hulion castro will take center stage tonight. it will be the first time a latino delivers the keynote address, an effort to reach out to the key demographic president obama will meet in his reelection. the most important goal is to outline the next four years ahead and the president will make patient the case americans are better off now than four years ago. >> on thursday night i'm going to offer a better path forward, a path that's going to grow the economy and create jobs and strengthen the middle class. >> reporter: biden arrived in charlotte today, spent labor they in detroit making the case for another four years. >> you want to know whether we are better off? osama bin laden is dead, general motors is alive. >> reporter: the first lady is expected to talk about what drives the president everyday tonight in her speech and leaders believe not only is she a good surrogate to rally voters but a high approval rating nationwide. maryland will play a role in the dnc, o'malley will introduce the speaker, and attending the convention, congressional members, hoyer and edwards and u.s. senator barbara mikulski. we are get a check on the first forecast with lynette charles. the weather is something people are going to have to pay attention to today. scattered showers throughout the afternoon. downpours, we have to watch flooding potential as we go throughout the day as well. if your travels are taking you northern bound, they are dealing with flooding across the area. flood watches and vivaries and warnings -- advisories and warnings. reisterstown 71. muggy this morning. see the dew point at 70 and 71 is the temperature. visibility issues this morning with the fog out there, 72, 72, we have fog in buoy as you step out the door, be prepared. the temperature in pilesville 71, dew point in the 70s, oppressive feeling, sticky, continuing throughout the day and speaking of going throughout the day, hour by hour forecast as we start you out at 8:00, scattered showers possible, 83 degrees by lunchtime, 86 the high temperature i'm going with today, thunderstorms possible, 86 will feel like the upper 80s to around 90. a check with the traffic with mike make. good morning. good morning, everybody. let's get to the boards. we have issues, it's about debris this morning from the storms from the overnight bringing down limbs. 795, dealing with debris nearrisers town road, baltimore city, good news, this broke through the wires, hanover pike, dealing with an earlier accident, they have cleared. falls road, towards the norths debris knocking out both lanes due to a tree down. live, this is our traffic came at 95 north, maryland 100. 695 harford looking good at this how. things will change during the cows of the morning as always, 695, outer loop, 83, 11 minute ride. 695, from 795 to 95, taking you 11 minutes. a check in a little bit. police in baltimore are searching for a teenager, the teen believed to be behind a hazmat situation that forced people out of their homes in parkville. linda so is live at county police headquarters with the latest. what exactly was the teen making? >> reporter: police are testing the chemical to determine exactly what it was. they are saying it was not bomb making material or a meth lab. police and hazmat crews were called out in parkville last night, the person living there called 911 after he smelled a strong odor coming from the basement. when he went down stairs he found his nephew and a friend mixing chemicals. >> i walked in to the basement where it was coming from. my nephew and his friend were down there. they had a bottle of, a spray can of engine starting flawed and a sprayed it in to two mountain due bottles, preparing to sell out because they were selling these things to get high with. >> reporter: the teens uncle says he had to call 911 earlier in the day after finding threats on his nephew's facebook page saying he was threatening violence against a high school. police are searching for the teen this morning. live at county police headquarters, linda so, abc2 news. police are training to track down a driver who hit a woman in bel air. this happened at 7:30 on route 1, north of the hickory bypass. the woman was watching arms while near or -- waiving her arms while near or in the road. witnesses say the car stopped and pulled away and left. police are looking for sky blue car with damage to the passenger side mirror. coast guard and police are searching for a 27 year old boater who fell overboard near bay side beach. jason wyman was with his girlfriend when a wind gust tossed them in to the water. the woman was rescued however crews were not able to get in touch with the man. they will look for him early this morning. it wasn't veterans day or memorial day but hundreds showed up to show support for the family of petty officer first class patrick feeks, the navy seal was brought home one last time. sherrie johnson is here with the story, a lot of people showed up to pay respects to fallen hero. >> there was a huge outpouring charlie. people had nice things to say. people from all walks of life turned out to say thank you forgiving the ultimate sacrifice. a view willing be held for patrick feeks, his funeral held wednesday at the fort meyer memorial chapel before he is ladies to rest at arlington national cemetery. feek . the helicopter went down during a fire fight in kandahar last month. he enlisted in march of 2006 and assigned to the seal team three in 2008. employed to afghanistan in december. casket flown to dover air force base. hundreds of people lined up to welcome patrick home. other veterans came out to show respect, the size of the crowd surprised some of them. this boy coming home, is the best of the best, we have to offer in this country. the least can i do is give respect to him any way i can. >> his view willing be held today from 2:00 to 4:00 and from 6:00 to 8:00 at the funeral home in edgewater. he leaves behind parents and his wife. tonight the arundel county council is set to talk up bills on legal settlements. there are legal issues facing leopold. he is facing charges of misusing security detail for personal and police call tasks. he goes to trial in january. should be an easier commute this morning if u you are headed downtown. the barriers and fences are being moved out. depending on who you talk to, business owners in little italy believe this year was better than the first. those in federal hill hope the red light goes up for next year's race. once the national convention wraps up, the final sprint will begin, fundraising, and of course polling in full swing. we are probably going to get tied of it between now and november 6th. there are scammersworking to take advantage of the donors. >> reporter: back to business for candidates on every level. the next