good morning, i'm patrice harris. let's check in with meteorologist steve fertig and find out how cold it is and when the warm up will be. it's cold and thanks to the clear skies and northerly flow, we're getting a chilly start to today and frost advisory at many locates locations. would you rather have the frost which means that the wind will be diminishe diminished no frost would prevent the frosting. >> neither. >> not much of a choice. >> this afternoon you will have a choice because temperatures will climb into the 60s. it will feel a whole lot better. you hold off until then, but some of you have to go to work. be prepared, it's going to be chilly when you step out. and there are many 30s in the surrounding areas, the suburbs especially. the sky hd radar indicating clear skies. that is going to bring plenty of sunshine. that will help warm things up and the flow will be out of the northwest. as low pressure moves off to the north and east and had i pressure builds in, again the winds pick up. look forward to warmer temperatures to come as we move through the rest of the week. some spots cool and breezy, warmer tomorrow and much warmer end of the week and into the weekend. a thunderstorm here and there is possible. we will talk more about that in just a few minutes. right now candace dold is here with the traffic edge to let you know what the commute looks like this morning. >> reporter: thank you, steve. once you get into the car and you head out on the roadways, you're not going to much activity. here it is on 83, it's just above the beltway in baltimore county. you can see only a few cars scattered here and there. and we are in the green on the beltway this morning taking it from 83 all the way up toward 795. 8 minutes, right now 54 miles per hour. from 795 down toward 95, there's nothing to disturb the drive there. 11 minutes at 54 miles per hour. and pretty much the same deal traveling through baltimore, southbound 95, through the fort mchenry tunnel, toward the beltway, 8 minutes, 55 miles per hour and 54 miles per hour with a 9 minute clip at southbound 895 at the harbor tunnel all the way down toward 95. that is a look at your morning travels. patrice, back over to you. 6:02 on fox 45 morning news. baltimore city councilmembers will hold a public hearing tonight on verizon's decision to leave fios out of city. councilmembers say it's unfair and they're demanding answers from the internet company. megan gilliland joins us now with more. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. right now baltimore is the only major jurisdiction in maryland that does not have fiber optics. city leaders want to know why. so where is the be more fios campaign is asking verizon to treat baltimore city the same as the surrounding area. ver einsverizon can deployed tos and harford counties as well as see along the mid a mid-atlantii board but not baltimore city. the decision to leave baltimore city off the fios map creates a division and will hurt the community and the businesses here. >> we have a long history here in baltimore of this sort of treatment by big corporations whether it's banks or insurance companies auto insurances, there seems t this prejudice that exis out there against baltimore. >> reporter: there other major cities where fios is not available like boston and new york, but verizon said recently it has no plans to expand that service into any new markets. tonight we lo will see if they'risticking to that statement. the public hearing is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. inside of city hall. megan guild land, fox 4 gill lag news. police were called and they found the body of a man who had been shot in the back several times. he was pronounced dead at good samaritan. so far there's no word on a suspect. a small plane flying out of frederick crashes in eastern kentucky. rescuers had to use atvs to reach the plane in a heavily forested area. investigators say the hawker beach craft was headed for mississippi when it went down yesterday afternoon. emergency crews believe two people were board at the time although it's not known yet if anyone survived. a teenager is arrested for allegedly breaking into a home in park heights. 19-year-old duante gladden was taken into custody in connection with the april 16th incident. police say he broke into a home in the 2600 block of spaulding avenue and held a family at gunpoint. he then reportedly shot 34-year-old kevin hall in the head. hall survived the shooting. investigators believe the home invasion was drug related. the coast guard releases the call it received saturday that trirgetriggered an 8 hour search effort. >> i can't get, we're taking on water. there's some leaking in the bottom of the hull. >> the distress call said that three children and one adult were on board a boat in middle river and the boat was taking on water. >> it's leaking pretty bad. i don't know, like i hit something. there's a lot of water coming in. i don't know how long we're going to be. >> the coast guard dispatched several helicopters boats and rescue crews but turned up nothing. no witnesses in the area ever recall seeing a boat. the coast guard has called off the search but the case remains open. if it turns out to be a host, person who made that call could face 6 months in jail and a fine. the school board decided students should be able to view websites about gays and lesbians on school computers. the change in policy was made after the aclu challenged the school saying that the internet filters blocking sites were illegal. some parents aren't happy with the change and started a petition and contacted lawmakers to get involved. >> it boggles my mind as to what the curriculum we're teaching our children that these kind of subjects, whether they're religious subject or what i call antireligious subjects what is bringing them up for. what is the purpose of it? >> i think when the board found out that the legitimate sites were being blocked. they did the right thing. they followed the rule law and unblocked them. >> in a statement to the school board are an attorney with the aclu says it does not permit censorship of information that demonstrates respect for lesbian or gay individuals even by schools. no land lovers allowed. that mightableas well be the sln or the biggest attraction at the inner harbor. high-speed cruises are underway taking passengers to a quick trip to the key bridge and back at speeds reaching 30 knots and more. joel d smith is with the crew of the speed dog. >> reporter: it's getting better every time. we're aboard the sea dog starts at the inner harbor and goes around here and opens up and goes pretty quick once we get out of the actual harbor the no wake zonement we're here with cap pain jamie right now. this is new. >> we went out at noon yesterday. >> reporter: tell us some the thing that the people will see from the boat not necessarily up here but down there. >> from the boat they will see fort mchenry, federal hill, pretty much all of the neighborhoods along the water, and key bridge. >> reporter: and then you get to go pretty quick, right? how fast do we go out there? >> about 32 knots. >> reporter: will your hat stay on? >> no you want to hold on tight. >> reporter: this is brand new for the area. i hear in chicago you did something similar. >> actual we started in chicago. >> reporter: what else should people know about it. i knew this is unique for the area, but is this something that people are going to get to every day? >> i mean you definitely can. we try to keep the narration fresh. we talk about new things in the city every day. >> reporter: we will keep moving here. guys, we will send it back to you. and i tell you a little bit later we will see how far we can go and how fast we can go. joel d smith on board the sea dog tree. see you. up next, casey takes a crack at a shania twain song on american idol. ♪ ♪ don't you wish we tried >> what the judges had to say about it. and i'm jessica starr coming up this morning on the hometown hot spot, we're taking you up with some jump roping we say jump, they say how high? the kangaroo kids are going to impress at fox 45 be more healthy expo. meteorologist jessica starr is live with the details at the hometown hot spot. and jess, this group is absolutely amazing. >> reporter: yes, and i heard that you did an up to the challenge. it's harder than this looks and they are here. tell me about their mission and how they got started. >> the kangaroo kids got started 32 years ago and our mission is to promote fitness through the sport of jump rope. >> reporter: tell me what they're going to be doing at the expo fitness. will they allow people to try their hand on jump roping. >> anybody can try it. they will be on stage at 3 to 3:30 and they will go to kiddie corner and do workshops and work with kids and teach them jump rope. >> reporter: tell me about the benefits. it's got to be an amazing workout and get your heart up. tell me about the benefits in that area. >> jump rope is one of the best fitness, all of your muscle, development