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a mix of sun and clouds. charley. today family and friends will mourn the loss of the two teen girls killed in the train derailment earlier this week. this morning the coroner says the girls died of a asphyxiation. funeral service for elizabeth nass will be held today. she was going to her junior year at jmu. her family set up a scholarship fund in memorial to her. to find out how to donate head to abc2news.com. two visitation for rose mayr. her funeral is tomorrow at the bethany united methodist church at 11. on the scene the tracks are clear and trains rup and running in ellicott city -- are up and running in ellicott ety -- city but coal is all over the place. getting the contents out is not going to be an easy task. howard county executive says there's plenty of work needing to be done. it took five years but a woman accused of beating a 90- year-old man was caught on tape and is back in baltimore. and tasha oluoch fled to africa and never appeared in court after being named a suspect. joce sterman has the latest on the case. >> justice prevails. >> reporter: jaki taylor breaks down in the arms of a fred shedding tears as she gets the first look in five years at the woman suspected in the savage beating of her father. after fleeing the country in 2007 and tasha oluoch is back in baltimore. >> a wave of emotions and i wish my dad would see this and i know he is in heaven smiling down because his daughter didn't let him down. >> reporter: she fought for years to get peace for herself and father because what happened to 90-year-old john taylor is her heart break. she says a camera she put up to monitor his care captured oluoch beating him he's lay helpless in bed. >> in a situation like this withanyone who has a parents and loves them if something happens to them you will fight to the bitter bitter end to get justice. >> reporter: jaki taylor was not alone. police with help from the obi tracked oluoch to kenya and nairobi but she never lost faith. >> i knew we would get her back. >> reporter: bringing back a fugitive and sending a message. >> a monumental moment for what it significant nice we will stop at nothing to bring fugitives to justice. >> reporter: this moment of pride means a chance to release the feelings jaki taylor held in for so long. taking the first step to put her family's pain in the past. >> there is justice in america. >> and that was joce sterman reporting. the case will play out here in baltimore. police spokesman says the prosecutors have seen the video of the beating and the agency is now committed to prosecuting that case. next month student at notre dame prep school dedicate a field in honor of yeardley love who died in may of 2010. she graduated from notre dame prep and was lacrows player. her ex-boyfriend was convicted in february for the murder. and the ceremony will take place sunday september 9th at 5 in the afternoon including prayers and remarks from representatives at notre dame prep and the love family. surveillance cameras were rolling at a -- as a massachusetts woman took a fall on the subway tracks while holder her -- holding her 4- year-old son. she said she saw the outbound tran across the tracks and thought that was the train walk went right over. you can see the crowd gathering on the edge. as a man jumps in to help, amazingly, no one was seriously hurt and they were pulled from the pit moments before the next train arrived. >> they were right there. they were there like the trains are coming. we fell and they jumped behind us. i got a new life as of yesterday. we just are saved like it's a miracle. >> she says that she is going to take a vacation back to india for a couple months just to take a deep breath after this short brush with death. a little girl was sleeping in a car when it was stoleen in dallas texas. the 7-year-old is safe but police are looking for the thief. it appears the suspect stopped the car and ran away when he realized there was a child asleep in the back. she has been reunited with her mother and that happened a short time after the car was stolen. some people get married in a church and others on the beach. a couple in california they were going to do it with a little twist. they had an ocean front wedding that's nothing new. but what is new are the jet packs they used for the occasion. they are from grand rapid michigan and thought this would be a great way to make an entrance for the wedding the beach wedding. >> why not? >> right. >> who would pass this up?nobody would pass it up. >> it's great story to tell ourour kids. >> most brides are concerned about what they are wearing but she is not wearing vera wang and is wearing a 99,000 dollar jet pack. ladies, top that. a four-hour flight and half a ton catch goes wrong for a woman on a tishing trip. trunnel she ran into -- fishing trip. the trouble she ran into while trying to get the trophy catch qualified for a catch. aid real big fish story. and a live look at howard county at 70 and 29. traffic is picking up. construction out there along the inner and outer loop right now no accidents being reported. good morning maryland continues in just a moment. 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[ female announcer ] swiffer. better clean in half the time. or your money back. ♪ about 20 minutes until 6. and a woman in a tournament fishing convenient in hawaii caught -- event in hawaii caught a 12 foot marlin and fought it for four hours before getting it in the tam's boat and weighing in at more than half a ton. that's world record. but the problem is, 28-year-old molly palmer missed out on thousands of dollars in prize money. she needed to reel the fish in by herself in order to qualify as a valid catch but it was just too big so the crew had to help. palmer's fish weighed in like i said at more than a thousand pounds. lynette, could you fight a fish for four hours? >> the question is do i want to fight a fish for four hours. >> of course. imagine the fight and the fun and the stories. >> no. no. yeah. i don't have that type of strength. so, i would rather eat the fish. let's talk about what's going on because we look at the satellite and radar. this is the next weather maker through the weekend. we see an area of low pressure getting its act together going throughout tot today and with that that's when we will -- throughout today and with that that's when we will have the shower east into saturday and sunday. right now, cloud cover out there. we have reduced visibility. we have some fog and take it easy as we step out for the bus stop forecast. yes, schools went back this week. that temperature 70 this morning. and by this afternoon, temperatures coming in around 86 degrees and we should stay dry. charley. your priorities are in place you want to eat the fish. groceries across the u.s. have been warning us for weeks about the rising food prices. one market says it is freezing prices on items so you can save on your weekly bill.