northern delaware into southeast pennsylvania, soggy ground with the possibility of some heavy rain. this is just an indication of what is coming our way. you can see the dry weather across central and eastern maryland but already some showers are showing up in the western part of the state. we are likely to seek showers and storms approaching from the south and west late tonight and during tomorrow. we will keep an eye on that weather coming this way and check out the complete forecast in a minute. >> president barack obama will hold what is being called a summit at the white house, a beer summit. the goal is to quiet the arrest. >> the police acted stupidly. >i could have caliber did those words differently. >> from a black man's point of view, i can see where he is coming from. >> we commend him to have the courage to raise these issues. >> a house republican is offering a bill. 80% of americans said they are aware of the president's statement, saying that 3/4 disapprove. >> it is just silly. >> so, beer. abraham lincoln once said bring people the real facts and beer. the place wi

and also in northern delaware. our temperatures will be in the upper 80s for the next couple of hours. some rain is on the way. we'll she you, curve. >>> a hotel and office complex that found itself in the middle of a political scandal goes on the auction block next week. aug's auctioneers begin taking bids, made famous by the 1972 burglary that led to president richard nixon's resignation. the hotel's owner has defaulted on its loan. >>> now to an update. the former boston med student charged with killing a masseuse he met on craigslist has lost a bid for an investigation into media leaks he claims may have tainted the grand jury that indicted him. last month, an attorney for philip markoff asked the judge to have prosecutors prove media leaks didn't influence the jury. but the judge ruled the defense did not show that grand jurors were influenced. he also noted grand jurors are not banned from reading news reports. >>> investigators have found a safe stolen from the home of a florida couple murdered last week. th

from golena to central and northern sections of delaware. and a line from conowingo. just to the north of suthersville. galena. and further to the north and northeast of the region. another line from just to the southwest of conowingo. through port deposit. that's headed up toward elkton and cecil county. you folks up there are getting all of that activity. a little rain southern portions of the lower eastern shore. light activity. there is more activity developing to the far south and west of us. that's why we still have a risk of more shower and thundershowers yet this evening. even though we haven't seen a whole lot in the baltimore area so far this afternoon. and evening. it's all to the east. take a look at temperatures now. we're at 74. 81. last report from eltock ton. elkton. 79, ocean city had some rain a little while ago. easton jumped back to the 80s. dew point is way up there with all the rain. 68 right now. 70. the temperature in westminster. 77, kent island. annapolis had showers. winds coming back to the north and northwest. as low pressure developing do

flood watches are now in new castle county in northern delaware and parts of the west virginia mountains already under a flood watch. a couple of whether elements coming together to enhance our rain chances. moist air from the south and a cold front. this time around, there is an area of low pressure developing on that front. that enhances the chance for severe storms, and a strong jet stream on the north side of this front tracking of to the great lakes. that means the chance for eight severe thunderstorm increases tomorrow afternoon and evening. targeting this region for strong to severe thunderstorms friday afternoon. isolated tornadoes could break out with the system as it tracks through. you can see some heavy rain in central maryland tomorrow afternoon, indicating strong thunderstorms. by 10:00, all the action is moving off the coast. it clears up the weekend but it clears up in time to start the weekend, but rain could be back in the picture on sunday. showers and storms become likely in the afternoon and evening. a small craft advisory on the bay. waves building to 3 feet on the

that could help to generate showers along the i-95 stretch from northern virginia on in through northern delaware as we head in through the evening. that would be after sunset and before midnight. most of us will probably miss that. it will be gone by morning. mostly cloudy skies tomorrow through wednesday. allowing us to heat up before the next round of showers push in. for today our two-degree guarantee gets us back to 85. sunny to partly cloudy. that means we'll have sun this morning with high thin clouds. it will actually build up more clouds in the afternoon. typical summer stuff. nothing to be worried about. 85 degrees, again, our two-degree guarantee and pleasant. but this evening, after dark, before midnight, could be scattered showers, down to 57 by daybreak. which means low 60s though downtown. tomorrow, mostly sunny, back to 84. low near 60. 86 wednesday. maybe an isolated shower wednesday afternoon, better chance on thursday with a cold front. should push about 89 degrees. to keep us below that 90-degree mark. again we've only hit it once this summer and it may be a while before we ge

