reporting live in northeast baltimore, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> thanks a lot. >>> cooling centers around the area will be opened throughout the day today. baltimore city they are opening the centers because of a code red heat alert. anyone who doesn't have a cool place to stay can come by there for free. you can get water as well as some air conditioning. especially seniors the older adults who may have severe chronic illnesses like asthma or reading problems, you can head into the places to seek some much needed cool shelter. >>> heat is the number one weather related killer in the united states. the national weather service statistical data shows heat cause more deaths per year than floodlight ening tornadoes and hurricanes combined. based on the ten year average from 2000-2009 caused 16 # people perrure -- 162 people per year. in 1995, heat left more than 700 dead in the city of chicago alone. >>> so just a reminder abc2 now is wants to help you and abc2news.com is the place for heat related tips. we have information on the website in a slide show to find the cooling center. ju

sherrie. >> reporter: yes, we are here at leaf walk elementary middle school in northeast baltimore. one of several schools in the city that don't have air conditioning which is a major concern because it's going to be a hot day today. now baltimore city schools have a half day because of the heat. and right now, i have keith scrogins the chief operating officer here. thanks for joining us and being out here this morning. can you tell us or give us a breakdown how many your schools have air conditioning or don't have air conditioning. >> we have 82 schools out of our 180 buildings that have air conditioning. and we are slowly building on that number each year as we are able to gain funding to perform major renovations in the schools. >> reporter: can you tell us, you have a half day today that means students will leave early. we are coming up on the end of year, june 17th. how had it affect student? we have snow days and they have to make up days and tack them on to the end of the year. somehow leaving early going to affect students. >> it doesn't affect a school year. if we would cl

mostly 80s in the northeast. baltimore climbs to 90. miami, 88. and new orleans, 93. >>> all right. coming up, the new nationwide ban on dangerous cribs. >>> also, new details about a boston mobster's 16 years in hiding. he's admitting he returned to the city during that time, fully armed. >>> and one major city's plans to ban all pet sales. >>> well, good news from europe is helping the financial markets. french banks are giving greece more time to pay off its debt. so, it appears that a widespread european debt crisis can be averted. that's boosting markets both overseas and in the u.s. but a general strike is under way in greece, protesting the government's budget cuts. >>> takingg look at the markets this morning, tokyo's nikkei average gained 71 points today. hong kong's hang seng is slightly down. in london, the ftse opened higher. and on wall street, the dow jumped 109 points yesterday. the nasdaq index was up 35. >>> there's good news for drivers heading into the july 4th weekend. for the seventh week in a row, gasoline prices are down.ast 8 cents in the last week. the avera

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northeast of us. more toward baltimore tomorrow night, but the immediate dc area looks good. it will be a nice warm day. tonight clear to partly cloudy and mild. open the windows, lows will be 60 to 68 degrees. winds will be light. sunset at 8:30 tonight. lows tonight, generally mid 60s. around dc, 67. fredericksburg, cooler at 60. i think it's going to feel nice as you are heading out the door. we'll have partly to mostly cloudy. grab the sunglasses because we'll have lots of sun. temperatures 60s and 70s. we may see a few clouds. but warm once again. the air quality is code orange, which means unhealthy for sensitive groups. that includes little children, the elderly, and people with lung disease and asthma. highs 86 and 91 degrees. southwest wind will bring up the dew points. so yeah a little more humid tomorrow. highs close to 90 here in dc. 91 for manassas. winchester at 90. here's your seven-day outlook. we talked about that warmup and heat wave. that's happening wednesday, thursday hot and humid. we're talking heat index values around 100 degrees once again. but the go

as you can see, the northeast is bearing the brunt of it, with baltimore topping out at 97 degrees. we begin our coverage this morning with john hendren. >> reporter: it's an unseasonably early, thirst-inducing, road-buckling, record-breaking, car-breaking heat. and in the east, it's about to get worse. >> tomorrow sounds like a killer. >> reporter: and it isn't even summer yet. advise is are posted in the east and the midwest. >> it's so hot, that the devil stopped me and asked me for a ride. it's just that hot. >> reporter: excessive heat watches are in effect in philadelphia. kids there are getting out early because of the heat. scorching temperatures will reach all the way into new england. in the midwest, some roads buckle, in minnesota and mississippi. >> it's a joint where roads come together. that'sially where it happens. >> reporter: the heat could last for days. >> an $89 service fee. >> reporter: it's not hurting business at heating and air conditioning. >> we can't answer the phones fast enough. >> reporter: in chicago, the temperatures haven't been this hot in five year

