it's your lives. >> see kim brown in the crowd? she was there. dozens held signs and sported colorful outfits including a group painted up as characters from "avatar." >>> working together to make life a little cleaner. >> the goal across our area saturday. in baltimore county, more than 1,000 volunteers working the community to help out the senior living center there. volunteers built a walk through gardens with plants and flowers and access ramps so residents can sit and watch the field at towson high. projects like this one were going on all across the country. >> this really serves as a regionwide opportunity where we have churches from all across the area and reaching out into their communities to try to attend to the needs and share a love for -- that we've experienced through god. >> the volunteers and residents gathered at the end of the project for a barbecue to celebrate the day's work. >>> we're leading up to "good morning maryland" at 7:00. >> we'll have news updates and weather and traffic updates until "good morning maryland" at 9:0

kim brown is doing a little dance there. she said i'll take 80s over the weekend even if it comes with an afternoon threat of thunderstorms. >>> 6:23. let's check the roads with kim. >> looking pretty good, a new crash reported in parkville, loch raven boulevard at loch ben boulevard. wet roads and fog contributing to several incidents. we're not looking too bad around the beltway, that is looking pretty good as well, drive times not so bad, 95 southbound from 695 to 895. it will take you about five minutes. 95 southbound from the split to the fort mchenry toll plaz, about a seven-minute ride. on the outer loop from the key bridge to 97, about 10 minutes. back to you. >>> entertainment news. sandra bullock and jesse james spotted in los angeles. he was not wearing his wedding ring when he took his children to school on monday. bullock was photographed hikeing with no wedding ring as well. and strippers melissa smith who is believed to have had a two-year affair with james sent bullock a fax to apologize for her actions. she

here's kim brown . >> we have a problem on the bw parkway. traveling southbound 295, good hope road, there's a crash blocking all lanes at this time. i'll get more details and let you know. as we take a peek at our drive times, pretty much in the green. people are reducing your speed. northbound 95, ten minutes from route 100, up to 395. 11-minute ride down to route 32. if you're traveling on the west side of the outer loop, seven minutes from 70 to 95. baltimore city, we're still working a couple events. we do have a truck fire, south highland avenue at boston street, over in randalstown, crash reported kings point road, eastbound at marriottsville road. sherrie johnson standing by with details on one of this morning's top stories. >> reporter: that's right, are you in the market for some brand new appliances? i'm sherrie johnson, coming up i'll tell you about a new rebate program. [ male announcer ] looking for a price that starts low and stays low? look no further than fios. now pay just $99.99 a month for verizon fios tv, america's top-ra

even higher to 77, two-degree guarantee on a sunny afternoon. 6:29, back to kim brown now for the last on traffic. >>> if you're trying to get an early start to the d.c. area this morning, we had an accident southbound on the bw parkway at route 450. that's been cleared away. delays start at 410. beltway looking really good. traffic moving at speeds. we have moderate to heavy volume building around the area. no problems on the west side. we don't have issues as you make your way uh, really in either direction at 95 approaching the tunnels. as we look at our travel times right now, on the outer loop from 795 to i-70, that'll take you about seven minutes to do that. southbound on the harbor tunnel thruway from the split to 295, about eight minutes this morning. one solitary crash in the area. police on the scene of an accident in brooklyn park. southbound richie highway, hammonds lane. getting a little rubbernecking attention from drivers this morning. for the most part, we're looking really good. >> we've been reporting on this all morning long. a 1963 letter sent to the vatican about c

let's go to the roads with kim brown. >>> good morning, we do have a pretty decent start to this morning's commute. no accidents to let you know about at this time. in towson, you're going to see road closures. brook avenue at hillin road remains closed. onto stevenson lane. they have that ongoing utility repair up there. as we look at the beltway, hardly any volume, light to moderate on the northeast corner. looks good. more so on the west side. a lot of people headed towards 95. traffic still remains to move at speeds. megan and jamie back to you. >>> will you be able to make a pot of coffee or take a shower this morning? let's take a look at those of you affected here. here are the arrows. falls road, we're up on uh, we go to the top, all the way to sparks, south all the way down to lake avenue and then, harford road. that's a big square block, big chunk of area. abc2's linda sow is live to take a twist at your spigot this morning. anything coming out, linda? >> reporter: i just spoke with some people who work at the super fresh here. they don't know quite yet if the water's back on. it

. >>> here's kim brown at 7:25 with traffic. >> good morning. you're going to see it sluggish on 95 down towards the beltway and headed on towards the 895 split. traffic is still managing to move. just heavy volume around the area. as we check around the cameras you'll see it slow on the west side at liberty road. tlg be rather sluggish from 795 down towards i-70. working several incidents as we check the maps. an accident southbound 95 at keith avenue now blocking the left lane accident on the outer loop at route 702 blocks the right lane and shoulder. in baltimore city a pair of crashes, one at frederick avenue and pulaski street. another at reisterstown road and orem avenue. drive times up around the top side of the outer loop from bel air to providence, seven minutes. 95 southbound from whitemarsh boulevard to the beltway, five minutes. and on the top side between the 83s not too bad, just one minute commute there. as we check the city cameras, not bad southbound on the jfx headed here at cold spring lane headed down towards downtown. just h

kim brown reports for wjz with the latest. >> reporter: the vatican's basilica was bathed in darkness saturday for the first celebration of easter. the scandal that's recently come to light involving abusive priests has cast a shadow over the catholic church. and threatened the leg seif pope benedict xvi. >> what we need to hear from is from the pope himself. he's the one voice that has been silent. >> the issue is deepening. with a revelation that the pope himself may have helped to protect yet another abusive priest. the future pope benedict did not take any action against tucson priest michael cada for years despite cases of child molestation dating back to the 1970s. the catholic church is being criticized for its handling of the abuse case by other religious leaders. the head of the anglican church says catholicism is now facing what he calls a colossal corporate trauma. a cbs news poll shows americans' opinions of the pope have changed. 24% of those surveyed have an unfavorable view of pope benedict compared to only 4% in 2006. >> i think it is a challenging time for the catholi

brown, expressing doubt the "tsunami" would be vulnerable in 2012. move over project runway, there is a new fashionista prowling the catwalks. the french press agency reports the official website says north korean leader kimrademark suit is a worldwide fashion phenomenon. "the reason is the august image of the great general always wearing the modest suit while working leaves a deep impression on people's mind in the world." the article quoted an unidentified french expert as saying the fashion interest in kim's style is unprecedented. the personality cult surrounding the reclusive dictator is well known. north korean media described as near magical powers, such as the time he scored 11 holes in one in a single round of golf. finally, a new study finds grass-fed catl in china reduced the green house gas nitrous oxide and can be good for the environment. the daily telegraph says the author of the study in "nature magazine" says it doesn't apply to all country but sometimes free-range livestock can be environmental plus. "it's been generally assumed if you increase the livestock number you get a rise in emissions of nitrous oxide. this is not the case." toyota has a new public relations nightmare. in the wak