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jamie costello has details. >> reporter: the schools are the oldest in the state. we need to come up with ways to find money for renovations and maybe even build new schools. how? this task force is a who's who in the baltimore finance world, they are to come up with ways and ideas to find $1.5 million to update conditions and another $1.3 million to renovate. we're talking about schools without air, no heat and more. >> when kids have high quality facilities they do better, they want to come to school, and they want to stay in school. school facilities also affect the district's ability to retain high-quality teachers. when we have competitive facilities we can keep and retain quality teachers. >> this new task force is going to explore financial and legislative options, all are going to be on the table. the task force is expected to make its recommendations by february. jamie costello, abc2 news. >> thank you. >>> tonight baltimore families continue to pick up the pieces after that tornado ripped through their neighborhood and tore their homes apart. many have li

good morning, maryland, i am jamie costello. >> i am megan pringle. it's monday morning so let's goat weather with justin berk. >> good morning. it was a great weekend. this morning, we are dealing with a little bit of fog. if night foggy where you railroading it may be foggy where you are going. and with that, we have a dense fog advisory. as a result, also, fog delays in the eastern shore. and care line county -- caroline county to the school delay. 90 minute school delay in kent county. sunny toward the afternoon but rain arrives tomorrow. it could be heavy and followed by colder air with the week itself ending with possible flurries. who are's chestertown kent county emergency management agency looking at the 47 degree mark matching the dew point. there's the 100% humidity and fog. and dense fog advisory from cecil through kent, caroline and queenan's county. even delaware and much of new jersey. northeast on the i-95 and jersey turnpike, you will be in thick fog and slow travel. travel restrictions and delays as a result traveling up 95 and headi

and jamie costello is not going to be allowed near that guitar for safekeeping right? he may as mean air guitar. we are watching clouds off the shoreline. it's still the influence of that storm that is churning off the new england coast and we are watching the possibility of some clouds pushing in and last couple images looked like it may be blocking out the sunrise expected an hour and a half from now on the eastern shore. we will watch the clouds try to advance to the west. but we are clear and 44 degrees to start this morning. 36 up towards york pa. hagerstown and easton at 41. and we are looking for temperatures this morning to go from the low 40s. the official sunrise 6:44. so, as if a little more than a hour and half away. you understand my point. sunshine this morning with clouds in the eastern shore and a mix of high clouds this afternoon. a two degree guaranteed high of 62. let's get back to work with kim brown with traffic. >> reporter: hey, in terms of traffic, we don't have accidents. there are few delays and light volume at this time as we look at the belt

i'm jamie costello, and if this story doesn't p3/get to you nothing will.cheryl connor on tonight's tow truck turn out for andy >> reporter: it was a unique vigil one that lit up the moçt of tow trucks in stand sted of candles. a 23-year-old man has died and a suspect should be brought to justice. they came to be heard over 5 tow truck drivers held a vigil for andy joyce who was shot and killed while responding to a call on moser street two weeks ago. instead of candles they brought out the j3çbright lights. >> i think it was just a young man doing his job was in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> reporter: the father of a 7 month old son joyce was in his first two weeks o:ças a tow tr driver. in the early morning of november 1st he got a call that fit his personality. he wanted to help people. >> he came out to help a lady and a child. >> reporter: % o÷he was found slouched over the driver's seat suffering from a single gunshot wound to the chest. the killing makes these drivers nervous to do their job in baltimore city. >> qwllooking around looking o

jamie costello. >> i am megan pringle. thanks for joining. before we get to the news and latest on the cleanup after the storm. let's get to justin berk. hey. >> good morning. and while they continue to try to clean up from the damage of the storms, the national weather service is conducting the investigation which took place yesterday. there's a lot of things to assess including not only doppler radar images trying to gather some witness testimony and, of course, what they saw firsthand in daylight yesterday. well, today, a bit of a breeze and we will be clouding up. but it should be a quiet day for the cleanup. cool and quiet weather should take us towards the weekend. wouldn't you like to see the most powerful doppler radar and five sweeps across the chesapeake and we are dry. 43 in pasadena and 42 in towson and we will go for a two degree gander teed high of 56 with thickening class here's kim brown with traffic. >> reporter: thanks. debris could be on the side streets in northeast baltimore. northern parkway was closed overnight right th

