another 1 at northern parkway. we have some wires down in the city. northbound on 95 at the fort mchenry toll plaza, we have the right tube blocked. in harford county, pulaski highway a crash. another one in middle river. in howard county, we have a bunch of stuff. 97 is closed at monticello for some downed wires. a downed tree at jennings chapel and florence. a crash at arabian court in the gambrills area. will check the major areas. harrisburg expressway at shawan road is picking up in volume but no delays to report. this is the fort mchenry. blocked. tube is that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now we go back out to ava who is live at the pool. hi, ava. >> we alive that the padonia park club where they do have power and their open for business. we have some great volunteers that are swimming this morning. i have to ask about lightning safety. roars, a big war issue. >> we tried to promote safety. if we hear thunder, use the 30 minutes everybody gets out and clears the pullback. -- clears the pool deck. >> i can imagine. once they see lightning,

we're still facing an accident on the jfx in the northbound direction at northern parkway. on the out -- on the outer loop on the ramp towards 83. an accident at emer ton road. down trees, frederick road closed. wires down in the city at bonn view. lights out at ordnance at arundel corporation. lights out at middle river road. traffic is moving again on 95 at the tunnel. this traffic report is brought to you by home paramount pest control. call home paramount pest control. don, back over to you. >>> stay with wjz 13, maryland's news station. complete news, complete news, weather and traffic oreo and dunkin' are the perfect match for the perfect moment. enjoy the new oreo coolatta and donut today. on my journey across america, i found new ways to tell people about saving money. this is bobby. say hello bobby. hello bobby. (laughter) hello bobby. do you know you could save hundreds on car insurance over the phone, online or at your local geico office? tell us bobby, what would you do with all those savings? hire a better ventriloquist. your lips are moving. (huge laughter eru

the 55 bus is diverting and northern parkway. a diversion at liberty and rogers.rting at park heights and northern parkway. light rail is on schedule. metro subway is on time. on time service on the penn, camden, and brunswick lines. i'm kurt kronke. now back to tony pann. >> thank you. we are starting out with some quiet weather this morning. we did have some thunderstorms last night. there was a pretty good storm in southern maryland. everyone is going to be dry for the morning commute. this morning should be fine. 79 at the airport. 76 in parkton. we will make it into the upper 90's again. heat advisory until 8:00 p.m. this evening beginning at 11:00 a.m. this morning. we do expect a break in this heat wave but not until this weekend. everything will flip around by the time we get to sunday and monday. by monday, some cooler air should spill in from the southern part of canada. it will drop into the 80's. that is better. very hot is the forecast for today. a mixture of sun and clouds. an isolated thunderstorm possible this afternoon. dex will be around 102. the

no problems at northern parkway. a nice start into town. latest on traffic pulse 11. >> baltimore city is asking its residents to conserve water. crews will start making repairs to the water mains. >> kim dacey joins us live to give us more details. >> these repairs come after an extensive study in march using high-tech equipment that uncovered a new problem. using high-tech equipment like the pipe diver, inspectors found the potential break in southwest baltimore in march. >> due to pro-active work of the department of public works, we have gone ahead of a potential serious matter. >> most of the large water breaks were caused by prestressed pipes. the outer wire on these pipes have failed, causing them to break. today there will be making some adjustments. they will begin replacing 316- foot sections of the 54-inch main to prevent future breaks. citizens are asked to conserve water. >> please refrain from outside watering, car washing, power washing, and pool topping until after sunset or during the early morning hours. please do not wash

at northern parkway. no sign of delays related to the accident or the standing water at cold spring, but we want to remind you that it's there, and that right lane is shut down. switching over to a live view of traffic on 97 just south of the beltway. no sign of the accident. again, it's on the beltway on the inner loop just prior to 97. 97 itself looks good north and southbound. that's the very latest on traffic pulse 11. back to you. >> we want to bring you an update on the late breaking news we told about you earlier. police still on the scene of a mass shooting at a movie theater just outside of denver. 14 people were killed in the shooting, 50 others injured when the gunman -- or the gunfire erupted around midnight. we're told a suspect is in custody. the shooting happened during a midnight showing of "the dark knight rises," the new batman film. once again, 14 people killed, 50 injured during a mass shooting at a colorado movie theater. we will continue to follow this late-breaking story throughout