and strength and coordination and endurance and everything. >> let it go, let it go. >> reporter: they're great. they're doing so great this morning. you need to come down to the health expo and see their performance but also try your hand at jump roping. it is harder than it looks, and it makes you feel like a kid again. you can get all of that information by logging on to the website. when it comes to living right, the baltimore health expo is may first at the baltimore convention center. there will be experts in nutrition, physical fitness and mental health. admission is free so for more information log on to be more health expo.com. and the weather for saturday, we're yes, having a chilly start out there this morning but things are going to be heating up by the weekend, 85 degrees by saturday with partly cloudy skies, so come on inside at the convention center on saturday and learn all about the health. for a look at the full forecast,let head to steve in the sky watch center. and yeah, we will be looking very nice for that event. take a look, in fact on saturday as jessica has told you. 85 degrees and a nice warm day. partly cloudy skies then. all right, as far as we go right now, looking at a nice dry scan on sky watch hd radar. as you can see, no problems out there this morning around here. to travel north, though, take a look some snow falling in new york state, vermont, new hampshire, not around here, the low pressure center nevertheless will be bringing us windy conditions. down to the south also missing us, showers, rainshowers moving off the north carolina coast. so as we sit in between, we enjoy mostly clear skies around here. take a look at where we start. 42 degrees with clear skies a west wind at 9 nile 9 miles per, the barometer is on the rise. 42 degrees the temperature in baltimore, 43 in d.c., 37? salisbury, and 42 in hagerstown and look at that 38 in oakland. we will see the temperatures climb into the 60s today but we will still be below average. frosfrost advisory for the nortn counties it looks like may have been curtailed. we will take a look. it was expected that it would last until 9:00 a.m. but it may have been canceled. you see in allegheny county a freeze warning there. the cooler air does continue to move. it will be cooler than average with the low pressure center to the northeast of us and the cool air continues to build. and look for the temperatures to climb into the 80s by this weekend, though as we get more warm air on the backside of high pressure that will be building in from the west a little bit later into the week. 62 degrees for today's high, though, the earn shore with mostly clear skies and a 15-25-mile-an-hour wind gusting to 35. central part of the state getting up to 64 degrees with mostly clear skies and a 10-20-mile-an-hour wind gusting to 30. we will get breezier and even, i guess we can all that windy when it gusts up to 30. 60 degrees for the western part of maryland with mainly clear skies and tonight another chilly night. 42 degrees under clear skies, a northwest wind at 10-20 miles per hour. a breezy night then, another chilly one, 30 degrees for tomorrow's high temperatures, certainly better than we have seen in the last couple of days as the temperatures begin to warm up with lots of sunshine. mostly sunny and 79 degrees for the friday. how about 85 for saturday, partly cloudy, not bad. chance for a pop up shower and thunderstorm sunday, especially sunday into monday, later sunday into monday. 87 and 84 for the two days a couple of warm ones. 74 and partly cloudy on your tuesday. fox 45e radar is available at your finger tips. can you use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track the incoming storms. interactive tools will let you know when rain or thunderstorms will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click i-iradar. now candace dold is back with a look at traffic edge. candace. >> reporter: thank you, steve. so far we have not much to talk about on the roadways and we wish we could keep it that way. we are checking on the actual speeds right now you can see 62 miles per hour on the jfx traveling through baltimore. it's 63 miles per hour on 95 right at 395. we do want to check in on 95 moving through the jup joppa rod region. can you see the traffic is flowing freely northbound and southbound lanes and in fact that continues all the way down toward the beltway as well. now once you're on the beltway traveling through baltimore county, let's check in at harford road for you this morning. the lanes are indeed wide open, and outer loop lanes down toward 83. on the flip side of 83, traveling through pikesville, we're in the green with a quiet ride there from greenspring avenue all the way down toward 795. once you go around the bend, right at liberty road showing you that area, it's going to be the case as well there. no brake lights as of yet, inner, outer loop lanes down toward the triple bridges. that's a look at the morning travels, patrice, back over to you. american idol goes country. the top 6 contestants all chose shania twain's songs in last night's episode. >> don't you wish we tried ♪ ♪ you feel what i feel inside ♪ you know our love is stronger >> casey james sang one of shania's greatest hit don't. and the judges say they don't want to see him go home anytime soon. >> casey, artist, do not hide the good, the bad, the ugly. they show it all. that is what you did in that performance. you didn't hide. you didn't cover it with guitar. you were vulnerable. that is what you need to do, and if you keep doing it, you will be at front of this competition. >> let us know what you thought about last night's show. you can post your reaction at facebook or twitter page. just go to foxbaltimore.com or send us a tweet at fox baltimore. you can follow candace on her idol blog as she takes us behind the 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and could start polluting their sea line fast. >> reporter: it kolb one of the most significant oil spills in u.s. history and another desaster for the gulf coast. they have been unable to stop the leaking oil. for now local fishermen are holding their breath. >> we thought we were getting back on our feet again. that is all we need is an oil spill to come in and devastate our grounds. >> reporter: robotic underwater equipment is being used in an attempt to shutdown the oil. crews are preparing to drill another well hoping to redirect the spillage. >> work continues but it's a challenging work environment at these water detects an depths as complexity. >> reporter: another possibility is setting fire to contaminated water in an attempt to burn off the oil before it reaches the shore. burning it could create other problems including air pollution and the potential loss of marine life. still the coast guard remains confident an environmental catastrophe can be averted. >> we have come a long way and we are much more prepared when the exxon valdez occurred. >> reporter: meanwhile the obama administration launched a full investigation into the explosion. napolitano and the salsa the sae spearheading the investigation. stocks take a plunge. how far they fell and what caused it. to move all of maryland barred. >> thforward. >> the maryland race for govern are is officially [wind rustling] [sound of waves crashing] [upbeat whistling in background] discover all that northwest florida has to offer. seventeen hidden beaches, one revealing destination. fly southwest's new nonstops from bwi airport to panama city beach starting at $99 one-way. (ding) my subaru saved my life. i won't ever forget that. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. love. a large sell-off on wall street after standards and poors downgraded the sovereign did het gradings for greek. the dow tumbled falling below 11,000 to close at 10,991. the nasdaq lost 51 points and the s&p 500 lost 28 points. top executives from goldman sachs were grilled at capitol hill on tuesday 10 days after they were accused of fraud. senators criticized the company for their role in the u.s. financial crisis. goldman ceo testified that his firm did nothing to mislead investors. ford company made a giant u turn thanks to strong sales of new products around the world. the profit totaled $142 million easily beating forecast. a year earlier ford reported a loss at more than $108 million. they plan to u upgrade the plan. that will create 1600 jobs. the plants will produce a new generation of fuel efficient, small block truck and car engines. for business brief, i'm stan case. coming up facebook sharing your information with others. what the government wants to do about it. and verizon whi wireless les baltimore off of its fios map. i'm megan gilliland. how city councilmembers are fighting for high-speed internet ruers i'm joeinternet. >> reporter: i'm joel d quality used car at carmax. now more than ever the smart choice is carmax. the way car buying should be. and women who drink crystal light... drink 20% more of it. ♪ crystal light. water your body. from crystal light.] new purefitness... the first fitness drink with no artificial sweeteners, flavors, or preservatives. new purefitness... from crystal light. a pure way to water your body. k? welcome back to fox 45 morning news. 6:30 is the time. i'm patrice harris. let's get a check of the forecast. meteorologist steve fertig is here. a very cold start to the morning. a very cold start. we are 40s and that sounds cold in comparison. >> i'm waiting for the morning when we get up and it's 60s and 70s. >> you have to wait a while. 