let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with mike masco. >> reporter: good morning. let's get into the roads and show you there is a construck delay heading towards the crossings this morning -- construction delay heading towards the crossings this morning. quarantine road is blocked in both direction between hawkins road point and 659. for a live shot outside we will show you 195 looking pretty good. mdot cameras at harford road at 695 looks good. again that should continue through the course of the morning. we don't have much delays along 695. and some of the drive times 695 outer loop to 95 to 83 is just about an 11-minute ride. now back to you. >>> let's look at some of the stories we are working on for you for good morning maryland at 5. >> coming up, we are following the latest at the shooting at perry hall high school including the person credited for stepping in and stopping the gunman. >> a woman's horrifying experience behind the wheel caught on camera. why she thought her life was over and those stories and more coming up on good morning maryland at 5. @ñi

let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with mike masco. >> reporter: good morning. let's go to the maps. some construction delays especially on 895 as you make your way into harbor tunnel. delays until 5 this morning. be aware of that. we have been seeing speeds reduced after exit 10 into harbor tunnel toll plaza. going down toward the south 95 delays and construction related on the northbound between 212 and 198 so speeds are down some as you make your way along 95. and going up towards the north we have paving going on on york road this morning. and that's going to bring some speeds down certainly a subject to some lane closures. outside we go for a live shot and we will show you 695 at old court road. so far so good thus far this morning. another check on traffic in less than 10 minutes. and there's a shot of 695. get your commute on now. >> yeah. it's a good time to leave because there's no traffic. thanks. >>> today is feeling a bit like deja vu in new orleans, the 7th year anniversary of hurricane katrina. and while hur cake isaac is not nearly as severe it's

let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with mike masco. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. let's get right into it. i mentioned congestion north of 695 heading up towards maryland house and chesapeake house. be aware of that this morning because of the rain. let's get you to tieups and traffic congestion slowing speeds down. cut them in half at 38 right now from 695 inner loop between security boulevard and edmonton. be aware of that. and sliding towards the south, we have a disabled vehicle right along 95 interchanges with route1. -- interchanges with route 1. we are seeing volume picking up tremendous volume 95 northbound at maryland 100. that could be weather related. certainly could be weather related. and i am going to go outside to 95 at 295 to 395 split showing us not too much in the way of volume. but again wet roadways out there and that will slow up drive times. 695 outer loop from 795 to 95. that is an 11-minute commute. more about the traffic in less than ten minutes now back to the news desk. >>> the first day of school is met with excitement and jitters. but f

let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with mike masco good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we have an incident on route 1. we have been watching this all morning. police activity tying up the left and right on the shoulder. so you are going to expect delays along route one make your way into 95. expect delays closer into the city limits. this is construction as you get off hollands ferry road. and. [audio not understandable] 695 at quarantine, 173 and that is near 695. outside for a live shot and we will show you this is the scene on 95 at 395. congestion being picked up as you go on the 395. and some of the drive times look like this. so far a pretty easy commute. 695 outer loop from 795 to 95 is11 minutes and from 83 southbound to 695, to downtown that will take you 11 minutes. we will talk more about the traffic in less than 10 now onto you. >>> first day of school is met with excitement and jitters. but for students at perry hall high school, it was fear and sadness after a student opened fire. >> they will figure out where to go from here. linda so is live this morning

