the school is located at 701 chase street in annapolis. police will be in the area patrolling school bus stops and neighborhoods where students walk to and from school. one girl reported on may 5, a man pulled up next to her as she was walking on boxwood road and asked if she wanted a ride. then may 18th, another student says a man grabbed her from behind as she was walking to her bus stop at forest drive. the girl was able to get away. the man drove off in his car, described as a small dark blue honda or sedan with tinted windows. anyone with information should call annapolis police at 410- 268-9000. in the studio, linda so, abc 2 news. >>> more pink slips are being handed out. there is word this morning that jpmorgan chase will close its credit cards out in frederick by the end of the year. the facility deals mainly with delinquent accounts. a spokesperson says the operations will be moved to other locations. >>> time now is 5:46. abc 2 news is working for you this morning. we want to give you a traffic heads up. heavy traffic is expecte

. >> annapolis police are searching for a man who has been approaching young girls at a local school. two students were approached in separate incidents. the man is described as being 6 feet tall and around 30 years of age. he was last seen driving a dark blue sedan, possibly a honda. >> the fight over a proposed slots parlor is heading to court. the corridors company hired a woman to derail a petition drive against the casino. it overlooked fraud in that petition drive. an attorney denies the claim. the trout is expected to begin on monday. >> -- the trial is expected to begin on monday. >> a 19-year-old girl has lime's disease and she must keep her head covered lips areas. she was dissatisfied with pictures and took her own. school officials say excepting the photos would violate the contract with photographers. that brings us to our watercooler question of the day. e-mail your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> 57 degrees at tv hill. memorial day travel could be another sign the economy is getting back on track. >> wheat are getting a better look at the oil pouring into the gul

a little cooler down to the south in annapolis, 73. it is going to stay in the general temperature range. it looks like the early today, but the end of the week. then we will really cold down for the weekend. 77-82. as far as the pollen count, that would be the only negative with the nice weather. it is extremely high. the total count is high, the molds are high and the trees are the real culprit. if you are susceptible to them, the grasses are bad as well. the winds at of the south of the they are 5-10. a nice day to hit the water at the chesapeake. take a look at the almanac information. the normal height is 71 degrees. 92 is the record high set back in 1930. the record low of 34 was set back in 1966. 48, the normal low. tonight, will be above that. 54-62, quite pleasant out there. by tomorrow, we have approach of another front. it will be dry front, but with it coming through, we have the slightest chance of a thunderstorm. only about 10%. a stronger for it will get through here friday and then hang out there about the day on saturd

asked to call annapolis police. 410-268-9000. an 18-year-old bel air man facing charges for pointing an air gun at passing school buses near hafrp ton hamton school buses. they received several phone calls about a man pointing a gun at school buses. they found him and a pellet pistol with the orange tip painted over. >>> last night we told you about a shady lock smith. in many situations they would have been better off broking a window to get inside. joce sterman has some tips to make sure you don't get ripped off. >> >> it happens to everyone. >> not everyone pays the price that fer demando did for just a few minute of work. >> it looked smooth and professional until i got the bill which was for over $800. >> he is one of dozens consumers complaining about lock smith joe horton and claimed he charged outrages prices, and the attorney general agrees. he's issued a cease and order. >> we want them to conduct themselves like other lock smiths. >> and when it comes to legitimate lock smith, the better business bureau have a lot of a

police in annapolis are beefing up dui patrols for tonight. annapolis police ask that you call them at 410-268-9000 if you see anybody attempting to drive while aimpaired. >>> there will be no speed cameras for now. voters decided to go against the mayor and town council's decision to allow the camera's within town limits. out of the ballots cast more than half voted to appeal the ordnance. >>> local investors for the indy racing league in downtown baltimore will be the first in the mid atlantic region. >> this is a shot in tomorrow for baltimore. it puts this city on the map for all the right reasons. it is time for a new story to be written about this city and incredible charm. >> i can't wait. i'm waiting for my spot to know the routes so i can get my claire and drinks and everything and watch the race. >> drivers would race in a loop around downtown passing by the inner harbor and camdon yards at st. peters up to 185-miles an hour. >>> 82 d.c. little cooler up the wilmington way. humidity bone try. 38% relative humidity in baltimore. that'

temperatures in the 70s. 86 for culpeper. 83 for annapolis. small craft advisory will go into effect from noon to 6:00 p.m. on thursday. 84 tomorrow. isolated storm. upper 70s friday. very nice day. just a few showers friday night. no big deal. sunshine on saturday, low 70s. now still bright, but brisk for mom. at least no rain for your cookout. mid 60s, mid to upper 60s on monday and temperatures go back up. low 70s on tuesday and low 80s on wednesday. >> all right top, thank you. >>> an update now on that breaking news we were telling you about out of montgomery county, where a train hit a pedestrian. this happened in the 1800 block of waring station road in germantown. the victim is a 64-year-old man and he is conscious. we don't know the circumstances surrounding the cause of this accident and again, an amtrak train hitting a pedestrian in germantown. >>> up next, riots in greece leave three workers dead after the bank they were inside was set on fire by protesters. >>> and then coming up on 9news now at 6:00 -- >> three murder scenes, six

