let's bring in miss donovan. you're a new resident of harford county. you live in the fallston area. ever been on a game show? >> no never been on a game show. >> are you excited about getting in on why are on game show and maybe win some bucks? >> that would be great. >> if you were to win, what would be the top of your list? >> a dream vacation. >> again, it's everyone's opportunity to come to the harford county farm fair through 8:00 this evening and apply. you'll fill out a form, get a 30 second interview. let's go to let's ask america tv. it could be you. how does that sound, josie? do you have something in mind. >> i'm going arou

wyatt is at the harford county farm fair. i could see the happiness. folks have a chance to get on a game slow right now. >> reporter: this is the 25th harford county farm fair. the difference this year, we're premiering or trying to get contestants for our premiere for america's newest game show. you'll see it monday through friday noi. formally g4 network, kevin perera. >> let's ask america, brand-new game show. you guys can play from home. just skype in. you can win $25,000 from the comfort of your couch. >> a quick demo. >> we poll the country. lips, legs, arm pits. what do men in their 20s wish their girlfriends would wax first. >> armpits, i would think. >> it's actually lips, believe it or not. hopefully all three are not an option. you date who you want. >> people can do this around baltimore from home. they can skype in or -- >> let's ask america. >> we'll see you on mayor in september. don't forget to come out to harford county. we're back. >>> that's it for right now. remember, when we're not here, go to our website. we'll see you right back

this is the 25th annual farm fair in harford county.his year you have a chance to get on a game show on abc2 where you can win $25,000. i want to talk to kevin. >> casually standing in the background. >> you just happened to be here. you've been interviewing all kinds of people potentially to be on this new game show. let's ask america. tell bus it. >> it will be a daily crazy affair where people from their couch, whatever you want from the comfort of your couch win $25,000 just for guessing what america thinks. >> it harkens back from family feud. people can talk to you and find a way to venture their best guess. >> if you have pan opinion about anything, particularly what other americans think, come on out. you got 30 seconds. if you can't make it out, let's go to let's ask america tv and you can win $25,000. >> you'll be able to skype in from home. >> yes. >> we're looking forward to seeing you on maryland television. >> september 17th. >> all right. that's it from the harford county farm fair where you got a big chance to become a g

view perspective of the storms, one moving out of northern baltimore county skirting south of harford county and a couple of storms encroaching on northern anne arundel county. 80s the rest of the evening. that's overall the perspective we have right now. we'll continue to work on getting that storm track to you in the next few minutes. >>> tonight we're learning the jim len son company is cutting tie -- henson company is cutting ties with chicago if i lai. they said they made the decision because of chick-fil-a's opposition to same-sex marriage. they had been making muppets for the kids meals. the ceo said it supports the biblical definition of a family unit. that's when henson decided to support glad instead. >>> a mother and a sister abandon a baby in a walmart shopping cart. what made them sprint away from a child. >>> a bridge gives out in china. more on the efforts to rescue the wedding party. [ male announcer ] it would mean one billion dollars for maryland and our schools and teachers. thousands of good paying jobs it's the new resort casino at national harbor. but it won't happen un

here is the rain in harford county. it is kind of isolated. it lot closer to install the front, which is down in the carolinas. that front will stay down at there. something isolated could occur in our area, but still some moisture in the atmosphere. this big area of high pressure is pushing drier air down. it is a battle between drier air pushing in and the waves moving along this front. essentially, we are in a pattern that is much closer to normal, because the jet stream has pushed the drier air out of canada closer by, and that keeps us out of the extreme heat and humidity. isolated thunder shower, most of this to the south of us today. east and northeast winds at about five to 10 miles an hour. futurecast shows this isolated a variety of rain activity not by us, and south, more significant rains. tomorrow, isolated showers to the north and west of us could crop up during the day tomorrow. we are fairly dry for thursday. on friday, we start picking up more clouds. on our seven-day forecast, we see higher rain chances at higher temperatures

