>> reporter: in harford county a group of parents and students were upset because they couldn't see the speech live in school. a spokesperson says they are waiting because they didn't have time to review the speech and put together activities to go along with it. a spokesperson says the speech will be available to air tomorrow and thursday. for some the reasoning wasn't good enough. >> harford county is a conservative -- is a conservative district. it's a conservative place. i feel they are caving to the pressure made by parents that, to make this -- to make this speech political, it's sad we can't watch that in school. as a student body instead of making it into a classroom activity, one that is not what it is. >> i'm here because i want to talk with you about your education, and what's expected of all of you in this new school year. >> reporter: in baltimore city classes were able to watch the speech live, sort of. >> you'll need the insight and critical thinking skills you gained in history and social studies. >> reporter: technical problems put the kabash on things halfway through but teacher sean martin read the speech out loud with students following along. >> city schools considered this a teachable moment so did others who watched with the class. >> if you heard the comments of these young people they said it was nice to hear from somebody who could relate to them and who they felt considered them important. >> reporter: but for folks who saw the speech they said they really didn't hear a lot of politics. they heard the same old things their parents tell them all the time, try to do well. >> he went through what we went through so he knows how it feels to be in our shoes. coming from him it makes me feel like i can be what i want to do. >> reporter: other school districts plan on allowing teachers to decide if they will use the speech in their class. they are all allowing parents to opt out with the president's message of encouraging students to do well is something they prefer to do themselves at home. in baltimore, roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >> we want to know what you think about showing the speech to children. do you think they should have shown it live? used it in a class discussion? or not shown it at all? according to the web department more votes were cast in this particular poll than any other. here are the results so far. show it live, 36%. use it in class as part of a discussion, 18%. don't show it at all, 46%. there's always room for your two cents on abc2news.com. a very tragic story from cecil county tonight. a 7-year-old boy is dead after his father accidently ran over him. it happened just before noon yesterday in a field near rising sun. maryland state police say the boy's father was backing up his pickup truck and didn't see the child. tonight, police continue to search for a teen accused of assaulting a woman at an anne arundel county park over the labor day weekend. it happened sunday afternoon at john h. downs memorial park in pasadena. police released a picture of the bike they believe the teen was riding at the time. police believe the suspect believed to be 13 and 16 lured the woman close to him by falling off his bike on purpose. >> when she observed a male teen, she described it acting strangely, he was apparently intentionally falling off his bike several times. feeling uneasy about the situation she in turn began to walk away. at that point the male suspect approached her from behind and grabbed her around the neck. she freed herself, yelled for help. he then ran away on foot and abandoned his bike on the trail. >> if you saw anything you can call metro crime stoppers at 1-866-7-lockup. suspect is bind bars in connection with the armed robbery of a crit go in -- sit go in anne arundel county. police arrested cody briggs early this morning during a traffic stop on i-97 for suspicion of dui. during the stop police found a shotgun, mask and other items related to the robbery at the 7-eleven in the 1,400 block of dorsey road in hanover. he's charged in that robbery and another one in cape saint clare and another in baltimore county. an east baltimore bar will have to shut its doors for the entire month of october. it won't be for renovations. shirley's honey hole on east oliver street near north bradford street will be closing down to install security cameras into high -- and to hire security guards. part of a settlement with the baltimore police department to avoid being padlocked as a public nuisance. a state highway crew had its hand full with the landscaping project of another kind this afternoon. they had to pick up and move a truck load of sod after it was dumped during a crash at the falls road exit on 695 in brooklynville. the driver of that truck lost control on the ramp, hit a tree and the sod went flying. the clean-up took a couple of hours and the ramp reopened once the truck was towed away. tonight baltimore county leaders will be voting on speed cameras and possibly in your neighborhood. the measure would actually put the cameras in school