we were above the scene in northbound lanes of 95 near the baltimore annapolis boulevard. one lane of i-97 was open for drivers so you should expect delays. >>> now to the developing story in northeast baltimore. a water main break is also causing major headaches along a major baltimore artery and those are likely to continue throughout the night. kelly mcpherson has the latest on the impact. >> reporter: the crews are still here working to replace the 12-inch main that broke just after 12:30 this afternoon. from sky eye chopper you can see it is quite a mess and it is an issue because it is right on coldspring lane which is already acting as a detour for another major inner fare. >> we have lost two of the major thoroughfares in baltimore. so traffic is being detoured from the detour to echo dale avenue until this is completed. >> reporter: so while crews are still here, it is a mess. they will repair this road throughout the night and then tomorrow a company will come in to work on paving the road back over. so until then it will be shut down. the good news in all of thi

. >> in the state capitol of annapolis, governor o'malley signs more than 300 bills into law. john rydell reports tonight. several bills are cracking down on sex offenders. >> 854. 936. >> a bill signing ceremony is always festive. lawmakers and advocates line up to get their photos taken as governor o'malley signs hundreds of bills into law. but beyond the smiles, there are personal stories of grief. jennifer foxwell's 11-year-old daughter sarah was raped and murdered last year in salisbury. alleged killer a repeat sex offender. >> notification, registration penalties. >> today sarah's mother is taking solace in the signing of key bills. >> brings peace to sarah's death for myself and family and community. because now we know no other child will have to endure what she did. it gives us peace. >> one bill calls for the lifetime supervision of violent sex offenders. another would prohibit some sex offenders from receiving good time credits which often allow them to be released early. and those convicted of the second-degree-rape of children now face more time behind bars. >> th

her cousin picked up the dip he ma ever the herndon climb today if annapolis. officials say it could be the last time for it. they think other activities would be a better team builder. >>> a muggy atmosphere out there with sprinkles and light showers this morning. it will be a cloudy day with a few showers and highs in the mid-70s. angie will have a look at the traffic and i will have the seven-day forecast coming up. >>> i'm maggie rodriguez. coming up, could your kids be addicted to texting. >> once i start, i don't stop. >> how much is too much and how young is too young? a report on what parents need to know begins this morning on the "early show." we know everyone's looking for ways to save. why not save on car insurance? [ coin drops ] [ high-pitched voice ] thanks. [ normal voice ] you're welcome. get a free quote at progressive.com. >>> a real life size game of chess. check out the pieces playing in the streets of st. louis this weekend. the city is hosting the 2010 chess championship. two chess grand masters took over the chess pieces. actors moved th

a look at annapolis, bay water temperatures are around 60 right now. on the eastern shore it's near 80 degrees and it's been a beautiful morning out of the mountains as well. it's near 70, western maryland and much of west virginia. view from space over the last several hours, showing a storm system that's spinning away in the midwest. that storm system is advancing to the east. it will give us clouds later on this afternoon but perhaps rain moving in for the weekend. for the rest of the afternoon, becoming partly sunny, high clouds coming in later on, highs reaching the midand upper 80s. a look at the weekend forecast. that will be coming up in just a couple of minutes. stay tuned. we'll take a look into next week as well. >> tom, thank you. >>> let's head out to the roads, see if there are problems out there, maybe less traffic because of all the bikes? >> unfortunately not the case today. this important was a fine commute for the majority of folks but not so much for the middle of the day. a lot of road work and unfortunately, we're seeing substanti

they come to annapolis. then we have remedial courses at annapolis. with a pre-college english and calculus. you might say they need a little extra help. what is wrong with that? on the taxpayer a dime, we have rejected other applicants. we have rejected many fine people who could have made it way over that bar and did not need the remedial school or courses. they could have flown much higher. that is something i think taxpayers need to be aware of. i think they should be fairly appalled by it. host: you raised concern specifically on the naval academy. are you hearing from others in your position and other service academies? guest: yes, i am. the largest ones are air force and army. it is not 100% positive. some people say things are not as bad at their particular academy and so on. i am taking it on board. i do think maybe annapolis is having particular problems now because everybody recruits the same football players. they play against each other. that is not the issue. i do think the affirmative action t

a for the district, 83 in woodbridge. 82 degrees in annapolis. the winds have shifted. some high clouds around the area, check out the storms can. we will show you what is coming. the storm center and the front telxon will slowly march eastward over the weekend. we will lay out the timing and a couple of minutes. in the meantime, we will continue to have sunshine to the high clouds. we will drop slowly from the 80's into the 70's. we will start the day near 60. showers and at times over the weekend. we will let you know when the next sunshine pattern will return. >>> coming up at 5:00, parents keeping a close eye on their kids after what happened after class. >> and hours after appearing on a pro, another big medical care for brett michaels. and while some local high-school students will be >>> this is a long louisiana coast, shutdown tonight because of oil that continues to wash ashore. >> we take a look at the damage that seems to have no end in sight. >> three large rigs are in sight, but now british petroleum says it will likely be tuesday before engineers can go in