she lives in harford county and was found in harford county. i've been in contact with john maroon and he said that cal is understandably relieved. this is good news for the cal ripken family. we're happy to report good news. >> that is a good news. coming up on the "today" shows, call phelps. -- michael phelps. keep it set right here on tv 11 to see michael phelps on the "today" show. >> coming up, we'll look at your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> time to get to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- do you agree with the decision by dc comics to delay the release of the new "batman" comic book? >> thank you for sending in that response. how is a looking on the roads? >> we have a problem on southbound 95, a motorcycle accident. down to 16 miles per hour from mountain road down to the beltway. three right lanes are closed. an accident in the outer loop at 70. >> it will be a nice day today with lots of sunshine and low humidity, 87 degrees. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news tod

some rain edging in over the state line into northern harford county. humidity extremely high helping to fuel those showers and the heat index values, man it is sticky out there feeling like the low to mid-90s, heat plus humidity. it will feel like the 90s for a while. we'll stalk about how the weather will develop. we were got those details coming up. >> thanks a lot, wyatt. the man accused of masterminding friday's deadly shooting was in court today. the community is turning their attention away from the accused gunman to those who were hurt. >> ♪ amazing grace >> reporter: sass aurora try -- as aurora tries to turn the corner, families met with the president who refused to say the name of the shooter. >> i come to them not so much as a president but as a father and husband oar he mentioned two names, ali young and stephanie davis who went to the midnight show together. >> ali stood up and was immediately shot. stephanie dropped down to the gown with her, applied pressure the entire time while the gunman was shooting. oar poor because of that, the dea

now, we also had a flash flood warning in effect for harford county. this is where we had the severe thunderstorm just about an hour ago. and that storm has died down. but it left a lot of rain in southern parts of the county. that rain is until 8:00. i want to show you when we switch it over, that we have severe thunderstorm watch in effect for a good portion of the state. until 10:00 tonight. so still the threat for severe storms. >> tonight, we have details about the maryland man police say called himself the joker. he was found if an arsenal of weapons after threatening to shoot up his workplace. wjz stays on the story live tonight. monique griego learns the man may not face criminal charges for at least a week. monique? >> reporter: adam, that's because he's still undergoing a mental health evaluation. now, tonight, we are hearing more from those who knew him. and one friend describes him as a gentle jeafnlt >> reporter: early friday morning, s.w.a.t. teams raid an apartment at this complex. and what they found surprised everyone. >> it's shocking

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good morning. >> we are dealing with a crash in harford county, in fallston, baldwin mill road at route52, expect delays in the area. stick with jaredsville pike or route 24. no delays from harford to white marsh. between route 43 and 695 traffic is starting to pick up a little bit. if you are headed out to the beltway, this is what the topside looks like in towson, delaney valley road. not much of a traffic shot there. you are looking at all together a 12 minute ride on the outer loop from 95, towards 83. the west side, starting to pick up as well here at wilkins, a 13 minute ride from 795, towards 95. we are giving away $600 in free gas every week through the rest of summer. like me on facebook. that's my official abc 2 news. all details can be found at the top of my profile. >>> it can be hard finding a hotel for the london games. one driver came up with a creative idea and created what is called the relax a taxi. find a pillow, reading light and shade. it is an un usual setting. with the city full of tourists, those needing a place to sleep maybe open minded. it makes complete sense

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of course in the heart of harford county, the skies getting stormier.some rain coming down on main street. it's much, much needed rain. we like the rain. we don't want damaging winds but love the rain right now. you can see storm clouds flaring up across mount airy, our view from summit ridge, again, all this rain will be welcome. we're anywhere from a half-foot to nine inches below our typical annual rain. it's been a dry stretch, not the severe drought of the midwest but it's been very dry here in the mid-atlantic states. take you to a current view of annapolis, beautiful shot, 90 degrees, winds east at 9 miles per hour. our humidity has really made things feel just a bit hotter today. these numbers, the solid 10 to 15 degrees cooler than yesterday but still in the 90s. still the humidity a factor. the bigger factor today, the evening thunderstorms last night, they contributed to higher humidity in the atmosphere today. so the heat index values still pretty oppressive. still feeling like 100 downtown. feeling like 109 the frederick way. always one of