>> and be careful when someone knocks at your door. another impersonator scam to tell you about this morning coming up. and as we go to break, 83 at shawan road, things smoothly out there. we have got no reported accidents across the baltimore roadways. now that could change as those commutes pick up and traffic tightens up. you are watching good morning maryland. we return in just a moment. @ñi another dangerous scam targeting our older adults. we need to tell you about it this morning. this time baltimore city police say the suspect is posing as a bge worker. and sherrie johnson has more this morning on the warning. another case targeting the elderly sherrie. >> reporter: well, this latest case comes after baltimore city police made arrest and a property tax and robbery scam that targeted older citizens. now there's another dangerous situation that police want folks to be aware of. this incident happened on wednesday morning a man posing as a bge worker made his way inside the home of a 62-year- old man in the 2000 block of east baltimore street in upper fells point. the man said his attacker knocked on the door and he was dressed in a white t-shirt and tan pants and bge vest. after making his way inside, the attacker pulled out a small revolver and the two began fighting. he hit the elderly man in the head several times with the gun and then ran off. bge says it rarely sends anyone to a home unannounced. >> we have informed bge of the incident. and we -- at this point we don't feel there's a connection with the prior elderly scams but we want to caution the pb limb -- public when someone comes to the front door don't allow entry but call the police. >> reporter: no arrest has been made in the case. if you are unsure give bge a call. each employee and contractor care yeas badge with an i.d. number. bge will be able to verify that over the phone. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. news time 5:45 we are weeks away from the launch of the katie couric show airing on abc2. weekdays at 4, but before the show starts, we want you to get to know some of the topics she will discuss and here's katie with more. >> reporter: do you know where your kids are going online and who they are texting on the smart phones? internet safety is about more than stranger danger although that is important. but identity theft is a growing concern for the youngest online users. people who don't even have a credit history can have their credit ruined by criminals. security expert teresa payton explained it to me. >> the ftc looked at this, and they realized about 500,000 kids per year are getting identities stolen. so there's this very active cyber crime economy and they have decided they love kids identities because no one is tracking them. >> reporter: what advice do you give kids so they don't become victims of identity theft? >> one is is talk to your parents about getting that annual credit report to see that and freeze your credit. the second is all those little popups things you get or the little quizzes you might win an ipad or might not. all the different things you are filling out, be thinking about who is collecting that data and where it's going to go. and don't fill it out. if you don't have to. >> reporter: and who may be buying that data from other companies. >> exactly. >> she is so excited about bringing the show to you beginning accept 10th at 4. we will have much more on the katie show as we get ready for the debut in baltimore and remember, check out the stories she is working on you can do that right now by going to abc2news.com/katie. well, they did it for the summer and now they will do it for the fall. wegmans is freezing prices on more than 60 popular items you and your family rely on throughout the fall. it starts sunday and runs throughout end of the year. those items include chicken, croreials, breads -- cereals and breads and tooth paste and shampoo. nationwide drought and higher fuel costs are expected to result in an increase in the food prices. wegmans wants to continue offering you the lowest prices possible. the five things for you on this friday morning in sanford florida an observation to a payne subpoena in the trial of george zimmerman who is responsible for the death of trayvon martin. he is not expected to appear in court. the man suspended of opening fire at family research council in dc will be in court today. a detention hearing is scheduled for him accused of wounding a security guard in the shooting. the guard tack led him and held him until help arrived. and the man accused of killing 77 people and wounding hundreds of others in a bombingin norway and opening fire on ayouth camp has been found criminally responsible. a judge ruled he was sane and will spent 21 years in jail. norway doesn't have the death penalty. and fed up with gas shortages and drinking water and electricity rationing, christians in egypt are taking part in mass demonstration against the country's muslim brotherhood government. the rallies will be held throughout the country for two days. am don is holding a press -- am don is holding a suppress -- amazon is holing a press conference to announce new products. there's speculation there will be a new