around the central portion of the state, annapolis, downtown baltimore, right at 75 degrees. 20 percent chance for a pop-up shower. the western portion of the state mmch of the same with temperatures in the lower 70s. chance for rain showers still in the forecast. east % northeast wind at 5 to 10. postly-cloudy skies. kind of a repeat of what we saw today. east northeast wind at 5 to 10. your seven-day forecast showing much waamer conditions. more sunshine on wednesday. 86. 81 by thursday. friday looking at 84. notice all that sunshine leading us in to the holiday weekend. sunday 79 degrees. looks like a beautiful weekend warming up. sfoks 45 skywatch weatherris at our fingertips. use fox 45's powerful radar and tracking storms. go to fox 45.com and click on iradar. 31 >>> the weather wasn't perfect today, but it was good enough to run in a half marathon. the second annual half marathon was today. it started and ended at the maryland state fairgrounds. runners raised money for the university f maryland cancer center. a number of cancer survivors themselves ran in today's race. >>> on th

annapolis, 59 degrees. 55 in easton. 51 at the boardwalk. 63 at westminster. 59 out of oakland. these are mild temperatures. we are starting out milder this morning the yesterday. a big area of high pressure gives us good weather again today. storm center is just west of st. louis. behind this warm front. this is not going to be a factor. warm temperatures, yes. 81 to 86 for the high temperature today. wind at 10 miles per hour. the orioles have a game this evening in washington. you might want to attend. temperatures falling into the 70's around game time. the rain part of the storm is hanging to our west. we do pick up more clouds later in the day. rain chances start creeping in saturday into sunday. sunday will have higher rate chances would have your cloud cover. 85 today. a fair share of sunshine. more clouds to more, maybe some sunshine breaks. better for rain this weekend. 70 on sunday. on-again rain chances this weekend. rain chances diminished on monday, 75. back into the 80's and dry for the rest of the week. >> the folks in bel air have been working for perfect weathe

annapolis is 70. 64 in ocean city. the breeze is coming off of the ocean. it is keeping the temperatures down. hagerstown is in the 60's. we're stuck in the 50's all day yesterday. here is the satellite image showing the spotty cloud over us. there are stars formed off to the south and southeast. -- there are stronger storms off to the south and southeast. the high pressure is sitting underneath an area of surface low, spinning down here. will eventually worked its way offshore. we have a couple of whether disturbances, but we're not the prime target for rain tonight and tomorrow. the storm out west is not of immediate concern. it may happen in the middle of the week. tropical forecasters are watching this disturbance out over the atlantic. it will be drifting to the northwest, probably sitting off the southeast coast of the u.s. by the middle of the week. it is far enough away that it should not be a big factor. tonight, mostly cloudy and isolated showers. there may be some fog. 56 to 60 degrees is the overnight low. a few showers are possible tomorrow. mo

they come to annapolis. we have pre-college english. with a pre-college calculus and so on. -- we have pre-college calculus and so on. you may say there is nothing wrong with the extra help. with the taxpayers' money, we rejected the applicants. we claim we get 10 applications for every slot. we have rejected many find guys and dolls who could have made it way over the bar -- many fine guys and gals who could have flown much higher. i think that is something the taxpayers need to be aware of and appalled by. host: raised concerns about the naval academy. are you hearing from others in your position and other service academes? guest: yes, i am. there force and army are the largest. some people have said that things are not as bad at their particular academy and so on. i am taking it on board. i do think maybe annapolis is having particular problems them because everybody progress the same football players. they play against each other. that is not the issue. i do think the affirmative action thing has taken o

annapolis, maybe after 6:00 or 7:00 a better chance of a shower. and on sunday with the system getting closer, a better chance of showers on sunday. but not a washout all weekend. and it will get cooler on saturday and sunday. and then it warms up again by early next week. temperatures back up into the 80s again. southeast winds that will cool us down tomorrow. and bay temp in the mid-60s. so right now it is clear. 58 tomorrow, clouds and sunshine. and then maybe a pop-up shower in some spots late in the afternoon. and cooler, 74. not bad. a little cooler than it was today. 86 today, 74 tomorrow. still nice though. >> thanks, bob. >>> still ahead at 5:00, tackling a growing concern tonight in health watch. howard county schools going to new lengths to protect students from concussions. >>> i'm suzanne collins, a man dies in a one-car accident here on this hartford county road. i'll tell you how he was a ,,,,, >>> it is just after 5:30. 86-degrees with a few clouds outside. happy friday and thank you for staying with eyewitness news. here are some o

so you folks from annapolis northbound towards severin and the inner harbor of baltimore might get a stray shower. one or two westbound moving light showers. 95% of this will stay dry as you look at your good night forecast. plenty of clouds. not too much in the way of rain showers. you've got to love your late sunsets and early sun rises this time of year. so a cool and cloudy evening. very foggy start for tomorrow morning. then we'll get sun shooirn by tomorrow afternoon. much warmer weather coming for wednesday. but can it last all the way through the rest of the week into the holiday weekend. a check of the holiday forecast coming up in a few more minutes. >> a house committee took the rare step today of holding a field hearing on that deadly explosion at the upper big branch mine in west virginia. law makers traveled to beckley, west virginia, for a hearing into the nation's worst coal mining disaster in 40 years. 29 men were killed in last month's explosion at the mine, which is owned by massey energy. one of the witnesses today is a miner whose sun was killed. he accused offic

