winchester upper 60s. 83, a little patchy fog north of cold bottom road and up to the hereford zone. 73 parkville, also towards glen burnie. stevensville currently 75. we're currently dry on maryland's most powerful doppler radar and we remain that way most of the day. yesterday, i did say everyday this week there's the threat of a storm and there will be one today, isolated shower popping up this afternoon, mainly around the bay with our two-degree guarantee back up to about 89. it's 5:30. if you have not heard yet, it's kim's birthday. >> it is a national holiday. if you want to take a day off feel free. just kidding. we have traffic lights out around baltimore county. one at the baltimore national pike and ingleside avenue. another light out franken boulevard and church road. and cockeysville, west padonia road and broad avenue, traffic lights remain out. treat that as a four-way stop. good news in pasadena. that earlier crash at jumpers hole road and route 2 has been cleared. 8 -- 83, pretty smooth from the mount carmel road area to the city. no problems to let you know about between northern parkway and north avenue. around the beltway, it's running smoothly from the east side to the west. no problems to let you know about at the tunnels either. both the harbor tunnel and fort mchenry tunnel toll plazas checking in to incident-free. at the outer loop, this is 695 at liberty road. we have building volume on the inner loop side but no problems or delays at this time to let you know about. back to you. 5:31 now. this weekend's shooting at an east baltimore cookout has grabbed attention from the media, police, city leaders, community activists, 12 people were shot and detectives say that 25-year-old steven blackwell faced charges of attempted murder in the past and members of his family have been involved in several other crimes. last year two of his younger brothers why kidnapped from their home in catonsville. at the funeral for one of the victims of the triple shooting later that year more gunshots rang out and police suspected both shootings were connected to the kidnappings. then police say another associate of steven blackwell was killed in a double shooting in northwest baltimore. they think the whole thing could be retaliation. police say sunday's cookout was in memory of the victims of that attack and they believe that steven blackwell was there. also this morning the commissioner of the police department wants officers to get ahold of all the violence. >> the man who once ran the city is now offering help. abc2 news sherrie johnson with details on this. >> reporter: ask and you shall receive. that is pretty much what happened for governor martin o'malley. today he's headed to philadelphia to learn more about federal money baltimore will receive to keep more police officers on the streets. the announcement will come later this morning from vice president joe biden and attorney general eric holder. with the violent weekend in baltimore where more than 23 people were shot this money could not come at a better time. it's part of the community-oriented policing services program or c.o.p.s. over 7,000 cities applied for it and baltimore is one of over a thousand cities selected to receive that money. the obama administration will give out $1 billion in aid to help cities and states keep police on the street during these tough economic times. for every dollar delivered another $7 in requests will go unanswered under this grant. cities in florida, california, utah and west virginia will also be a part of the program. and we'll be sure to keep you posted on how much money is coming to maryland. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. 5:33. a warning to keep your valuables out of your vehicle or get them secured and out of sight. police in anne arundel county say there have been at least 10 car break-ins thursday alone in severna park and arnold. here's a look at the two men police are calling suspects in the crimes. they say the men either broke out the windows or gointo unlocked cars and sold gps units, cell phones, chargers, credit cards which they use. so if you have any information call metro crime stoppers at 1-866-7-lockup. a new study suggests that texting while driving increases the risk of a crash. much more than previous studies have found. researchers at virginia tech say drivers who text take their eyes off the road longer than they do when talking or listening on cell phones. also, when drivers of heavy trucks text their collision risk was 23 times greater than when not texting. baltimore city developing a citywide strats gee to reduce -- strategy to reduce teen pregnancy. according to officials the rate of teen births was 66.4 per 1,000 in 2007, almost double the state rate in maryland. to get to the bottom of the statistics a brainstorming session was held to come up with some ideas. >> for 15 years teen pregnancy rates have been declining. however, nationwide, as in baltimore city, in 2006, we've seen an increase in the rate of teen births. >> dr. houston says teen pregnancy is a major factor for high school dropouts and the impact on the entire community. they are working on a solution. let's look at