42 in baltimore, how about wilmington, baltimore, 37. a lot of the surrounding areas in the 30s o. you may have caught that 28 in oakland. and we do still have a freeze warning for allegheny county all the way to the west. the further west you go the better chance of encountering frost conditions there. scott watch hd radar showing clear skies and that -- sky watch hd radar is showing clear skies and that is going to for a good. we will take a look at the warming trend coming your way for la later this week in a few minutes. right now candace dold has the traffic edge. thank you, steve. it's been a much nicer start to this morning's commute than we saw on monday or tuesday morning. here it is at the key bridge this morning. you can see there's a lot of room between the cars there in both directions there. as for the outer loop lanes from 95 up toward 83, pretty much the same deal. 11 minutes at 54 miles per hour and the same speed with only an 8 minute clip right now from 83 up toward 795. once you go around the bend right near 795, you will note that the volume is increasing there all the way down toward 95. so far, we're at a 12-minute ride, 52 miles per hour. that's a look at the morning travels, patrice, let's turn it over to you. 6:32 on fox 45 morning news. baltimore city councilmembers say verizon is treating the city unfairly. they want to know why the internet company isn't rolling out fios here. they scheduled a public hearing to find some answers. megan gilliland joins us now with the late ef. good morning, megan. >> reporter: where is the fois campaign kicked off recently asking verizon to treat baltimore city the same as the surrounding area. right now baltimore is the on major jurisdiction in maryland that does not have fiber optics. ver icverizon dereplied -- empld the baltimore band to hahn anne arundel. city and charles county as well as cities along the seaboard but in baltimore city. which some believe leaves baltimore city at a major disadvantage. >> unfortunately we have a long history here in baltimore of this sort of treatment by big corporations whether it's banks or insurance companies, auto insurance, there seems to be this prejudice that exists out there against baltimore. >> now there other major cities where fios not available like boston and new york, but verizon recently said it has no plans to expand that service into any new markets. instead this plans to build out those areas where it already has existing commitments. will it build out far enough to reach baltimore city? that is the question many hope will be answered at tonight's public hearing. it's scheduled for 5:00 p.m. inside city hall. megan gilliland, fox 45 morning news. one man is dead after a shooting in north baltimore. police were called to the 500 block of chateau avenue around 7:00 last night. they found the body of a man who had been shot in the back several times. he was pronounced dead at good samaritan. so far there's to word on a suspect. maryland files charges against a nursing school suspected of promising bogus degrees. after a year-long investigation the attorney general's office wants to shutdown associated national medical academy. the school promises students quick degrees and it's cost some of those students, hundreds, even thousands of dollars. >> it's really stealing people's money. it's nothing more nothing less. they're paying 6 to $8,000 per person. not only are they stealing their money, they're stealing their time. it's a bogus association. has got a fancy name and it sounds good but it doesn't get you closer to becoming a nurse. >> the associated national academy is still open but the attorney general doug gensler says it won't be once the court order is issued to shut it down for good. they are looking for anyone who may have paid school money to attend those classes. council president jack young has been cleared of allegations regarding homes he owns in the city. questions recently surfaced on his name being on the deed to a house owned by his sister that was bought with federal aid. an investigation by the city solicitor says there was nothing wrong with young adding his name to the deed. the investigation did reveal that the sister was liable for $12,000 because she didn't live in the home for 10 years as stipulated by the loan. council president young wrote a check to the city housing department for that outstanding balance yesterday. a baltimore school police officer stopped gang members from assaulting a student but now he could be fired. he is a 7 year veteran of the force and works with a basketball coach as carver high school. last november he intervened when several gang members threatened one of his players. when news of the confrontation got back to his boss, chief to by goodwin was reprimanded for not having authorization for having a second job. boatwright said he did. >> i didn't do anything wrong. i protected children and i will protect children again. >> boatwright says this is goodwin's second attempt to have him fired. he thinks that the attempts against him are personal. back in 2006 he faced termination for the taser arrest of a construction worker. for now he is suspended with pay pending an upcoming hearing. the inner harbor could be the fastest. high-speed cruises are underway for the folks to view the history east city but also feel speed on the open water. joel d smith is live at the pier with the speed dog. >> reporter: a unique new way for the people to see sites from the water. we are hear to talk to the captain this morning. the sun is up and you guys are about ready to go? >> that's correct. we will be running our first trip at noon. >> reporter: yesterday what was the reaction for the people who were on board? >> everybody had a great time. they couldn't wait to do it again. >> reporter: were they surprised at how fast it goes. >> yeah, definitely. >> reporter: it's definitely wind whipping through the hair kind of stuff. >> if you definitely had your hair cut or hair done, you wouldn't want to do it. >> reporter: this is patterned after chicago. what are the things that made you want to do it here? the location. baltimore is a great place for this kind of product, a lot of foot traffic, and it's a great tourist town. we thought this would be a great addition for the people here in the city and it's something new and different that really hasn't been here before. >> reporter: very good. patrice, they say they will reserve a spot on you. i don't think on top actually controlling the steering wheel, but otherwise there's going to be room for you down here. thr going to do it pretty much every day as long as it's looking nice out here and the weekend as well. >> have they seen my driving. is that why they won't let me drive that. >> reporter: i'm not calling it a challenge but it sound like a challenge. >> i'm up for that one. coming up the battle for governor is about to get more heated. >> he will say all sorts of things in an election and shifts some things when he is in office. it's been an annoying week for many drivers but this week is a different story. take a look at 895 here at the harbor tunnel, nothing to give you a headache through that corridor. z welcome back. it's 6:40 on this wednesday morning. we're looking at a pretty day ahead. clear skies and we do start with the clear skies, some chilly temperatures. not quite as chilly as it is up to the north. there's snow falling in new york state and vermont and new hampshire. that part of the country is seeing a little bit more of the wintery weather believe it or not of the meanwhile off the carolina coast, some rainshowers there, we're certainly a bit milder, mild enough, but it's cool around here and we will be talking about a chilly start. in fact, a frost earlier. we are talking about the possibility certainly points west would see the best chance of that. 42 degrees starting out with clear skies and the west winds at 9 miles per hour. 49% relative humidity, 46.68 and rising on the barometer. we started with 48 in baltimore and d.c. and look at oakland, 28 degrees out there. and again the further points west you go the better chance of seeing some frost. frost advisories can have been discontinued but we had one earlier. now the freeze warning continues until 9:00 a.m. in allegheny county and you see the low 30s toward west virginia. the low pressure that is bringing snow up in new england is bringing us cool air to the south again. the winds will be picking up as high pressure begins to build in. the good part about the high pressure building in is not only to bring us clear skies but on the south backside of it brings us cooler temperatures. the temperatures warm up really nicely as we head into the weekend. 