. >>> neighbors in the annapolis area are under a warning. after a man speaking spanish tried to kidnap a young girl. >> personally, since i have kids, i don't think they should be in the street. >> parents and neighbors are encouraged to speak to their children about not speaking to strangers. >>> this year's virginia tech student was bittersweet as two students did not graduate. yardley love was murdered three weeks before graduation. her exboy friend sits in jail for the crime. she was awarded a posthumous degree and many people there wore ribbons in her honor. >>> in the wake of that murder, uva officials are leading a push to change requirements for off campus arrests. uva's president wants a better system to notify university officials, that's because officials there never knew that george hughley had been arrested back in november of 2008 when he allegedly threatened to kill two university police officers. >>> as that oil approaches wetlands, anger is mounting. top government officials are meeting with louisiana residents. there may be

heed on chase street in annapolis. police will be in that area patrolling school bus stops and neighborhoods where students walk to and from school. one girl reported on may 5th, a man pulled up next to her as she was walking in the 200 block of box wood road and asked her if she wanted to go for a ride. two weeks later on may 18th, another student said a man grabbed her arm on fairfax road and forest drive. the girls were able to get away. the man drove off in a dark blue honda or sedan with tinted windows. if you have any information, annapolis police would like to hear from you. the number to call is 410-268- 9000. >>> it appears that rumors of the beverage tax demise could be premature because a group of city council members said they had an alternative to the controversial 4 cent tax to the beverages sold in the city. not it turns out it was never off the table. the beverage tax is projected to bring from $11 million a year. abc 2 has learned council members are discussing a compromise that might reduce the number

so no big deal there. 60 in annapolis. it has begun up there. hagerstown is at 60 degrees and culpeper, it is a cool 48 degrees at this hour. here is a look at the satellite- radar composite and this really shows you how things are shaping up this morning. you can see must high clouds out there. some of those are thin clouds so we have some blue skies showing through and a lot of gray clouds as well. so it is mixed. there is your precipitation align wade frontal system and an area of low pressure. that is gradually going to push through our area. not today but tomorrow. the earliest that any of us would see any rain i think would be tomorrow afternoon out to the west. and then slowly making its way through the washington area. so let me show you -- i had actually forgot what i was going to show you. the surface map. warm temperatures again today as we have the southerly breezes so yesterday, we were in the 80s. today, we'll be in the 80s again. we'll get milder air in place for the weekend. there is that frontal system i told you about and that

look at the bay, nice and comfortable, 76 for annapolis. this is what we're watching, the showers are close to us and clouds thickening up. the heaviest of the rain from parts of indiana and down into the deep south. that is not going to get here until tomorrow and tomorrow evening. you can see the clouds coming in and for the most part tomorrow, it's going to be cloudy and then the showers will take over. milder temperatures, talking about 70s and showers eventually, i think, for everybody and again, we start out at 68 degrees and with mostly cloudy skies, 73. a few showers at noon and late tomorrow afternoon, looks like most of us will start getting into some showers and maybe thunderstorms. don't worry about the thunderstorms tomorrow being severe. they don't look strong at all and i think a better term for tomorrow, maybe showers and some thundershowers. this is tomorrow on future cast at noon. the showers are along i-81 and you're going to be wet by lunchtime tomorrow and by 10:00, this comes across the district. minting out the yellow

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annapolis is at 67, cambridge 64, ocean city 61. downtown is still 70. just beginning to drop into the 50's out in far western maryland. here is the satellite image, showing the circulation of this storm around us. at the moment we have these easterly winds which are bringing in all that moisture. some of that is in the form of rain. a couple of little weather disturbances with that easterly flow, but high pressure is beginning to push in from the west and will eventually show some of this away. as we pull back, we notice of to the southeast a little weather disturbance. let's look at the tropical satellite image. forecasters at the hurricane center are watching this weather disturbance. it is expected to drift toward the southeast coast in the next couple of days. they are watching that with great interest to see what will happen. mostly cloudy tonight, an isolated shower or sprinkle and maybe a little bit of fog. northeast winds at less than 10 miles an hour, 69-73 tomorrow. there will be some sunbreaks and maybe a few scattered showers tomorrow. a lot

the school's located at 701 chase street in annapolis. police will be in the area patrolling bus stops and neighborhoods where students walk to and from school. one girl reported on may 5th a man pulled up next to her and asked if she wanted to go for a ride. then two weeks later on may 1th, another student said a man grabbed her arm as she was walking to her bus stop on fairfax road and forest drive. the man drove off in a car that's described as a small dark blue honda or sedan with tinted windows. police don't know for sure at this point if these incidents are related. but anyone with information should call police. in the studio, linda so, abc 2 news. >>> convicted child sex offender in carroll county is headed to prison after making a stop in his neighborhood wal- mart. the judge had previously given the man a second chance after pleading guilty to molesting a young boy 15 years ago. but when he accompanied another child to the store, he violated his probation. a state trooper recognized him as a registered sex offender and wal-mart