>> i am jamie costello welcome in. >> i am megan pringle. before we get to the news you might want an umbrella, right? >> that's an understatement. maybe heavy rain gear because it will get. and thick boots for the kids. the rain boots because here's the deal. we have the leaves that have dropped off the trees and can be clogging up drains adding into big puddle heading through the day. and kids love to jump in puddles just like dogs. and they both make a mess. showers this morning, wet road, but this afternoon the steadier heavier rain will make it a little dicey and whether it's walking or even the commute around the beltway and back home. totals close to ionch when the heavy stuff comes to an end overnight. and by daybreak and weak ending chill spills n but here's the most powerful doppler radar. light to moderate rain. where the green is it's all wet with heavier stuff now trying to push its way from montgomery over towards howard county. so laurel, and columbia is going to get a little heavier rain over the next 20 minutes and i am goin

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here's jamie costello. >>> this was supposed to be a fake and a possible reverse, ravens turn it over. put it in with ray rice. locker room, ahead, 17-3. second half, brian st. pierre, a third stringer with the ravens. kyle bowler, fires an 88-yard touchdown. now we have a game. 20-13. here's pierre changing diapers last week and suddenly he has to change his own when ed reeves steps in front of the pass. yeah, ed, landry cashes it in for six. ed reed's 50th career pick of the year. win 37-13. 7-and-3 on the year. they'll come back home at 7:14 against the buccaneers. >>> as the thanksgiving day travel approaches, uproar at the nation's airport is growing louder. travellers ranging from the average tourist to the secretary of state are not thrilled with the new rules. in an interview yesterday, hillary clinton went on to say if she could avoid the pat down she would certainly do so as well. you've seen all the images, everything going on with this. as the travel for thanksgiving approaches, prepare for more headaches and complaints. >>> it's four days until black friday. a week from t

jamie costello and our newest member of the team charlie crowson are at camden yards. but we have a lot ahead this next hour including an amazing person we want to introduce you to. dawn with a great message and is presenting it in a unique way about cancer in the myths that come with it. we will talk about diabetes around the holidays and portion controls. a great message for everybody to hear. so all of that ahead, and we will send it down to just wane check on weather. why would they go down and play ball in the rain. >> reporter: it's a good question. some people are glutens for punishment and you can see that by the traffic. kim brown is sos abouty in the traffic department. and it's because of the headline here. all about the rain. what a soggy day. the showers this morning and they began predawn and they have been met with intermittent midst and fog and this afternoon it gets steady and heavy at times. i expect heaviest of the rain late afternoon through the evening and tonight and because of the leaves that have fallen off the trees that could clog up the storm

jamie costello has tips how to score some sweet upgrades on the road the air the seat without breaking the bank. you heard about wal-mart's free shipping offer how will other major retailers respond as the holiday shopping season kicks into high gear. >>> they not only want to have children have a strategy playing chess. hosting a citywide chess tournament. 36 baltimore public school students are playing but only one will win the crown as the chess champion of baltimore. a recent survey by johns hopkins university found that students who play close actually have better school attendance and higher math scores. >> it teaches me how to think. when i may the game what movies going to make me better. so now i know i need to do what i need to do now so at the end of my life. >> my wife feels the same skills you need to be successful in life you can be successful at chess. we taught intentionally the two skills. >> central maryland provides a chess program as part of an achieveers program throughout the city. >>> if you missed it in march here's your second chance to enjoy a st. patrick's da

baltimore county and baltimore city all hitch good morning, i am jamie costello. >> i am megan pringle. we are waiting to figure out whether it was a tornado. >> what's taking so long to find out whether it was a tornado or not? >> they look at doppler radar estimate and being see inside the storm whether there's twisting of the wind, but they take into account for witnesses testimony. it hit at 1:30 and how many witness does you have? people woke up when it hit and afterwards. but to see what happened, it's the damage assessments. they went out to see how the trees were bent and knocked down, the debris field, was it all in one direction indicating straight line wind. was it twisted. >> what's your gut tell you in. >> i haven't been there firsthand. seeing that, 80-mile-per-hour winds is pretty legitimate. you know, seeing large planks impaled in the building and cars piled up, that's legitimate to push 80-mile-per-hour wind. but at this point, it's academic. the wind were not the cause of damage. we saw that. was it a tornado? a tornado would be from twisting from the cloud above kno