we've got a flash flood watch in effect for cecil county, northern delaware, southern portions of pennsylvania, as well as new jersey from all the rainfall that fell up in that region. just saw some of the storm damage that we had on the shore a little earlier. all the rain is run do you think some of the tributaries that come through cecil county on the way to the day, could get a little out of their banks. that's the reason the national weather service has posted the flash flood watch in effect until 4:00 in the morning. temperatures across the area right now. currently in york 83 degrees. 86 in hagerstown. 85 in downtown. over in ocean city, 90 degrees on the boards. down in ocean city. satellite pictures throughout the day. a few clouds this morning gave way to some sunshine throughout the day. actually, these are very thin clouds. but we do see some shower activity out to the west, making its way in our direction. what is that all about? remember, yesterday we were talking about the shower activity down in the ohio valley. it's making its way in our direction. but right now nothing is sho

effect until 4:00 in the morning for cecil county, as well as southern portions of pennsylvania, northern delawareas portions of new jersey. temperature-wise around the region right now, hagerstown at 86. 83 in york. 86 in downtown. 86 in easton. 87 degrees in dover, delaware. the tropics -- by the way, there is florida. there is the island of cuba. here is the windward and leeward islands. land is the coast of africa over there. not much happening at all. again, very quiet tropics. but you know, we keep an eye on it to make sure nothing is going on. we'll update you every couple of days. in the meantime, our radar picture around the region not indicating any precipitation. unlike yesterday, when we had the very strong thunderstorm activity that went right up through the region right there. here in the baltimore area, very little rainfall until late last night when one shower came right down the i-70 corridor. temperature-wise in monk ton 84. eldersburg 86 degrees. up in northeast 86. chestertown 88 degrees. and annapolis right now at 84. as far as our forecast for tonight, there are some showers

a flash flood watch is in effect for cecil county as well as southern pennsylvania, northern delaware as well as new jersey until four income the morning. from the rain we had yesterday, extremely heavy rainfall up here. all the streams and rivers running down hill. they just want the keep an eye on things in cecil county until 4:00. here interest tides at fort mchenry. our winds tomorrow from the southwest at 8 to 14 miles per hour. but they will be gusting in and around thunderstorm activity. sun comes up at 6 minutes after 6. and we'll set at 8:13. we had a low this morning of 68 degrees. a high of 87, which did hit our 2-degree guarantee again. five days in a row now. as far as our temperatures across the area now, it's still 80 in hagerstown. 77 in york. 78 in downtown baltimore. easton 77. 77 over in dover and delaware. and 82 degrees on the boardwalk down in ocean city. as far as our satellite picture, this looks a whole lot worse than what it was during the day today. we had some morning clouds and afternoon sunshine. and the clouds that you see around right there, they were v

you can see the clouds associated with that storm tracking eased out of northern delaware. here comes a cool front will cross through the region. as that high pressure builds, it will try to clear things out. moisture coming up from the south will trigger tomorrows storms. that cloud cover holds the temperature backed from the 90's today to the 80's tomorrow. showers and thunderstorms chances moved up to about 50% or 60%. southeast winds on the chesapeake bay. western maryland, showers and storms and a little bit more likely tomorrow, noticeably cooler, 70's. for saturday and sunday, the weather looks pretty nice. 86 degrees at the chesapeake bay tomorrow. ocean city, there will be storms tracking through their tomorrow afternoon and evening. 82 degrees. maybe a little bit of sunshine earlier in the day. the rest of the weekend at ocean city is not too bad. partly to mostly cloudy skies on saturday and sunday. cooler temperatures. there is a moderate risk of a rip current at the beach tomorrow, so be careful about that. >85 on friday, a few thunderstorms. sunshine and cloud

mora activity in northern delaware and southeastern pennsylvania, all associated with a weak front not having much success as for us cooling things off. we hit 88 degrees, and that is definitely one degree above normal, but the night time was monday. a heavy shower when through baltimore city, took down a half an inch of rain. the record high is 103, but it is monday. 86 of cambridge. the storms that are developing are really having moisture. the dew points indicate a lot of moisture and a fine that the search for a thunderstorm activity. look how much drier in western maryland was less of a chance of a storm, and it certainly is more comfortable. you combined the moisture, and this is what it feels like. not quite as monday in western maryland. 77 the current index. if you get showers moving through your area, if they produce problems tonight. it tracks across the bay and takes of a couple of isolated storms. another stronger from clearing the chicago area right now, and that will roll into our region tomorrow afternoon with a better chance of storm statewide tomorrow. you concede tha