what is happening today on this tuesday. the space shuttle endeavour and its crew are scheduled to undock from the international space station this afternoon. closer to home though we've got a baseball theme. at 11:00 this morning mayor sheila dixon will attend a game between students from baltimore's sister city in japan. and the baltimore all-stars, that is happening at the homewood campus stadium at johns hopkins university. plus three oriole players will trade in bats and gloves for pots and pans today at espn zone. it's the inaugural orioles cookoff benefiting the maryland food bank. i wonder if that food is any good. >> i think it will be. they can cook. brian roberts, good filet. planning to grow outside soon? >> important information to pass along to you so you don't waste your money. parents, in about two weeks you'll accepted -- send your kid to college. which campus is crowned party school usa? >> joe pa? >> that's great. ? he's partying. >> it's 71 degrees outside. 93% humidity. justin berk is going toet will us know if it's going to be sweltering all week long, when we come back. what's going on mark jones? >> what's that? >> where's the balloons today? >> don't have the balloons just yet but there's a party going on, usually, right. it's a good one out there. especially on light rail and the metro subway. no delays there. marc on time. and out on the buses, 17 diverted at nursery and winterson due to construction. heavy volume on the 7, 13, 19 and 5 bus lines for your commute. say "booger." ...i-can-get-him-a- math-tutor" button. it's my "save-so-much- on-school-supplies- he-can-stop-using-his-sister's old-backpack" button. it's my "save-so much-i-can-get- a-binder-for-every-day- of-the-week" button. there's no school on saturday and sunday, 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( music throughout ) hey bets, can i borrow a quarter? sure, still not dry? i'm trying to shrink them. i lost weight and now some clothes are too big. how did you do it? simple stuff. eating right and i switched to whole grain. whole grain... studies show that people who eat more whole grain tend to have a healthier body weight. multigrain cheerios has five whole grains... and 110 calories per lightly sweetened serving. more grains. less you. multigrain cheerios. baltimore city police commissioner in an all out war to make our streets a lot safer. >> the state's top guy will sit down in washington with heavy hitters to try to get more money for police. sherrie johnson has more. >> reporter: governor martin o'malley is headed to philadelphia this morning as baltimore receives federal aid money to keep more police on the streets. the announcement is expected to come later this morning from vice president joe biden and attorney general eric holder. this comes at a good time with all the recent violence we've had this weekend with more than 23 people shot. it's part of the community oriented policing services program or c.o.p.s. over 7,000 cities applied for it. baltimore is one of over a thousand cities selected to receive the money. the obama administration will give out $1 billion in aid to help keep cities and streets safe in these tough economic times. for every dollar delivered another $7,000 in requests will ununanswered under the grant program. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. 5:46. a look at ther to top stories -- the other top stories. investigators still working to identify three people burned beyond recognition after their car was hit by a street sweeper. the car was making a left turn when it was hit at the intersection of whitemarsh and honeygo boulevards yesterday morning. the driver of the street sweeper suffered only minor injuries. michael vick is waiting to see if an nfl team will give him a second chance. the former atlanta falcons quarterback was reinstated by the nfl commissioner. there's speculation he could end up with new england or possibly miami or a team willing to put fans in the stands such as oakland, cincinnati and buffalo. michael phelps now qualified for the 200 meter freestyle at the world championships in rome. a swimmer from germany took first. phelps set the world record for the event at last year's beijing olympics. the swimming sensation won gold sunday in the 400 free relay. >> ever been to a penn state game? they cheer we are penn state. now they are say we are a party school. this morning the students are bragging about that but parents probably not too thrilled. penn state just named the nation's number one party school by "princeton review." they outpartied last year's winner, university of florida to take the title for the first time in the school's history. and for the 12th straight year brigham young university in utah was named the nation's most stone cold sober school. i wonder how they test it all. the woman dubbed octomom back in the news. a guardian has been appointed to oversee her estate of her octuplets. she signed a contract for her kids to earn $250 to star in a reality show. the children would collectively earn $250,000 over three years. the contracts require a judge's approval. our allen stamford, the texas financier accused of bill king investors out of a