today the harford county farm fair begins in harford county at the equestian center. food and drinks and all watching the pig races. also competing in the horseshoe pitching contest and petting zoo but the big of the attraction is going tonight tractor pull which runs tonight and tomorrow beginning at 7 p.m. admission 8 for adults and 4 for your kids to get in the game. >>> if you looking for contestants for a new game show let's ask america. if you are picked you will compete from people around the country answering questions from your home. >> oh, my god. >> they are excited. the top prize $25,000 and if you want a chance to be on the show find our booth at harford county farm fair. the casting call will run from 3 to 8 and half shower show premiers september 1th at 7:30. >>> they dress in character for fun. thousands will be in the inner harbor. what he bringing japanese and may to anime to charm city. >> i am linda so live at city cafe in mount vernon. great food at exceptional prices. details coming after the break. >>> thanks for staying with us. things are abuz

hd doppler is showing high clouds through harford county, northern baltimore county, down to montgomery county and bc we are talking about as hot temperatures. i am afraid to use the triple digits, but by wednesday, we could see those. 89 at the airport. humidity is not too bad right now. it will build over the next couple of days. it will end, i promise. i will talk about it in the insta-weather-plus forecast. >> a man is shot and killed in home invasion in baltimore city, and two others are heard. it happened on a lothian road in baltimore. we will keep you updated on the tv 11 and wbaltv.com. now to the latest on the search for the accused gunman over the weekend. investigators said saturday night, 29-year-old tuan thiam went to a spa and ellicott city and got into a fight with a man outside a female victim was working inside and had a protective order against pham. pham is wanted for attempted murder, assault, and gun offenses. all baltimore city police officer is on administrative leave after officials say he shot and killed unarmed man in baltimore. he was outside a 7-eleven store

but first, mike hellgren is live at police headquarters in harford county, with the latest on the abduction. mike? >> denise, this is a tough and fiercely independent woman. and what happened to her here frightened so many in this community. police are not saying at this point whether the person who took her did so because of who she is. but we do know she went on a terrifying 24-hour ride. >> reporter: the matriarch of the ripken family, 74-year-old violet, was abducted at gunpoint by a man in aberdeen. driven in her lincoln town car, then dropped off around her block, about 24 hours later. a close friend and neighbor spoke to her after the ordeal. >> i think he followed her watched her. why would he do that? go in the garage and wait there for her? tied her up, put a mask on her. he was going to do something else first. then told her to get in the car. he wanted her in her car. >> in her car?

but we are dealing with accidents on 95 up in harford county and interstate 70 out in frederick.he details coming up on good morning maryland. >> reporter: topping america's money the next big thing in autos indid the try insiders think it's going-- industry insiders think it's going to be the compact pickup. thatth young male drivers are look for a fuel efficient pickup. and 50 shades erotic trilly. 20 million copies sold. sales are split between electronic and print editions and it was popular with women. and spiderman swung to the top of the box office this weekend. the latest movie took in 65 million dollars in the first weekend. and 140 million since the opening midweek. and with this mishap on the 4th of july, and obscure new jersey company has blasted the name into name. -- fame. 20 minutes worth of fireworks went off all at one and now the company is is getting more attention they wanted. -- than they wanted. >>> reaction from those neighbors. we have the story on air and online. >> and three boys who were trying to get relief from the heat now two

harford county, parts of anne arundel county and prince george's county. it has dumped a bunch of rain, so fled warnings up in baltimore and hartford counties. more details on these powerful storms and the heat will continue, coming up in just a minute. >> you can always attract the storms anywhere you are with our new iphone and android apps. get the updated forecast every day on wbaltv.com. shooting investigation tonight in northeast baltimore. police say it happened about an hour ago. there is no word on the victim's condition, suspect, or possible motive. back to our big story, baltimore police have charged a 36-year- old man with various sex offenses after alleged encounter with the 13-year-old. sheldon dutes is live in the newsroom on how they initially met. >> they met on line, but police say it happened with the help of a mobile loan application. stephen douglas podles is out on bail after police say he had sex with a minor. >> they agreed to meet and there was sexual contact between the 36-year-old man and the 13-year- old boy. >> the alleged inci