62 for the high at the eastern shore. mostly clear skies and a 15-25-mile-an-hour wind that may gust a little bit higher as will be the case in the central part of the state where we climb to 64 degrees with the mainly clear skies. back to the west we will get up to 60 degrees with mainly clear skies. another cool day throughout the state before temperatures rebound tomorrow and beyond. 42 degrees the overnight low. a chilly night with a northwest wind at 10-15 miles per hour. tomorrow 70 degrees for the high, lots of sunshine, 79 on friday, mostly clear as we continue to warm things up. how about 85 saturday, partly cloudy, a chance of a shower or thunderstorm is there for sunday and monday. but the temperatures still remain warm. 87, 84, 74 partly cloudy for your tuesday. fox 45 sky watch weather is available at your finger tips. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful dop doppler radar to track incoming storms. interactive tool will let you know when rain or thunderstorms will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar now candace dold is back once again with a look at the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we are speaking of this morning's commute every morning but we are indeed checking on the speeds to give you the good news out there. 41 miles per hour right now on southbound 95 traveling through whitemarsh. that is real leet only are reale starting to see a bit of a slow down. as for other region 61 miles per you on on the jfx and the 63 miles per hour on the jfx moving through pikesville. we do want to show you 95 through howard county at route 11. we d1100. we do have a good crowd but -- once you're on the beltway we haven't had any incidents to report this morning checking it on frederick road for you. inner and outer loop lanes those cars are cruising along in both directions. now, farther up, at liberty road, let's check in on that usually dreaded area. again, pretty much the same deal. just a few cars that are starting to trickle in but no major delays. that's a look at your morning travels, pa, back over t patrico you. thank you, candace. is your mom 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end up violating the rights of private citizens and they want to alter the bill. democrats say it's necessary, though to prevent another financial melt down. moving maryland forward. that's the slogan behind governor martin o'malley's re-election campaign. he kicked off his official re-election bid yesterday. and some say kicked off what is expected to be the closest and dirtiest election of all time against his all too familiar op tent, former governor bob ehrlich. is this going to be the dirty race that everyone is predicting? >> i don't think it's going to be as much dirty as it's going to be highly charged. here is two guys who don't like each other. their supporters don't like each other. their supporters are better at stating the record of the other guy than the positive of their own candidate. the more negative the campaign gets will one democrat could help martin o'malley. >> they want to stay away from that kind of campaign, but they may not be able, because even if their campaign does not put it out there the democratic side may put it out there. can you avoid that kind of sam campaign. >> you have to define your opponent. bob ehrlich they're going to criticize him as far as the taxes and they felt that not a lot got done under his administration. >> former govern or ehrlich said that the governor o'malley was running attack ads before he threw his hat into the ring so he said o'malley must be scared for what he was is bringing to the table. what do you think about those ads. >> you have to do that. you have to defend your opponent first. >> even if he is not in the race. >> really. i would be defining him constantly. let him define himself before he defines himself in public. >> that they are both officially in the race, what does former governor ehrlich have to do to win this? >> he has to focus on three specific narrow stains, keep the theme, ask the question, are you better off now than you were four years ago just like ronald reagan did? also, state the fact that the governor balanced the budget and increased medicate expansion on the back of state employees and also you have to state very clearly what you're going to do as governor and make it clear how you're going to be different the second time around. because people have already seen this movie. >> and what about o'malley, what does he have to do? >> martin malllmartin o'malley s the positive as far as education funding. it's tough economic times but i have steered the state through this time. he has to say, maybe i increased taxes but he has to remind people of the taxes that were increased during governor ehrlich. what is difference, we both increased taxes. thank you, john. we want to though what you think about all of this. will this be the dirtiest election of all time as we have been hearing? we want to hear your thoughts. we will take your during the 7:00 hour. you can tell us on facebook or the twitter page. send us a tweet at fox baltimore you can text your answer to 45203, enter fox 45a for yes or fox 45b for no. coming up it's a daily part of almost every woman's wardrobe. >> every day, earrings every day. >> but some earrings can stretch out your ears. the new product that promises to protect against those slips in your ear. i'm sandra endo in face book doesn't do enough to protect its privacy of the hundreds of millions of users. that is what lawmakers at capitol hill are claiming. now they're urging the founder to do something about it. sandra endo joins us with more. >> reporter: good morning, sandra. >> reporter:that's right fourdeg on facebook to change the privacy policy. they're partnering up with 3rd party websites. that means user information would be shared with these 3rd party sites. specifically pandora, and microsoft.com. >> now users have lost control of their private information. it was done without the users permission and the unintended consequences of this move are troubling. we are here to urge facebook's creator and ceo to revisit this new policy as soon as possible. >> reporter: they are defending the policy saying it's a pilot program that they're trying out and it allows for for enhance personalization of web suffering and users can always opt out. but the senators are saying users should have the right to opt in initially. of course, the senators are grilling down on facebook saying that if it doesn't change its policies, it's calling on the ftc to change guidelines on social networks to make sure the privacy settings are clear too o users. >> it has it place but sometimes it gets out of control. what information will the 3rd party get from your facebook page and if you do want to opt out how do you do that? >> two things, basically, if you allow face book to share your information, it's what you put on your page, that means names, name lists, and friends and likes. all of the 3rd party websites will get access to that information. if you want to opt out go to the privacy settings and click on the application and website area. there should be a link to allow you to opt out of this scenario. so clearly you have to do some digging in those privacy settings to get out of this program. double check your settings. it's something everyone should do from time to time, patrice. although i wonder how many people know that this is going to and that they should go and change their privacy settings. >> reporter: yeah, it's a big thing for senators here saying that facebook should probable -- tell the users when in fact these new policies are taking place and when they're accounts are changing. so that is another big issue. they're calling on the ftc to perhaps look into stricter guide lines when it comes to social networking. >> sandra endo reporting live in washington, thank you. coming up in the 7:00 hour, the orioles on a winning streak? it's true coming up highlights of the o's win over the world champion yankees. is ver ice owverizon wireles tts advantage. promise me low prices. 