you can see the showers and thunderstorms making their way down across northern portions of delaware, into new jersey, and also one little shower just down do the south of the fredericksburg area because of heat and humidity. here is your forecast for the next couple hours. look for partly cloudy skies with some showers up to the north. our temperatures will hold in the upper 80s to near 90 degrees for the next couple of hours. we do have some rain on the way. some much needed rain. who is going to get it? when will it come? the answer is coming up. >> thanks, norm. >>> judge sonia sotomayor's supreme court confirmation hearing takes an interesting turn today. abc 2 news terry owens is here with the details of day 4. >> reporter: this was the final day of testimony for the supreme court nominee. after three days of grilling the judge, today lawmakers heard from witnesses, some of whom are adamantly opposed to her confirmation. a group of new haven firefighters found themselves at the center of a controversial decision reached by judge sonia sotomayor, a decision that scrapped the resu

showers and storms cutting across northern and central delaware. this is not your typical afternoon thunderstorm activity winding down. the numbers today out ahead of that week front is a hot one. today cannot 94 degrees at the airport and 96 degrees at the inner harbor. short of that record high, 104 degrees in 1988. july 20, 2008, we hit 94 degrees. today, we hit 94 degrees at the airport. temperatures are still warm, even late tonight. 81 in cumberland. 85 in downtown baltimore. it feels like to light in most areas in baltimore. it will stay warm through most of the night. clouds will be in the region tomorrow morning. winds still out of the southwest. the sun rises at 5:54. the front coming through and slicing through maryland right now, probably will take all day tomorrow to get to the coast with another front coming in behind it giving it another push. the chance for a shower or thunderstorms will actually go up a little bit tomorrow compared to what we saw today. 4:00 tomorrow afternoon, widespread showers and storms. a slight risk of a stor

we will hopefully build the foundations for the windmills, steel mill in northern delaware, a lot of he components shipping out from delaware bay through 12 miles off of rohoboth beach. we will run electric cars up and down the east coast, partnering with electricity we harness from the wind off of our coast, that makes sense. the other thing that i learned is solar energy emitted by the sun in one hour is enough to provide the power that we use on this earth for one year. i will say that again. the solar energy emitted by the sun in one hour is enough to meet our power needs for energy needs on this planet for one year. einstein used to say in adversity live opportunity. god knows we have faced plenty of adversity in our lives in this country. there are some terrific opportunities. we have to be smart enough to capture it and make it happen and turn this adversity into not just cleaner air and less dependence on foreign oil and so forth, but we have to turn it into jobs and we have a great opportunity. windmill farms, nuclear power plants, lightweight solar energy panels, building th

another 155 were caught in northern virginia. in delaware 38 were arrested. >>> a baltimore city elementary school was evacuated today after a suspect ran into the building. police searched for hours, and tonight they found him. it happened at william paca. abc 2 news brittney gordon joins us now live with details on what happened. brittney? >> reporter: well, marybeth, police do now have their man. his name is keon earl. he is 26 years old, and he has been hiding inside of william paca all day long. now students here were in a summer learning camp today when they were suddenly evacuated this morning. according to police, there was just before 10 a.m. when they had come out responding to a call for drug dealing in the nearby area. while questioning their suspect, he took off and into the school. police evacuated the building, and the children were sent home as police searched every floor of the school. >> after about the third sweep, we actually found them on the second floor in some cabinets underneath of a sink. he was actually arrested wi

that's headed across northern sections of delaware. and another one, there's a complex approaching the atlantic city area there. around the baltimore region, there's just nothing going on at this point. looks like it will probably stay that way, until tomorrow night. and that's when we have the good chance of maybe even steady rain and some thunder, some much-needed rain by tomorrow night. denise? >> thank you, bob. let's check on the roads with sharon gibala. >> hi, denise. good afternoon, everyone. well, a few accidents, but nothing too major. that accident on 295 southbound. at west nursery road. still on the shoulder there. the delays starting to ease a bit there. as far as other problems, an accident involving a bus. that one in towson. loch raven boulevard. another in brooklyn involving a motorcycle in the clearing stages. and a few more in the city. you're looking at them on green mount at east 20th, west reed at lyndon. and north pines at west baltimore. as far as other issues, 95 northbound, just a little bit slow. from 895 to

