reporting live in downtown baltimore, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> >>> about 25 until 7. investigators say the shooting of a man who opened fire on police was justified. police released video of last month's shooting and we warn you, this may be a little disturbing this early in the morning. take a look. [ gunfire ] >> the man was being chased by officers when he got out of the car and opened fire and they returned fire immediately as you can hear from the video. the officers returned fire and the guy jumped back in the truck to get away. and officers later found him dead in the red pickup. investigators said the officers who shot the man were acting correctly in the decision to return fire. >>> a boy scout troop that disappeared in arkansas after a weekend trip is back home. the camp site was spotted by the national guard helicopters tuesday. chopper crews lifted out the group from the camp in the forest and flew them to the command post. apparently, the troop had become stranded in high water and they were waiting for the river to recede before trying to get across it.

i am sherrie johnson. what the school has planned for her. >>> and it's been subject of song and verse. now the mississippi river threatens thousands living along the banks as flood waters continue to rise and an explosion on purpose in the state of illinois. we will show you the video coming up in bit. good morning, i am charley crowson. megan is on assignment and will be back on thursday. let's kicks things off with justin berk and we are talking about the flooding in memphis and across the mississippi river. one year anniversary this happened in nashville. >> that's right. the impressive rain along the cumberland river and we talked about the flooding flew the grand ole opry. we have our concerns with flooding around the chesapeake bay. looks like we will have a potential of minor coastal erosion because -- at least coastal flooding that could lead to erosion as we have east

sherrie johnson is live at the courthouse this morning with the latest. sherrie. >> reporter: yes, we are here live in downtown baltimore where in just a few hours that retrial is scheduled to begin for the case of two brothers. those twin brothers are accused of setting a pit bull on fire and later had to be euthanized. the twin brothers were 17 at the time of the incident. police say that the twins set the dog on fire and an officers used her sweater to put out the flames but the injuries were too severe. dog was euthanized in pennsylvania. the first trial against the brothers in february ended in a mistrial. jurors deliberated for two and a half days but didn't reach a unanimous decision. today prosecutors are going for round 2 on charges of animal cruelty and the mutilation and burning of phoenix the pit bull. so once again, that trial is expected to begin about 9:30 this morning here at courthouse. reporting live in downtown baltimore, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> 12 minutes until 6. today a baltimore county teen will be honored. 15-year-old will

abc2 news sherrie johnson joins us with reaction this morning. sherrie. >> reporter: megan, some folks on facebook are saying may 1st should be a national holiday. from facebook to twitter and many other social media people are sounding off about the death oaf sama bin laden. there's been a surge of patriotism with many gathering outside the white house to celebrate. so amia bin lad -- osama bin laden was responsible for the murder of men, women and children. notely the 9/11 attacks. the president said it was his top priority to capture bin laden. now the now he is dead he, the president said we must remain vigilant. let's head over to abc2news.com and you can see on the website here we have a number of stories. if you are just waking up and trying to look for information, you can head here abc2news.com and look at this osama bin laden killed by u.s. forces. you can head here and click here and find more information. also, you can watch the video of president obama's speech last night. it was about 9 minutes long. if you mised that go here to see

sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> thank you. >>> this morning, the u.s. secret service is investigating a letter sent to president obama. the head of the richmond county sheriff's office in georgia says the bomb squad blew the letter up. deputies were called after u.s. postal service worker found it in a drop box. suspicious writing on the return address is what ultimately caught their attention. [ screams ] >> it was chaos in oklahoma city. a convicted murderer attacked a prosecutor in the case after the crier came back with a guilty verd beingd -- after the jury came back with a guilty veric. witnesses say mitchell got -- verdict. witnesses say the mitchell got up and lunged at the da. the prosecutor suffered a bloody nose but no other reports of serious injuries. >>> as heavy rains continue to pound parts of mississippi, a tough decision had to be made to save the town from flooding. plus, the endeavour still on the ground. what's causing them the day this and will it launch or how soon? details coming up when "good morning maryland" returns on this tu

abc2 sherrie johnson is live at the city courthouse with all new details. sherrie. >> reporter: this was a case that gained national attention. a pit bull set on fire and later had to be euthanized. for the second time, two brothers are on trial for thiscrime. that retrial is scheduled to begin this morning at 9:30 a.m. at the mitchell courthouse. the two brothers travers and tremainch -- tremaine. they set the dog on fire and an officer used the sweater to put out the flames but the injuries were too severe. the dog was euthanized at an animal shelter. first trial against the brothers ended in a mistrial. today prosecutors are going for round 2 on charges of animal cruelty and the mutilation and burning of phoenix the pit bull. once again, that trial is expected to start at 9:30 this morning here at mitchell courthouse. reporting live in downtown baltimore, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> 5:04. thanks. >>> the latest on the case against the baltimore police officers accused of kidnapping two 15-year-old teens back in 2009. the detective greg helen has been

