and how they were treated. [ into it mate be consider shall they may be grieving but they are fighting. family of a teen killed by a baltimore county police officer wants things to change. >> and it was a nasty storm that left many without power for days. pge says they did their best to get the lights back on quickly but what do you think? we will talk about a hearing where the company got more than an earful coming up on this tuesday, august 14th. good morning. i am charley crowson. >> i am megan pringle. thanks for joining us. if you are heading out the door any time soon you may want to pack an umbrella. >> things are changing weather wise. monday was perfect. but, what are you doing? >> what am i doing? i can't fault you because you gave me credit for yesterday and sunday. so i will take the blame today. but it's good blame because we need the rain charley. and it's coming down as we head over towards hagerstown and all this is sliding toward the east. we like it. my friend in york pennsylvania are going to be getting in on the tion. new freedom glenro seeing wet weather this morning. along i-83, the roadways are wet. take it easy as you head out and about because the wet weather will stick around and we could be seeing another round going into the afternoon. temperature wise, at 76 degrees in annapolis and 75 in glen burnie and churchville at 71. and this is what it looks like as you head through your day hour by hour. 7:00 around 74 degrees. warm and 80 more humid by 10 and showers and storms still sticking around by lunchtime. let's check of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: good morning. we have good news for those of you in anne arundel county war crash leader from -- cleared from route 50. as lynette said, we are dealing with heavy showers on interstate 83. so as we jump over and up and look at york road everything is up to speed. the road will really be slick. so be extra careful as you travel in this area. but no delays from york road toward 695. other driem drive times everything is up to speed on 95southbound from the beltway downtown. you are look at 15-minute ride and 695 is going to be in great shape. traveling that outer loop from 95 up to 83. you are look at an 11-minute ride and 11 minutes as well on the west side on the outer loop from 795 down toward 95. now over to you. 5:33. they say they gave their money and time and commitment to a company that left them with nothing. so this morning, former workers of rg steel will gather in protest and sherrie johnson is there right now and they are taking aim at the company's executives. >> reporter: exactly. they think that you know they didn't take a bonus and don't understand why top executives would take one. from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. former employees will be out here protesting and want to show solidarity. basically, the employees gave up their 6,000 dollar signing bonus to get raw materials to keep the plant running. but there was a problem. with the blast furnace and money diverted to fix the furnace the forel employees says the contract said the employees medical benefits would be covered for two years if there was a lay off and subpay would go until the end of unemployment benefits. they say they are not getting this. the prospects for steel making don't look so good. the mill was auctioned off last week for $72 million as part of rg steel's bankruptcy. plan s to find a new buyer. the judge handling the bankruptcy must approve the sale to new owners. meanwhile, former employees don't believe 10 executives should receive their huge bonus because they didn't make a deal to keep the plant up and running. so once again, those former employees will be out here this morning from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. to make their voices heard. reporting live in sparrows point sherrie johnson abc2 news. the familiar live christopher brown is not resting after he was pinned down by a baltimore county police officer and died asphyxiation. they staged a rally -- staged a rally last night asking for stiffer charges for police officer james laboard. back in june, brown was near a group of teens throwing rocks at front doors of a home and that's when the officer hit james laboard's dured and they said that witnesses -- door and witnesses said he got brown and held him down on the ground. he was released with no bail. brown's family says this is not enough. >> if they collected the evidence as i see it, the grand jury would have come up with a murder charge. >> chris brown's mother believes the state's attorney did not present all the evidence to the grand jury. brown's mom says that scott shellenberger has agreed to meet with her today. a massive lawsuit will be filed this morning against a security firm that a group in cherry hill says illegally policed them. the 25 million dollar lawsuit is against a private security firm tenable protective services. the report says the firm routinely subjected cherry hill residents and visitors to illegal stops and false arrests under the guys of enforcing trespassing laws it was done while work the city police department southern district. more on abc2. and tonight a vigil will be held in mount vernon honoring both develops of the shooting at a boarding -- both victims of the shooting at a boarding house. one died and the other is in critical condition. police are searching for two suspects they think shot the men outside the empire house on east chase street friday morning. police believe the motive was robbery. the vigil tonight is held at mount vernon park at 7:00. if you want to put gas in your tank, tomorrow is probably the best day to do it because baltimore community bankers are giving away 4,000 dollars in gas. this is part of a take back your banking campaign. so the first 200 people at the green spring shell station this is on smith avenue, will get 20 dollars in gas. and the bank employees will even pump it for you. that's not bad. this runs from 9 until len tomorrow morning -- 9 until 11 tomorrow morning. the goal is to raise awareness about mistreatment from mega banks and to show consumers there are alternatives out there. 