kindle. we have been asking for donation for weeks and you've been answering the qaw. -- call. now kids will be the recipients of supplies for the kids for school. they help more than 5,000 young people. kids in ages from 5 to 17 they benefit from your donations andyour continued generosity. today the foundation is holding a back to school rally to hand out the supplies you were kind enough to give. the superintendent says it is time to consider updating the rules requiring students to keep cell phones off and out of sight during school hours. the high school principal says students should be allowed to use the phones during lunch and possibly during class changes. and the policy prohibits students cell phone use during pep rallies and school dances. a meeting will be held next month to review the current policy. time for a check of the forecast once again. things are calm on this friday morning. a great segueway into the weekend lynette. a lot going on. >> there's a lot going on this morning and as we go into the weekend, so check out what's going on the temperatures coming in at 67 degrees right now in baltimore. and temperatures are a little bit up this morning because we do have cloud cover out there. i will show you that in a second. look at 61 in york and 74 in dc and 64 in culpepper. and satellite and radar here are the clouds streaming in across the area. and we will get some sunshine in here as we go throughout the day. maybe not as much sunshine as we saw yesterday. because we have an area of low pressure that is going to be developing along the carolina coast and i am going to detail that a little more and with that, that will begin to push in some wet weather as we go into the weekend. unfortunately. but mainly we will stay to the east of us. so here's the area of low pressure developing as we go throughout the day today. and it's going ride up along the coast and kick back some clouds even for today. i think we will stay dry today but the wet weather will work et cetera way in along the eastern shore. so if you are traveling to the beaches this weekend, it's not going be the best weekendch head to the state fair instead. we have going to get a battle of the area of high pressure in the low pressure as we go through the weekend, too. now tropical storm tracker we are looking at isaac right now. winds still sustained at about 45 miles an hour. moving to the west at about 13 miles an hour. and it's going to move over hispanola and cuba and then it's going to be tracking florida is still in that cone of uncertainty. and we can see now the gulf coast states yes definitely have to keep their eyes peeled and it will strengthen the national hurricane center does have it strengthen to a category one before making landfall next week. now we look at future trend not picking up on a whole lot for today. but that temperature coming in at 86 degrees and that sun- cloud mix and morning patchy fog and we have more patchy fog this evening and by tomorrow, that temperature coming in right around 82 degrees mostly cloudy and showers possible mainly to the east. charley. waiting tables is tough work but not for the feint of heart a waitress is counting her blessings and hard earned cash after one very big tip. and as we go to break this morning, a traffic cam shot for you. 695 at green spring. things picking up. a lot of those overnight construction projects are wrapping up here at first light on this friday. congestion mounts throughout friday morning and no reported accidents right now. we are watching those roads for you here at good morning maryland and we continue in a moment. 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[ male announcer ] muller. the european for yummy. good service went a long way for a rhode island wait tress. she makes 60 dollars in a night and a hundred on a good night but one day she got something she never would have speced. a mass -- expected. a massive tip. a couple came in and looked the service and they let her know the best way possible. >> i will be right back with the change and they said no it's all set and i said thank you have a good night and when i looked in the book there was 5, 100 dollar bills and the check was 42 dollars. >> they have seen her there for 15 years and they say she earned every penny of that big tip. if you have kid heading back to school, you may be planning trips for the weekend getting them ready and getting shopping done. this morning what you need to know to a get the kids back into the door of the classrooms in fashion without breaking your bank. and you may have seen this, those highflying acrobats, that's not lynette that's lynette charles we are talk about cirque du soleil coming up at 6. >> charlieey, we have to -- charley we have to deal with reduced visibility. i will tell you when the patchy fog burns off and if and when we get sunshine for today. >> do a flip. you know, i was once used for small jobs. yeah, and i took on all the bigger, tougher ones. but now that mr. clean's got this new select-a-size magic eraser, i mean, he can take on any size job. look how easily he gets things cleaned. it's enough to make you cry. you, specifically. not me. i'm just happy we don't go near rex's mobile home as often. because it's hard to clean or because you're scared of an itty-bitty doggy? [ dog barks ] aah! oh! [ clears throat ] yeah, that was a sneeze. i think i sprayed myself. [ male announcer ] new mr. clean select-a-size magic eraser. lets you pick the right size for every job. you're watching the station that works for you now, good morning maryland." new information this morning from wednesday's voting -- boating accident. a state delegate says was over the limit while piloting a boat that injured 9. and the mess remains for the ellicott city. back opened for business, the trains up and running. we will have more out of howard county this morning as the families and two college girls say -- of the two college girls say their final good-byes. ravens respond to the critics in a big way in the third post season ga

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