northeast. heat advisories are in effect from minnesota to the east coast. schools in baltimore have already announced they are closing early today and power companies say to expect some outages. >> the equipment by nature is already hot. it heats up even more when it's hot outside because there's more power flowing through the lines. it heats up even more because the exterior temperature is hot. >> along with the heat comes poor air quality. the heat wave is expected to break by the week's end. >>> the first named storm of the 2011 hurricane season has formed in the pacific. tropical storm adrian is currently 350 miles south of acapulco mexico. it has winds of about 45 miles per hour but it is expected to strengthen rapidly. >>> a wild goose chase for sheriffs deputies in texas sent to a farmhouse to look for human remains, they found nothing. sheriffs deputies were directed to the site northeast of houston by phone tips from a person claiming to be a psychic. the caller mentioned more than 25 bodies including children. the sheriff is investigating the unidentified caller. >>>

light out of the northeast through the day, a little breezier in southern maryland, a bit of a by a breeze toward calvert cliffs but mostly things looking good. temperatures, 85 in baltimoreow. 82 easton. 82 in hagerstown. ocean city about 77. humidity pretty comfortable, 42% at the inner harbor. much drier air locked in over the northern and western counties now. humidity only 28% in frederick and 47% in georgetown. it's hotter though toward frederick where we're around 90 now. i think we'll get to 90 or so, say in mount vernon tomorrow. fells point, maybe a degree or two cooler, if we get enough breeze on the harbor off the docks but for the most part it will be warm tomorrow. just the beginning of a more dramatic surge in the heat that will come for us wednesday and thursday. got outdoor projects? do it tonight. maybe early in the day tomorrow. it will be hot later in the week. things clear now but across the east coast we find things getting a little more active across michigan, upper midwest, a little system diving south, a little disturbance but it's weakening. i just don't see much weather coming in the next couple of days. high pressure controls, mild air locked i

northeast? >> well, looks like it's going to hold on from new york city on southward to the philadelphia, baltimore area into friday but it is going to turn somewhat cooler in those areas over the weekend. but from the carolina down to atlanta and back west through texas and even into arizona, it certainly looks like the heat is going to hold for the foreseeable future. >> suarez: the official first day of summer is still a couple of weeks away. but does it look like it's going to be a tough summer for the united states? >> well, really all depends on where you are. across the carolinas, down into the southeast and across the gulf coast and then back into the southwestern states and up through the inner mount taken west it looks like a hot and dry summer but it looks moister and cooler across the upper midwest and central mississippi valley. >> suarez: the southwest where those wildfires have been so hard to contain has been laboring under a drought for some time. in the near term is there any good news on the way in the form of moister air, calmer winds, maybe even a little rain? >> well, there's

right now, the temperature in baltimore coming in right around 73 degrees and humidity is at 73% and the wind out of the northeast9 miles an hour and barometer is at 30.02 and it's holding steady. your seven-day forecast is all coming up. [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable, and enjoying it less and less? stop paying for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone for just $99.99 a month for a year. want to save even more? call now and we'll add over 60 premium channels, including showtime, starz, epix, and more for 12 months. fios is a 100% fiber optic network. it delivers superior picture quality, the best channel lineup, more hd, plus america's fastest, most consistent and reliable internet. and there's no annual contract required. why keep paying for cable? move up to the best. get fios tv, internet and phone for just $99.99 a month for a year, plus over 60 premium channels for 12 months. don't wait. call 1.877.729.fios. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities that's 1.877.729.3467. at 800-974-6006 tty/v. or for other great fios offers, visit us on

northeast. >> and we're looking at 78 here in new york. 86 in baltimore.eapolis. 87, omaha. phoenix, albuquerque, hit the mid 90s. >>> well, as many americans struggle to recover from those deadly tornado outbreaks, hurricane season has officially arrived. >> and forecasters are now calling for an especially active six months and president obama is now looking to make sure that the government is ready to respond. t.j. winick joins us with the details. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, peggy, daniel. as the summer approaches we're all looking forward to sunnier skies, but forecasters expect this year's wicked weather to continue. already this year the u.s. has been battered by historic snowfall, floods and storms. now as the calendar turns another page those living along the atlantic coast are faced with a whole new set of worries. >> if you are in a hurricane-prone area, do you have your plan? are you ready? do you know what to do. >> reporter: the forecast for the 2011 atlantic hurricane season is 18 named storms, 10 hurricanes and up to 6 maj