sherrie johnson, abk2 -- abc2 news. >> this morning, again we are learning more about the operation to kill osappa bin laden and what -- osama bin laden and what else they found inside the compound. sandra endo is live with the latest this morning. ♪ god bless america my home sweet home ♪ >> reporter: ground zero shanksville pennsylvania and the pentagon. once where so many went to grieve. now where many are flocking to rejoice and reflect. >> it's good to see an evil person receive justice, but it's very bitter to realize that so many good people met a brutal and needless death. >> reporter: this is amateur video of the compound where osama bin laden was killed. nearly re-- newly released image of the white house situation situation room show the president and top officials waiting to hear a single word geronimo. code that the world's most notorious and most wanted terrorist was either captured or dead. >> the minutes passed like days and the president was very concerned about the security of our personnel. >> reporter: the military team took out not only bin laden but took comput

sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> thanks. news time 6:35. six boy scouts and two scout leaders are stuck in southwestern arkansas on a hiking trail. swollen streams are preventing emergency responders from getting to the eight people. crews are waiting at each of the trail's five entrance hoping the group will reach one of them. last june, 20 people were killed when flash floods hit a camp ground in that exact same area. >>> [ screams ] >> the terrifying moments in oklahoma city monday when a convicted murderer attacked a prosecutor of a of after his conviction. it happened short -- after his conviction. it happened shortly after a conviction came back. mitchell got up and lunged at the da. the situation quickly turned chaotic and people standing around the courtroom they scrambled out. it took several deputies to get mitchell under control. the prosecutor suffered a bloody nose but there were no other significant injuries. >>> coming up, a consumer alert you will want to pay attention to if you eat a lot of salads. toe nateos are being pull

sherrie johnson is live with what we can expect when the trial gets underway later this morning. sherrie. >> reporter: this is a case that has gained national attention as well as local attention. two brothers on trial for accused of assetting a pit bull on fire. for the second time that trial is set to begin this morning. it's set to kick off in downtown baltimore here at 9:30 this morning. the two brothers are accused of setting a dog that was called phoenix on fire two years ago. they were 17 at the time of the incident. police say the twins set the dog on fire and an officers used hersweater to put out the flames but injuries were too severe. the dog was euthanized at an animal shelter and the first trial against the brothers ended in mistrial. today prosecutors are going for rounds 2 on charges of animal cruelty and the mutilation and burning of phoenix the pit bull. once again, that trial is expected to start at about 9:30 this morning. reporting live in downtown baltimore, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> thanks. >>> the latest on the case against the police officers accused

reporting live, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> 4 clp 47. -- 4:47. thank you. >>> when two planes slammed into the world trade center it transformed the mind of americans. many have been gathering throughout the morning to hear and celebrate the news. >> i can't tell you the national pride that i feel here in being visiting from texas being in times square when this was announced, so much pride for our country. >> he has been terrorizing the whole world. a lot of people have been living in fear, a of people lost their lives because of osama bin laden. and i think this has been a long time coming. >> the attacks on the world trade center in 2001 left more than 2700 people dead. >>> people can't stop talking about the death of ladefrom foa stations to lawmakers. maryland congressman says "america is a strong proud nation that will never allow our precious freedoms to fall under attack without mounting a great and mighty defense. death of osama bin loden -- laden shows the might. i offer all those involved the thanks of a grateful nation. >>> also maryl

sherrie johnson is live with reaction from this historic moment in our country's history. sherrie. >> reporter: from facebook to twitter to myspace and other media sites, people are sounding off about the death of osama bin laden. there's been a huge surge of patriotism with many people gathering outside of the white house. so am -- osama bin laden was a terrorist responsible for the murder of thousands of men, women and children most notably the september 11th attacks and last night when president obama took to the airways he said it was the top priority to capture bin laden. now he is dead, the president says we must remain vigilant. now we have been busy this morning in the interactive news center searching the websites and and checking out facebook comments. but if you are waking up and want to know more information, head to abc2 news.com and look in our slide show. we have a number of stories here to update you on what's going on. in fact, in the top -- the number one thing in our slide show you can head to watch video and if you didn't see president obama's speech la

