and it's going take you 22 minutes to travel from the maryland pennsylvania state line all the way down toward the beltway. if we pull up the shot in a few minutes, and weas we look at other drive times, 695 in great shape. no delays on the outer loop from 95 up towards 83. that's taking you 11 minutes. traffic just starting to pick up over on the west side. but not too bad. 12 minutes on outer loop from 759 towards 95. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. now over to you. >>> there are a number of test women need to stay healthy. >> starting today women will have better abscess to the preventive services under president obama's affordable health care law. >> reporter: linda so is here to tell us what it means for you. the big changes go into effect today. >> reporter: lots of changes. women will no longer have to pay out of pocket or copays for the services. starting today new health insurance plans are required to cover 8 new preventive services for women without charging them anything out of pocket. if your plan has been charging copays or deductables they will be free start

harrisburg expressway, york road, you are looking at a 22 minute ride from the maryland- pennsylvania state line, down to 695. pulling up drive times, beltway in great shape, 11 minutes on the outer loop from 95, up to 83. the west side, starting to congest. a 12 minute ride from 795, towards 95. over to you. >>> crews will be out trying to mick an already bad situation a little bit better. people living in apartments had to be evacuated because of this heavy rain. that hole is from curb to curb, 50 feet deep. crews say it's like starting over for the repairs. they have been working on this and dozens of businesses nearby. they had to deal with the roads that have been shutdown. >> it's set us back. we are going to be putting steal plating on either side of monument street and doing restabilization. >> crews say it will take months to get the road re- opened. >>> the alarms are going to go off, no snooze buttons today , the first day of school for opportunities students in the area. sherrie johnson joins us live from the carver center for arts and technology. >> reporter: it is an ext

a live look at york road, nothing to get in you way, a nice easy ride, 22 minutes from the maryland-pennsylvania state line towards 695, if u using 95 to the city, notice a lot of traffic stating to pick up here at 395, no significant delays in to the city or through the fort mc henry tunnel. nice and clear through the harbor tunnel. >>> we are following breaking news this morning, out of howard county, two people are dead after a train derailment. this happened in ellicott city, historic area of the downtown. charley crowson has been there all morning, joining us with more information. republican thank you, good morning. csx, the company that owned the train, of which 23 derailed has released the statement saying the train was headed from west virginia to baltimore and had derailed across the bridge in ellicott city. no crewmen or on the trains were injured or killed. the two dead were on the train, we have one of those names released, is elizabeth gnash. a number of crews from howard, baltimore, ntsb, they are there in ellicott city assessing the damage of the 23 overturned cars, coal is what

expressway, york road, nothing to get in your way, delay free, 22 minutes together from the maryland-pennsylvania state line, to á6 95, the west side, wilkins, traffic is picking up, a 13 minute ride from 795, down towards 95, no problems on the beltway from parkville to towson and the northeast corridor area. >>> you got the backpacks ready , the clothes are laid out, lunches are made. the first day of school for students in the area. linda so is live this morning at leaf rock elementary this morning. i understand that students there are going to be surprised. it's not going to look like the same school. >> reporter: not at all. they are going to walk in to a state of the art building, joining us is the principal to tell us about it. this place is amazing. you were telling me about the library. there is going to be new things in here. >> the library is state of the art. we have in the library, all kinds of computers, we have the internet, we have television, we have a stage, where the children can act out their favorite story characters. it's fantastic. beautiful. any child would want to come in

>> eight pennsylvania avenue, to uson, maryland. we are extending restaurant week. have a julia childs menu because it was her birthday. >> if you'd like a copy of the recipe, go to wbaltv.com, click on food or send us a self addressed stamped envelope to sunday brunch. she just flipped her burger. >> pete gilbert coming up on sports. a surprise start for zach britton who took advantage of his opportunity. wççÑçÑ >> now, 11 sports with pete gilbert. >> the orioles in detroit last night for what looked like a tough pitching matchup. zach britton who had been to the minors had to get called up for emergency duty and he just hasn't been that great yet zach somehow reminded us of why his ceiling is so high. and why the orioles felt so highly of him. prince fielder looking at that pitch on the outside corner for strike three. five k's on the day for britton. got some help defensively. no score in the sixth. the 6, 4, 3 double play to end the inning. kept it scoreless until the top of the seventh. two on, nobody out. chris davis said he thought maybe approximate bunting b

one right now on the maryland/pennsylvania line. this one just to the southwest of the freedom, moving northeast at about 18 miles an hour. nothing severe about it, but some lightning and thunder storms associated with the storm. a shower trying to prop up just west of westminster as well. isolated, non-severe storms thankfully at this hour. hopefully, your back yard and garden getting some much-needed rain. the morning low was war at 73 degrees. that is seven degrees above the average for this time of year. you average it all out, and the date turns out warmer than normal because of this nighttime temperatures. 99 degrees, the record high in 1985. only 1/1 hundred of an inch today. the difference today, temperature is not a whole lot different than yesterday, but the dew point certainly came up. it is an indication of dryer, more comfortable air, but today, after a night and day of southerly breezes, they're up in the 70-degree ranges, which makes it feel a lot more money. you can find warm, humid air and a cold front approaching f