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[ female announcer ] low prices you can count on. at safeway, that's our promise. that's ingredients for life. giving a choice to everyone, except city residents. the chances of another cable provider coming to baltimore. i think that the school system is ignoring parental rights? access to gay websites. the classroom clash over internet access restriction inside school. and it's been a winless home season for the orioles. could they put an end to that streak? good morning. it's wednesday, april 28th. look at that pretty shot out over the harbor. you see the sunshining so brightly. did not feel any of that heat and warmth this morning at 3:00 when i got to work. it was freezing cold. we're going to talk more about the weather and about what is going on at the inner harbor that you will want to get out and enjoy. good morning, i'm patrice harris. meteorologist steve fertig is here to talk about that sunshine, a welcomed sight. >> you have to reach really far to reach the warmth of that sun because it's cold at the surface, 40s and even 30s out there. we had a freeze warning which is discontinued, still the freeze warning for allegheny county. >> now that is sun is out it will start to warm up. >> it will warm up a little bit. we will get to b 50 degrees. >> that dorn northwest flow. 50 degrees is where we're headed for the high. we start at 48 degrees at the bus stop this morning with a northwest wind at 5 to 10 miles per hour gusting to 15. clear skies, high pressure building in. that is what will bring us plenty of sunshine today. you can see there's know up in new england and also the northern part of the rockies. at least we're not talking about that. showers in north carolina. that won't be bothering us either. we stit between th will be stite systems after getting to the high of 54 in between those numbers at 2:00 this afternoon. let's check out the roadways right now with candace dold. she has your traffic edge. candace? thank you, steve. well, we haven't had many accidents to talk about so we have been checking in on the volume for you. here it is on 95 at the fort mchenry tunnel and there's really not much to disturb the drive. southbound lanes or northbound stretch all the way up toward that beltway. as for the beltway so far so good. from 95 up toward 83, 12 minutes at 48 miles per hour. and then from 83 up toward 795, just a 9 minute clip at 50 miles per hour. and then you go around the bend and it' it's a slow go from 795 toward 95, 17 minutes, 37 miles per hour. so this is the area where we are starting to see the reduced speeds. that is a look at your morning travels. patrice, back over to you. 7:03 on fox 45 morning news. baltimore city councilmembers will hold a public hearing tonight on verizon's decision to leave fio sings out of the city. councilmembers say it's unfair and now they're demanding answers from the internet company. megan gilliland joins us with more. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. baltimore is the only major jurisdiction in maryland that does not have fiber optics and city leaders want to though why. the where is more fios campaign is asking verizon to treat baltimore city the same way as the surrounding area. verizon has deployed high-speed broad band internet to montgomery county, pg, baltimore, anne arundel howard and charles county as well as cities along the mid-atlantic seaboard but not in baltimore city. city council smeb councilmembert verizon's decision to leave baltimore off the fios map will hurt of the community business and the communities here. >> unfortunately we have a long history here in baltimore of this sort of treatment by big corporations whether it's banks, insurance companies, auto insurance, there seems to be this prejudice that exists out there against baltimore. >> reporter: verizon recently said it had no plans to expand f oirksfios service to any new ma. tonight we will see if they'risticking to that plan. the public hearing is at 5:00 p.m. in city hall. police were called to the 500 block of chateau avenue at 7:00 last night. they found the body of a man who had been shot in the back several times. he was pronounced dead at good samaritan. so far there's no word on a suspect. a small plane flying out of frederick trashes in -- crashes in eastern kentucky. rescuers had to use atvs to reach the plane in a heavily forested area. emergency crews believe two people were on board at the time although it is not known yet if anyone survived the coast guard releases the distress call it received saturday ta triggered an 8 hour search effort. >> i can't get them, we're taking on water. there's some leaking in the bottom of the hull. >> the call says that three children and one adult were on board a boat in middle river and the boat was taking on water. >> it's leaking pretty bad. i don't know what happened. oh my god, there's a lot of water coming in. i don't know how long we are going to be. >> the coast guard dispatched several helicopters, boat and rescue crews but turned up nothing. no witnesses in the area ever recall seeing a boat. the coast guard has called off the search but the case remains open. if it turns out to be a hoax, the person who made the call faces six years in jail, and a quarter of a million fine. students should be able to view websites about gays and lesbians on school computers. parents aren't happy with the decision and have started a petition and contacted lawmakers to get involved. an attorney with the aclu sites the first amendment saying it does not permit censorship of information that demonstrates respect for lesbian or gay individuals even by schools. moving maryland guard. forward, that is the slogan behind governor o'malley's re-election campaign. he kicked off the official bid yesterday and some say kicked off what is expected to be one the closest and dirtiest elections of all time against his opponent governor ehrlich. that bring us to the question of the day. will this be the dirtiest election of all time? tell us what you think or sound of through facebook. send us a tweet at fox bat more obaltimore, tweet your answer to or text your answer to 4 45203, fox 45a for yes or fox 45b for no. fast cruises are underway taking passengers to a quick trip to the key bridge and back. joel d smith is live at with the crew of the sea bog 3. what does that amount at 30 knots. >> reporter: 30 knots is about 32, 35 miles an hour. and so, you know, it gets you out there and back. you can't go that fast initially as you see the sites at the inner harbor. when you start to the key bridge, it starts moving. >> once we get to fort mchenry we open it up. >> reporter: good morning to you, you have been doing this for a while. you guys have the sea dog in chicago. >> i ran 2001. >> reporter: what is the difference in the chicago version and the baltimore version. >> well, there's salt water out here and the skyline is different. it's going to be the same product. >> reporter: we will show you video from where we were out here recently. give us a look at the sites that they will see when they come out here. >> federal hill, fort mcheck rere, key bridges and some of te neighborhoods and some the restaurants and museum. >> reporter: we can't get too far in here so let's slow it down a little bit. when you get in here, it's 20, $25 for adults. >> yes, and 15 for children. >> reporter: so you're going to be out here all summer long. >> as long as weather permitting. >> reporter: weather permittingment they got rained out over the weekend but that worked out okay. they got thing started yesterday. we expect a lot of new york yankees because of the game. i except yo expect you won't thm off on until on the way back. >> on the way back. >> reporter: i'm joel d smith, fox 45 morning news on the inner harbor. joel does not seem like he is working this morning. that is way too fun. coming up the ravens didn't feel like the cornerback last week. how ozzie newsom went about fulfilling the team's needs. >> reporter: i'm jessica starr coming up this morning on the hometown hot spot. i'm here with mp into a healthy lifestyle. the kangaroo kids are going to impress you at fox 45 be more healthy expo this weekend. meteorologist jessica starr is live this morning for our hometown hot spot. and jess, i tried this before and it's not easy. >> reporter: no, it's not easy. i was jump roping a couple of minutes and i was out of breath. maybe that shows how out of work i -- i need to get back into shape. they are very tal inne talenteds morning. you can see they are jump roping. i'm joined this morning by kathy simpson. good morning. >> thank you for joining us this morning. >> reporter: tell me about the team behind us. >> what you're seeing is the kangaroo kids ask what you are - and what you are seeing is the members the travel team. individual free styles using the freestyle rope. in a little while you may see chinese wheel where there's going two jumpers sharing the handles of the jump ropes. they come here freestyle and do free set routines and having a great time and at the same time getting fitness. >> reporter: tell me what they're going to be doing at the healthcare going on at the convention center downtown? >> we are going to bring an opportunity to bring families together to show theme this jump rope is cannot just physical fitness but having fun. get the kids to do some basic jump rope styles. the idea is to turn on some music and get the rope going and get the muscles moving and great family time. >> reporter: you started an adult class. so it's not just for kids. it's for adults, too. >> every time. we do about 150 shows a year. we always have the parents coming up, i remember doing this as kids but for some reason it stops. jump hope is a wonderful thing you