more police are on control in baits school in annapolis. one girl was offered a ride and one was grabbed from behind. >>> clean up and containment efforts continue in the gulf of mexico, but from gulf coast to washington, officials are losing patience with bp as estimates of how much oil has spilled increased. it's been one month since the rig exploded and now thick globs of oil have been washing up in areas along the gulf coast. >>> and another recall involving toyota's luxury line ls sedan's and eats 2009 and 2010 ls 460 and lexus dalers will be contacts owners to have the repairs done. >>> checking the economy and wall street. end of the week on a positive note. they picked up 125 points for the dow, and nasdaq gained 25 points and up 16. it has been called the most sleeping wall since the great depression and passed last night. financial reform bill calls for regulators to liquidate troubled banks and create a bur ree to oversee consumer production. president barack obama stays it's not to punish banks but some claim it goes too far. >>

. >>> police in annapolis stepping up patrols. officers have increased their presence from bus stops and sidewalks near dates middle school where two middle school girls say a suspicious man approached the van and tried to lure them into his car. these were two separate incidents. the children escaped unharmed and police are now searching but the suspects. >>> leaders and louisiana are mounting their own efforts now to try to stop the spread of all oil along the shoreline. it comes as a face-off is brewing between oil giant bp and the federal government. courtney robinson reports, it is day 35 cents the oil started spreading. >> you can see -- >> the oil made its way into the louisiana marshes. >> like peanut butter. >> a thick layer of toxic crude, fishermen and state leaders are saying is destroying the coast, hitting critical breeding grounds and hitting wild life. >> the idea is on our own we will move forward, even absent approval for that -- we will move forward. >> the governor said the state will dredge sand to build barri

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annapolis, .05 of an inch. doppler radar, over the last couple of hours showers continue to drift slowly back out to the south and to the west. scattered light rain showers around for the remainder of your sunday into monday morning. tomorrow, you want umbrellas ready to go. still, if you're caught in one of the stray showers without your umbrella, you'll say why didn't he tell me to have that umbrella? i will tell you i did tell you have that. less rain tomorrow than we saw over the last few days. high pressure is gradually going to work its way in. cooler, drier air settles on in tomorrow. plenty of clouds, scattered showers most of the rain is gone for tuesday. sunshine at a premium through tuesday afternoon as well. high pressure comes on in. easterly-northeasterly wind not our friend. cloudy, damp. wake-up temperatures tomorrow, upper 50s, low 60s. back to work and school forecast. plenty of clouds. scattered showers, on the cool side. highs into the low and mid-70s. all-important seven day forecast 40% ch

environmentalist said it -- at one time 75 people were here shucking easters and that is the home over the annapolis maritime museum, a memorial to a maryland industry that is quickly disappearing. >> we're changing the way we do things. >> reporter: martin o'malley announcing new course to rebuild the state's evaporating oyster industry. >> we have a lot of work cut out for us. we know this can work. because of the tough decisions we made on the blue grab crab, they came rebounding back in a few years. >> reporter: the plan is to double the network of oyster sanctuaries and open up the oyster farming, a big shift away from the traditional wild oystering approach that has been used here for years. >> will allow some easters at a -- that are more resistent to disease to survive. the last thing you want to do is harvest them. you want to keep them living long and reproduce. >> they have seen it drop 90% and many oppose the plan and it would cut them off from the few remaining oysters there. the state officials say they have no choice. >> and yes, our oysters are at 1% of historic levels. the pass does

low 80s for annapolis. small craft advisory from noon until 6:00 p.m. because of the northwest winds. next seven day, mid 80s tomorrow, isolated storm. beautiful on friday. upper 70s. low 70s on saturday. also beautiful. now the second front will cool us off a little bit by mother's day. bright, but brisk. that's okay. 60s on monday. warmer on tuesday with showers and lingering showers on wednesday. by then, we are back up to the low 80s. >> all right. looks like a mighty fine forecast for me. brett haber is out enjoying the weather at nationals park with the nats are hoping to continue their winning ways. hey brett. >> hey there lesli. by this time last year, the nationals were already out of it. i can't believe i'm saying it, they are a game out of first place. so how did the nats get so much better so quickly? we'll get into that whole issue. plus, how a spelling error put a damper on what should have been a lovely day for the braves skipper. the funniest cake you have ever seen  you want to get a great looking lawn like th

of an inch in hagerstown, half an inch in martinsburg, annapolis, less than a tenth there less than a quarter into portions of southern maryland. neighborhood network stations, fair fax, virginia, almost two inches today, a little over two inches for the last two days combined. thurmont, maryland, 65 now, an inch and a half of rain today, two inches combined yesterday and today, chantilly, virginia, the big winner, more than three inches of rain today and the reason the weather service did have to briefly issue last flash flood warnings across portions of frederick -- not frederick but prince william here and parts of loudoun county earlier this afternoon, all the watches and warnings are now gone. the threat for intense flooding at this point is starting to diminish that is welcomed news. little area of low pressure sitting over southern virginia. the heaviest of the rains now moved on towards richmond, partiesburg and norfolk. sunday night showers to deal with. that area of low pressure drifts farther to the south. cloud cover around tomorrow, but less rain than what we have been se