it brings it into maryland, pennsylvania, new england as we go into labor and leftever remnants. seven and a half inches of rain. unbelievable, hammond, louisiana. i'm sure the whole campus is under water right now. take a look at orange beach. this is gulf source, alabama. it continues to lash the gulf beaches. we had storm surges, some spots higher. the shape of the coastline is a big deal we you talk about land falling systems, that muddy coast along louisiana. baltimore 85. no flooding here. dry sunny conditions. sunset getting earlier by the day. sunset 7:41, dry comfortable weather, mid-80s. winds from the north and west absolutely spectacular bringing in dry comfortable air. the nearest humid city would be norfolk, virginia. as we look plat model projections, all the rain with isaac will be there tomorrow. 24 hours of heavy straight rain. some of it pushing out of louisiana. the drift of all that leftover moisture could impact us. tonight 60. tomorrow 86. sunshine, a little warmer, great day. saturday we're fine. the next three days look dry and hotter, but sunday into mon

you are looking at a 22 minute ride from the maryland- pennsylvania state line to the beltway.e times, 695 is in great shape. no concerns up to 83. on the west side, traveling the outer loop from 795, 9 a, looking at a 12 minute ride. >>> hearing is set in the felecia barnes murder trial , the north carolina teen was visiting family in baltimore when she disappeared and found dead in the susquehanna river. linda sos that latest. when will things get underway? >> 11:00. they will set the trial date at the hearing. michael johnson is accused of murdering barns in june he pleaded not guilty at his arapement. johnson was dating barns' sister at the time of her disappearance. the student came here in december of 2010 to visit her sister. johnson was the last person to see her alive. police

heaviest rain towards dealtate maryland pennsylvania line and showers around jaretsville and sliding -- jarrettsville and across i-83 wet weather and baltimore county and carroll county and westminster. tawnytown getting in on the action this morning. so as you head out, make sure to have the rain gear an umbrella. you will need it as the kids head off to school. temperatures are at 73 degrees right now in catonsville and churchville. easton at 74 degrees. and as we look at the hour by hour forecast, you will wake up at 6 this morning, 5 temperatures at 75. morning around 9:00, the temperature at 80. showers possible and by lunchtime partly cloudy and we dry things out with the temperature coming in right around 85. let's check the traffic with mike masco. >> reporter: good morning. just construction delays this morning a few road closures due to the construction and west of town, we find one spot. i just -- just towards the east of 940 heading along 695, you will notice there's construction out there this morning. so expect speed to be tied up. some in fact there's the one construct

going to be out in western maryland, pennsylvania. midday tomorrow we could start to run into a few showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. check out the future cast tomorrow as we approach the 5:00 p.m. hour. north and west of d.c. approaching hagerstown and winchester, potentially some strong thunderstorms there coming through in the evening hours. midnight. so we still have some showers around. tomorrow night you have plans, date night or something, that could be a little wet here in the metro. try to push the front south of us saturday morning. but with the front nearby, we can't rule out a stray shower. over toward the beaches, we potentially could be having lingering clouds and showers. here's a look at the forecast. today a green day. 90 degrees, hot but not humid. yellow alert tomorrow for potentially some strong afternoon storms, 94. a few morning showers saturday. right now i'm going to keep it yellow. if it looks like the front will push through maybe later today, anny may make saturday green but we'll keep it a yellow

it will be an easy ride traveling southbound just 22 minutes altogether from the maryland pennsylvania state line down to 695. now the beltway in great shape on outer loop from 95 to 83. you are looking at 11 minutes and traffic is starting to pick up on the west side but no significant delays just 12 minutes to travel the outer loop from 795 towards 95. charley over to you. >>> investigators are look for information -- look for information -- looking for more information on a gunman who killed six people in a sikh temple. yesterday afternoon it happened in oak creek. the fbi has not caged possible motive but they are -- not suggested a possible motive but are calling it a act of terrorism. >> every time i go to temple, i am going think of this. and it's so unfortunate that i have to think of a tragedy instead of focusing on god and loving my community and loving people. you know you hope you need to still do it. we have to prevent this hate from also filtrating in. >> federal agents and bomb squads warmed the -- swarmed theneighborhood where the gunman lived and evacuated homes nearby

drive times 84 3á from the southbound from -- 83 from the southbound maryland pennsylvania line to the695 is 22 minutes and 695 to the downtown section of town will take you about 15 minutes. megan onto you. >>> 4 minutes after 6, 15 years old and charged with attempted first-degree murder and attempted first degree assault. we are learning more about what happened on the first day of school at perry hall high school when student was shot in the cafeteria. sherrie johnson is live at the high school and when students showed up yesterday, they did something to show support for the victim daniel borowy. >> reporter: students showed up with t-shirts wearing daniel borowy's name showing support for the 17-year-old that was shot right here at perry hall high school on monday. he was shot in the lower back. now he is in critical condition at shock trauma. i just what chance to talk to the nursing supervisor and at last check he was in critical condition. 15-year-old robert gladden junior is charged as an adult with attempted first-degree murder and assault. he was known as bobby g and police