and notice the clouds from jersey on down into delaware and extending into northern virginia. as the front comes through, there may just be a little shower or thunderstorm pop o late in the afternoon. but it's going to be very isolated. just about all of us will stay dry. wednesday at 6:00, more clouds and a couple of thunderstorms too. it does look like thursday at this point will be its most unsettled day out ere where we can have some pretty good showers. tomorrow we're up to 87 degrees. a spotty thunderstorm in the afternoon. and again, thursday is the -- i don't want to call it the wet day, but give it -- but the more unsetted of the days. and friday and saturday we dry out quite nicely and temperatures will warm right back up. so enjoy the next few days with real low humidity. we'reoming back on the news d ege feldy is in and he'll tell you how the nats did out there in the mile high city. stay with us. to your table just got shorter. because at safeway there's always freshly picked... local produce at great prices. to be fresh and ripe, every time. so hurry in for delic

the busts going down. 446 felony fug gives were taken down in maryland and dc. 15 in northern virginia and 38 in delaware suspects were taken out in the sweep. >>> we are following a developing story out of michigan tonight. a deadly train collision near detroit. an amtrak train crashed into a car 20 miles west of the motor city killing five people in the car. the car was heading north when it crashed the train tracks and hit. the train pushed the car about 150 feet from one road crossing to another. no one on board the train was hurt. >>> encouraging news for air travelers. transportation officials say more flights arrived on time in may of 2009 than 2008. a little more than 80% of flights arrived on time in may. 79% last year in may. the transportation department reports fewer mishandled bags and cancellations. >>> mcialtion's memorial -- michael jackson's memorial is costing taxpayers about a million and a half bucks. most of that is for police officers working overtime. the city put out request for donations. they got about 17 grand so far. l.a. is facing a half billion dollar deficit this year. aeg

going down. 446 felony fugitives were caught in maryland and d.c., another 155 in northern virginia and 38 in delaware. several murder suspects were taken off the streets. the marshal service has been running operation falcon since 2005. >>> a problem at a pool club in philadelphia is making waves over allegations of racism in the valley club, a private swim club in suburban philadelphia. kids from a nearby day camp say they overheard members of the club asking what blacks were doing there. camp leaders say the club then declined their membership and refunded their swimming fees without explanation. >> the other members were taking their children out while our children were there swimming. >> reporter: what did you make that? >> i was appalled. i ignored it initially. >> and i heard this lady. she was like oh, what are all these black kids doing here? she was like i'm scared they might do something to my child. >> the valley club president said some members complained because the children changed the atmosphere at the pool but says the complaints were not about race. the state's human relations commis

the joint effort targeted fugitives and d.c., maryland, virginia, and delaware. 155 fugitives were caught in northern virginia. we will have more on the operation at 6:00. >>> there is a new rule for metro operators tonight -- use a cellphone and lose your job. suzanne kennedy has more on the story. >> they are taking this step to make their rail lines and bus lines safer. they say the current policy regarding cell phone use and operators is not strict enough. now they are cracking down. this video of a metro operator apparently texting while driving a train is prompting the transit system to take a tough stance against the use of a mobile device while operating a train or bus. starting monday, a driver will be fired if caught using a cell phone on the job. >> it is a tough policy. it is perceived as very stringent on the part of the operators. we want to make it clear what our level of tolerance is while they are operating a vehicle. >> metro previously had 83 strikes and you are out policy when it came to operators talking or texting -- they previously had a three strikes and you are out policy, bu