few weeks are criewbl for raising money for -- crucial for raising money for the final stretch. the better business bureau wants this prime season for politics can be a prime season for certain scams. fake fundraising calls that sound legitimate enough to be from a real campaign but not. contact a cam paper you self if you would like -- campaign yourself if you would like to donate money. another scammer pitch, the promise of a free cruise or vacation in exchange for answering a survey or public opinion poll over the phone. consumers are asked for a credit card or debit card number to cough certain fees sobuated with the trip -- sobuated with trip. checking for voter eligible. scammers will call o email to ask if they verified voter registration. if not the scammers offer to do it for the voter in exchange for a social security or credit card number. experts say factors will lower gas prices soons fist, the damage from hurricane isaac is not bheefd to be as cease as first thought which should allow the refineries to get back to work. and the blend of gasoline could bring prices down $0.20 a gallon. i'm okay with the human. we need the rain. >> -- humidity. we need the rain. let's talk about what is going on now, we can see lots of cloud cover out there this morning. a few showers to talk about. we could be seeing scattered showers as we go through the evening time frame. be prepared for that. we are going to be looking at thomas to pop in to the area as well. let's get town to business here as we start to see the wet weather coming in from the south and also from the west. we are also looking at a cold front that is going to be slicing in here. we will have to wait before that happens. we are dealing with the remnant low of isaac. it's going to be pumping in lots of humidities lots of tropical moisture as we head through today and through tomorrow. be prepared for that. we look at tropical storm leslie, not looking healthy out here in the atlantic. this is poised to push towards the north, it's doing so slowly as it interacts with sheer. that's the changing with winds are height and tropical storms don't like that what solve. we look at the -- whatsoever. we look at the future trends, rain throughout the monning morning and the afternoon. make sure you have the rain gear. try to wait it out. we have another round of showers and storms and downpours and we have the potential for flooding if you get trapped under a storm. again, we are looking at the commute home, not such a nice one. pack you patience as you head out and about. thursday the time we will get a break in the action, this is what it looks like this morning, 78 by lunchtime, the temperature coming in around 83 degrees, we can see we go up from there. by 3:00 p.m., a high around 86 degrees, more of the same in to the 4:00 time frame. the seven-day forecast looks good, especially as you head in to friday. not so bad as we head in to game day on monday. we will see if the showers stick around. now a check of the time saver traffic with mike masco. good morning. a few issues, disabled vehicle, the law working that town on 95 southbound, as you head close towards 103, be aware of that. also crash in baltimore city on south washington street. we got that in to the traffic center. we have issues north of town, a lot of debris on the roadways. especially towards fallson, a closure in all directions fallson road due to overnight storms bringing down tree limbs and a big tree tying up both directions. volume picking up, warren road, the north view, see starting to see congestion out there. over to 695, harford road and also seeing volume picking up as you pass harford road. another look at traffic coming up in less than ten tes. he passed away but left a legacy behind. carlos turner was 16 when he died with cystic fibrosis. he was in and out of hospitals. he never lost focus of what he wanted. he didn't want to focus on himself. he decided to do something good and started with a barbecue cause he created on his own. >> he wanted it to be marketed. he wanted to bottle it, sell it and and the money come back to the hospital. his personal brands is hitting store shelves, all pro proceeds will go back to the hospital where he was treated. organic fruits and vegetables may cost you more, is it worth the extra cash? stanford university researchers found there is no practical difference between organic and nonorganic grown produce. when it comes to pesticides, there is a big difference, study found organic fruits and veggies had 30% lower risk of contamination than nonorganic fruits and vegetables and they looked at pork and chicken and discovered antibiotic resis at at that particular time bacteria -- resistant anti bacteria. okay, what'ya havin? i'll have the build your own burger with a... sunny-side up egg, jack cheese, jill. and, uh... make it a double. inspiration can come from anywhere. build your own burgers are now at denny's. red cross set up evacuation center, for people living near wild fire in california's national park. flames scorched 4000-acres, the fire started yesterday afternoon and then quickly grew. the inclines in the mountains are making it tough for people to get to the flames and fighting this has been difficult. air drops are the best options in most places. >> it's rained,dist a steep rugged terrain. >> the fire moving towards populated areas now only 5% contained. big surprise for homeowner in colorado springs, colorado. he woke up to find an un invited guest taking a dip in a swimming pool. >> my dogs were barking like crazy. i couldn't get them to knock it off. i got up on the top of the deck and i looked down and there was a 8 point buck in the middle of my swimming pool. >> he realized the deer was trapped in the pool and he called 911 for help. police couldn't get the key out and called in the rescue crew for assistance. firefighters built a ramp to lure the dee out of the pool. smith estimates the repairs will cost him $2500. our state fair just ended. you know no matter where you go , there is plenty of fried food. excuse us, while we change into something more comfortable. cool. introducing, the square sunnyd bottle. excuse us, while we change into something more comfortable. cool. introducing, the square sunnyd bottle. a lot of controversy the book about the death of osama bin laden hit stow store shelves. a woman dice after being hit bay bullet. we will tell you what police know about this case this morning. governor o'malley gets ready to speak tonight. we will find out how he is backtracking and people are reacting to the comments. lip lip lynette charles has a check of the muggy forecast. u not making friends. it's about debris on the roads. what happened last night? >> we had storms. >> falls road, an issue. we will talk