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 construction delay two lanes closed on 7 a northbound at 9:40. another delay south and west of town making are way towards the baltimore national pike. and 695 split that's right near 40 westbound, you find construction going on right now. outside at 695 old court road, showing not a bad ride thus far this morning. we will go over to mdot and show out695 approaching -- you the 695 approaching the harford road. another check on traffic in less than ten minutes. >>> 4:32. this is not how the first week of school is supposed to go. this morning, students, teachers and parents will start the school day praying for a teen shot in the cafeteria at perry hall high school. linda so is live with what t

let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with mike masco. >> reporter: good morning. go to the roads. let's talk about pratt street and the closure after midnight. it's from pratt street on south and west from penn street to calvert street all of conway street will be closed and then from howard street from or take howard from pratt street south to the mlk boulevard. just be aware of that. that's starting at midnight and will go right through tuesday of next week. we have construction west street between westgate circle and outside for a live shot and we will show you things are looking good this far this morning. here's 695 at harford road. smooth sailing. another check on traffic in less than 10 minutes. now onto you. >>> desire to give can come for anyone at any age. even a child. >> and next, we will meet a girl determined to help those who need it the most. it's involving shoes. we will explain when we come back. ahh, now that's a clean mouth. i wish i could keep it this way. [ dr. rahmany ] you see, even after a dental cleaning... plaque quickly starts to grow b

let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with mike masco. good morning. >> reporter: i got good news. they did clear the accident at 695 at edmonson but the damage is done. let's go to the maps and show you. we have extensive delays right at 795-695 split. that will take you down into the baltimore national pike. so a lot of congestion this morning. we will pop up a speed sensor clocking 21-mile-per-hour speeds past the site. so delays will continue again. that's mostly on the west side of the city limits. outside we go. let's look at cameras and we will show you a lot of action. this is just north of maryland 100. this is 95. a lot of volume on the road right now on 95 north at maryland 100. and then we have, well a. decent amount of volume but normal for this time of the hour and this time of the day 95 at 359 showing volume. here's -- 395 showing volume. 695 downtown will take 15 minutes. >>> 6:32. it changed the first day of school forever at perry hall high school. and this morning a 15-year-old is in jail without bail charged with first degree attempted murder and assault. sherr

you're going to take a look at mike masco until we can show you times square. there he is drinking his coffee getting traffic ready. we will send you up to new york for latest business news. >> reporter: in today's tech bites samsung is moving past the legal loss to apple. they will unveil the transparent technology next week. it allows retailers to project images on the outside of a package and consumers can see what's inside. the smart phones are taking over the world. people have adapted apple ios and android devices faster than any other technology in history. and looks like airlines are not planning to loosen rules on inflight electronics any time soon. the faa is forming a committee to studity impact of tablets and lap tops on take off and landings. facebook teamed with frank gary to create a space in menlo park california. the design is described as the largest open floor plan in the world. those are your tech bites. what does fall smell like? head north, to someplace pristine like acadia national park. there is nothing like the parks this time of year.

i'm meteorologist mike masco. we will talk about more about isaac. it could be a major hurricane by this week. details coming up on the news at 6:30. . >>> remember that allowance for doing your child hood chores? times have changed. abc 2 news allison has the details. >> reporter: $780 this year a new survey says that's the average. kids allowance. t this survey from the american institute of certified financial planners, says that's not happening. 61% of parents pay an allowances, more than laugh start by the time their child turns 8 years old. most make their kids work for it in some way. but only 1% of parents say their child ever saves inform i of it. one reason parents maybe missing an important opportunity to talk to their kids about money. the acipa suggest setting parameters. don't just hand your kids $15 a week. make sure they understand why they're getting. also suggest setting goals. children learns budgeting, divide up the allowance for short term goals like new chores and versus long term goals. finally talk about your own money with th

. >> i'm meteorologist mike masco. we'll talk about three systems that bears watching in the atlantic. we'll have more details coming up on abc2 news at 6:00. >>> katie's show is coming to baltimore. >>> take a look at manchester. rain flew receipt through. mike masco will be back in a couple minutes. you know christmas tree park in manchester is packed. let's take you back to the '50s. gino's is coming back toes original spot. the owner is so excited and has heard nothing but stories about how you went to glen burnie high and gino's for lunch. this gino's opens for good in about two weeks. take a quick right from gino's to ellicott city, the best place to live and the ellicott city columbia area came in at number eight. this is two years ago that they made the top 10. hx -- historic city, mom and pop stores and columbia with big box stores and merry weather post pavilion. >>> let's take a look at tonight's consumer alert. we have a massive lettuce recall from a california farm. it is single wrapped romaine and sold in