zones and it includes a 12 mile-per-hour grace zone. this may also be installed in work zones as well. police are planning on giving out warnings for the first 30 days. opponents say if leaders are concerned about safety why not just put extra police in those areas. tonight's meeting is scheduled for 7:00. around our region, depends on where you live. if you lived in southern portions of anne arundel county and also on the eastern shore you're currently getting very heavy rainfall over the ocean city area but earlier this morning we had shower activity from glen burnie southward. right now it's all because of that area of low pressure that is lurking off the coast. in the baltimore area a few scattered showers are around but not as heavy as what we're seeing on the eastern shore. your forecast for the next couple of hours, mostly cloudy, a few showers south and east of the area. 73 degrees for the next couple of hours. we'll have the complete forecast as well as a look at the new tropical storm coming up. the swine flu continues to spread especially in the southeastern united states. the centers for disease control today came out with new guidelines on who should get anti-viral drugs. and even president obama had some comments-sense pointers for pupils. here's abc's carla wohl. >> reporter: students heading back to school got a quick lesson on swine flu from president obama. >> washing your hands a lot, and then you stay home from school when you don't feel well so we can keep people from getting the flu this fall and winter. >> reporter: the h1n1 virus is spreading quickly among students. a 10-year-old from this elementary school in alaska died over the weekend. and 2,000 students at washington state university are coping with a high fever and body aches. though this freshman says it wasn't this bad as the regular flu. >> just like a really bad cold. the flu is so much worse. >> reporter: in fact the cdc says most people who come down with flu-like symptoms don't need to take anti-viral medications. that doesn't hold for high-risk patients like pregnant women, young children and those with severe cases of swine flu who should be treated with tamiflu or relenza. >> the goal is to strike a balance in how they are used to benefit people and not lead to resistance or shortages. >> reporter: already shortages of the drugs are being reported in some areas. the cdc continues to stress prevention. hand sanitizers are becoming a staple at ballparks and churches. pastors are foregoing the welcoming hand sheik. even the french are cracking down on the traditional cheek-to-cheek greeting. china will start vaccinating people against swine flu this week. the first batch of vaccine won't be ready in the united states until mid-october. carla wohl, abc news, los angeles. and in the meantime, locally, health officials at the university of maryland college park reporting more than 150 flu cases and they say many of them are believed to be swine flu. reportedly the cases are mild. the university of maryland has not tested the students for swine flu specifically. baltimore city's most experienced mentors got a big thank you for the difference they are making in the lives of school children. volunteers with experience corms were honored at a ceremony at city hall this morning. all senior citizens, they spend time in baltimore city classrooms helping kids achieve their potential. the program is in its 10th year. audrey weens became a volunteer four years ago. >> i see beautiful changes. they come in sometimes, they are kind of tight and oh -- and we have a tendency to help them. to kind of loosen up and be conducive for learning and helping themselves. >> experience corps has more than 300 volunteers working at 20 inner city schools. adhd, it's a disorder that affects millions of american children, even adults. tonight, a new study helps us understand what some experts say may trigger that disorder. and, you have to see this video, a sinkhole swallows up a fire truck. and meet a widow of flight 3407 and see why she's still holding out hope she'll one day find her husband's wedding band. and let's look at the temperatures now from the u.s. naval academy in annapolis. 71 degrees. a little bit of rain there today. norm coming up with the full forecast. seem smooth and strong to irreversible damage. no different. irreversible loss of enamel. enamel shield enamel loss by forming against acid attack. toothpastes dentists check most. save your enamel. be gone for good. enamel shield. with the rinse. you don't see this everyday, a huge sinkhole swallowed up a fire truck, still lights flashing it happened in los angeles this morning. a watermain break in the san fernando valley created a huge hole and engine 60 was rushing to check another sinkhole caused by the same break when it fell into this one. luckily no firefighters were hurt. and, the san francisco oakland bay bridge is back in business and crowded, too. drivers crossed the landmark bridge early this morning after repairs were completed a day ahead of schedule. crews doing a planned