northern plains. also, some portions of maryland and delaware today. '60s, the '70s, and some eighties. pleasant temperature across the northern half of the united states. take a look at today's daytime highs. it will be a scorcher. in the empire state, a tornado ripped through a four-mile path near buffalo. severe thunderstorms also knocking out power to homes in that area. brian: we showed to the boat crashed at the beginning of the show. if liftover multiple times. it wound up face down in the columbia river. the rescue crew of arrived quickly. remarkably, the driver escaped without injuries. he says he plans to race again next month. i believe he will be another vboat. gretchen: adoption agencies are calling for a boycott of the movie "orphan" and they are afraid people will be scared away from adopting kids. >> this is wrong. . >> please do not let something like this influence the way that you think about adoption. gretchen: warner brothers has apologized for appearing insensitive. it said the movie is fiction. i saw the trailer for that and i ha

toward reedville and northern neck you may see a shower but the vast majority of the activity from delaware, salisbury eastward over to the beaches. talk about temperatures. in the 70s by 9:00. pushing 90 for a high. 74 right now. but it is 76 at the naval air station in patuxent river and 75 on the bay and 75 hagerstown. 72 culpeper, 75 fredericksburg. the humidity is back in a big way. we have 74 relative humidity 64% and a southerly moist wind at 8 miles an hour at reagan national. nationally still an active weather pattern. that ridge of high pressure with the heat in texas suppressed a little bit. look at the clusters of showers and thunderstorms across the south and the carolinas through tennessee. north of i-40 here. all of this is moving to the east and then more stuff to the northwest of that and around here we have the activity that we showed you. again, west virginia, we will see if that holds together but the big story is the mugginess and the chance of thunderstorms returning tomorrow. here's the seven-day forecast. temperatures, well, we are going to have to fast forward to th

northern baltimore county. annapolis now, and all across northeastern sections of maryland. you folks up there in conowingo. york, delaware, and elkton, getting pretty good stuff. and on the eastern shore, edgewood to chesterville. wewe had showers moving through the region. some more lighter showers. and as we head down to the south, this is where the heavier stuff is, it got warmer down there. and had no sunshine. heading toward the beach. if you're heading down that way, pretty good showers along the beaches. but all of this activity will be over tonight. and the weekend is shaping up to be really, really nice. have that forecast in a few minutes. >> sounds good, bob. >>> police reveal the identity of a liquor store owner shot in his shop last night. now, the hunt for two robbers continues. it happened in baltimore, fuller county. >> reporter: police are using several methods methods to solve this crime. they already have surveillance video. and now they're asking any witnesses who may have seen this to come forward. >> reporter: throughout the morning and into the afternoon, customers and workers at cutty hill liquor

northern park, shower and a thundershower. another one down to the south of our region just moving off into the good old chesapeake bay down there in southern maryland, and a few more just off the delaware bay. around here, kind of quiet. looks like they'll stay away. tomorrow i expect to see a lot more activity. take a look at temperatures. # 4, warmest day of the year. 88/66 are the records -- are the normals on this day. 82 now, it's a warm night. 71, comfortable, but the dew . is up to 70 now. so it is a rather humid night. temperatures around the region still in the upper 70s to the low 80s. coming in from twerveghts area of low pressure is going to help develop a better chance of showers and storms here tomorrow afternoon, and particularly tomorrow night as an area of low pressure will develop across southwest virginia and roll across virginia. it gives aus pretty good shot at getting showers and some rains tomorrow night before it clears out saturday and sunday, cleared out, cooler, low humidity looks really nice. north winds on the bay tomorrow 5 to 10 knots. saturday night except for those pop-up showers north of us, 68 for the everynight. tomorrow back up to 90 with the chance

delaware. that appears to be the most prone area in the state of maryland. only isolated storms are showing up to our west. they may be scraping the northern sections.central maryland, right in the middle of the screen, -- right in central maryland, right in the middle of the screen, after some heavy downpours and gusty wind and hail and tree damage, there are only a few scattered showers. that is normal for this time of year. the morning was kind of money with 71 degrees. -- the montmorning was kind of muggy with 71 degrees. in the mountains and the coast is where you want to go to escape the summertime heat. although, the ocean city number is due to the showers. this is the way it feels with the heat index running in the low-90's. as we get into the mountains or along the coast, that is a way to be. you can see partly cloudy skies as we had to midday tonight. it will clear rodez we going to the morning. -- it will clear out as week a go into the morning. there is another week from trying to come in from the mountains. this is not kicking up as many thunderstorms as the one yesterday. we will stay in this weather pattern with front moving in, stall