let's check in with mike masco to find out the weekend details. it's going to be cooler, drier or bucket full of humidity? >> bucket full of humidity. that's the case for the weekend. it is in the water if you are going to the beach. it's not much of a relief in to this weekend. not much of a sea breeze along the eastern shore. 91 in town. it's about the dew point numb, when we see a number over 70s we know it's near tropical. we are feeling like the heat index, feeling like it's 99 degrees in town right now. one storm right now on maryland's most powerful radar. extreme southeast cecil county, chesapeake city, a good downpour and thunder and lightning from the celling a it moves towards the north and east. these are slow movers. active warning until 6:00. anticipate them to drop that as indications the storm is starting to pulse down. 91 in town. dc 944. little cloud activity over frederick knocks your temperatures down significantly. at 82, but earlier we saw an observation of 96 degrees. in to the 90s tonight. one of those sticky humid nasty ty

let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with mike masco. >> reporter: good morning.it's all about 695 right now. the outer loop we have an accident to bring to your attention. the speeds sensors between 70 and 97 that's 16 minutes so traffic right now is at a crawl and i want to teak you to 695 at liberty road. we are seeing the delays from that accident. aid mess out there. try to avoid the 695 from security boulevard right down towards the baltimore national pike. here's another shot 95 at 395. another jam with speeds reduced to around 30 to 40 miles per hour. drive times look like this so far. 659 outer loop subject to change. we will show you those later on. >>> we heard the alleged shooter in perry hall was bullied and bullying is something we are hearing about more and more these days. that's why chuck butler came in with the maryland department of education and is here to tell us more about resources in our state that are available when it comes to bullying. thanks for coming in. >> thank you for having me. >> parents want to know what's out there? >> well, po

let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with mike masco. >> reporter: good morning. just have to remind you after midnight we will see road closures due to the grand preover the weekend. so let's show -- grand prix over the weekend. let's show you the maps. starting at 12:01 west pratt street from penn street to calvert street all conway street and then that expands into howard street from pratt on south to the mlk boulevard. so be aware of that as we go into tonight again after midnight and more lane closures heading after 7:00 going right through the weekend. outside we go for a live shot and our roadways look pretty quiet. that's the shot at 695 at harford road. another check on traffic in less than 10 minutes. now guys back to you. >>> hundreds of thousands of people in new orleans are without power this morning after hurricane isaac keeps pounding area. >> since we came on the air there are up to 380,000 people in the dark. coming up a. live report where isaac could linger for days and that's going to be real problems and a strain on parts of the southern portio

. >> i'm meteorologist mike masco. it's been clear. storms have started to form. we'll track. it are avenue watching -- you're watching abc2 news at 5. >>> we are one month away from the airing of the katie couric show. here's katie with more. >> we're a month away from the launch of katie, my new daytime show. i've been thinking about the kinds of stories i want to talk about -- technology, for example, and how it impacts our lives. i recently read an article about grief and mourning in the digital age. what do you do if you have received an email informing you someone has died. >> don't reply all and no tcting. if you are the griever and you have all those things in the week and to be interrupted by texting is horrifying. a phone call is personal. you can never regret composing a note. they can read it at their choosing. then after everything has passed, reach out to offer a meal. have a glass of wine. i talked to a woman who has been in hospice. if that person wants to tell the story of their mom's last week for the umpteenth time, listen . if they want to talk about the la