so do be extra careful heading out. 22 minute altogether from the maryland pennsylvania state line all the way down to 695. now, the beltway is going to be in great shape. looking at 12-minute ride on the outer loop from 95 up to 83. and if you are using 95 to get into the city, just 15 minutes from the beltway all the way downtown. megan and charley. >>> look at the skies this weekend in baltimore and you may catch a glimpse of a peeves history. >> the memphis bell is on display for public flights at martin state airport giving you a chance to take flight and experience what world war ii hereos faced on the european front. you saw this yesterday. >> yeah. monday. a veterans rowed along members of the media. this guy was awesome talking about what it was like being inside the flying for the rest but re-- fortress but he flew 27 mission on the b17 and remembered and called a -- recalled a tough experience in 1944. but this version of the memphis bell originally this is not the original. the original memphis bell is at a museum in ohio being restored but this is one of 13 still able to f

you are looking at 22 minute ride from the maryland pennsylvania state line. and down towards 695. and as we check in and look at the beltway 11 minutes on the outer loop from 95 toward 83. traffic is just starting to pick up on the west side of the beltway. so expect a 13-minute ride on outer loop from 795 all the way down towards 95. megan and charley, over to you. >>> in michigan it's called tail wagging and for the great dane on the go or any dog or car sarah can get them to a grooming appointment or vet or day care and charges a dollar a mile for the first 15 miles and 50 cents a mile after that. and megan, i know you got two you need to tote around. >> i do but i bathe them myself. not a bad idea and speaking of well-groomed dog, this is molly aileen gabey from the maryland spca nice sweater. >> she likes this sweater and sometimes it's nice to protect them from the elements or the cold and it's going to be so rany today you want to keep thepets dry when they come in. there's cute things like the rain jackets. >> i saw that. >> and rain gear for it. >> not a bad idea. >> some

here it's drive times 83 southbound from maryland pennsylvania line to 695 that will take you a 22 minute rye. more traffic in less than ten minutes now onto you. >> this is something that student shouldn't have to go through. but this morning, they do. students, teachers and parents will start the school day praying for a teen shot in thecafeteria at perry hall high school. linda so is at the high school live this morning with what to expect as they head back to class today the second day of school. >> reporter: when students return expect to see a lot more police, security and trauma counselors on hand. we see a police cruiser in the parking lot right now. we have learned that the county police chief jim johnson will conduct a briefing later this morning to give us the latest on the investigation. the alleged shooter a 15-year- old student here has not been formally charged yet. it's unclear whether he will be charged as an adult or a juvenile. the motive is unclear but police say the victim was not targeted. the associated press is reporting the suspect's father says his son was bullie

no delays from the maryland pennsylvania state line al the way down to 695. and the beltway in great shape from parkville all the way up towards towson but traffic starting to pick up over on the west site. a 12 minute ride right now on the outer loop from 795 down towards 95. charlie over to you. baltimore county schools are now reporting to us that orms elementary school is closed today as a result of a power outage. parents please take note. rons elementary school is closed today. >>> it is sentencing day for george huguely. the former lacrosse flayer was convicted of killing his ex- girlfriend yeardley love. the native was just days away from graduating and she was 22 years old. abc2 news linda so is live this morning outside notre dame prep where love was a student here in cock cockeysville. >> reporter: today her ex- boyfriend george huguely will learn how long he'll spends in prison for killing her. the jury is recommending 26 years, his attorneys are asking for leniency. the judge will make the final decision. earlier in year he was convicted of secon

just 22 minutes from the maryland pennsylvania state line down towards 695. you will notice some reduced visibility though in the area and be extra careful traveling up on 83 this morning. traffic picking up on the beltway traveling the outer loop from 95 up towards 83. you are looking at a 12 minute ride. and it's going to get a little more congested over on the west side where you're looking at a 13 minute ride on that outer loop from 795 down to 95. that is a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. megan and charlie, over to you. >>> well, lauren just mentioned all the problems that water main break is causing for people's morning commute and it is causing a lot of issues too. that mane ruptured late last night on kirk avenue and that happened near abbotston street. that's where we find abc2 news linda so live at the scene with more this morning. linda? >> reporter: megan, this is right behind city college high school. you've got the shepherd's clinic right over there and this is where the main happened. let me show you the damage that it's done. this is the

harrisburg expressway at york road, everything up to speed. 22 minutes all together from the maryland/pennsylvania state line all the way down to the beltway. jfx also in great shape. if you are headed out to 695, you're looking at an 11-minute ride on the outer loop from 95 up to 83. and that west side starting to pick up, but no significant problems, just 12 minutes to travel the outer loop from 795 down towards 95. charley, over to you. >>> this will be enough to terrify any driver. imagine heading home from work and seeing a snake peek above your dashboard vent. that is exactly what happened to a a man in knoxville, tennessee. so what did he do? >> i calmly and slowly turned on the turn signal, pulled off the road, set the brake, turned on the hazards, looked in the mirrors to make sure there was nothing coming in the lane beside me and then bolted from the car as quickly as i could. >> it scared him so much he lost all of his hair. that car was towed away to a dealer and mechanic. they spent hours taking it apart to get the snake out easily as they could. sadly the animal did not survive. you