>>>i am jamie costello. >> i am megan pringle. thanks for joining on this thursday morning. let's get to weather and here's meteorologist justin berk. >> good morning. we are just another minute or two away from the official sunrise in baltimore. we are starting to see a hint of the morning light over richie highway. and beautiful glen burnie this morning. 44 degrees atan arundel community college. a cooler 37 from fedder -- veterans elementary school on this veterans day. the hour by hour forecast, most of us low 40s this morning. 57 by lunchtime. the 4:00 two degree guaranteed high under a ton of sun at 61. let's see what he happening on the road he. >> reporter: the main roadways are pretty good. no probable loans harrisburg he can press weament looking at the maps, bel air we have a couple problems to let you know about including an accident at churchville road. route 22 at route 543. you can see road and lane blockages up there. plus, a water main break has west ring factory road closed in both direction between route 24 and tollgate road a a couple road closures in bal

good morning, maryland, i am jamie costello. >> i am megan pringle.geous weather yesterday. >> let's find out. meteorologist justin berk, can you keep it going? >> we will keep it going. our headlines talk about this quiet weather pattern for us. we will have to get pay back at some point. let's enjoy what we have got while it's here. watching the storm off the coast and it will be flirting with the reg ofnlt but temperatures near or slightly above normal. our outlook towards veteran's day will be a little cooler, but it should be respectfully clear any outdoor activities should be be just fine this year across the mid atlantic including maryland, down through arlington and virginia. 46 this morning. from centreville to chestertown and edgemere. 42 in sykesville and westminster. watching the cloud, to the east and skirting the coastline in delmarva and we will go from sunny to partly sunny with the afternoon two degree guaranteed high of 62. let's see what he happening with the traffic right now.

good morning, maryland, i am jamie costello. >> i am megan pringle. had a great weekend. >> they went home early, the steeler fans, because they have to work this morning. meteorologist justin berk, what a nice weekend. don't touch a thing. keep it just like that, okay? step away. >> a little fog this morning. you have to pay the piper here. we have clear skids overnight. moisture ahead of the storm system and we are watching a developing change in our weather pattern. here's the deal. we start off with fog. there may be some restrictions. if so, kim will let you know about that. partly sunny skies expected this afternoon. rain moves in on tuesday and i want to give you a hint there could be flurries by the end of the week. 48 in towson. 45 westminster and bel air. and hanging around 50 around the bay from edgemere at 50 to a bit of fog. skies turn partly sunny. aiming for 60 as the two degree guarantee. big changes in the next coming days. >> reporter: no fog warnings in place as of yet. justin mentioned that fog is moderate to heavy

. >>> i am jamie costello. >> i am megan pringle. this is your abc2 news to go. justin berk to see if we can get another good look day. >> you got it. just like you ordered and it's the third in a string of nice days this workweek. temperatures this morning actually running a little bit above normal at 43. we should start off in the 30s. that's pretty good start. the sunrise is upon us right now. although it's the low below the hills and tree line. maybe a few minutes that you see that. but the official 6:44 mark. a partly sunny afternoon at 62 the two degree guarantee but the sun goes down at 4:56. here's kim brown. >> reporter: justin for the commuters traveling the harrisburg expressway, you won't encounter problems and minimal delays approaching the beltway. checking the maps, a handful of accidents around the area. still route 140 at dd road a disabled vehicle on the inner loop of the beltway right at lock raven and you won't see that off to the shoulder and an accident involving a police vehicle. no injuries. that is at amberwood road and maravia park drive

