stevenson lane at mitt lane, circle road closed at both directions at ruxton road. closed. timber road at farn um way, things remain closed. jamie and megan, back to you. >>> whatever you are doing, you have to check this out because we have -- >> you look sad today. angel michael up for adoption. 3-year-old male. he's so timid. he needs a quiet house. justin and i were wondering if he was scared from the storms last night. he's shaking. very sweet dog. >> very sweet dog. you said you have a lot of beagles? >> we do. it's going in cycles. when they get scared with the storms, don't fuss over them. they need to calm down on their own. you need to talk to your vet if they need medication to go through it. >> it's very stressful for a dog. you have a lot going on. >> sunday it s. our first ever biker event. i brought one of the t-shirts with me. it's sunday on the 30th of august. it starts at harley davidson. people can register at 10:00 to 12:00. they hit the road at 12:00. it's a fund-raiser, $20 registration fee. you can come, support the maryland spca and should be

circle road at ruxton road closed due to flooding. >>> the late johnny cash used to sing the song how high's the water, mama, 2 feet high and raising. >> that's the song we're humming this morning. it is bad out there. linda so joins us to show us the exclusive video. >> reporter: it will take a lot more than a good song to make some people feel better today. for one baltimore county family, all of that rain landed them in an awful situation. pete on the street o'neal shot this. water poured into the basement of this brand new home completely flooding it out. the home sits near pikesville. the homeowner says he bought the home ten days ago and today is his birthday. the outside drain got clogged with storm debris causing the mess. fire crews had to cut through it to clear it out. then in west baltimore county this is something you hope you never to do, scoop water out of your car with a plastic cup. this man hit a wall of water near owings mills boulevard and timber oak grove. he says it was so dark he didn't realize the road was flooded until he was in it. he and his friends managed

we also have closing circle road and both directions at ruxton road closed due to flooding. owings mill boulevard closed. i'm just getting word of one in lutherville-timonium due to downed wires. jamie and megan, back to you. >>> hey! >> whoa, whoa! >> hey, hey! >> man, checking news around the nation right now. news photographers outside a pennsylvania courtroom got more than they bargained for. an angry dad charges the reporters. the man is the father of a woman who pleaded guilty to charges related to faking her own abduction. you can see him pushing through the photographers, even knocking one down. no word if the angry dad will be charged in the attack. >>> it's not their tennis skills but their dance skills. the sisters had a danceoff in manhattan's bryant park. the tennis pros new moves on court come ahead of next week's u.s. open in new york. i don't know who would win this one. >> that's good. all right. >>> today, the nation will remember an icon. >> absolutely. coming up, plans to pay tribute to senator ted kennedy. we'll be right back. dude, your shirt. oh, i did

the car was traveling on i-83 near the ruxton road exit around 2:00 this morning when it slammed into a guardrail, flipped over and burst into flames. when paramedics arrived, the car was empty. if you have any information, police ask you to give them a call. >>> throughout the afternoon, we've had some severe weather over southern maryland. that is now all gone away as far as the watches and warnings are concerned. but they still got some pretty heavy thunderstorms. we've also got a thunderstorm warning in effect for york county, pennsylvania that does continue in effect until 6:30. take a look at the radar. you can see the thunderstorms moving through southern maryland, and also the heavy thunderstorm activity right now moving through the harrisburg region. our forecast for the metro baltimore and annapolis area for tonight mostly cloudy. storms mostly to the south of us. our temperatures will be in the 80s. but as we go through the evening, there is still a chance we could see some scattered showers make their way into the baltimore area. a little bit later on tonight. we'll talk a

police say the car was traveling near the ruxton road exit around 2 this morning when it hit a guardrail, flipped, and burst into flames. no one was inside the car when rescue crews arrived. police are asking anyone who saw the incident to give them a call. >>> uncle sam wants american businesses to help fight the swine flu by getting vaccines to vulnerable workers and encouraging all employees with symptoms to stay home. employees are also being asked to help develop strategies to develop swine and seasonal flu, including common-sense things like telling workers to cover their mouths when coughing or sneezing, and washing their hands frequently on the job. >>> well, it is not every night you see city workers firing a gun. in an otherwise quiet frederick county neighborhood. several frederick department of public works employee spent the eating shooting off aerial explosives trying to clear a neighborhood of birds. they're called starlings, and they roost in pear trees. the problem, the starlings are leaving their mark on leaves, streets, sidewalks, and cars all over downtown. apparently

crews tell us that the car was traveling on i-83 near the ruxton road exit around 2:00 this morning when it slammed right into the guardrail, flipped over and then burst into flames. paramedics got there the car was empty. police ask, if you saw anything to give them a call. we don't know if the driver is really hurt, we don't know. >>> neighbors working with police to make an arrest in an early morning shooting. sources -- pete "on the street" o'neal, again, a busy man overnight, says a 52-year-old man was shot with a shotgun on homewood avenue, happened 1:00 this morning. what did the neighbors do? they went right to the police, the police went right to the man who they say did it and that led to an arrest a couple of blocks away. the victim is expected to survive his injuries. >>> now to this story -- a 76-year-old black man who police say was beaten by a group of white men, it happened in south baltimore early yesterday morning, abc2 news sherrie johnson has more on what police are calling a hate crime. >> reporter: good morning. an elderly man is hospitalized this morning severely b

we're told the car was traveling on i-83 near the ruxton road exit around a 2:00 this morning when it slammed into a guardrail, flipped over, and burst into flames. when paramedics arrived, no one was inside the vehicle. police would like you to give them call if you have any information. >>> carbon monoxide problems continue to put residents of one baltimore county community in danger. last night, a young couple and a baby girl at the cove village apartments in essex had to be taken to the hospital after showing signs of possible carbon monoxide poisoning. cove village has had ongoing co problems over the years. in 2005, a family was killed. a month later, nine people were hospitalized. many residents say they are angry and frustrated. >> i have children that i'm trying to raise. and you know, i know they don't to find me dead or i don't want to find them dead because of this. they need to address the problem correctly. >> since covering the story we have talked to a number of people who have moved out of cove village because of the ongoing co issues. they say it just isn't worth ris

the crash happened on i-83 near the ruxton road exit around 2:00 this morn. police say it slammed into a guardrail, flipped over, and then burst into flames. but when paramedics arrived, no one was to be found. police are asking anyone with information to give them a call. >>> baltimore county police are asking for your help tonight after a deadly hit-and-run accident in lansdowne. it happened on hammonds ferry road near elizabeth avenue. as jeff hager report, it appears the elderly victim took a fatal misstep that placed him right in the path of an suv. >> reporter: with police cars lining hammonds ferry road and paramedics rushing a severely injured pedestrian to a nearby hospital in vain, george corbett spotted something that told him his long time tenant and close friend john fetters hand been injured. >> when i went down there last night, i saw where his hat was in the road. >> it appears fetters was walking on the sidewalk in the dark next to the road, when the 68-year-old apparently lost his footing. >> a steep bank there, and he must have slipped and