annapolis 65 degrees. a little cooler as we get up and over the other side of the mountains but not a lot of cold air showing up on these weather maps. more warm days are ahead for us. now, for tonight here's our forecast. clear skies. we'll be in the 50s in the suburbs. light winds. tomorrow sunny and warm. 82 degrees. breezes out of the south at 10 to 15 miles per hour. front royal it will probably get to about 80 degrees. germantown 82. fredricksburg 84. and waldorf 82 and lots of blue skies with just a few clouds in the afternoon. now, we will watch what happens on thursday because we do see this frontal system coming. i'm pausing it here at 3:00 in the morning. we see it just on the other side of the mountains. notice how it falls apart according to futurecast before it comes into our area. but late friday into saturday we begin to see another batch of showers heading in our direction. we think they will be out of here for sunday. it's more beautiful days than bad days. nice tomorrow at 82. pleasant o

and 69 right now, annapolis and it is 6 at cambridge and 63 at ocean a they have been in the 60's all day long and rather cool there with a breeze coming off the water. 66 at westminster and out at pred rick and 64 and at oakhand, it is the 50's all day long because of the clouds and the rain. here's the satellite image with that -- that new band of rain shower activity moving in out to the west and again, this here, this area in the northern virginia is that thundershower activity, coming in. we're dealing with a upper level weather disturbance. the surface reflection of it. the low pressure center, the line, the trough which is a particle front. it is dissipating but the upper air feature will be with us. and monday it will pull out and another complicating factor moving in and fair weather to the west and that comes in sometimes tuesday to wednesday. one complicating factor in this is out in the drop picks, there's a disturbance out this. and not going to be a hurricane, it doesn't look like. the atmosphere isn't set up for that. but this disturbance is expected to be pulled westwa

. >> in annapolis,,john rydell, fox 45 news "late edition". >> well, baltimore buuiness icon has died. >> raymonddhasteberg senior passed away, he was best known for his 40 plus years running the park sausage company. under his eadership it beccme one of the largest black owned businesses in the country. he was also one of the tough ski urban league and tonight mayor stephanie rawlings-blake called his death the end of an era. >> in tonight's nees you need to know. 170 new teachers are headed for some baltimore schools. they are coming tt baltimore courtesy of teach for america. now teach for america places some 4500 recent college graduates in rural and intercity school systems, nationwide. and college park will make its campus more pedestrian friendll this summer. school closing part of the main campus tow ccrs and trucks. only pedestrians, bikers and campus shuttles allowed between m circle and coal field house, restrictions in place from june 19 through august 13. >> and little ccoudy out there today. but the sun came out before setting. >> not too bad. chief meteorologist vytas r

downtown mid to upper 70s. 78 andrews. 78, 79 toward la plata and almost 80 in to southern maryland. 77 in annapolis. no winds and no small craft advisory. the next seven days, 77 tomorrow. a couple of showers, not a big deal. 73 on sunday. coomer and primarily morning showers and then showers on monday in the 70s. 80 on tuesday. isolated storm is possible. and then a little touch of summer. upper 80s on wednesday, thursday and friday. friday near 90 and a few isolated storms late in the day. we have of course celebrate fairfax june 11th to the 13th. go to our website, wusa9.com for tickets. we have the chili cookoff tomorrow and if you want to check out a cool group, it is from 7 to 9:00 p.m. it is good. >> you have the whole weekend laid out. >> i do. strawberry festival at the potomac methodist church. >> i have to be there, yes. >>> the astronauts wrapped up their final sidewalk on shuttle "atlantis'" final mission today and michael good and derek riceman had fun with it. both guys wore logos of their favorite teams. good donned the logo of notre dame and riceman from new jersey wrote a yankees

cambridge and easton in the middle 50s as is andrews air force base in annapolis. 59 degrees. looking closer we have 46. that's a cold spot at fort meade. 52 reston, 56 fairfax. 57 rockville and 54 brandywine and bowie 56 and arlington 57. officially national, 61, partly cloudy skies out there. yesterday morning in the 50s and it has dropped all day. yesterday 45 all afternoon. this number below 50s is a good spot for us. nice, dry, comfortable air mass. snow up north but showers are weakening now. still a frontal boundary across florida. you can see it there. it will activate more and the next front approaching chicago this morning will bring us a chance of showers or even thunderstorms for tomorrow afternoon. in between, though, high pressure is in control here near roanoke, virginia this morning. see the showers and storms ahead of the front as it cuts through madison, wisconsin. and the front won't affect us much. a couple of showers along the carolina coast. as we go through thursday morning in to thursday afternoon, there's the front activating a few showers. moving sout