5:37. news around the nation three people are dead including a police officer after a man opened fire this happened near texas a&m university on the campus. the gunman thomas cassell started to shoot when the officer came toer is -- caffall when the officer came to serve him a eviction officers a few other by standers were hit and one died. for 25 years they spent time away from their families in jail cells serving tile for crime they said they never committed. now they are waking up this morning after being released. raymond and thomas were serving life sentence for a 1987 murder. on facebook a post opened up testimony in the case so they can be retried for the crimes. a mother and son are behind bars this morning accused of stealing millions of dollars worth of toys. authorities say that they have been stealing from toys r us for at least a decade. officers say the two would take the toys and then the son would sell them on line. law enforcement tracked them for month before making the arrest. >> this is his job. i go to work with the sheriff's office and he goes to work and steals. >> he would use the money to travel the world and was set to go to australia before he was arrested. all right. if snakes give you willies, look away. if not check this guy out. researchers found what they believe to be the largest burmese python ever and i called it in the florida everglades. there's about a foot wide 17 1/2 feet long weighing in 164 pound. the python not native to florida but most commonly it's a competitive predator in the everglades. who wants to create the story someone flushed it down the toilet. >> i am wondering what the guy eats? frogs are not going to do it. >> whatever he wants. >> no kidding. check out that video. stay with us because if you missed it, don't worry we will share it with you. >> an interesting perspective of something spectacular in the night sky. this got lynette's attention. >> that's incredible. also ahead, he is a sensation in the water and a huge money maker out of it. michael phelps signed with a looksry company. we will show you the -- luxury company. we will show you the new ad ahead. [ male announcer ] progress. opportunity. a better life for our kids. it's right on our doorstep... but the next step is up to you. building a world-class resort casino at national harbor would mean thousands of good paying union jobs and one billion dollars for our schools. after years of debate, it's time to let the people decide. tell your lawmakers to vote yes on national harbor. for our schools, our community, and a better future in maryland. 5 clp 42. take two cameras and aim them skyward and mix in technology and this is what you get. a unique view of the perseid meteor shower which peaked on saturday sunday and monday asearth passed through a stream of debris from a comet. the brilliant sky was best seen from the urban glare. you actually probably didn't notice from baltimore that's why we are sharing it. lynette i know you love this sight. >> i do. it's beautiful to see that. but you know what, i have something beautiful to show of my own. check out this great pick by wallet of manchester in downtown baltimore of the pier 5 lighthouse by mccormick and schmidt and you know if you want to send yours in send it to charles@wmar.com. and we are dealing with maryland's most powerful radar on the wet side. let's check of the traffic with lauren. >> reporter: we have a new accident to tell you about in baltimore city. it's going to be right on lombard street at green street. watch out for that. now, if you are using the jfx, there's nothing to get in your way from the beltway all the way downtown to east fayette street. 895 that's not going to be the case. that construction is going to be in full swing approaching the harbor tunnel. expect heavy delays 95 will be the best bet and here's a live uke at that right now. just north of 395 traffic picking up but steady. no delays getting through the fort mchenry tunnel. megan and charley over to you. the results from a crash test are released today. and if you think you and your family are safe in the expensive suv, think again. and it happens every year. new wordsaed to the dictionary. we will tell you what's new for the english language and see if you are familiar with any of them. when good morning maryland continues. we need to look for a new van. yeah. i just don't know where to start. glad you found us. start by test-driving nearly every make and model, all in one place. carmax. start here. cleaning better doesn't have to take longer. i'm done. i'm gonna...use these. ♪ give me just a little more time ♪ [ female announcer ] unlike mops, swiffer can maneuver into tight spaces and its wet mopping cloths can clean better in half the time. mom? ♪ ahhhh! ahhhh! no it's mommy! 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[audio not understandable] many feel it took to long to restore power after the storms and there have been complaints they didn't give too manyly information about when the electricity would be back on. there are three more hearings scheduled for this week. they start at 7 in the evening and tonight's hearing will be at war memorial building on north gay street in baltimore. we posted the ked jewel -- schedule for other immediateings at our website. michael phelps is a winnieest olillian in history and the face of subway. >> he has a new title, high end endorsements. check out the new ad. this speedo clad phelps hanging out in the fancy old school bathtub apparently at least in the ad, he carries the goggle and speedo every where he goes. and where does he put it in a leather lieuy vuitton duff --louie vuitton duffle back and it cost 1500 bucks. >> no. >> all right what do you think lynette? >> i like. i like a lot. let's talk about the weather for today. because i like the weather because we are getting much needed wet weather coming in across the area for today. right now, you are stepping out and dealing with showers and especially if you back in frederick county and carrollcounty. this is sliding towards the east. and extending into york county be prepared for the wet weather to come across the area. this is what's happening going through time. we are waiting for the cold front to move through the area kind of fast forward it. we are waiting for a cold front to move through the area, and it will do so going through tomorrow. gets closer today and we will be in the chance for showers and storms and then we still are in a slight risk for severe weather as we go into the afternoon talking about damaging winds and the storm prediction center has us in risk for that. so, now i will put future trend in motion and we have the chance for another round of showers and storms to work in here as we go into the afternoon time frame. so if you are going out and about around 2:00 this afternoon, just keep your eye to the school. you might want to maybe do your outdoor activities a little before that when you have a little break in the action. and then by wednesday, we still have a chance for more showers in the forecast that will linger. and then things will clear out nicely as we head into thursday. we have dry times ahead. but temperature right now in baltimore coming in at 74 degrees. and we are at 77 in dc right now. and this is a check of the hour by hour forecast for you. by 10 a.m., the temperature coming in right around 80 degrees. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we have a crash to tell you about in downtown baltimore. it's on west lombard street south green street. now if you are using the tunnels, expect heavy delays out on 895. construction is going to be in full swing this week. so one northbound lane is shut down at the steel bridge. and the congestion will get worse as the morning progresses. so stick with 95 at fort mchenry that's going to be nice and clear. if you are headed out to the beltway in parkvale at harford road everything up to speed. an 11 minute ride on outer loop from 95 up to 83. megan and charley, over to you. what is something you would travel great distances to have? 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