billion dollars. he says his cell is too hot. he shares a cell with 10 other inmates. he tells his lawyers he wants to be moved from a private prison to a federal detention center. speaking of turning up the heat, have you ever thought grilling in your backyard could be a fire hazard? if it hasn't been recalled? our consumer reporter john matarese shows us what to look for to stay safe so you don't waste your money. >> reporter: this time of year many people are using their barbecue grills. several times a week. so you need to be aware of a potentially dangerous problem with one popular grill. that could end up searing more than your steak. anthony beal shows me the perfect flame grill that is anything but perfect. he recently fired it up to cook burgers. and he says bright white flames started pouring out the sides of the grill. >> went in to get the spatula, came back out, actually had flames shooting out right here. >> reporter: his immediate worry, his wooden deck and house. >> i was concerned about it catching the house, the deck, everything on fire. >> reporter: luckily anthony was able to turn off the gas at the tank but when he looked inside he saw the cause, the burners were so coroaded they broke wide open turning them into propane torches. >> damage here where there should be a top. >> reporter: they were made in china and sold as lowe's house brand until recently. one model was recalled for burner failure in 2008 but other models are not part of the recall. "consumer reports" now wants all the grills recalled. it's urging everyone who owns a perfect flame from lowe's to inspect their burners frequently. anthony wants all the grills with these defective burners recalled before anyone else has the scare he had. if you have a perfect flame grill you might want to check the burners frequently. if you find evidence of them rusting or falling apart contact the company, try to buy replacements or file a complaint at the consumer product safety commission. that way you stay safe and you don't waste your money. i'm john matarese. 5:50. we take a look outside, 71 degrees, a muggy start. look at the low 60s in portions of pennsylvania. 60 altoona, compared to our lower 70s. we have a look at the radar from yesterday where we did flair up a very distinct line of showers and storms. something we talked about yesterday morning. it happened farther east. no complaints for us. they got beneficial rain lower eastern shore. storms around tidewater, virginia, but overall it flew out of here and we had one lone shower pass through carroll and baltimore county last night. we're on the edge of a cloud line that gives us a partly sunny setup, though clearing skies back to the west. we could wind up with more sun which would in and of itself boost temperatures today. i want to highlight the fact there's a wave of low pressure here across the deep south and that is going to ride its way in our direction. that is going to cloud us up tonight and on in through tomorrow increasing our shot of rain but for today just isolated storms. you'll see that pop up especially on the computer model around the bay this afternoon. we do expect a better chance of showers really through the day tomorrow and could have widespread heavy rain producing storms tomorrow afternoon through tomorrow night. then we'll be left with another hot and humid setup with isolated afternoon storms for the remainder of the week. 89 degrees our two-degree guarantee with an isolated thundershower. tonight, muggy, steamy, back to 73 with a few scattered thunderstorms but better chance of showers tomorrow, 85. 89 thursday and friday. mid-80s, still the threat of rain lingering into the weekend. kim? the commute looks good as you make your way out of anne arundel county on 97 northbound as you head towards the beltway. however, in baltimore county we're still dealing with some traffic lights out at varied intersections. the first one is in catonsville, baltimore national pike at ingleside avenue. we've got another one in reisterstown, franklin boulevard at church road. in cockeysville west padonia road at broad avenue, the traffic lights not working. treat them as four-way stops. the earlier crash in pasadena cleared, jumpers hole road at route 2, no problems there. this is 95 southbound approaching the whitemarsh boulevard area. we have some building volume early in the morning but no delays to let you know about at this time. back to you. there's a bit of slowdown at traffic court in phoenix yesterday. >> 3,800 people were ordered to show up at the same time. hundreds of people lined up early outside of the justice center and that line literally wrapped around the building. so the next time you go to the dmv and there's a line be thankful there are not literally hundreds of people in front of you. they were all there because of the -- the photo cameras got them. still ahead -- we have a reunion that rivals the test of time and will melt your heart. and all new at 6:00 -- just what is the cost of obesity? what is being done to fix this growing problem? carol! denise! you've lost weight! it's just all these giant things make me look small. 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