harford county. nestled in northern harford county.....he quigley farm is well known for its fresh produce. (mom)"right now we have some of our bipolar sweet corn for sale"amy hanna steiner says... everything on display was picked this morning... (voice only)"right here we have tomatoes" this farm (pull book-flip pages?)has been in one family....(flipping pages)"this is my great great grandfather." for five generations. (amy)"its a very long history.."but a closer look at the fields.... this year.... may show a crop they would rather.. forget. (showing bad crops)"the intense heat and mostly the humidity of late.. has set in a fungus.. a rust.. "((cover with closer green bean shots))"right now.. the greenbeans were getting way less then a quarter of what we should be getting. " and fifteen percent of the corn is destroyed because of the summers.. record breaking heat. (showing corn)"we have some like this obviously... the full ear has not produced." fridays light rain may help salvage some produce: (shows brooke eating)"you wanna help mommy

if you want to be a came show contestant, i want you to come to harford county. there's a new game show called "let's ask america." if you're picked, you will compete with others across the country. the contestant search happens this coming friday at the great harford county farm fair. you get to meet host, plus the host will have the casting call. it starts at 7:30 on september the 17th. it's like dialing for dollars. it's fourth from the top, three from the bottom. call me, stu, call me. let's ask america. if you want more information, just go to abc2news.com. all right. let's take a look outside as we get ready to enjoy a monday night in baltimore. we'll be right back. ♪ be okay, be okay ♪ i just want to be okay today - ♪ i just want to know today - [ whistles ] ♪ know today, know today - [ cat meows ] - ♪ know that maybe i will be okay ♪ [ chimes ] travelers can help you protect the things you care about... and save money with multi-policy discounts. are you getting the coverage you need... and the discounts you deserve? for an agent or quote, call 800-my-cov

you can fine the abc2 news booth at harford county farm fair. a casting call is from 3 in the afternoon until 8 in the evening. the show kicks off september 17th at 7:30 here on abc2. but for more information, go to abc2news.com/laa. >>> time for a check of the weather forecast with lynette. you know a. lot of people making plans between the soccer and oat cop and restaurant week -- otakon and restaurant week, how will the weather be? >> better than today for sure. but let's talk about what dew point is. people ask me this all the time the lefter from frederick asked what's dew point and it's so important. so dew point lester is the meshof the moisture in the atmosphere. it's at the point where the atmosphere is saturated. it's important because basically it determines how uncomfortable you are going to feel. it's also determines how high fire danger is going to be during a dry spell. we have experienced that. and also, it determines whether it's going to rain or if it's going to snow. so you can see the dew point is important. now check out dew

zoom in a little here and you can see the storms flaring up over basically harford county, a little bit into western baltimore county, and all toward carroll county too getting downpours there. most of the state sitting relatively clear now. but not those particular areas in the northeast corner and also ocean city with a pretty big storm at the moment. this is the other story, isn't it? the humidity has come up. air temperatures are actually 10 to 15 degrees cooler than this time yesterday. with the humidity it feels almost as hot. heat index, nothing to play with. 90s the rest of the evening. we'll see temperatures fall to the 80s and 70s overnight but it's still going to be hot tomorrow. still the chance for more storms tomorrow. will we see any change for the weekend? we'll talk about it. >> thank you. >>> it is expected to be the biggest hit of the summer. tonight "the dark knight rises" on to the big screen in theaters all over the country. the biggest batman fan charley crowson is at the rotunda gearing up for the caped crusader. i can't wait to hear your review. i'm going to see

we do know that she was found in harford county..s.police are interviewing her right now.we have megan gilliland in the newsroom making calls... wel'l bring you more as soon as we can. the consumer product safety commission is announcing a major recall of more than 200- thousand "peg perego" strollers.the agency says there's a major risk of entrapment and strangulation for infants younger than 12-months... if they're not harnessed properly.this video that you're looking at... shows the two models that are under recall: the venezia and the pliko-p-3 strollers. they were manuuactured between january 2004 and september 2007... and sold nationwide. consumers are being urged to stop using these strollers immediately... and to call the company for a free repair kit. kit.we've posted a phone number and link to our website... just go to fox baltimore dot com slash morning. a man investigators say gave dozens of people hepatitis c... makes a court appearance tuesday.david kwiatkowski waived his right to a detention hearing in federal court in