can do. do it your kids, grand babies, whatever get them moving. >> reporter: thank you so much kathy. when it comes to living right, fox 45 is stepping up and getting started on the path to fitness. the be more health expo is saturday first at the convention center. there will be nutritional fitness, and admission is free. for more information on the be more health expo on saturday. go to ebb web. thfoxbaltimore.com.it's going ty -- day. for a look at the forecast let's head to steve at the sky watch center. that's a way to warm up doing some jump roping. i can't steven say it much less do it. clear skies right now and we're going to jump ahead here to the northeast part of new england and check out the snow that is falling in that part of the country. how about that? we're not that cold, but we definitely are cold enough to consider the chance of some freezing conditions out to the west allegheny county in fact, under a freeze warning until 9:00 a.m. and the other parts of the state to the north were under a frost advisory but no longer. some rainshowers, though toward north carolina of the between the two systems and we are dry looking pretty good today with a lost sunshine on the way thanks to high pressure. that's what you see here at the inner harbor. a lot of shown with 42 degrees the starting temperature. it's chilly starting out on the day even though we got the sun out there. the barometer rising 26 is the dew point temperature so that is an indication it's pretty dry. from degrees in baltimore, 44 in d.c. and 38 in salisbury. 40 degrees in hagerstown. look at that 28 staring at oakland and 38 in wilmington, delaware. let's check out what we have, a frost advisory to the north no longer, i should take that out actually because it has expired earlier than expected. it was supposed to go until 9:00 a.m. some improvement but over to the west at allegheny county as i mentioned freeze warning continue until 9:00 a.m. meanwhile we do have the cool air, it will be a cooler than average day with low pressure well off to the north and east. still breezy with the jet stream to the south. temperatures do begin as you saw to the 30s and 40s but will climb into thes 60s t will be a windy afternoon as we sit between the high and low once again today. winds begin to diminish some tomorrow but more as we get toward the weekend. when on the backside of that high pressure center we get the warm air filtering in. we can look forward to 80s then, how does that sound compared to 62 today? it's going to be a cool one again. winds gusting to 35 at the eastern shore but with plenty of sunshine so it looks real pretty even if it's not real warm yet. 62 degrees for the central part of the state with a 10-15-mile-an-hour wind and gusting higher. the western part of maryland 60 degrees are to the high mostly clear skies and a 15-25-mile-an-hour wind gusting to 30. tonight clear skies, another chilly night as we drop to 42 degrees for the overnight low. a 10-20-mile-an-hour wind out the west northwest. as we move through the day today look for the temperatures to get to 58 degrees by noon. we will top out at 54 mere this afternoon by noon and 59 degrees for your 6:00 p.m. temperature as we continue to enjoy mainly clear skies. by the way if you're headed to camden yards tonight, once again temperatures will be in the upper 50s probably first to penalty of perjury at 7:05 against the yankees. 70 degrees for the high it were temperature tomorrow. 75 on saturday, and showers with thunderstorms moving through sunday and monday, 87 and 84 respectively. 74 and partly cloudy on tuesday. now let's see what is happening on the roads. candace dold is here with a look at the traffic edge. candace. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we are in the middle of that morning rush hour so we do want to check in on the actual speeds. right now you are starting to see a slow down on 95 traveling through whitemarsh at 23 miles per hour. however, 95 through baltimore at 395 looking good right now at 60 miles per hour there. we do want to show you what it looks like out on the roadways. here it is on 295 and 95 rather, traveling at 32. you can see that is running reasonably well there on the southbound lanes and that is the same deal on the northbound stretch all the way up toward the beltway. once you do hit the beltway he let's check it out moving on frederick road it morning and it's going to be a calm ride. outer loop lanes and inner loop all the way up toward the triple bridges. once you get past that, let's check in at liberty road. you know the usual deal, those outer loop lanes, they start to get busy, pretty quickly but so far just the cars that you will have to deal with, no incidents, no brake lights, inner and outer loop direction up toward 795. that's a look at morning travels, patrice, back over to you. thank you candace. is your mom baltimore's best mom? 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[ male announcer ] mortgages, home equity loans, and lines of credit from pnc. helping achievers borrow with an eye towards the future. pnc. for the achiever in us all. good morning, everybody. here is your first look at sports. don't look now but we actually have, yes, a winning streak on our hands. for the first time in season, the orioles have won two dames in games -- games in a row. yes, it's true. last night they took care of the champions. millwood searching for his first win. he goes down swinging to end the inning. that's a good start for millwood. bottom of the second, no score. they start loaded the bases and he watch h cesar r and it gave e orioles one at top lead. jorge posa darks a takda twaik . bottom of the 6th the o's trail 2-1. here comes luke scott. randy win wants to throw home. he throws it right into the ground. that allowed scott to score easily as the rookie comes through yet again. next batter, no land rhyme hold. ty wiggington close. and the bottom of the 8th, birds 4-2 ask the2 and they pad. julio l arkugo scores and. isimon and triple to the save. the ball skims over to the glove of istures. the yankees down 2-3 after the error of the sure handed irtures. single 5-4. a record hit rod hits the rocke. and the orioles earn their first home win of the year. simon gets the first oriole win 5-4 over the yankees. a 5 and a 3rd innings. he got though decision. same two teams tonight. the first pitch at 7:05. we will get our first look at all of the new ravens when they hold their first mini camp beginning a week from friday. it was a triumphant ramp performance even with the draft. i'm talking about quarterback even though they signed two undrafted rookies, they didn't spend a draft pick. llardarius web coming off a knee injury. ozzie newsom said he address it had in a different way. >> you can get off to the passer. sergio can do that. and we think that arthur jones can do that, also. we know what terrance can do. we feel good about it, because you can hit the quarterback and you hit him enough times and you with mounting bills many people are looking for help to get out from under what they owe, often to credit card companies. they turn to debt settlement programs that promise to workout a deal with creditors to get the debts down. >> what they find is the only people getting paid is the debt settlement companies and the bills keep on rising. angie barnett with the b bb is here. >> this would be frustrating to have this happen to you. explain how debt companies work. >> they are going to ask you to pay a monthly fee. that monthly fee, the first 2 to 4 months most often goes directly to the company to cover their costs. then you begin each month making a one payment toward your multiple credit card debt. usual wilusually this is for cos who have 20,000 credit card debt and much higher. >> these companies are supposed to work with creditors to get the bill paid down. >> that is what they promise. you're going to put that money in a 3rd party escrow account. when that money builds up. let's say i owe 10,000 in a one credit card. when it builds up the debt settlement company will negotiate and try to get it down to 6 or $7,000? the meantime the creditors aren't being paid. the settlement company is paying your money for their work and you get no results? >> that's the biggest. here is the biggest dangers. in fact, if you're directed not to pay your creditors. so your credit rating starts going down. it's not going to stop them making the harassing calls. it's not going to stop them from suing you. that again continues to be the complaint. is this action continues even though you're paying into this one amount. okay, so quickly what should people be aware. if they need to pay down their debts do that i stay down away from these companies or is there legitimate way to deal. >> debt settlement companies is an alternative to bankruptcy. there's individuals who cannot file or do not want to file bankruptcy so this is an option of the start on the on the other hand with credit counseling, a debt management program, negotiate with your creditors. don't stop talking to your creditors. >> yeah. >> try to do it yourself and really go cautiously. you need to know the consequences of these debt settlement companies. >> that is incredible. you're in a worst position than when you started. >> absolutely. >> thank you very much. if you would like more information on the better business by re, yo bureau, you n to our website at foxbaltimore.com/morning. coming up on the fox 45 morning news, the damage done by heavy earrings. >> we have hoops. we have stone. we have silver, wires, 4 french hooks snrk 7:31 is the time. i'm patrice harris. let's check in with meteorologist steve fertig. he has the forecast and we're midway through the week. we're midway through the week and we are going to see quite a bit of a change as we warm things up for your liking into the mid-70s. >>and it's the weekend, it can't get better than that. and it's our fox 45 health expo. it's going to be a great weekend. >> it sure is and we start off with cool temperatures. we have to get past this cool start. 