and maybe -- clouds moved in maybe obscuring the starlight. gorgeous weather continues with temperatures in the 60s and that little bit of cloud cover may hold us back a little bit from dropping even lower. but, we may lose another notch before sun up. 61 hagerstown and 57 eastern shore and easton. call it a partly sunny sky this morning. more sun midday and the afternoon. the guaranteed high of a beautiful 84. tanya. >> reporter: we have roadwork wrapping up 95 southbound at caton. it's important to note today you can get through on 395 northbound. starting tomorrow through monday it will be closed. so you have to find an alternate. maybe the beltway or caton avenue. this is 695 at frederick. no problems to report here. we are doing fine. most of the traffic is on outer loop. the other side of town 95 north of white marsh. light traffic right now. southbound is on right side of the screen heading toward the beltway. we have roadwork wrapping up on the beltway at white marsh boulevard. charley. >> after delays and darkness, thank to irene students are heading back to school among them the baltimore city schools. sherrie johnson is live with what some of the kid are doing preparing for finally the first day of class. sherrie. >> reporter: yeah, it came for some. some are sad and some are excited but we are here live at cherry hill elementary middle school where in a few hours, student will be here going to class and student what extra couple days off because of hurricane irene. and i got to tell you 184 schools will open today but 20 schools are still closed because of some of the power out aims. and student will have an impress -- outages. and students will have the city schools ceo andres alonso plans to walk to school with students and visit a 5th grade math las. baltimore city schools had problems in the past with cheating on state school assessment tests and administrators say that's in the past and they are moving forward. and city schools spent four years laying the groundwork to try to transform the school district. the focus this year is transforming teaching and learning at the classroom level. educators want to make sure all students are achieving at their potential and this year the goal is to strengthen the instructional core, the relationship between -- relationship between teachers students and content. coming up at five this morning, we will take a look at more goals they have for the baltimore city school district. reporting live in cherry hill, sherrie johnson. >> the extend summer vacation is over. what did hurricane irene do for students lunches? in baltimore county they coordinated with vendors to stop therefore y. don't worry, the -- delivery. but don't worry, the school say they are prepared. >> we worked closely with the vendors a make sure they held up on deliveries of person ir-- perishable items. we are working with deary providers to make sure they will make deliveries tomorrow morning. >> charles herndon says the school is set and for those brown bagging it. sands witched are packed up and ready -- sandwiches are packed up and ready to go. baltimore city and county along would howard, harford and anne arundel county have school closings and we are working with the running scroll a bottom of the screen. go to abc2 news.com for a complete list. we are used to talking about snow days but never referred to them as hurricane days but the schools will count against the 7 set aside in baltimore county for inclimate weather. for everything related to back to skew, go to abc -- school, go to abc2news.com. a check list for needs and much more head to abc2news.com. friday maybe saturday, that's when bge expects everyone could have power back. 164,000 bge customers are in the dark and anne arundel county is next after boughtmore. bge has crews working around the clock in anest to get power restoird -- in an fort to get power restored -- in an effort to get the power restored by the weekend. out of state workers will be joined the crews out and about. here are the latest numbers. anne arundel more than 42 thousands, baltimore 62,000. in the city, 23,700. harford on the yoi 13,000 -- county 13,000 and come up at 6:30, spokesman linda foy withbge will join us in studio. if you have questions you want us to s.e-mail them to -- us to ask, e mail them to us. friday is a imagine being day for restoring power and stopping massive raw sewage spill. a 5 # inch -- 54 inch sewage line ruptured sending raw sewage into a river that feed into the harbor and onto the chesapeake. susan lint lives behind it and she and her husband heard the rupture when it happened. >> all of a sudden, you heard of a rush of a noise that sounded like wind but there was no wind. and my husband and i were outside and come up and looked and it sounded horrible. it started to smell horrible and there was a 20-foot river out the back of the yard over here. >> dpw says there's no way to shut it down unless they get it fixed and again, that's not scheduled to happen until friday. look at the pictures sent to us about mta. that's why light rail is not fully operational. trees and four lines are down along different locations. more than 3500 feet of wire was damaged and cutting crews are working to remove the degree so crews can get the repair -- get the lines back up and running properly. mta expects service fully restored by thursday. shuttle bus also continue to operate around north avenue to hunt valley until the repairs are complete. in the aftermath of irene, we are learning about the casualties from the storm as the death toll continues to rise. 44 dead in 13 states including two here in maryland. on tuesday, woo koo sung died from co poison. he was in the home with the generator-side the garage. his -- generator-side the garage. his wife and teen -- generator inside the garage. they had a co detector but it didn't have batteries. good news for those from a bank chain. irene victims chase bank will waive fees for customers in 13 states including maryland. they will waive the fees for overdrafts and out of market atm use and waiving late credit fees on mortgages. other banks will waive fees on a case-by-case base it and if you have a financial impact from the storm, check with your banking provider. a bit of the nba comes to charm city. which top athletes came and where they were and what they were doing last night. we will show you coming up. >> reporter: major changes tower ride through downtown -- changes to your ride through downtown baltimore. the road that will be closed in preparation for the baltimore grand prix. >> a