shaer ri john -- sherrie johnon is monitoring your comments -- johnson is monitoring your comments. >> reporter: the comments are flowing. everyone has something to say about the death of osama bin laden. let's look here at what some of you had to say. basically, if you missed any of this and are waving up, head to our website at abc2news.com and we have plenty of stories. you can go here to watch the president's speech from last night, 9-minute speech he gave. you can go here to death celebrated in dc and talking about the celebrations going on. news spreading socially and also u.s. leaders react to bin laden's death and u.s. warns of retaliation over bin laden's death. and also, you can just scroll down to the bottom of the page and there you can go to facebook and click on some of the comments there and hear we can see let's see, some of the folks here michael here writes, i want to thank all the servicemen and women for all of their sacrifice and hard work that has gotten us to this point i want to thank their families who have endured so much. so plenty to see on our facebook fan

sherrie johnson has more. >> reporter: here in eliz he beth's first frayed class in charry hill they are learning the beginning steps offing -- first grade class in cherry hill, they are learning the beginning steps of reading. >> it's just so important to really -- if what you are doing as a teacher if they are not getting it's important to be able to stop and rewind and go back which literacy one gave meet foundation to do and really focus on kills that they node help with to help them before the-- become the readers they need to be. >> reporter: they teamed up with public schools to train teachers on prereading skills. part of the literacy academy one program. the school educates those with dyslexia or other language based learning difficulties. with nearly 40 years ofexperience they are the premier source to help other teachers. they focus on teaching awareness and laying the groundwork in learning to read. >> and we are experts in teaching reading for children that have at-risk for reading. and we have methods to develop -- that we developed that really get students reading. >>

sherrie johnson is live at the world trade center in baltimore's inner harbor. sherrie. >> reporter: yes, we are here in the downtown area. look behind me here. yes, right in front of the world trade center of baltimore. this was mentioned as a possible target for september 11th attacks, but of course we know that didn't happen. but this morning, many people that i spoke with here are relieved about the news of osama bin laden's death. there's been a huge surge of patriotism since the news of the death. he was responsible for the murder of thousands of men, women and children. most notably the september 11th attacks which was nearly 10 years ago. people who work here in the world trade center baltimore say they are not nervous about heading to work, but they will remain vigilant in the coming days, weeks and months ahead. many are taking the day to reflect on that tragic day. >> it's pretty emotional actually. i was up in new york for 9/11i worked across the street. so i witnessed the entire attack. we got out easily and was able to get on the ferry and go over

sherrie johnson has been monitoring what you are saying and joins us now. sherie. >> reporter: -- sherrie,. >> reporter: he yes, we have a- - yes, we have a number of comments. some are excited and others are a little worried about the celebrations causing even more problems for americans. let's look at some of the facebook fan page comments that we have on our facebook fan page. we have lisa who says god bless the usa. and we have elizabeth i. realize the news media is not responsible for the celebrations, but it is really wise for networks to be broadcasting them? i can only imagine the fires that the images are fueling. tracy says at elizabeth, we don't have the right to celebrate for the death of someone who killed our people for sheer terror and evil and hate? so already this morning, we are having a bit of you know people going back and forth discussing the matter. so of course we will be following this. and we will be showing you other things mopping up -- popping up oint net -- popping up on the internet. >>> the news of so sama bin lad ann -- so am

sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> now, the literacy academy one focused on teaching prekinder garth, kindergarten, first and second grade teachers. they offer training it a select group of teachers who provide ongoing support for teachers in city schools. >>> now maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> all right. decent looking day out there today. we had some sunshine. temperatures warming up nicely. 73 at bwi this afternoon and humidity comfortable at 64%. winds southeast at 7. show you a little bit of weather through the day out there. it was not bad in most spots. annapolis sunshine early in the day and then some clearing through part of the afternoon. but also some increasing cloud cover late into the afternoon. i will show you towson today. a mix of son and clouds. a little breezy but not particularly windy today. again kind of a mixed sky with the blue skies at times within this high thin clouds rolling in at other times this afternoon. radar has stayed clear. a little bit of precipitation well north up toward carlisle pa. but none of that around here. wind 7-12 here. show you some of t

i am sherrie johnson. coming up, more on the trial. >> and the mississippi and ohio rivers swollen beyond the banks. what happened to a elderly woman trapped in the rushing waters. that and much more coming up on this wednesday, may 4th. good morning, i am charley crowson. megon is on assignment and will be back tomorrow. let's check the midweek forecast with the meteorologist justin berk. >> charley, good morning. we are checking out maryland's most powerful radar. we have rain this morning. we held it off. good afternoon and good evening. now it's a wet wednesday morning. rain around the beltway and that's going to slow down your commute. we have the yellow and that's a moderate to heavy rainfall stretching in the south side of baltimore through glen burnie. checking out our friend in ann arunde county and take ate -- anne arundel county and take it towards annapolis. a pocket of ran along 50 and 97 split back through columbia. and let's bring that back. you can