here's what the harrisburg expressway looks like at york road. 22 minutes altogether from the maryland pennsylvania state line all the way down to the beltway and it will remain clear on the jfx. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. now for a look at the forecast we're joined by meteorologist lynette charles. good morning lynette. how's the weather shaping up for the grand prix? >>> oh, it's -- iffy. let me break that down for you. saturday looks just fine. but then as we move into sunday we'll see a few more clouds moving in and possibly some showers and then that will head into labor day. so saturday stellar but still iffy maybe isaac could move in here sunday and also monday. but for today we're not dealing with a whole lot. just a few high clouds streaming in across the area. most of the heavier clouds the thicker clouds to the south and the temperatures end dicktive of that. -- indicative of is that this morning. only about 65-degrees in baltimore and look at the 54 in e rhee. and then the further to the south you go we have plenty of clouds moving across that area. so the temperature

maryland's most powerful radar showing a clear slate for much of the city limits up and down the corridor, 695 looking good. as we shifted to the north we notice one cell along the pennsylvania maryland line. we'll see if it has further developments. right now the indications are most of the actions will stay to the north. terms of what to expect temperatures will stay in the 80s. i think the new observation will be much higher as the sunshine is coming out. look at the dew point. dew point running to near 72 degrees. that is definitely tropical. the trend reflects muggy and humid conditions. we'll get down to eventually 78 in baltimore city. back up into the 90s with scattered showers developing after the 1:00, 2:00 hour. not only is tomorrow unsettled, but much of the weekend sun settled. we'll time that out and show you more about tropical storm ernesto in the atlantic. that's coming up in a little bit. >>> they help those who are hungry. they help those who are poor. they help the children and elderly but catholic charities do not pay your bge bill for a price. someone posing as catholic charities will pay your bill if you pay $150. >> also in a sense of desperation that

just kind of straddling the maryland-pennsylvania border. cumberland 68. 69 in fredricksburg at this hour. culpeper 66 as i said and 75 here in washington. here's our michael & son weather camera. you see the sunshine through the hazy sun in tysons this morning with 75 degrees. but the humidity 94% and with calm winds, it is a sticky, steamy morning. the moist air is in place on the futurecast . all we'll see today is isolated afternoon and evening storms. overnight watch what happens. looks like the showers will be coming in from the southwest. we could have some wet weather tomorrow morning. scattered showers and storms during the day on friday. ahead of that cold front some of these could actually turn strong to severe. we'll see that front finally clear us saturday morning. going to the beach, i'm going to tell you now saturday, those showers may hinge gear -- linger much of the day. 94 today. borderline yellow alert for the isolated thunderstorms. tonight a few showers, 75. 89 tomorrow, scattered showers and storms. some of them could b

the 16-ounce soup were sold at stores in maryland, pennsylvania and virginia unthe wegmans brand including: >>> there is also a recall for a popular baby seat that's going on right now. some babies can wiggle out of the bumbo baby seat. some parents are making it worse by putting them on tables. the consumer product safety commission says there have been 21 reports of toddlers with skull fractures. the government says parents should stop using the seats immediately. contact bumbo for a repair kit. >>> shoppers may soon ditch the plastic for their smartphones. morning a dozen stores including walmart, target and 7- eleven have announced a mobile payments network. it's called the merchant customer exchange. customers can simply buy the items directly from their phones without even entering the store. although i think then you have to go into the store to get it. industry executives believe consumers will eventually be just as comfortable buying with their phones as they are now when they use debit and credit cards. >> amazing. everybody trying to do something to make it a little bit easier.

been a little bit of lightning and thunder with this but most of that has been up near the maryland-pennsylvania border. heaviest showers just south of town. let's start north between frederick and gettysburg, myersville, thurmont. you see the reds here? it's really coming down on route 15 going northbound. back in northern virginia, we've got the scattering of showers from front royal. heavier there. sperryville as well. back down to the then down ya valley -- to the shenandoah valley. fauquier county into stafford county, all of this is moving to the northeast. almost to manassas. this is what will be moving in on top of us over the next hour just as the volume is picking up here on the morning commute. 5:00 speaking of that morning commute, here's monika samtani. >>> wet roadways means you need to slow down, take it easy. although volumes have been very light this august, i still want you to be careful out on the roads, especially when the rain really starts to come down. 95 right now coming in from baltimore looks great. no problems on the bw parkway, route 32 out of columbia or route 29 hea

towards bel air, along 95, starting to see spotty showers in to the picture, right around the maryland and pennsylvania border, 83 heading towards the north, a good spot shower, eldersburg, towards the south, towson, you will see your share of the rain coming in the next 25, 30 minutes, be aware of that. our lightning tracker picking up on some lightning, well out towards the west with a band of heavier rain coming in tonight. we are forecasting heavy showers or heavy pockets of shower and possibility of a rumble or two of thunder. future scan on maryland's most powerful radar, showing the band coming through after the 7:00 or 8:00 hour, right on time for the kickoff, we are expecting scattered showers to come in to play. in terms of what is going on now, 89 in town. we will start off on a muggy feel, drier, cooler air is going to come in on the backside of the cold front, 75 chicago. 73 minneapolis. this band of showers through the cows of this evening, 70s go to the low 80s by tomorrow afternoon. not a bad feel, we will talk about drier feel in to the at moss fee in to this weekend. tropical storm ta