. >>> and a big week end in harford county with the harford county farm fair.your kids could compete against one another when all sorts of animals with the equestian carnet if you don't compete there's -- compete -- center. if you don't compete there's always others events. >>> a contestants search happens today between 3 and 5. meet the show host there and again the casting call for contestants from 3 to 8. as for the show it begins on september 17th. airing at 7:30 on abc2. for more information on the show, head to abc2news.com/laa.

in ...harford county.../. joy lepola... was... in..aberdeen.../ where crews ... were...)) sunny singh made it to shore with the help of strangers who heard his cries as he fought to stay afloat in the bush river.5:48:28 were just happy we could do what we could and save on e victim. theresa dixon's family members were among thoseewho helped. 5:48:16 we just feel bad that we couldn't do more for the person. we didn our best. it's sad it's just sad it tragic. a tragic ending to a night that just moments prior was filled with laughter and birthday wishes. the man who drowned was celebrating his 35th birthday. he had just jumped overboard like he had several times before... but this time... he began to struggle...5:54:32 and the other one jumped in to try to go get him and the boat got away from both of them. dnr lt. nick powell says neither one was wearing a life jacket. 5:49:04 the channel is out where the boats are searching. so that would be the deepest point of the river.it's an area search teams targeted once the sun came up...5:53:12 we're doing the best we can with t

showers and thunderstorms isolated in parts of harford county and cecil county. most of the action has been to the south. temperatures this morning in the 70's. 75 on the boardwalk. low to mid 60's out in far western maryland. here is where the front is stalled. it will be there all day long. scattered thunderstorms down to the south. there could be something in the mountains west of us. here's what the map will look like by late afternoon and early evening. high pressure is holding the tropical air to the south of us. you can see the cooler air from new england pushing down. the cooler air is up in the great lakes and cannot push far south enough to pull us down. partly cloudy skies with an isolated shower. the highest chance to be out west. the wind will be south easily from 5 to 10 miles per hour. the futurecast shows all of the action to the south. crop up to thecroppedy west of us. we begin to see a little more action by friday. we do have rain in the forecast for this weekend. upper 80's to near 90 with an isolated thunderstorm chance today. closer to 90 th

anny hong joins us from the weather center. >> you mentioned harford county. act, we do have a couple of flash flood warnings in effect right now. most of these severe thunderstorm watches have been dropped with the exception of anne arundel and prince george's county. that's still until 1:00 tonight. you see those counties highlighted in yellow. live doppler 9000 hd, baltimore and carroll county, a flash flood warning until 2:00 a.m. here around d.c. we still have a couple thunderstorms, right around woodbridge, just basically south and east of manassas we see a couple of these storms moving basically off to the east. and so we could still see a couple of showers and storms headed out toward clinton. here's a look at the radar and lightning. we saw a lot of lightning with these storms. what we saw is a cold front coming through, clashing with the unstable atmosphere. so we did see some pretty good storms. had quite a few warnings earlier tonight in frederick, prince william as well. here's a look closer in, maybe even around rockville, laurel, fairfax and mana

everything up to speed at route 43 but we are dealing with an accident up in harford county along the southbound lanes at little gun powder falls bridge. 695 in overly at bel air road, everything up to speed. a nice easy ride up towards 83. that's the abc2 timesaver traffic. now over to you. >> 5:31. >>> today two of the three fire companies cut from the mayor's budget will officially close. linda so is standing by with how one of them will be staying open at least for now. linda. >> reporter: the fire chief decided to keep truck 10 in west baltimore running for another three months. it will stay open at least until october. the president of the fire union hopes that will give city leaders more time to find a way to save truck 10 but the same can't be said for two other companies. truck 15 in east baltimore and squad 11 on the city's south side will be shut down permanently. the crews will be reassigned to other firehouses. fire chief jim clack says companying the company will prevent the rotating firehouse closures going on the past two years. all three companies were slated to close