if up to the north and another accident northern parkway at hillen road. the speed sensors down to around 25 miles per hour. then again all of the concerns will focus in baltimore city during the course of this afternoon. certainly going to be in the next couple of days for the next couple of days. monument street being impacted by that sinkhole. patherson, millton avenue use that route 40 alternative route. let's go outside live and we'll take a look. this is this shot. starting to get busy out there. we'll take a look at traffic inside "good morning america." ♪ >>> that's just -- ♪ that's how i wake up. no record deal in the future here. that's et, a 30-year-old pacific walrus. at the point of defiance. in a zoo and aquarium in tacoma, washington. sounds like mike masco earlier  this morning. >> taco bell trip. >> give me one more. come on. >> come on you got it. >> don't hold back. that i boy. apparently he was unhappy. we'll have that on abc2news.com for you a bit later. to new york now for "good morning america." we're back in 25 minutes. >> that's g

. >> carroll is dead center near that origin and red dead spot along northern parkway. with 1/3 of the work force coming from out of state, carroll's restoration crew comes from bge. >> there's no tap that's left undamaged. >> here's what that means. >> people frustrated by the pace of progress need to look in this alley. this pole snapped in half. there's another one 25 feet that way, another one 25 feet that way and it continues for two blocks. >> i have ten sections of wire damage and equipment damaged and service loops. >> so ten trees? >> we have at least 25 trees down in just this tap alone. >> we're talking maybe a two or three block area? >> yes. >> with that many trees work begins to move once the tree cutters have come through. by nightfall carroll should be one in a hundred whose power was restored on this hot 4th of july day. >> reporter: so speaking of numbers, there are 1,300 out of towners and bge keep shifting in people locally. there's a total of 4,000 people working today to restore power. back to you. >> thank you very much. those out of town crews wi

these people in the 1100 block of east northern parkway, they have a sidewalk to contend with. worse than that they can't get into their house. four huge trees are blocking their house as we speak. they have lots of cleanup. their story is one of many we saw over baltimore city today. if you want to get to judy willie wells' house it's going to take worth. >> this is the path way. >> reporter: four fallen trees have trapped wells and others. they have been yanked from the ground and pulling sidewalks with them. >> this is like hitting the lottery. >> reporter: not in a good way. >> no, not in a good way. >> reporter: you can't go a few blocks without finding another problem tree. in hamilton they've taken down power polls -- poles and wires. they are trying to get the electricity flowing again. after three days without air conditioning, patience in this neighborhood has grown thin. >> it's really frustrating. >> reporter: but not everybody is frustrated. >> i don't think it hit us to be honest. >> reporter: despite a giant tree crushing three of her family's cars, she is thoofl

police say the suspects fled the scene in a 20-04 silver honda odyssey.....heading towards northern parkwaye suspects are considered armed and dangerous.anyone with information should call police. baltimore police... release... new video ...of a group... of teens ... raiding ...a... downtown 7-elev/ eleven....//myranda stephens ... live downtown .../ with... how... the teens... took over the store. the incident happened march 23rd... at this 7-eleven on light street. the situation started out innocent enough... but quickly got out of control. take a look at this surveillance video. police say about three dozen students from a nearby school packed the store on a day it was offering free slurpees. but slurpees weren't the only things they got for free. you can see some of the students stealing chips, sodas, and other items. when they headed for the door - some workers tried to stop them - but things got physical. some of the employees fought back - before finally letting the thieves go. from joy's pkg 00:49 it's dangerous. not only to innocent bystanders who might be in the way of large crowd

here's 83 at northern parkway. j.f.x. into town looking good, aside from the standing water in the light rain at cold spring. let's switch over to a live view of traffic at route 24 coming down from harford county. we are problem-free from the tydings memorial bridge all the way down to the fort mchenry. harbor tunnel traffic looking good. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. john has a check on your forecast. >> good morning. well, it's cloudy out there this morning. some of the streets are still wet, but the rain as moved east. still a couple of showers in delaware right now. and that's about it. that's the remnants of what occurred last night, anywhere from .75 to three inches of rain fell in the area. the front that generated the stormy activity last night is still here. we still have rain in the forecast today. our temperatures will be in the 80's here in baltimore. closer to 90 in southern baltimore. only 70's in pennsylvania and out in the mountains to the west. some of those rains today, again, could be heavy. w