32 degrees in baltimore 38 in salisbury. 40 degrees in hagerstown. we had a little bit of th of fro the north and west. thanks to the clear skies. the little bit of a breeze has helped to diminish the frost widespread and in allegheny county in fact we had a little bit of frost and a freeze warning until 9:00 a.m. there. meanwhile we sit between the low and the high pressure centers that are moving through and that brings the windy conditions for the afternoon. there's the warm up thanks to the southwesterly flow behind the high pressure and that warm front pushing through later into the weekend. so frosty this morning in spots. sun and cooler in places. in the 80s and even the chance for a couple of thunderstorm to pop up. we will talk more about later. right we need to see what is happening on the roadways with candace dold. she has the traffic edge. candace. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we have been checking in on the actual conditions out there and continue to do sc so but now its starting to slow down. here it is traveling on harford road. can you see a cramped ride on the oirt loo outer loop lanes. right now we're looking at an 18 minute clip, 33 miles per hour. it does go up to 50 miles per hour, though, with only a 9-minute drive from 83 up toward 795. but then, expect a slow go, pretty much the usual deal. 795 toward 95, 17 minutes right now, 37 miles per hour. that is a look at your morning travels. patrice, let's turn it over to you. 7:33 now on fox 45 morning news. baltimore city councilmembers say verizon is treating the city unfairly. they want to know why the internet company isn't rolling out f iroos here. they scheduled a public hearing to find out some answers and now megan guild land join gillilandh more. >> reporter: the be more fios kicks off recently and is asking verizon to treat baltimore the same as the surrounding areas. right now baltimore city is the only jurisdiction that doesn't have fiber optics. they deployed to baltimore county, charles county and harford as well as cities along the mid-atlantic seaboard but not in baltimore city which some believe leaves the city at a disadvantage. >> unfortunately we have a long history here in baltimore of this sort of treatment by big corporations whether it's banks, or insurance companies, auto insurance. there seems to be this prej pree that exists out there against baltimore. there's other major cities where fios is an not available e boston and new york but ver iceson said iver iceverizondoest that service. the meeting is scheduled at 5:00 p.m. inside city hall. megan gilliland, fox 45 morning news. council president jack young has been cleared of allegations regarding homes he owns in the city. questions recently surfaced about his name being on the deed to a house owned by his sister and purchased with frai federal. an investigation found there was nothing wrong with young adding his name to the deed. however, the sister was liable for $12,000 for not living 10 years as stipulated by the loan. young wrote a check to the city for $12,000 yesterday. he kicked off his official re-election bid yesterday and some say also kicked off what is expected to be one the closest and dirtiest election of all times. it's against his all too familiar opponent former governor robert ehrlich. that brings us on the question of the day. will this be the dirtiest election of all times? our phone lines are open now at (410)481-4545. you can also go to foxbaltimore.com and tell us what you think or sound off through facebook. send us a tweet at fox baltimore. or text your answer to 45 45203. enter fox 45a for yes, or fox 45b for no. the latest sightseeing option in the inner harbor could be the fastest. fast speed crews are available. joel d smith is live this morning on the sea dog. good morning, joel. >> reporter: good morning, patrice, we have witnessed all of that this morning a pretty cool idea for the tourists option to check out. i'm here with ca captain. the idea for this how long has it been in the works? >> it's probably been in the works for about a year really working on it hard for the last six months. >> reporter: it seems like a no brainer. what took you so long to get here since it existed in other cities. >> spear cruises or entertainment cruises which owns sea dogs and entertainment cruises came to baltimore in 2007. so we had to establish the operation here first. then we saw the opportunity to bring this in, so that is what we're doing this year. >> reporter: when you go out there, how fast. can you give people an idea how fast once you get out of the harbor itself. >> you will be running 30 knots which is 34.5 miles an hour based on land. but it's going to feel a whole lot faster than 34 1/2 miles per hour. >> reporter: hold on to your hats, right? exactly. >> reporter: during the summer when you can you expect to get out here or just show up? >> just show up. come out in the morning, the tours will be starting at 11:00 a.m. memorial day. it will be running all day from 11:00 on. >> reporter: what is your first thing to see from the water? what looks better from the water? >> would i have to say that federal hill. >> reporter: federal hill maybe. >> should federal hill looks good. >> reporter: hopely you're enjoying sometime pictures we have been showing you. we will show you how much it costs and how affordable it is and how many yankees fans are expected to be on this today. joel d smith, fox 45 morning news. coming up singing the songs of the south. yeah ♪ ♪ yeah ♪ i like it my way >> what the judges thought of chovan take on country. and we are checking in on the conditions checking on the roadways. here is a live look at 32, a pretty picture on the southbound and northbound lanes. what does it look like on other area > american idol adds some twang to its search for the next big pop star. this week they chose music from one of the biggest country all time starsi shania twain. >> any man of mine ♪ ♪ better walk the line ♪ >> c hrchovan sang any man of me and the judges said it was enough to win anyone over. >> i loved it, i loved the whole punk look with the lines, i loved it. i loved it. >> chovan. >> get to back. >> the judges liked it. let us know what you thought about last night's show. you can host your reaction on facebook or twitter page. just go to foxbaltimore.com/baltimore or you can follow u candace on her idol blog. just log to foxbaltimore.com and click on the american idol on the entertainment section. you can find which of the contescontestants goes home tont here on fox 45. you want to watch american idol at home when you can catch all of the action live in california. fox 45 morning news, mix 106, airtran and value city furniture are giving away a trip for two to los angeles and tickets to the season finale of american idol. all you have to prove is that you're the biggest american idol in baltimore. we have come up with the 5 trivia questions. log on to foxbaltimore.com askancaskandanswer all of them y then you can score for the big competition singing karaoke. again you just need to log on to foxbaltimore.com ask rea and ree official rules and answer the trivia questions. meteorologist steve fertig is here. steve, it's always fun when the viewers have to sing for their seats. there used to be a time when you had to sing? >> i krni can't remember, steve. >> we apologize for what we had to do singing that time. fortunately we're not doing it. are we? no. hd radar indicating a dry scan. we're looking pretty good right now a lot of sunshine. we're in a good mood this morning, it looks like even with the cool temperatures. look at how cool it is enough to support some snow up in the northern part of new york, vermont and new hampshire as well. rainshowers to the south moving off the north carolina coast not bothering us as it moves northeast. we are in between and looking good with high pressure beginning to build in the area and it's bringing us a lot of sunshine. 