we've seen a couple of widely scattered scat hit and miss showers. 10th inch in rockville. 10th inch in annapolis and clarksville as well. 77 was the high. average high is 76. we've been as hot as 93 and picked up 4/100th inch of rain at bwi marshall. your 2-degree guarantee was 75. that is within two. dave rinner at chestertown, our 2-degree guarantee weather winner. congratulations to you. get your name to us, abc2news.com. we'll try to get you a storm center umbrella. mid-70s now but with the humidity it feels warmer than that. humidities ranging from 100% in dover to 69% at bwi marshall. 73% in pax river. it's a muggy kind of an afternoon out there. and just really light east/southeast wind, not enough to really cool you down much. our satellite and radar view, a couple of things going on. again, a very widely spread jhpeppering of showers and rea more up towards cecil county and northeastern corner of the state. some made it into the bel air area and harford county. south of us, a lot more rain across the carolinas. all kind of part of the spinoff from this large gathering storm at sea. we

two times, may 5th, may 18th around bates middle school in annapolis. one girl was offered a ride, another was grabbed from behind. i want to map out the area where you will see extra police in the area here this morning. abc 2 news' linda so is here to tell white house to look for. >> reporter: in both instances, the police say the man approached girls near bates middle and both times the girls were able to give a good description of the suspect's car. police will be in the area patrolling school bus stops and neighborhoods where students walked to and from school. a man pulled up next to her and asked if she wanted to go for a ride. about two weeks later on may 18, another student said a man grabbed her arm from behind as she was walking to her bus stop at fairfax road and forest drive. the girl was able to get away. the man drove off in his car. it's described as a small dark blue honda or sedan did tinted windows. police don't know for sure if the incidents are related. anyone with information should call police at 410-268-9000. in the studio, linda

annapolis, 67. winchester, 64. quantico, 70 and leonard town, 66. moist enough we could see the fog around and not finding any cooler temperatures into the northeast. pittsburgh, 66 degrees. a quick look at max hd satellite and radar. i want to show you what we have been watching down here. it is a broad area of low pressure that is going to get close to the southeast coast the next couple a little bit of shower activity. probably not going to see the rain from that system ourselves. if you are going to be spending some time along the beaches the surf could be significant. could be some rip currents and maybe some beach erosion. we're also going to watch for this system, a frontal system heading in our direction on thursday. tonight, mostly clouds, overnight fogs, 63 and for tomorrow, looks like we'll have early morning fog. break for sunshine getting up to 79 degrees. 8:00 in the morning there could be a touch of fog and maybe an isolated shower and don't wore by that one because that looks like it's a planner from a couple of days ago. we're not e

better chance in baltimore. 83 in annapolis. all right, next seven days. 84 tomorrow. isolated storm. a bit cooler on friday, but still nice. upper 70s. a bit cooler on saturday, but nice, low 70s. cool for mom, but bright sunshine, mid 60s next monday. we go back into the 70s on tuesday with a few showers and maybe a few lingering showers on wednesday morning. >> nice. >> pretty nice. >> let's get to our weird news. we think our politicians are getting the big head, but we don't mean it literally. to london, england, where three 25-foot inflatable heads are flying high over the city. now, these happen to be the three men vying to be the next prime minister over there and their balloons are being flown at different heights to represent who is ahead in the political betting stakes. in other words, as more people place bets on a candidate to win, his head goes up higher. the voters have the last laugh tomorrow. >> we want to hear what you think. send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag. the address, mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. : in the mail bag tonigh

. >>> i'm at the naval academy in annapolis. it is a tradition that lasted 70 years but it is changing and could be cancelled. i will have the story next. >>> first all of you stop worrying. fox picked up the next season. there are a few more shows left in season one. the finale airs june 8th . >>> it's been a tradition since the 40s. police -- the first year to the top of the greased up herndon monument. some worry the rite of passage just came to an end. matt ackland exmaybe why the future of the tradition is in jeopardy. >> reporter: from day one at the naval academy, the end goal of your freshman year is at the top of this monument. the anticipation, so strong today, they jumped the gun knocking down a gate and a military police officer. >> i could not miss this for the world. >> the cannon finally sounded. they rushed the monument. the goal here switching a first year hat known as a dixie cup with a mid shipman's hat at the top. here's what it looked like last year. it took one hour and 15 minutes to get to the top. this ye

better chance of showers and storms in the mountains. 77 downtown. 77 in annapolis. but no winds. no small craft advisory. next seven days, upper 70s tomorrow. there's the storm late. 73 on sunday. so probably mainly morning showers. probably on your way to church. dry in the afternoon. 77 on monday. a couple showers. 80 on tuesday. then a little touch of center next week, derek. temperatures by late in the week upper 80s to near 90 with some isolated storms. a reminder celebrate fairfax coming up june 11, 12 and 13. if you want to buy a ticket or volunteer, go to our website wusa9.com. great food, great music, good times. >> thank you, top. >>> fairfax county police say there has been an unusually high number of copper head snake sightings around here lately and they are biting. how you can protect yourself, your children and your pets? peggy fox shows you how to identify copper heads and how to stay away from them. >> reporter: if you happen upon one of these guys, it can be scary. >> the pattern is like an hourglass or a butter play shape wings down the spine of the snake. >> r