pennsylvania and somerset county. it's lost its lightning as it's moving toward the east. this is weakening straddling the border with maryland and pennsylvania. not out of the question places like la veil, cumberland you see a little bit of this if it sticks farther south the next 20 or 30 minutes. 62348 win chester and cumberland. 72 baltimore. mid-70s in southern maryland and the delmarva with the fog as well. fredricksburg 72. fog in your neighborhood. here in washington we're looking outside on our michael & son weather camera in northwest d.c. looking north toward bethesda, good visibility under clear skies but humid once again, 84%. storms all out to the west in indiana and ohio. there's a front about to come in toward northern minnesota. that is what we're looking at. that's going to get here tomorrow night into saturday morning. it's going to change things. right now we have this very moist air mass on top of us. we're going to be dealing with it today. we'll probably bubble up an isolated storm here or there. this is at 7:00. isolated storm later this afternoon. can't rule out an isolated shower overnight. tomorrow

maryland and pennsylvania had jumped on the gravy train with their casinos. now, i can only imagine sometime back officials in delaware were about like prince georges executive, baker, for example, excited, at the thought of millions of dollars painlessly flowing into local wallets of gamblers. but like gambling itself, that money is addictive. delaware is just desperate enough to up the anti, to internet gambling. think about it. remember when maryland was going to have a few slot machines at the racetrack and now we're looking at table games and yup, even internet gambling? all of this to keep up with delaware, which is keeping up with pennsylvania, west virginia, who are all keeping up with atlantic city. let's be real, i like a good hand of blackjack as well as the next guy, this feels like a race to the bottom and if so, the only question left is, what do we get if we win? anita. >> thank you, derek. >> you know what's weird, there's not dealers in those new casinos. it's bizarre. >> kind of creepy. >> all right, no storms right now. we're looking at the

. >> we deliver what is ever farm fresh that week from the state of maryland and pennsylvania and bring it to high-rise business centers. >> we're at the corporate financial center. people can come pick up right from here. >> we have quite a few people that work in the center that come every thursday. it.nline and ordere people outside of the area driver to pick up a box. you don't have to work in the center to get a box from mas. >> you get a whole box. where does this food come from? >> we have local day two coming out of hampstead, maryland. we have squash from deep run farm. watermelons and cantaloupes are coming from the eastern shore around easton. we have some sweet onions from pennsylvania. peaches off of 83. >> all that information on the website. they have two different locations. >> up and hunt valley and that is on wednesday afternoons from 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. >> what a great deal. the food is picked out for you. stan knows where to get the best stuff. >> outstanding. people do not think about maryland as an agricultural state. this is a great way to pick it up. this s

have bethesda md., greenwich conn., newport beach in southern california and the no. 5 lower maryland pennsylvania. when they set about palo alto is that it nurtures start ups and the money gas resulted from their success the residents reap the reward. >> george: the things are improving at the scene of what was a north bound fatal crash in the south bound injury accident both occurred within a few hours of each other. here you can see ppg any truck parked on the side of the road in order to repair the power pole that was damaged in a fatal crash this morning that was damaged around three. we were concerned about the impact on south bound writing and run over your an accident occurred involving four vehicles. this is clear now the impact of the traffic all the way into petaluma. here's a look at the current conditions for 101 south bound. it is not suggest that it completely disappeared but the center's link in and out. the drive time is 59 minutes from petaluma down to the bottle. it is starting to back up into petaluma for 101 south bound. looking at the event --rest of the bay area ride we thou

police believe the suspect, john thomas, has been in several cities the about pennsylvania, maryland, and virginia. indeed, the information is asked to call -- >> undocumented immigrants across the country are hoping to take advantage of the new program. lines at because the da maryland were long this afternoon. it allows illegal immigrants ages 15-31 to get work permits than avoid deportation for two years. these applicants deserve the chance to stay and work legally in the united states. >> their kids who are doing the right thing. this is an opportunity for them toome out of the shadows. >> applicants will only be accepted if they came to the u.s. before the age of 16 and have lived here for five years. they must be in or have graduated from high school, have a diploma or a ged. >> mitt romney's taxes are the focus of the presidential campaign. harry reid claimed the republican contender paid nothing in taxes for 10 years. he fired back. >> i did go back and look at my taxes. i never paid less than 13%. the most recent years, 13.6. i paid taxes every single year. >> the obama campa

barack obama, when he ran in 2008, hillary clinton won -- she won texas, california, ohio, pennsylvania, maryland. on the winner take all, she should have been the winner. we changed the rules, and we democratized democracy and laid the groundwork. i feel so good about that. the run, we learned a lot. we inspired people to run for office at every level. somewhere along the way, changing the rules plus inspiration was a big factor to where we are today. and the stakes this year, frankly, are incredibly higher. we need him to win. >> let me ask you one question about what you just said. you talked about how your run set the table for other things. you didn't win the presidency, but you ran '84, you won in '88, wilder wins in '89 as governor. it seem to me there's a concrete -- you also changed the rules. >> the black vote changed the equation. it changed the thinking. just like asking why can't women get on the ticket, like ferraro? if i can do that, why can't other people do it? the whole idea was to be a capitalist for change, to be some ray of hope for tomorrow. when i first ran the big idea was