. >> i'm mike masco. 84 degrees. the storms have dissipated. we have more storms back out toward the north and west. these storms are on the way for baltimore. your full forecast is coming up. >>> checking in on this accident. there's an accident on the beltway at 7. three cars involved. the traffic is move rag lot better than it was 10 to 15 minutes ago. you can also go to abc2news.com for live traffic updates. you know, when you eat out you probably like to indulge. you might be surprised how much your meal is ruining your diet. many restaurants are failing nutrition guidelines. >> reporter: there's lots of perks with eating out. we don't have to cook the meals ourselves but a recent report shows 90% of restaurants are not meeting usda guidelines for calories, sodium and saturated fat. >> they make items look like they're individual portion when, in fact, they're no they're making things sound healthy, by using certain dprelled words like grilled or sauteed. >> reporter: she says it's important to do your research ahead of time to make sure t

meteorologist mike masco is here. >> ready for the humidity? that's back, back big time. you can see a pretty nice looking shot in the inner harbor but north and west found it's getting interesting. 84 in the city. 81 in east ton -- easton. this is going to be something we'll keep an eye on and this storm we have our eyes on in woodsboro, walkersville, new market at 6:34. this is slowly drifting toward the south. if you're planning trip toward frerks know there is a storm that's starting to get pretty interesting. we'll let you know about that weekend forecast coming up in just a little bit. >>> today really is a milestone for president obama's healthcare law, the day insurance companies have to start paying 100% of the cost. one part of the law has gotten more coverage than others. that is an insurance company paying for breast feeding supplies, screenings for transmitted infections and counseling for domestic violence, routine checkups for breast and pelvic exams. >> too often we put our own health last, and that's especially true when this comes to preventive caimplet

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let's check in with meteorologist mike masco. >> we a really nice night out there. the airport reporting 71 degrees. let's go outside of town. hagerstown 69. it's a beautiful evening. here's the trend ahead, through 4:00 tomorrow morning when you are putting on good morning maryland, back into the 80s tomorrow and out humidity kicks back in tuesday. >>> tonight after a deadly hit- and-run police in anne arundel county need your help. they are trying to identify a victim and also seven for suspect. a pedestrian was found between solomon avenue and harwood road. the driver was heading northbound on solomon road and did not stop. the pedestrian was described only as a black male. if you have any information about this, call anne arundel police right now. >>> baltimore police looking for suspects and a motive a man was shot at a block party. according to police, the 20- year-old victim was attending in party in 3000 block of woodland avenue. they started arguing and a suspect shot the man several times. >>> a bed and breakfast murder here in baltimore. it happened earli

mike masco has a look at the first forecast. >> i think tomorrow is okay. let's deal with the here and now. people are going down to the stayed yom stadium for the game tonight. things will go downhill. conditions will deteriorate. tawny town, good cell south of you. this is going to be heading towards westminster over the next 15-20 minutes, a band of rain from hagerstown, down in to pats of deep creek and pawpaw, seeing heavy rains, that will be advancing towards the east. outside, to ellicott city, showing us, that we do have a decent amount of clouds in place, 89 degrees now, it is rain cooled 84 out toward frederick, hagerstown, towards 70 degrees. planning out the rest of the evening. 80 degrees with the storm threat going to bed, left over shower or storm and waking up with partly sunny conditions. rain showers for tomorrow, it's a nice looking day for sunday. show you the seven-day forecast coming up in a little bit. >>> there is do it yourself home improvement, health care, why not do it yourself banking. it's a trend in branches around the country

let's check in with mike masco for the first forecast. this is going to be a very humid filled weekend with the chance of storms. we will break down which day over the next couple of days we will feature gustier storms. temperatures bwi at 6:00. 91 degrees. it's about the dew point which is well above 70 degrees. it feels like it's 99 right now in town. maryland's most powerful doppler, we had a few spotty showers and storms earlier. partly cloudy skies across the area. 90s across the board. feeling like it's in to the 90s for locations and we will be in to the 70s through tonight, muggy, mild, humid as we head in to tomorrow, 90s in and late day shower or thunderstorm. full forecast and tropics coming up in a little bit. >>> new developments tonight in the search for the man who abducted vie ripken. during a news conference at the warehouse at camden yards, cyle recalled the family's horror. he drove around in a his car looking for his mom to know avail. he called his public appeal difficult but necessary. >> the reason i'm standing here