live look down in dc, our nation's capital. news time is now 4:37. good morning maryland. aa [ whistling ] ♪ ♪ [ webber ] discover the unexpected beauty and man-made relaxation in northwest florida. and only at southwest.com can you get 99-dollar fares nonstop from bwi airport to panama city beach. [ ding ] now "good morning mailed" at 4:30. in pennsylvania, the american red cross says 200 workers and staff for the blood drives in five states could begin striking by mid september. officials say the strike would disrupt blood collections at a time when blood could be needed at the mostch the strike would not only a-- most. the strike would affect those in ohio, virginia, west virginia and maryland. if you -- we don't know why the union workers would be striking. justin. now maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherate. one of the biggest questions it's all day yesterday last night and woke up with many messages this morning what about hurricane kattia. it's not a hurricane yet and anyone talking about this thing hitting the united states is way too early. business climatology we watched the season and yes there's two tracks of southern track of the caribbean passing north of the island and curving away we go into september fairly uniformed track as little more prominent numbers and chances it will form north of port reeka and hit the southeast -- puerto rico and hit the southeast united states. cattia -- katia looks impressive. winds at 65 miles per hour moving to the west northwest at 18 miles per hour. follow this track and there's the caribbean island. see which path it takes. it looks like it's going north and once it curves there it is impossible to get to the united states i said nearly. right now probably at about a 80% chance it has no impact on the united states. i wanted to show you that. we show you the tropics and there may be another storm lee that could reach us into next week. here's tanya with traffic. >> reporter: we have some sort of incident going on white marsh boulevard at perry hall. be careful through that intersection. let's look at the beltway on the northwest side, 695 at liberty road. no incidents to report. all lanes are open. most traffic is on outer loop to the left of the screen. that's the oncoming traffic. very light right now. this is the jfx at northern parkway. no incidents here. very light traffic heading downtown. looking south, we are doing fine at coldspring lane. back to you, charley. the nba came to baltimore. lebron james, taking talents from miami is in charm city for an all star nba shootout tuesday's game at the morgan state arena was organized by new york knick and baltimore's own carmella anthony. monday ray quized -- raise -- money raised went to help anthony's foundation here in baltimore. a young mother is behind bars after a brutal attack on her child. she allegedly hit her child andthrough mayor -- threw marijuana in her face. people, stripping for free clothes we don't need to see that. you don't want to miss. this nearly naked shoppers what brought them out. we will take a look when we go around the nation. you are watching "good morning maryland" first and only for you every monday through friday starting at 4:30. starting at 4:30. starting at 4:30. ñwñ[= 4:46. five things to know before you make your way out the door. the national security preparedness group will releet the 9/11 report cart. nine areas of concern including improvements aneeds to improve explosive detection method. u.s. army general petraeus hailed at a key strategist in the efforts in the war on terror will retire from the army officially. from there he will become the next cia director. president obama is going to be in the rose garden urging congress to pass extension of the service transportation bill. in doing so according to the president will protect american jobs and plans to discuss the further investment in the u.s. infrastructure. don't drink that soda. that's a message coming from the center for science and the public interest and other health departments. they are going to announce a campaign encouraging consumers to decrease consumption of soda and other sugary drinks. if you need extra cash and are good with computers, you might be able to get paid by facebook. the social media site will pay hackers for kinks in the system. just break in and facebook bugs bounties are 500 dollars per wouldn'ty and they paid about $40,000 -- bounty and they paid about 40,000 to hackers in the past. your options are fewer in downtown baltimore and it is limited as we continue to gear up for the checkered flag of the grand prix. it's days away from rolling into downtown. and the closer we get, the crazier things will be. as we get ready to go down because friday is the day the grand prix is going to be here before you know it, we have sent abc2 linda so downtown with all you need to know and how it will affect the commute getting in and around. what do you see? >> reporter: lots of roads are closed down and they are getting ready to shut down another road downtown. this is pratt street. workers are putting up concrete barriers. this street cutting through inner harbor pratt street will shut down tonight at 7:30. if you didn't get the message and want to make sure you pay attention because it could be huge tonight. stuck in bumper to bumper traffic. when city official said to avoid the areas where roads will be closed, they were not kidding. and it's only going to get a lot worse as the week goes by. with more main roads shutting down for the grand prethat kicks off this friday, organizers are expecting more than 100,000 people to fill the bleachers at this three-day event. despite the earthquake and hurricane. they are ready. the head of the group organizing the grand prix says all the traffic headaches will be worth it. >> i think they will lock back and say there was inconvenience but people will say it's it was a great event and worth it to show kate baltimore in a positive way. >> reporter: pratt street will be closed starting tonight at 7:30. avoid this area. it will be closed in different spots and tomorrow all the streets through the racecourse and rounding roads will be closed. so you want to stay prepared for that. live in downtown, linda so, abc2 news. news around the nation, a minnesota father abandoned his son taking off to california. now the man is behind bars. this is steven cross who only left a note tilling his 11-year- old sown was not coming back and go to the neighbor's house. cross is facing extradition to minnesota on child neglect charges. the