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joce sterman is on northern parkway. pel are living in tree houses, aren't they? >> absolutely.have no way out unless they want to sneak out the back. this is not just one tree. this is one, two, three, four that have fallen down on the 1100 block of east parkway. these trees, for some of them, come all the way up to the doorway. the only lady had can get out is on the corner, miss judy. her neighbor is in the able to get out. the the whole way. just about 10 minutes ago a representative from the city was here and they have put in the official order to deal with these trees. that's good news. bad news is those guys still don't have power, so they're sweating inside their houses and the worst news is these four trees provided them a great deal of shade and guess what, they are gone for good. so they're dealing with a lot, but they're within set of neighbors dealing with a lot. we saw cars that were crushed by trees in some neighborhoods. the good news we saw power crews out from massachusetts, connecticut, of course bge workers. they have a full set of people working with it. fin

the mother of three was shot the day before mother's day along northern parkway not far if home. we spoke with her last month while she was on a ventilator in washington. she was unable to speak but still. >> smile a lot. she has that pretty smile. everybody love her. >> reporter: since that interview there has been progress. she has been moved here in northwest baltimore. much closer to her home and family is and is off the vent making easier to talk but the cost is mounting. the owners of the living well center have planned a fund raiser for this sun. >> put yourself this family's shoes. what would happen if it was you or your family member? how would you want people to respond? >> it. >> reporter: they hope for donations to help with medical costs. >> she didn't ask to be shot. her family didn't ask to go through all this. yet still with the love and support of all of those around it can make it easier. this tough road. >> reporter: money isn't all they are asking for. >> the most important part is to bring out at tension to the event that happened, to bring out the care and p

a diversion at northern parkway. the 44 bus with a diversion at liberty and rogers. i'm kurt kronke. now back to tony pann. >> good morning. it will be another scorcher today. let's look back to it yesterday. we're moving in and out of this heat dome. yesterday it will hit 99. it was 104 in richmond. 105 in st. louis. those were the actual temperatures. we were on the fringe and we had some thunderstorms developing along the boundary. you can see those storms drifting through baltimore county and baltimore city. i cannot rule out the possibility that a storm will pop up. 78 at the airport. there is no rain to contend with for the morning commute. there is some relief in sight. it will take a couple of days. by monday and tuesday, the jet stream will fall to around and digging down into the carolinas. that will allow some cooler air to spillage from canada. it will be in the 80's next week. you won't need a jacket. our forecast for today, hazy sunshine and humid. high temperature between 96 and 101. there's a slight chance for a couple of thunderstorms late this after

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>> if you look at bge's map, carol is dead center, near that orange and red dead spot, along northern parkway right. just hang tight for right now. >> reporter: so with one-third of the work force coming from out of state, carol's restoration crew comes from bge. >> so there's severe tree damage in this area. there's no task left undamaged. >> reporter: here's what this means. people just need to look in this alley in northwest baltimore. this pole snapped in half. but there's another one 25 feet that way. and another 25 feet that way. and it continues for two blocks. >> i have probably 10 seconds of wire down. and multiple equipment damage. and multiple service leaks. >> so 10 trees? >> we have at least 25 trees down. and just this half alone. >> we're talking maybe a two- or three-block area? >> two-or three-block area. >> reporter: with that mean trees, work really begins to come through. by nightfall, carroll should now be one in 100 whose power was restored on this hot fowrktd of july day. >> reporter: on tuesday, bge was able to restore 73,000 people. but they say large gains like that