northeast, philadelphia region they even have an excessive heat warning which means they expect the temperatures to be over 100- degree. the combination of heat and humidity even tougher up there than across baltimore. we have the southwest wind now continue to bring in warmer temperatures and eventually we will start to see the humidity increase. you can see where all this shower and thunderstorms activity across the canadian border. up the michigan area. down into portions of, western newark area. this is where this huge area of high pressure is governing this region. you can see what's going on, all that storm activity. this batch of showers we call conductive complex. just an area of showers and storms is headed to head down to our regions, kind of dried out as it reached central pa and congealed into a blob of showers that's what's to our west now. we do have a will the of clouds. kind of kept temperatures down just a tad today. but tomorrow as high pressure builds, we expect the temperatures to be six to seven, 8 degrees higher than today. scattered showers and yes temperatures will begin to cool down some what. southwest winds in the bay at five to 10 knots. the temperatures now to the mid-

baltimore. >> good morning. i am stan stovall. here is sarah caldwell and traffic pulse 11. >> still holding on to delays on the beltway. outer loop around 95 on the northeastaverage. if you're going to travel on the outer loop west side, 21 miles per hour. tapping the brakes as you make your approach to 95 on the northeast side. j.f.x. not too bad into town. jammed packed ride heading out of harford county. as i mentioned, at four miles per hour on average getting down to the beltway northeast. conway street remains closed between light and charles the next two weeks. we will switch over to a live view of traffic at core ford. -- harford. that is the pace of things at the harrisburg expressway. southbound traffic at a crawl from the beltway to west nursery road. tony has a check on the forecast. >> temperatures are in the 60's. comfortable out there as far as humidity goes. 64 in parkton. we will make it into the upper 80s this afternoon. a chance for a few showers and thunderstorms late this afternoon and evening. skies will clearly tonight, and then it gets hot. scattered thunderstorms will cool things off going into the weekend brou. >> check the bottom

temperatures that we saw across the northeast yesterday. 99 degrees for the high at laguardia or 97 at laguardia. that's a record. newark, new jersey, seeing 99. baltimoreasured in the shade. you can bet it felt a whole lot hotter than that. here is where the heat advisories are. up the turnpike through philadelphia and new york city. dangerously hot weather. we have had fatalities in maryland and tennessee with this heat. be careful and check on your neighbors, especially if they are elderly or may be ill. you were hot and now you are cool. flooding in the southwestern suburbs. be aware of that. no doubt, that's going to affect air travel. this is the front that's been pushing slowly off to the east. now, it is draped over the southern great lakes where it will remain stormy. that storminess will eventually push off towards the northeast. that will cool you down, not today but tomorrow. none of this gets to the southeast. hazy, hot and humid conditions will continue across memphis, dallas and atlanta. another day of dangerous hot temperatures for the big cities across the northeast. this is unusual for this time of year to say the least. july and augus

northeast. look for periods of rain from boston to d.c., showers from tennessee to florida. also wet in the rockies. >> scorching heat, 97, dallas. 92, new orleans. near 80 in boston and 88 in baltimoreento and 69 in salt lake city. >>> you know they do things big in texas. they lived up to that billing in their nba title celebration. about 200,000 dallas mavericks fans showed up all to salute their team during the championship parade. >> did you hear dirk nowitzki sing "we are the champions" by the way. >> i did not. >> that's must avoid video. pretty good, considering the temperatures were around 90 degrees in dallas. and incidentally, pretty much everyone behaved themselves. not like in vancouver. >> what was going on there? police reported three arrests there with the parade. after the parade the mavs went to their arena where 20,000 more fans were there waiting for the celebration. that was quite a playoff series. i thought that was great. both teams really brought it. >> mark cuban paid for that entire parade, right? billionaire owner. >> he can afford it. there you go. >> chump change for him. >>> we'll be right back with more "world news now." ♪ hó >>> welcome back. time for