number five, lower maryland, pennsylvania. the median income $153,000.e family income just shy of that $157,000 mark and number three silicon valley. income of 163 grand. palo alto, california. what might be the to two earning spots? that is after the break. ♪ [ male announcer ] its lightweight construction makes it nimble... ♪ its road gripping performance makes it a cadillac. introducing the all-new cadillac xts. available with advanced haldex all-wheel drive. [ engine revving ] it's bringing the future forward. >>> where did i leave you? we were talking money. money magazine released the list of top earning towns. what are the top two? number two is greenwich, connecticut. average income $167,000. the number one earning town in america is bethesda, maryland. the average family income there $184,000. there you go. the top five. that's good news if you live and earn that kind of money in those towns. there's a bit of bad news. best buy is in trouble. the second quarter earnings tanked. that's not good news heading into the holiday season. alison kosik a

hundreds of bikers are honoring 9/11 victims and they are ridding in maryland and pennsylvania and virginia today. they are supposed to ride on parts of the interstate and it's the 11th annual ride to support emergency responders and honor the victims of the 9/11 attacks. >>> if you drive in prince george's county, a reminder this morning to slow down. classes resume next week in the county and speed cam ares are posted -- cameras are posted around most schools. last year they generated nearly 350,000 tickets. along with slowing down near schools aaa advises drivers to watch out for bicyclists and to eliminate distracts driving. the group also recommends that drivers watch out for children when they put their cars in reverse. >>> you know we have all heard child care is expensive but now we're learning shocking new information about it for parents. a new report by the child care aware of america says most people pay more for infant care than they do for rent. wow. in fact, in 35 states parents will be more -- will pay more for day care than they will for in-state tuition and fees at a four

fine here, fine in maryland, bellefonte pennsylvania looking fine, as well [ laughter ] >> nice conditionsor the next couple of days. here you go. plenty of sunshine and warm afternoon. 88 degrees the daytime high. that's a little inside joke. we don't know why certain names pop up. winds out of the south at 5 miles an hour. clear skies overnight. next couple of days, temperatures get hot. low to mid-90s. tomorrow 93. 91 saturday. so a couple of days with 90s and then we'll cool off with the cloud cover so probably good humidity around here with showers and storms late sunday and monday. again, some question marks. okay. that's a look at weather, allison. back to you. >> thank you. you will have to tell me the joke later. >>> as tucker said, winds are dying down as isaac slowly moves inland. president obama has signed a disaster declaration for hard hit areas in mississippi and louisiana. fox's elizabeth prann has an update from new orleans. >> reporter: it's soon to be a tropical depression. while the worst may be over the effects of the storm linger on. louisiana's plaquemines parish is

something to keep an eye on, it is going through western maryland and western pennsylvania. as we head to the day friday, more on that in just a few minutes. >> a dramatic 90 solid minutes of action today in london. >> in the end, the u.s. came through, defeating japan to win the third straight olympic gold in women's soccer. >> a rematch of last year's heartbreaking world cup final. the hottest ticket of the day. >> good evening, a crowd of 80,000 packed the stadium tonight as they saw the u.s. women's soccer team when their third straight gold medal, a 2-1 win over japan. she scored both goals for u.s. women. it felt like destiny. the u.s. women came into this believing that they had history on their side. they lost the world cup last year, but no nation had ever won the world cup and follow with 11 gold and u.s. would come back three times from world cup losses to capture the gold medal. >> i am excited we are getting another chance at japan. dodge the women's basketball team also has golden its sights. they rallied in the second half to get past australia 86-73 to reach

maryland's most powerful radar. we are pretty much dry but we have two isolated showers popping up across the area. one is in pennsylvania. and the other one now is in southern maryland. and it is heading over towards ocean city. we could see if your travels are taking you that way around delmar, salisbury, princess anne going to the east north and east as we go through the remainder of the morning and some more could pop up in the afternoon. just take the rain gear with you just in case because you could be the one trapped under one of the storms. right now temperature in bowie 72 degrees. 69 in columbia but bethesda around 70 degrees this morning. and we are looking at the humidity. it is up there once again and going to stay that way and also we have a little bit of patchy fog on the roadways, take it easy out and about. speaking of the roadways a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. some accidents now? >>> yes lynette traffic is really starting to pick up. we have a crash in anne arundel county on glen burnie at east furnace branch road on pleasant road. 97 no delays from route 50 all the way up

pretty heavy downpour across the maryland state line in the pennsylvania but for the most part we are looking at the increasing chance for rain through the over night. the lyon its out of the west. not a lot of intense weather but some soaking rain that are still welcome. probably three, four, five inch rain up -- depending where you live . we could still use the rain overnight. this line is minimal thunder. pretty welcome because it tends to soak in the best in the over night. sun doesn't do much to evaporate it. different story today. a lot of sun at times. in the clouds went up as the afternoon instability kicked in which is heavy downpours, storms going through mount eerie. earlier this afternoon. manchester. the -- the pattern there fairly active as well. in laurel, storm clouds, briefly here, sunset on the horizon. not all that far up the road from laurel. 82%, wind is calm. it's thick humidity wise. a lot of that will impact -- some of that rain will make its way through the central part of the state through the baltimore area and the numbers right now in the mid70's. with the