let's check the traffic with mike masco. >> reporter: good morning.ane. be aware of that. in fact the speed sensors indicating we are down to 18- mile-per-hour. there's a crawl. 695 all about the outer loop a mess past parkville into 795- 695 split. outside to confirm the bel air 695 approaching. outer loop is a slow crawl so be aware of that this morning. guys. >> all right. we want to remind you katie's new show debuts september 10th. join us at 4 and then our news follows. >> all right time to a go back to new york for more good morning america. continuing to watch hurricane isaac in the south. we will have one more check of news weather and traffic in 25 minutes. see you then. ♪ everybody [ cheers and applause ] >>> listening to some backstreet boys. great crowd here with us, on a wednesday. george is in tampa at the republican national convention. you know that sam is down in new orleans, covering hurricane isaac. we're just two days away from a big party in the park. the backstreet boys, reunited on our stage. so, what do you want to ask them? y

let's check in with mike masco. >> we're

mike masco is here with us now. are we going to expect storms?ink it's going to be on the shower variety. a rumble or two of

on a lighter note today's picture was sent in by mike masco and it's of his beagel who absolutely lovesg in the sand. and here's him on the jersey shore and we posted it on the facebook page and a lot you sound off. kala says he is digging to china. beth said where did i bury the bone. and ronda doesn't think thislocks like a beach but says curiosity found life on mars. >> very clever. >> keep the comments coming. we are enjoying them and if you've caption this photo idea e mail it to the ppix@wmar.com. >> you might see your picture on news. >>> a quiet drive in the country turned into a wild ride for a couple. they ended up being chased by a buffalo. >> was charging us and we were within 10 to 15 feet of 2,000 pounds of attitude it was a trip. >> authorities say the buffalo escaped from a nearby farm and the ohio couple was shaken up a little bit. they were not injured and i guess they have a good story. >>> coming, a store clerk fights back. all caught on camera. >> look at this how she managed to get the would be robber out the door and even had him pay for the cookies that he came i

let's get a check of the check with mike masco. >> good morning everybody. accidents to bring to your attention. one at ohio street, just be aware we have a backup there. bel air road, also have an accident being reported at 695 starting to back up. outside for a live shot, this is the shot from 695 at wilkins avenue. >> we will send you back to good morning america. time now to send you back to new york we'll have another update in adjust bit. ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone at southwest airlines works together for one goal: to get you where you're going. and with flights all over the country to choose from, it's a good thing we love our work. and now we're excited to take you to the beaches of northwest florida. fly nonstop from bwi airport to panama city beach, florida, for just 99 dollars one-way. book all of our destinations online only at southwest.com. ♪ >>> oh. back with us this morning are the dancers from the dance with me dance studio here in new york. and the reason they are here is because kyle massey is here with those dancers. >> there he is. >>

let's check of the abc2 timesaver traffic with mike masco. >> reporter: we will take you first to theternoon so be aware the westbound span is closed we have two-way traffic on eastbound. outside the m dot came raat 695. switch the cameras and 695 at harford road this is a jamup on the outer loop heading towards the west. meg aband charley. >> katie begins on abc2 september 10th airing monday through friday at 4. >>> and remember the news follows at 5 and 6 with jamie costello and kelly swoope. we are out of time and will send you up to good morning america. another update in 30 minutes. have a great day if we don't see you later. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >>> wonderful. we are excited. alanis morissette is back, here to perform some of her new music from her brand-new album that drops today. we can't wait for that. listen to it a little more. >> when you listen to the words the first time, genius. >> i wish i could stay. >> i know you have to go. >> in a couple of minutes. i'm sorry i miss alanis singing. >>> also another story this half hour. we're going inside a different kind of c