upgrade over the weekend spotted a significant crack that needed repair. transportation officials warned the bridge could be closed until wednesday. it has been nearly eight months since flight 3407 crashed in buffalo, new york, leaving no survivors. and family members of those victims are getting back some of their loved ones' belongings. jennifer west says she's gotten several items that blodged to her husband ernie, like a charred wallet, a toothbrush and his necktie still knotted but says she's still missing the most important item, his wedding band and holding out hope it will be found. ernie was sitting next to his co-worker darren, his wedding band has already been returned. >> it's kind of bittersweet because my anniversary was last weekend. yesterday would have been his birthday. but, you know, it's a symbol of what you had. if i don't find anything else of darren's i'm ok. i just want to make sure that jen has ernie's ring today. >> i know he's with me. but i was just really hoping i could get the ring back because i know it was on his hand. you know, in the last moments. >> all 40,000 items that were scattered about the scene are now posted to a web site to be claimed by family members. kind of an ugly day out there. not a real big problem for baltimore but the farther south you went the more rain that you ran into. i was down in the annapolis area, they had showers down there. the farther south you went the heavier rainfall. now on the eastern shore they are getting pelted. a very interesting weather system. it's going to do something kind of strange. we'll talk about it in a second. let's look out -- i have your interest, right? >> you always do. >> let's look outside. shot from harbor cam, overlooking the downtown area, temperature at bwi marshall 73 degrees. 61% humidity. wind from the north at 7, and pressure 30.03 and it is steady. there are your tides tomorrow at fort mchenry. high and low tide, winds tomorrow from the northeast -- sun coming up at 6:42. for southern anne arundel county, what is going on? we'll talk about it. also for southern delaware and also down around ocean city they've also got a gale warning off ocean city. all because of this pesky area of low pressure. our temperatures around the region now, 76 in hagerstown. 73 york. 72 -- 73 downtown, 72 easton, 72 pax river. dover at 70 degrees. ocean city currently reports in with 72 and quite a bit of rain. tropical storm fred, way out in the atlantic. that's the coast of africa out there. i mean it's way, way away, over 3,500 miles east/southeast of miami. looks like it will meander into the atlantic, not do much of anything. we'll keep an eye on fred and make sure it won't develop into anything that will threaten us. this area of low pressure, we talked about it last night off the carolina coastline, off the cape hatteras region. basically it's an area of low pressure sitting there, ok? now, have you got that? that's what's the counterclockwise circulation of air, bringing in the heavier rainfall. there's a second area of low pressure sitting back here over sections of west virginia, that's in the upper atmosphere. this area of low pressure sitting back there, what that is going to do, as this one starts to move, it's actually going to suck this one up. it will be like a vacuum cleaner that is going to move it in this way which means the heavier rainfall is going to kind of rotate into our region. now the heaviest rain will be just east of baltimore and on the eastern shore. but here in the baltimore area, wednesday night through thursday and thursday night we could see maybe two, two and a half, possibly even three inches of rainfall as the system tries to move north but then gets sucked back in by this upper area of low pressure. so we'll keep our close eye on that. right now, some very heavy rainfall over the lower eastern shore as that area of low pressure continues to give them quite a bit of rainfall but again this whole thing is going to transition in this direction over the next 36 to 48 hours. right now in westminster 70 degrees. 72 in eldersburg. 70 towson. annapolis 70 degrees. 70 kingsville and in chestertown now 74 degrees. here's your forecast -- the majority of the rainfall will stay out into the atlantic but then as that area of low pressure back in west virginia gets going it sucks the moisture back up and there's some of that heavy rain that we could be seeing and some of it could be on the extremely heavy side by the time we get through thursday into friday morning. the forecast for the overnight period, cloudy, a few showers, overnight low of 64 degrees. during the day tomorrow mostly cloudy, scattered showers, 73 degrees but again the heaviest stuff will be south and east of us. the extended outlook, there's the heavy rain on thursday, some of it couldling near early friday morning but here's the primary problem here. once we get to the weekend things start to clear up and also start to warm up a tiny bit with sunny skies from saturday all the way through tuesday. back with more. in "2 your health," fall is in