that's due to an accident northbound at northern parkway of the southbound lanes going to be jammed frome dealing with an accident right on bel air road at rossville boulevard and beltway in parkville at harford road. a lot of improvement on the outer loop and sluggish up towards providence and congestion will pick up even moreover on the west side where the outer loop will be packed from 795 down to route 40. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. if you want to win a 600 dollar gas gift card like my facebook and have a wonderful day and we will see you tomorrow morning. [ dog growls, barks ] bring your dog to work day... not our best idea. [ barking ] george! stop it! stop. oh. it was a nice thought. [ male announcer ] some business decisions are better than others. the best decision is switching to verizon. you're good to go. that was fast! thank you. [ male announcer ] speed, reliability, and now with our worry free guarantee, it's the best time to switch. get your choice of terms. no activation fees. a 30-day money back guarantee. flexible scheduling. professional on-site ins

and northern parkway. checks out just fine. over to you, tony. >> you probably noticed high, then cloud cover to start the day. we do not have a lot of precipitation. we could use some rain. there is a little rain showing up on the radar, but most of that is drifting away from us now. 30% chance you will see a little bit of that your house. high temperatures between 84 and 89. seven-day forecast into the weekend -- 30% chance for a shower or thunderstorm on saturday and sunday. most of those days will be dry. >>> 7:30 friday morning july 13th, 2012. packed the plaza for the 8:30 half hour. two-time grammy winning zac brown there. i'm savannah guthrie alongside matt lauer. do you like the carnival? >> i do. my kids like it. >> a lot of times you play the games and think i have as good a chance as anybody. you may notice it's tough to win sometimes. >> experts say it may not be an accident. coming up, our hidden cameras will expose the secrets how they keep you from winning at carnivals. >> the yacht that capsized killing three y

i don't want to have the baby on the northern state parkway. >> reporter: to her credit, she didn't.ortly after pulling on the highway, anderson went into labor. >> it was hard to dial 911. >> reporter: with an ambulance sent by dispatchers, she delivered baby gavin, in massapequa, new york. with gavin, he was loaded in the ambulance. just moments later, the ambulance pulled over in east meadow, where baby deklin was born. >> they have a lot to look forward to. >> reporter: this morning, the twins are happy, healthy and at home. >> this is how they start, i can't imagine what their lives are going to be like. >> good news. such good news. and by the way, this could only happen on a show like "good morning america," where all of the stars come by. is that joss stone sitting beside edward norton in one place? we're just getting started. stay with us. >>> the first three "bourne" es knowledge movies made almost 1 million dollars. how do you improve on that? you expand the film. make it more sinister. and add edward norton to the cast. "the bourne legacy" and edward norton. we had jeremy

a traffic alert for drivers in northern virginia, a three-mile stretch of the gw parkway is closed. between bell view boulevard and collingwood road in alexandria are closed. >>> at least one dc police officer has been disciplined for reportedly making a threat against first lady michelle obama, and more punishments might be coming. the officer allegedly said he would take out the first lady in a roll kal meeting. another officer heard the comment and told the supervisor. internal investigators are looking into it. two richmond police officers are out of work after it's believed they made threats against the first family. they made the comments to the last rip to richmond in may. they will not reveal those comments, secret service agents determine there was no criminal wrong doing, but the two were fire for conduct unbecoming of an officer. >> president obama and democrats are fighting mitt romney about his taxes. romney says he has nothing to hide. >> president obama is campaigning for two days in virginia where he made history in 2008. the first democrat to win in a generation. if

northern virginia this morning. a three mile stretch of the gw parkway will be closed today as crews clean up a tree downed from a store. it it. >> lesley: be between belle view boulevard and collingwood avenue. >> a police officer that made a threat against the first lady is on desk duty. he said he would, quote, take out the first lady at a morning roll call meeting. another often heard it and the secret service are investigating. other officers could be in trouble if they heard it and did not report it. the officers reportedly made the comments during the last rich to richmond in may. secret was ask agents said there was no criminal wrong doing, they were fired for conduct unbecoming of an officer. >> the president continues his tour today with stops in richmond and in cliffton. he took aim at romney's tax plans. he said he is on the side of american businesses and wants to do everything he can to make sure they succeed. >> he wants to give tax breaks to companies that ship jobs overseas. i want to give tax breaks to companies investing here in virginia, in american workers, investing in advanced american manufactur