mother of elementary school student in california is behind bars because police say she attacked the school principal. an angry mom pam gibbs came out swinging hitting the principal because she disciplineed her son for wearing a t-shirt that was considered inappropriate. most parents were shocked by the attack and police say such anevent is rare. >> that's unbelievable. what would cause someone to hit the principal? she is here to protect the kid and maybe strict, but she is doing a good job with the kids. >> this year that school instituted a new dress code policy which caused some controversy. gibbs is in jail on charges of battery on a school official and threatening a public officer and making comments about that principal's race. it's over a year ago when two people surprised michigansenator by smashing a pie in his face. it happened and carl what convenient was holding a town hall meeting. after max catner criticized the war with no response from the senator a woman he was with smashed a pie in his face. this is a shocking story a mother in arizona is in jail facing charges involved with a attacking her child. horrible video to watch. all of it captured by a roommate on a cell phone camera. the woman is jessica calaway. that's what started this the child in the background and the mother was smacking the child around and didn't know she was taped but what she did next will shock you. >> stuff to stop being a and when she hit the child she blow marijuana smoke in the kid's face. show said the baby was having a bad day and show was having a bad day and was worn out. her latest fashion right now is a jail jump suit. a great way to honor the king of pop. this was a dance off honoring michael jackson's birthday. they performed to songs outside the chinese theater around jackson's 53rd birthday. the group braved the sweltering heat to pay tribute to the legend. michael jackson died suddenly june 2009 and he was 50 years old. all right. this is something we do not need to see. but we are going see it anyway. people barely dress heed down to the groundies. all because they were told of a special sale going on at -- there you see. what was that? santa monica, california was the spot. if you showed up in your groundies the first 100 people got a free two-piece outfit justin berk i bring you in for this. i would say 50-50 some of that we don't need to see. >> some of that was okay. but, i would suggest that you might want to wear extra clothing this morning. >> please. >> i won't tell you which half but we will look out west and it's 57 degrees in reisterstown and laurel 54 in glenwood. 55 frederick. chilly right? we go around the bay and a little milder with a 60 mark in annapolis and 63 in edgemere. we are taking once again a look here at the tropics and i wanted to highlight this in the caribbean. next area of interest by the way katia if you have the wide screen set, it's there. 3,000 miles away from miami. all this talk and hype because we had a storm. don't worry about it. this one could be lee. and we have got ourselves a lock at possible developing storm that hits the gulf coast and we will track that. we got cloud from this disturbance in the great lakes. we will track the future radar and as you can see we have got development here across the gulf coast that could get active into the holiday weekend for us. frontal boundaries spread more moisture and it will get cloudy toward the week and weekend. 8# today and beautiful tonight. back down to 58 degrees with patchy fog and peek at the rest of the week. shower chances go up once we head on in through saturday, sunday and labor day. sorry about that tanya. >> reporter: darn. okay. well we have an incident a sort of incident eastern at selig avenue not sure what kenned but watch out in that -- kind but watch out in that intersection. 95 north of 195 on the southwest side, traffic building in both directions but it's light right now. no incidents on 195. it's pretty much clear heading out to bwi. 895 at the harbor tunnel. most traffic southbound into the tunnel right now. no incidents here either. traffic is flowing freely. don't forget 395 northbound is is open today but it will be closed for the rest of the week due to the grand prix. charley. 4:5 #. we have updated -- 5:54. we have updated news. howard county schools will be open with the exception of appleton high. news time is 4:54. and a libyan teen says she was forced to become an executioner for moammar qaddafi. how many people was she forced to kill. a terrifying story of survival coming up. more than 50 people died in a casino in mexico. this morning, what police are now saying about that deadly blaze. it's august, the 31st, the phenyl day of the month, september around the corner. off a to a break and a look at i-95 at 395. we will be right back. ack. ack. aa now "good morning maryland" at 4:30. a 19-year-old woman in tripoli says she was forced to be part of moammar qaddafi's female militia and forced to kill. her name -- she admits to killing 11 rebels and was trapped by the military and the academy that handled weapons and was banned from seeing her family. >> they brought one person in at a time and said shoot him. she tells us. there was someone on either side of me and one behind. and they all said if you don't shoot, we will shoot you. >> a young girl's eye he denties was con-- identity was concealed for the purpose of the story. she says as the uprising began in february she was brought into to see the command here raped her and escaped jumping from a second floor wendo during a fire fight after it erupted. rebels planned to put her on trial, many are pitying that young girl. elsewhere in tripoli, it's the beginning of the biggest muslim holiday of the must little calendar. and blowers across the globe are celebrating with three days of feasting and festivities. crowds gathered in celebrate liberty and the first day. remember that casino attack last week in mexico, five members of the drug cartel in mexico are in police custody. investigators say the drug cartel members set fire to the casino killing 52 people. the suspects told police the blaze was "well, got out of control." investigators claimed the members targeted the casino over extortion demands. now "good morning maryland." a power outage is bad enough but what's residents are dealing with is a stink. the first day of school for area student. i am live in cherry hill as we watch kids head back to class. >> reporter: we are just two days away from the baltimore grand prix and they are putting on the finishing touches. i am l