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showers and storms from upstate new york through pennsylvania through central maryland and into virginiaey're not dying very quickly so with the clouds and showers, temperatures will not drop dramatically. we're still at 82 in downtown baltimore. temperatures are cool and western maryland. around baltimore, will not get much below 75. the risk of a shower continues overnight. this front has cleared cleveland and the skies had cleared out behind it. it will be slowly working its way through our region tomorrow. that is why showers and storms are in the forecast tomorrow. on friday we may get some more sunshine but that will bring warmer temperatures. these are highs today. 101 in kansas city, 108 in oklahoma city. some of the awards will be felt here at the end of the week. we start august at or below normal because of the clouds and showers and storms. winds will be coming out of the south, weighs about 1 foot and a water temperatures in the lower 80's. a lot of sunshine on thursday. eastern shore locations, a stormy day tomorrow with clouds keeping the temperature down. when the sun com

it's dry air in pennsylvania but most of maryland of what i call moderate humidity with a dew point of 60, muggy, nonetheless, muggy. the wind speed direction is out of the east at 5 to 10. there's bay wart and -- water and ocean water temperature. any breeze off the water not exactly a cooling one at least not on a day like this with temps in the low 80s. you can see this stalled front just offshore continuing to keep the clouds around maryland, at time as hit and miss shower. the front will push far enough offshore that we'll be left with mostly sunny skies. there may be a shower in the morning but i think most of us will be dry. thursday looks even clearer and less active weather wise. so that's a good thing. we continue to watch clear weather to the north and west, still some showers in the carolinas. of course all the news and all eyes focused on this, our next large tropical weather maker, a lot of the tracks bringing it up the next six to eight days toward the florida area. it's several hundred miles east of the lesser antilles. so isaac getting better and better developed. a tr

maryland, 67 degrees. high 60's in pennsylvania. the current weather shows this big mess. the low that is associated with this, just hanging around. earlier this evening, at 6:00, it was over the atlantic. it has moved in, which is why the showers have come in. on the back end is where we have more rain into the early morning hours, probably until about 10:00. we're also watching this system, which if you think about it, i think this will move through wednesday or thursday, as isaac comes up from the gulf. with these two systems, there is a possibility they could merge. there is enough high pressure that it will probably dissipate or push in the direction where we will probably get some rain by the end of the week, but at this point it does not seem too bad. but things could change. tonight, cloudy conditions, on and off showers, 65-73. the future-cast, the early morning showers coming in. 11:30 tomorrow, spots in northern baltimore county could have a shot of heavy downpours. about 3:30 in the afternoon, and into sunday evening, a couple of more showers. tomorrow, cloudy

by midday, though, we're going to see some showers and storms from pennsylvania back into western maryland, maybe even starting to get close to the shenandoah valley. then during the afternoon the showers and storms start to move toward d.c. look how little progress this area of showers and storms seems to make friday night. so the front gets hung up a little bit. a little wave may form on it. this is what this particular model is hinting at. then the moisture would be with us during the day on saturday. if this happens, not saying that this is going, it's just one computer depiction, if this guy wins out, well, then, saturday is going to be a day in the 70s, cloudy with showers. if you're going to the shore, those showers may last into saturday night. looking at the forecast, we've got temperatures today around 90, give or take a couple of degrees. beautiful. 60s and low 70s tonight. 94 tomorrow. a yellow alert day with the afternoon storm. saturday more showers, 82. much cooler. look at the weekend. even a slight chance after shower sunday, 81. then nice to start next week. temperatures

dry air in pennsylvania, west virginia. moss of marylandxperiencing that exsent -- except for ocean city. overall visible satellite view, it's only going to get bet are, beautiful weather wednesday and thursday, but, of course, it's in the just about maryland these days. it's about our friends to the south, our neighbors who will be feeling the impact big time from isaac. the timing of landfall likely to come early tomorrow morning, maybe by 6 a.m. official landfall but we will certainly look for that window of time. it's such a slow moving system. if it speeds up, we could see landfall shortly after midnight. we'll bring the storm if on the seven-year anniversary of katrina. well defined eye at least from a radar perspective. we don't see a trudeau nut -- see a true doughnut hole. there will be flooding rains. we will look for a significant surge right along the water's edge. here on the east coast, perhaps showers from the remnant. this is sunday at 2:00. it's not out of the question. if it take as right turn we could see showers in mad i