we have some shower activity in harford county. into the city, a few light showers. and carroll county and howard county. everybody is seeing something. anne arundel county near the bay. that is about it. it is all moving to the northeast. there's not much in virginia now. most of what we see will be tapering off. here is the beach. there are a few hardy souls out there. it will be literally crawling with people in a today. at bwi, it is 85 degrees. in ocean city, it is 63 degrees. 62% is the humidity. yesterday, the picture from ocean city at noon time, it looked like ants crawling. where the stars have been falling, it is only 69 -- where the showers have been falling, it is only 69 degrees. the warm front is to the south and it is moving northward. you can see the warm air and southern virginia and northern carolina. it is not quite as timid. that covers northern virginia, most of maryland and up into pennsylvania. it is what is generating the stars this morning and setting the trend for this weekend. we will warm appeared relati

we're picking up brain in parts of harford and baltimore county. the heaviest spot is around the tollison -- towson area. there is not a round of severe weather we expect. there is another round of thunderstorms out of the mountains. the ground is dry, you will probably get some between now and 9:00 p.m. this evening so we will see all that line of storms come out of the mountains. the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >> we can -- you can track storms anywhere on our iphone and android apps. we have you covered at wbaltv.com. >> jackie young has one of the most powerful positions in city government. he is a member of the city board of estimates that decide how taxpayer money is spent. jack young cannot legally or ethically vote on many important issues. david collins joins us from city hall with a follow-up to a story broke in to jammer. >> since coming to office, jack young says he abstains out of an avoidance -- an abundance of caution. we also challenged that ruling or that exploration because it let him off the hook on a lot of unpopular an

here's a quick live look at traffic. 95 from harford county is problem free at the moment. picking up in volume as you travel south towards the beltway. this is the beltway at harford road and so for running smoothly. >> you probably will be the air- conditioning in the car. >> it will get into the upper 9 with the heat index over 100. another chance for storms on friday. a cold front will go through on friday night and that will not be temperatures back into the mid to upper 80's. i think it will be decent weekend. my mother used to threaten to take us to the library. "i will take you to the library instead of baseball!" >> my father said, "i can stop and you can get out here." >> exactly. >> interesting story. if you're looking for more weather and traffic together, be sure to join us this morning for 11 news at 7:00 a.m. on wbal plus. >> you'll find more local news as well as up-to-date traffic and weather information. you can find it all on comcast channel 208, verizon fios 460, and 11-2. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> we will be back with a live update a

we had some rain in harford county yesterday. thundershowers in montgomery county and prince george's county. most of our viewing area did not get anything yesterday. today we're heading into a similar situation where the concentration of rain will be to our south. 76 in annapolis. 75 on the boardwalk. elkton, 69. hagerstown, 69 degrees. .0's in frostburg and oakland some pretty good thunderstorms down and southeast virginia. we can see some scattered clouds over us and that may for an interesting sunrise this morning. there is a storm stalled offshore down in the carolinas. there is a high pressure fixed in over the great lakes. it will be there again today. yesterday's weather will repeat today. the south and bato good weather to the north. some showers may be west of us from frederick on the west. rain is not a part of this forecast. just an isolated chance. partly cloudy skies. high.89 fioor the a normal summertime day. a one-foot chop on the open waters of the bay. bay water temperatures are in the low to mid 80's. the weathe