i am jamie costello. >> i am megan prink especially this is your news to go. go to meteorologist justin berk. >> there's assess -- they are tell assessing the damage and what kind of storm hit baltimore city and baltimore county. let's go back to yesterday where we talked about a 57-mile-per-hour wind. they still have the strongest wind in maryland today. but 16-mile-per-hour winds. that's an improvement right? that should put a smile on your face. wind averaging 5 to 15 miles per hour. i want to show outwind forecast model and we are looking at northwesterly breeze that's the arrow coming from the top left to the bottom right. and you will notice the hours shrink up a lighter breeze speced this afternoon but increases with a surge of cold air coming in tonight after a brief shower. and then cold air will dominate tomorrow but a warmup as we shift the wind and the arrows from the southwest over the weekend. look for increasing clouds today. and the two degree guaranteed high of 56. here's kim with traffic. >> reporter: thanks. look at the cameras we are taking

i am jamie costello. >> i am megan pringle. thanks for joining us. to the news, let's check weather. >> a little rain. meteorologist justin berk, good morning. >> it's all about the rain today. we will look at showers this morning and we have got wet road out there. now the showers may be intermittent but a steady heavy rain is expected to develop during the afternoon through the evening and tonight. totals close to 1 inch which could mean big puddles and especially with the leaves that could clog up drains could lead to problems as we go through the day. also, something you will probably hear from kim and myself all morning. wet leaves can be slippery just like ice. the week will end with chill and maybe flakes. this morning, we check it out and we will see the green is light to moderate rainfall. and it's building back in. where you see the yellow out of looks like montgomery county and heading towards howard county, we have moderate rain building in and extend towards rockville and the southwest side of d.c. there's more so plan for rain throughou

good morning, maryland, i am jamie costello. >> i am megan pringle. thanks for joining us.e middle of the week. >> meteorologist justin berk. how is the weather? >> shaping up fine. good morning. we are in the middle of a week and quiet weather pattern that will continue. yes, we have a breeze, we have been watching the storm off the new england coast. temperatures have held near or shaoitly above normal. -- slightly above norm -- slightly above normal. veteran's day. and some other important activities going on tomorrow. we will be respectfully clear we expect the nice pattern to continue for the rest of the week. 46 in edgemere and while it's a little cool on the west side, we may dip down into the low 40s. our sunrise is at 6:44. we will feed you the sunshine and breeze picks up this afternoon. but the two degree guaranteed high up to 62. let's see what the beltway looks like and beyond with kim brown. >> reporter: thanks. good morning. we are in a very good traffic pattern as well. no accidents or incidents to let you know about. looking at the cameras, the harrisburg e

good morning, i am jamie costello. >> i am megan pringle. it's tuesday morning, november 16th.nd it's raining. >> meteorologist justin berk is waking us up. >> good morning out read my graphic. it's right there. rain. that's the word of the day. it's wet this morning and will be wet throughout the afternoon and this evening. it's a matter of the intensity and this morning it's matter of showers and the road are wet. there may be a few breaks from time to time b. you the steady heavy stuff rolls in this afternoon and through the evening and tonight. storms well on down to the south. between now and then, we will get close to an inch of rain which means puddles to be expected on the roads and behind that weekending chill. that means thursday and friday turning cooler and maybe modifying over the weekend. here's maryland's most powerful doppler radar. where you see yellow is moderate to heavy rain on the west side of the beltway and heading towards the 83 split. so towson, cockeysville is getting heavier. and more of that this afternoon with the two degree guaranteed high of 56. h

. >>> good morning, maryland, i am jamie costello. >> i am megan pringle. we want to tell you about meteorologist justin berk. >> good morning. 6:44. it's the 9th of november and if you missioned it -- missed it earlier, test on a snow fun fact. it is stirring up controversiy. this date three years ago, the first snowfall of the year of 2007. it's that time year that puts a smile on face and boos and hisses from some of the cloud crowd. we are talking about snow and having fun with it. we are not shoveling it, yet. mark my words, close thanksgiving e. think we will have the first one. 43 at rosemont elementary with wind gusting as high as 27 miles per hour at midnight. we are looking at glen oak. 44 degeese right now. and we have got ourselves light. sun has come up. we are going for 58 as the two tee free guarantee with sunny to partly sunny skies. here a kim with traffic. >> reporter: thanks. well, volume is starting to pick up around the area especially on 95 and 895 approaching the tunnels. in ann aid rundle county route 100 at 97, traffic moves well. w