the air, so are the allergies, the main cause is ragweed. other culprits are mold spoars which are airborne this time of year and grow in areas like piles of dump leaves and dust mites that love humid months and live in your vents but get started when you fire up your furnace. you're advised to stay indoors when you can, keep the windows closed and before you turn the heater on have your air ducts cleaned and wear masks if you clean leaves to avoid inhaling mold spores. adhd symptoms vary widely. it can impair a person's ability to pay attention, complete tasks, etc. and now they may know what causes some of these issues. kelly swoope has details. >> reporter: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or adhd is one of the most prevalent mental disorders in children and teens but it can also persist long past adolescence. >> it's estimated at least 3% to 5% of the adult population in the united states suffers from adhd. >> reporter: research has indicated that the classic symptoms of impulsivity and inattention could be caused by a disruption in the transmission of dopa mean, a chemical in the brain that helps cells to communicate. a doctor and her colleagues theorize that faulty dopamine transmission is actually to blame for the underlying struggle many patients have completing tasks when there's no immediate reward on the horizon. >> dopamine is considered a neurotransmitter that is crucial for our ability to perceive reward and to be motivated in our behavior. >> reporter: featured this week in the journal of the american medical association the study compared what is called the dopamine reward pathway in the brains of 53 adults who had adhd with 44 adults who didn't. using images at a national laboratory in new york. >> there was a lower concentration of dopamine markers in the brain of individuals with adhd, specifically in the areas of the brain that are involved with reward and motivation. >> reporter: researchers say the findings help explain why adhd patients have such a hard time focusing on tasks they don't find interesting. kelly swoope, "2 your health." first comes love, then a funeral? then a wedding? actually, the wedding happened at the funeral. we'll explain why there was no better venue for that couple. caught on tape, a motorized parachute spins out of control into a crowd of people. see what happens next. a look ahead to abc2 news at 5:30 -- i'm terry owens. taking back city streets. how people in the same baltimore neighborhood where a 5-year-old was shot are working together to clean up the area they love. find out how dna may have ended a life of violence in milwaukee. and airline fees take flight. why they feel they have to charge a few dollars more. that and norm's forecast at abc2 news at 5 : 30. in utah, a labor day celebration turned into a terrifying ordeal when a motorized parachute crashed into a crowd. the parachuter and his son were dropping candy during a festival when the parachute suddenly dropped into the crowd. six people were hurt including two children. a unusual turn of events in buffalo, new york. people gathered to say a final goodbye to a 7-year-old boy and his parents got married during his funeral service. the boy died in a car crash and hundreds gathered to pay their respects. the little boy apparently had been asking his parents to get married. and to the surprise of nearly everyone he got his wish. more and more coupon queens are popping up across the nation. why coupon experts are encouraging to you clip even more of them this month. abc2 news at 5:30 starts in just two minutes. we start with breaking news from baltimore county. hello, everybody, i'm terry owens. a crash this afternoon involving an mta bus and car in essex. this happened at the intersection of virginia and eastern avenues. fire officials tell us four people are being treated right now for minor injuries. we've got a crew headed to the scene and we'll bring you the latest developments on this breaking news just as soon as more information becomes available. more than two months after a 5-year-old girl was nearly shot to death the carrollton ridge neighborhood in southwest baltimore has been declared a safe zone. police are spending more time in the area helping to curb crime and giving residents a chance to take their streets back. abc2 news brian keubler reports how progress is being made. >> reporter: slowly but surely the sound of hammering nails, measuring twice and cutting once is building up what years of crime and the sound of gunfire has worn down. >> pray each day that it will come back because i don't feel like i should have to move out of the neighborhood. >> reporter: connie fowler has lived here in carlton ridge for nearly 50 years. now the president of the community association she's very active in helping to pick this community up from what many perceive was its rock bottom just two months ago. this is police camera video of the shooting of 5-year-old raven wyatt, the child was not the target but the cost of an all too common disrespective life on these city streets. >> that