let's switch over to a live view of traffic at route 24 coming down from harford county. we are problem-free from the tydings memorial bridge all the way down to the fort mchenry. harbor tunnel traffic looking good. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. john has a check on your forecast. >> good morning. well, it's cloudy out there this morning. some of the streets are still wet, but the rain as moved east. still a couple of showers in delaware right now. and that's about it. that's the remnants of what occurred last night, anywhere from .75 to three inches of rain fell in the area. the front that generated the stormy activity last night is still here. we still have rain in the forecast today. our temperatures will be in the 80's here in baltimore. closer to 90 in southern baltimore. only 70's in pennsylvania and out in the mountains to the west. some of those rains today, again, could be heavy. we'll tell you more coming up in just a minute. >> hey, john, good morning. the orioles' road trip continues today in cleveland against the indians tonight. it comes after they s

harford county, baltimore county, points west. that will be in effect through the evening hours.ere is our futurecast, showing a band of rain coming in. there will be several times before we push everything to the south. sunbreaks later in the day. monday also looks pretty good. additional rain threat. sunday looks all right. temperatures will be in the 80's. 84 today. there. -- tough time getting their b -- there. must've monday is all right. monday night and tuesday, rain again. >> it seems that tossing and turning in bed could increase your chances of living in a nursing home later in life. a study from johns hopkins shows that older woman who look up often during the night had higher odds of going to nursing centers. researchers say it warrants further study. researchers from the university of minnesota's school of medicine tracked more than 700 men for a decade after they were diagnosed with prostate cancer. 5.8% of the men who had surgery die from their prostate cancer a decade after diagnosis. -- it was 8.4% of those who elected not to treat the cancer. the orangutan known

in harford county, pulaski highway a crash. another one in middle river. in howard county, we have a bunch of stuff. 97 is closed at monticello for some downed wires. a downed tree at jennings chapel and florence. a crash at arabian court in the gambrills area. will check the major areas. harrisburg expressway at shawan road is picking up in volume but no delays to report. this is the fort mchenry. blocked. tube is that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now we go back out to ava who is live at the pool. hi, ava. >> we alive that the padonia park club where they do have power and their open for business. we have some great volunteers that are swimming this morning. i have to ask about lightning safety. roars, a big war issue. >> we tried to promote safety. if we hear thunder, use the 30 minutes everybody gets out and clears the pullback. -- clears the pool deck. >> i can imagine. once they see lightning, 30 minutes out of the pool. that is fair enough. if you hear thunder, your clothes and out to be near a lightning -- you are close enough to be near lighti

some showers clipped harford county in cecil county, to the south, then dissipated. the front is still to the north. we are still in the hot air. we could have more activity. there are two fronts that have to come through before we are finished. it is still warm. it is 17 minutes past 11:00 in the evening and is still 92 at the airport. even in the mountains out west, 79, 77 frostburg. that is warm this time of night. the satellite-radar combination, storm activity in northern pennsylvania, into the great lakes. near sandusky. the front is still milling around in these parts. they still have to come through and push the warm air out. the next front will be overnight, which is in central pennsylvania, sliding south. that's slightly changes the wind. the real temperature in the temperature and to point is the second front in new york state. when that comes through tomorrow we will be done with this. when that comes in, hitting the moist air, it will still be hot. not as hot as today. it will trigger strong a thunderstorm activity. essentially, this pushes to the south,

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she helped create the boys and girls club of harford county. >> she brings her talent to the organizationthe organization. she brings it every day. she cares about kids. and she realizes you know they were only kids once and she's a hard working board member, very dedicated. >> reporter: and when we spoke with aberdeen police about two hours ago, they said they're getting ready to release another press statement. sometime today. >> okay we look forward to that of course but what do we know right now? >> reporter: really not much. the description is pretty vague. and police are hoping to look over the surveillance video that they got from that baltimore county royal farms and diner where that suspect got gas and food. they hope to provide more clues. >> thank you so much. >>> a well respected swim coach with swim club locations in virginia and maryland now being accused by a former swimmer of sexual abuse. in the 1980s when he was only 13 years old. curran made confidential court documents public this week supposedly signed by curl in which he admitted to the relationship, he agrees to pay