pennsylvania. kensington, maryland. >> you can see the trucks just squeezing past the accident. of course this is happening near rush hour. >> we've been talking about how light traffic has been especially during the month of august. this is certainly going to throw a monkey wrench into your morning commute. >>> thank you for starting your wednesday with us. i'm jessica doyle. >> i'm andrea roane. mike and monika are off today. meteorologist howard bernstein is here. he's live on the weather terrace with our forecast. >>> i'm smiling because i'm thinking about the weekend when the humidity levels will be down and temperatures will drop a little bit, too, because this morning it is a warm, sticky, steamy kind of morning out here, one that we've seen all too often over the past several weeks. here's a look outside in tysons corner. we've got mostly cloudy skies. a thin overcast. temperatures -- a haze, too. temperatures 77 at national. 87 by noon with a 5:00 p.m. temperature of 90. i think we'll make 92 or so downtown. there will be an isolated shower or storm and anything that po

pennsylvania right now. but we are getting some lighter to moderate rain back across western maryland. all this is sliding off towards the east as we enter frederick county and it will continue the trek east through the rest of the morning. as you head out and about, grab the rain gear. you will need it today. temperatures coming in pretty seasonable. 68 is what we have right now in towson. 69 in westminster. mount airy at 71. and we have more 70s from potomac to hanover and the upper 60s in frederick and as we head across the eastern shore, that is where we have more 70s. chestertown is at 72. middletown is 73. elkton 71 and good morning edgewood around 73 degrees. so as we go throughout the day, temperatures will be on the seasonable side but it's going to be a wet go of things. so take it easy on the roadways. megan and charley. >>> a family is in mourning after a police officer is gunned down near texas a&m. >> what started out as routine enwith the death of a police veteran. how it went down and what happened to the gunman. >> after being separated from the families for decades, t

you can see the activity stretching out from southeast pennsylvania, northern maryland in toward the shenandoah valley. winchester, you're almost done with the showers but they're just getting in now almost to germantown into frederick, approaching baltimore, leesburg at this hour. in fact, i want to zoom in and show you northern howard, northern montgomery counties, germantown seeing the rain. tuscarora, urbana, new frederick, back to leesburg where the rain is a little heavy. then strasburg,winchester north looks like you're just about done with the rain showers for the morning. temperatures low to mid-70s. it's a warm morning with college park at 77. reston 72. off to the south we've got 74 in alexandria and upper marlboro this morning. also 74 degrees. outside on our michael & son weather camera, got a good hour and a quarter before sunrise, 76. humidity high 82%. the winds west, southwest now. they'll turn northwesterly behind the front which will come through it and behind it the air much drier. it will be with us for tonight, tomorrow into thursday and even friday but by frida

is another band of shower stretching from upstate new york to western pennsylvania, eastern ohio, and moving toward western maryland as we speak. that is liable to reach us overnight and early tomorrow morning. the total for the month is by 0.79 inches, almost 3 inches above normal. it went from a deficit to surplus just like that. still below normal for the year by about 5 inches. the eastern shore got drenched yester day as well, part of the driest regions of the state. 84 is the average high for today, 87 is what we actually measured. nowhere near by high and 1948 when it hit 102 degrees. chur to the north and west of us behind the front that is moving in from the north and west, picking up the showers. once we get past that, the weather will be beautiful here. high pressure from canada will bring us some superb summer weather. this area of high pressure will block isaac from immediately coming our way. right now it looks like isaac will hit the central gulf coast. we will be protected from high- pressure at least up until about labor day weekend, and then we will have to see what happens. as the high pressure s

. >>> storms rolled through maryland late yesterday twice. a nascar race in pennsylvania turned deadly lightening strike. one person is dead, nine others were hurt. witnesses say there was a loud bang and a flash and they saw people lying on the ground. >>> nothing as severe is predicted for our weather today or hopefully in the near future. we're still dealing with the heavy cloud cover. i can see some blue sky right there. we have marty bass in the out back and bernadette woods in the first warning weather center keeping an eye on what is coming up. good afternoon, bernadette. >> good afternoon. it's a transition. the clouds are starting to give way to sunshine. we will show you the doppler. this is why. the frovent is slowly move -- the front is slowly moving off to our south. you can see a few scattered showers. we could see a couple thunderstorms this afternoon. the northern side of that is really starting to break up. as far as rainfall goes, as with the case of thunderstorms, it really does vary. nearly an inch in towson, just over a half inch at be right -- inch a

center is all over this for sunday, put out a slight risk category for all of pennsylvania, new jersey k delaware and marylandep it locked on channel 2, keep it locked on facebook through the course of the week. we will update the latest weather information. ernesto, winds at 50 miles an hour, moving toward the west at 18. this is an interesting storm as we head in to the weekend, going in to next week. this slams in to mexico, wednesday in to thursday. our computer forecast models shifted towards the north, that's going to be an interesting track. concerns over the gulf of mexico we are have to monitor ernesto's progress. 93 too many. that's your 2-degree guarantee. hot and humid, in to the 90s across our shore points. seven-day forecast showing isolated shower and thunderstorm for your day tomorrow. more widespread storms in the mix for sunday at 91. we will call it drier, cooler, can we say? 88 degrees on monday near 90 with lots of sunshine tuesday and wednesday. >>> there are holidays for everything, today, is national grab some nuts day. pecans, walnuts, pestashios, cashews and peanuts. that's what we a