locally 49 from winchester that's one of the cooler readings. 58 manassas. 59 on the bay in annapolis and 50 in martinsburg. cool pockets but a nice start. a spectacular afternoon. lower humidity level and 80 degrees. it will be one of the top ten days of the year. angie? >> happy cinco de mayo, everybody. >> excellent. >> 395 northbound, construction approaching the beltway blocks two lanes. you are okay after that point and more 0 roadwork on the outer loop at braddock road and little river road exit. construction is taking away two left lanes between clopper road and germantown. >>> hundreds of people flock to mclean to meet first lady lawyer -- former first lady laura bush. that's where she kicked off her book tour. >> to have a brief moment was satisfying. >> reporter: fans only had a second to say something to the former first lady. each person came with a different person with a different reason of wanting to read her book. >> curious about 9/11 and how that impacted her. >> she was a kindergarten teacher and married in to this dynasty. >> not all support laura bush and the bus

in annapolis. >>> also today president obama is expected to announce plans for the government to start to work on new fuel efficiency and green house gas emission standards. the glens will affect cars and trucks built for the model year 2017 and beyond. in april, the administration issued rules for the 2012 through 2016 model years aimed at reaching 35.5 miles a gallon. >>> the fight over a proposed slot parlor at anne arundel mills is heading to court amid allegations a developer hired someone to derail a petition drive against the casino. the company is skewing the anne arundel county elections board. they claim the board overlooked fraud in the petition drive against the casino. >>> the montgomery county council approved a worker furlough plan based on salaries. those learning less than $50,000 will be furloughed three days and those between 50,000 and $100,000 face a five- day furlough and those earning more than 100,000 will face an eight-day furlough. they will hit police and firefighters but not school employees. >>> lance armstrong's name is once again in the conversation about

naval academy in annapolis, maryland. in his remarks, he praised them for their character and integrity and paid tribute to the 11 female graduates who will be eligible to serve on submarines. >> admiral fowler, lieutenant general, i see the green -- gleam in your eyes. tell them we are waiting for them, my pilot said. [laughter] undersecretary, in a great remarks. i want to give you one piece of advice -- be careful of your language in front of a microphone. [laughter] thank god my mother had passed. i would be one dead joe. you think i am kidding. i am not. [laughter] ladies and gentlemen, i was a pretty good football player at the university of delaware in 1960. i applied to come to this great academy. make considered me -- they considered me and i thought i would be a pretty good ball player. you had to debut of guys and i realize i would not get a chance to play at all. i went to the university of delaware instead. [laughter] ladies and gentlemen, you know why the secretary of the navy, back in 1845, chose this site

i ask annapolis consent the article be inserted in the record following my remarks. the subcommittee on which i serve had a hearing on this this. one witness noted taxpayers spent an incredible $950 billion on welfare and other low income programs. i asked is it your testimony that $953 billion is not enough? her answer is telling who is to say what's enough? it's time that the american people are saying, this is enough. so should we. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from new york is recognize. ms. slaughter: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: may i inquire of the distinguished chair of the committee on rules how many speakers she has remaining? ms. slaughter spm i'm told we have some people coming to the floor. at this time on the floor, i have no more speakers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: at this time, i'm happy to yield two minutes to the co-author of the a

mary's city. 77 for annapolis. no winds to speak of. so no advisories. next seven days. maybe a shower late tomorrow. 77. most of the activity at night. then most of the activity on sunday. will just be light rain or showers. 73. leftover showers on monday. 77. then we start to heat up a little bit. 80 on tuesday. not crazy warm but mid to upper 80s on wednesday and thursday and friday flirting with 90 degrees with just those run of the mill isolated storms. >> getting a little steamy. >> wait a minute. saturday. >> i will be there. bring your sign. i'm judging. >>> battle of the beltway. >> orioles worst team in baseball in the american league. didn't work out that way tonight. tonight, 6 .95 was better than 4.95. chapter 1 of the battle of the belt way goes to the birds. >>> why the wizards may not be the wizards for much longer. that's coming in up 9sports. so, verizon fios includes cool widgets like facebook, twitter, even access to youtube right on your tv, instead of crowding around your computer. hey -- have you seen the walking ham? walking... the ham's got boots

downtown not quite 80. 77 for annapolis. light winds. no small craft advisory or the tidal potomac. next seven days almost 80 tomorrow. 88 on wednesday. 90 on thursday. the front in the plains friday. that is our best chance for showers and storms. back in the mid 80s. a little cooler over the weekend. we can't get too excited. we're only monday. we have a big weekend coming up. right now it looks okay. maybe a shower on sunday. cooler and nice on memorial day 75. >> we have a picnic on saturday. >> okay. >>> an all new david letterman will be tonight. actor jake gyllenhael will be on. >> i want to see that one myself. >>> this just in. steven strarts strathsburg. >> he was hittable at least a little bit. see why his night ended early. plus the soon to be catcher on the dl. disabled list. >> oh. >> i need to clarify that. i'll be back right after this. that came out wrong. and the new panasonic viera full hd 3d tv is the ultimate 3d experience. [ gasp ] immerse yourself in incredible depth and clarity thanks to fast-switching phosphorous and infinite black panel pro. girl, whisperin