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july 7, a man dies in harford county in july 8, to more people die, one in baltimore city and the only woman to die of the heat related death in another county. all but two were 65 or older. >> many of the cases we have reported, most of the cases thus far have had underlying disease. heart disease, other kinds of diseases. and we know those are risk factors that can be complicated by the extreme heat. >> this most recent heat wave was dangerous because of the cumulative effect of having extreme temperatures day after day. >> people living at home, their interior temperatures in the evening may not have gone down significantly. there today they have cumulative flow loss and that becomes a problem for people. >> five more heat related deaths have been reported today, bringing the toll to 18. they were in st. mary's county, baltimore city, and baltimore county. as the week goes on i am told that as the medical examiner looks at the deaths that have been reported we may see that number climb. >> bge says it has restore the power and is beginning to assess what kind of job it did in the af

but gun dealers we talked with today - are quick to refute their critics.at an indoor range in harford county today - several shooters said gun laws are already strict enough. and some believe criminals will find other means to carry out deadly crimes - even if they don't have access to a firearm. <"i think i speak for all ameriocans... we in the gun community are not the ones reeponsible for that."> authorities have said the weapons used in the colorado shooting - were all puchased legally. but it's uncertain if the suspect filled out the forms correctly - or what his mental state was at the time of the shooting. important factors to consider - say gun rights advocates. melinda roeder - fox 45 news at 5. here's... our question of the day. should there be more restrictions on firearm ownership in america? go... to... fox- baltimore dot com .../ tell us... what you think.../. sound... off... thru... facebook.../. send... us... a tweet.. at foxbaltimore.../. text... your answer to ...45-203..../ enter... fox45a for yes.. / fox45b for no. 56-103"metro ten to lincoln 25 do i have permission to st

the most recent ones occurred since july 9th and they happened in baltimore city, harford county washington county mont bombry county and prince -- montgomery county and prince george's county. >>> too hot to do much. and that's the situation across the country. especially in places where your food is grown. so guess what, that means you will be paying more to feed your family. abc2 news sherrie johnson is live with what you need to know and how much this drought will cost. >> reporter: well, we are here in rogers forge where already it's in the early 8 0á. you know it's going -- 80s. you know it's going to be a hot day and across the country a sizzling summer. 80% of the country is about unusually dry temperatures right now. and you know this year's drought already the largest natural disaster in u.s. history keeps spreading and heats records keep falling. rivers are at the lowest levels in years. the lack of water is posing a threat to shipping wells and the price of food is affected. we are talking about higher produce prices and meat and poultry price also go up as well. farmers say the

she was found in harford county. the exact location has not been released. the ripken family has released a statement saying they are grateful and relieved she is back at all unsafely. the suspect is still at large. >> -- that she is back at home safely. the suspect is the large. >> the d.c. bureau chief is live at the wilson building with more on what happened with the mayor. >> mayor vincent gray over the years has been cool and collected as he dealt with reporters. but the calls for resignation and questions over whether he may be personally implicated in a corruption scandal the mayor today were showing signs of strain of a public official under attack. >> you asked d.c. residents how well they think american clint gray is running the city, a frequent answer is they do not know. -- that they think mayor vincent gray is running the city, the frequent answer is that they do not know. with images in the news of his campaign supporters pleading guilty to corruption, the mayor showed frustration in his biweekly news conference, where he touted his administrat

she has been involved with the boys and girls club of harford county since started a decade ago. >> not a day that she misses, whether to sign off on checks, overseeing any of our four location. she is definitely committed to the cause. >> the golf tournament has raised thousands of dollars for the club. it was back in january that the afunsment was -- anow -- announcement was made of the new stadium. >>> we are staying on top of it. we'll continue to bring you the very latest information as it becomes available. we'll have more coverage tonight on abc2 news at 11 and abc2news.com. >>> crystal clear conditions. low 50s. that basically means the moisture in the atmosphere is very low, very few clouds, comfortable stuff. annapolis, cambridge, not bad. tomorrow we'll see temperatures begin to climb backs into the upper 80s. in fact, this is not even updated. we're talking about temperatures pushing into the upper 90s. we'll have much more coming up. >> let's go live to east monument street. this is a picture of a 10-foot wide sinkhole. it's in the 2300 block of monument. we're couple block