. >> i am jamie costello. a justin berk a.. >> all over the storm again today as the cleanup continues and the storm investigation at the national weather service had to conduct yesterday, still not conclusive. hopefully they will have the results at some point today. and we will determine whether this thing was a tornado or a gust neighedo which is a push of wind that spin up on the ground as opposed from the clouds above. today, will be breezy and we start off clear but clouding up in a hurry. there should be showers arriving later on and snowflakes mixing in. nothing will stick but a cool, quieter weather pattern through the weekend. i am getting slapped so let's move forward and let's go backward and move forward. watch the cloud that built up in the afternoon. that is fairly typical setup for fall and winter

jamie costello for good morning, maryland. >> if there is something that -- >> it would be jamie. you could see -- should see him. he's happy today. >> a lot of us are happy today watching the ravens play so well especially with defense inside of the ball late in the 4th quarter. something we have been wanting to see. a more complete game by the ravens. 37-13 is the final score. but like jamie was showing us, a little bit closer than you might voir dire wanted. >> -- have wanted. >> looked great and you hear bryan st. pierre back to the nfl. looked good in places. didn't look so good in other places. the cbs announcer said that at one point, he was a good game manager but it was the point when the point game st. pierre had to win the game that, is where you saw the reception and the ray lewis reception. >> we're glad you like football. >> love some football. >> all right, good, well, listen, you heard more than a week you have to check your car before hitting the road on a holiday week snend >> you don't? >> well, what exactly does that mean for you? and megan, what does it mean f

. >> i am jamie costello. >> that is nice piece of ceramic work. >> mary grace and her best friend barbara it's beautiful. it's lit up. can you do it? and we were out honoring cardinal keeler last night at martin's west with sisters of the poor. and i am sitting with jim former baltimore colt great. geno's everybody goes there because it's the place to go. and he is reopening the place sunday afternoon up in king of prussia little over an hour away and he will send a limbo baltimore to haul them up for the grand opening on sunday. is that great. >> great. >> that's a great story. >> that's great. >> we have another great story. meet the 16-year-old junior kind of touched about his people. he is going to believe in tomorrow. aid great organization helping out kids here in our area for 25 years. wait until you hear the story. >> a great organization. >> is it all right to call you a kid. is that offensive? >> young man. >>> we want you to know about an amaze storingy about a great event thanks to the maryland women's heritage center. we will take you there to tell you about this and how to g

. >> i am jamie costello. you fabulous you. fabulous moms today. we have three ladies over here. i don't know how they are doing it. they are ceos and owners and founders of their company and they have children. they are going to have a big fun night and they will bring the fabulous moms together and network. it's going to be great. >> we need more stuff hike that we need to hear from more women like that. >> we will find out how they do it gluion is with the geek squad is all business in the back of the studio on his lap top typing and he has great segment about protecting your information. >>> and we will visit the safest place in baltimore. locust point. >> all right. >> i have trivia for you. tell meet date that the grain sealos were built. what year. >> can i remember? what year? 192 #. >> you are right. >> what major highway was going through locust point. >> 59. >> it was not 83. barbara mikulski stopped that in fells point. shrly who runs the civic organization she stopped 95 from going through. >> sherly did. >> and joanne say hello, she went through surge ray couple wee

i am jamie costello by myself. we will talk about holiday with the ex. we are going to examine this. you may be divorced and have to have the ex over and it's a touchy subject. we will dib into it. how do you know you crossed the line in friending a teacher on facebook? we will dive no that and mirium king is here from the university of baltimore. she has check list on when it comes to the college application process. if you follow the check list, it's going to be stress free. and megan and charlie will be live in a few minutes. they will be live at the spca right down there on falls road. but want to get to the big story of the day. it continues to be the latest on the cleanup. after the severe storms rolled through us early yesterday morning, now official say more than 350 homes or apartments in baltimore city were damaged by the storms. another 100 homes were damaged in baltimore county. and we have 16 buildings, 54 residential units condemned and national weather service is expected to have a report out sometime today on whether or not this was a tor