northern portion of montgomery county. all the way down to the lane divide and on the beltway, it is looking good. back to the mat. george washington parkway northbound, say to the right. there was a broken down vehicle on the left to right of the bank -- on the left ramp. >> 71 degrees in ashburn. still to come, the red cross wants to get out the message about the need for blood donations. >> 7 is on your side with a reminder before you head out. the red cross says people forget to donate blood. jummy olabanji has this story. >> i need to pay it forward. >> a red x marks the spot on her arm where she gave someone else the gift of life. it was almost 26 years ago when she needed emergency surgery. she is alive today because a stranger donated to the red cross. >> if i had not had blood i would not be around to raise my daughters. my three grandkids that are teenagers now. >> this summer has brought new challenges to the red cross. but in june, the work and mason -- organization saw 10% decrease in blood. our local chapter lost critical donations when the power went out. >> this put the committee in a very different situation. patients do n

northern virginia right now. you may run into delays from the district to dulles airport. there has been an accident in the westbound lanes of the dulles access highway near restin parkway. those lanes are shut down right now. traffic is being diverted on to the toll road and police tell us a sign ershuttle with five passengers lost control, hit a barrier and struck a car. four of the passengers in the shuttle and the driver were hurt. the driver of the other car was not injured. >>> we're learning now details about a freak accident that killed a driver last night in virginia. a massive tree fell in the heart of the great falls village crushing the car and killing a 64-year-old virginia man. john henrehan has the latest from the scene of the accident. >> reporter: the huge oak tree was in front of the condominium shopping center on georgetown pike. the tree actually stood in v- dot's right ofway. so the state transportation department was responsible for tree -- for the tree, which, according to an old photograph, looks like it was dieing. >> and the man crushed is identified by police as 64-year- old alert carl wrote iii. he had whereulently purchased this house on geor

northern virginia. >>> a developing story on the dulles airport access road tonight. all westbound lanes are shut down right now after a super shuttle bus lost control and crashed into another car near reston parkway. the shuttle had a driver and five passengers on board. the driver of the car was okay. the westbound dulles access road still closed. the toll road remains open. >>> once again another ride-on bus in montgomery county has caught fire. this one early this morning in silver spring. nobody injured but it is the latest in a string of ride on bus fires over the last few years. today that type of bus involved in those fires has been pulled off the streets. pat collins reports. >> reporter: it's amazing no one was hurt. this ride on bus in service, on fire this morning in silver spring. fortunately, no one on board. no casualties. but there were consequences. out of service, out of service, out of service. more than 30 champion ride on buses grounded today after yet another fire in montgomery county. county executive ike leggett says removing the buses from service is the right thing to do to ensure the safety of the public and our bus drivers. now, since 2009 the bus drivers union says the

parkway. you're just at 15 miles per hour the entire vw headh4wñÑinuing sb >>> good morning, tom kierein with storm 4 radar showing some moderate showers in maryland, montgomery, frederick, howard and northernthern virginia. later today might get a passing thundershower. highs upper 80s. then tomorrow about a 50% chance of a passing shower or thundershower. otherwise a lot of clouds. humidity in the air. big story, the cooler weather, highs 80s all the way into the weekend. aaron? >> we like that. ♪ oh yeah, this is what a weekend getaway should feel like. and does. if you're here that is. feel the fun. feel the hamptonality. >>> 8:30 now on monday morning july 9th, 2012. it's a beautiful morning. 75 degrees in manhattan. we have a great crowd to start off the week with us. the heat is no longer here. i'm savannah guthrie alongside matt lauer, al rocker, natalie morales. that's weird. i don't usually do the introductions. >> weird for us. >> speaking of weird, wooly mammoth, saber tooth sloth walk into an iceberg. what is it called? ice age. >> anyway, atmosphere great movie. we are going to have the stars of that movie here. coming up. >>> also ahead since it's your first day here we're go