42 degrees for the starting temperature this morning. winds at fry miles pe -- the wis this morning. and the 42 is the temperature but it's only 42 i 44 in d.c. a lost surrounding suburbs in the 30s. look at 28 degrees in oakland closer to where we have seen more in the way of the frost. not seeing it right now. we had a frost advisory this morning. it was actually canceled earlier because the wind is picking up a little bit prevented the frost from developing but freezing conditions out toward allegheny county continues until 9:00 a.m. that is when we have the freeze warning continue until. meanwhile we're looking at the cool air moving in here as the jet streams to the south now. the low pressure center up knot north part of new england and the high pressure provides us with the wind that will be a factor o. yesterday breezy and today more of the same of the the wind diminish. we get a southerly flow with the warm front pushing through. here comes the warmth. are you ready? take a look at this. first of all today of the warmth is not here yet. 62 degrees in the eastern shore building anticipation. mostly clear skies, 16 to 25-mile-an-hour winds gusting to 35. the central part of the state getting up to 64 degrees which will come around 2:00 this afternoon and mostly clear skies then, 10-20-mil-mile-an-hour wis gusting to 30. 60 degrees with mostly clear skies and a 15-25-mile-an-hour winds. we will be breezy and cool even though we will see plenty of sunshine. clear skies and overnight temperatures. a chilly night with a northwest wind. but then tomorrow, 70 degrees for the high. so looking a little bit better then and lots of sunshine, too. if that is not warm enough, 79 degrees on friday, mostly clear skies, we will just continue to see the temperatures warm up. look at 85 for saturday. 80s for sunday and we did mention that there could be a couple of thunderstorms popping up on sunday or monday. 74, partly cloudy on your tuesday. that's a look at the weather. let's see what is happening on the roads with candace dold. >> reporter: thank you, steve. as we are in the middle of morning rush, we want to check on the actual speeds for you. some of these numbers you're going to like out there. right now on the beltway at an unusual 53 miles per hour on the beltway traveling right at security boulevard. then it dips down a bit, though, 39 miles per hour through catonsville. we do want to talk about what is happening as far as accidents. there's one in harford county in edgewood in fact. it's across from the mccan street at tremble road. there's a lot of equipment that is on the scene. we will continue to keep you up-to-date as soon as we get more information into our newsroom. as far as 95 traveling through the area, let's check it out at route 24. take a look at that. very light activity on the northbound, and the southbound lanes. if you leave for work at your normal time, you may get there a few minutes early today. 95 starts to burch up traveling through whitemarsh heading toward the beltway. once on the beltway let's check it out at harford road. the outer loop lanes it's a cluster of cars, pretty much the usual deal. we don't have any usual incidents heading toward the 83. on the 83 just above the beltway checking in around that for you. here it is the cars are traveling at top. southbound lanes and northbound stretch as well. that's a look at the morning travels, patrice, back over to you. thank you, candace. still ahead, it's expected to be an intense race. former governor robert ehrlich is taking on governor o'malley in a repeat of the 2006 election. we want to know what you think. will this be the it should be an interesting election season a recent rasmussen poll shows former governor ehrlich and governor o'malley in a tight race. some believe that the race will be one of the closest and dirtiest election inside in in d history. do you think that this is going to be the dirtiest election of all time. good morning, helen. >> good morning. >>who do you think of this election season now that both men have thrown in their hat in the ring. >> i think that ehrlich has sat back and watched o'malley put us in a deficit and higher insurance rates. >> ehrlich won't have to swing mud. >> will that turn you off as a voter? >> yes, because i think they should be grown ups and not second graders. >> all right, helen, thank you so much. let's go to stephanie. what do you think of this upcoming election season. >> yes, i think it will be one of the dirtiest of all times. >> will that entice you to vote for one or the other or will it keep you out of the voting altogether? >> if i had to make a decision i would vote for o'malley? >> thank you for your call this morning. let's check in with paula in pikesville. good morning, paula. >> good morning. >> what do you think? >> i think it's going to be a very dirty race? >> why do you say that? >> because you look at the history of both gentlemen. you look at what they have done for the state of maryland. you really would love to have a 3rd person and i think it's going to keep a lot of people away from the polls. >> all right. paula, thank you so much for your thoughts about it this morning. let's take a look at what people are saying on facebook. a lot of people weighing in. jackie vote on facebook. unfortunately, i do think it is going to be a vicious campaign season. there's a lot at stake for this state. one of our twitter responders, though on the other hand, doesn't think it will be so bad. she said, hardly. these are grown men that have run in this race before. the views haven't changed to need for all the hype. so far 90% of you disagree with that person, though, and say ease why, it will be the dirtiest election of all time. only 10% say 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joel d smith at the inner harbor aboard the newest tourist attraction that helps you see other attractions. we will explain next when you can fin loving free to lose weight. loving free to eat what i love. loving free to live my life. ♪ loving free on weight watchers. and you will too. since right now you can join for free. weight watchers. because it works. ne on fox 45 morning news. putting the city at a disadvantage. what the baltimore city council is accusing one cable provider of doing. move over land lovers, when you can catch a high-speed cruise in the inner harbor. ♪ >> and they have gone country. who really got down to their roots on american idol country night. good morning. it's wednesday, april 28th. take a look at over at the inner harbor. it looks like a great way to start this wednesday. >> beautiful, closing in on the weekend and closing in on beautiful weather this weekend to come. >> good morning, i'm patrice harris. >> good morning, i'm megan gilliland and meteorologist steve fertig is here to tell us if we're going to warm up. the key term it looks beautiful because it's very pretty but very chilly, too. we have temperatures in the low 40s up ander 30s earlier. >> goodness. >> it was definitely a chilly start to the this morning and it will be again tomorrow morning but in between temperatures will warm up to the 60s today. it won't be too, too bad but still schooler than average. we will start to see moderating temperatures and warming up nicely for the weekend. 43 in hagerstown, salisbury at 47. clear skies at sky watch hd radar. you can have to get the high pressure building in. it will bring us a pretty day for today. it will be breezy, windy, northwest wind at 15-20 miles per hour and at times gusting higher than that. it will be a chilly night as we drop to 42 degrees. once again cold one with a 10-20-mile-an-hour wind out of the northwest. we will talk about warming temperatures. i think you will like that and the full forecast in a few minutes. right now let's see if you like the news with regard to the commute. here is candace dold with the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. it's not been a bad morning on many of the main lines. we're checking at the beltway at key bridge. take a look at this. it's wide open there in both directions. now it does slow down moving from 95 up toward 83. we are looking at a heavy ride right there. lengthy delays 25 mines at 24 miles per hour. then we're in the green from 83 up toward 795, 10 minutes at 42 miles per hour. well, from 795 down toward 95, we do have a lot of congestion. so 18 minutes right now 35 miles per hour. that's a look at your morning travels, patrice and megan, back over to you. thank you, candace. baltimore city councilmembers will hold a public hearing tonight on verizon's decision to leave fios out of the city. baltimore is the only major jurisdiction in maryland that does not have fiber optics. some city councilmembers say it puts baltimore at a disadvantage and could create a digital divide. >> unfortunately we have a long history here in baltimore of this sort of treatment by big corporations whether it's banks, or insurance companies, auto insurance. there seems to be this prejudice that exists out there against baltimore. verizon recently said it has no plans to expand that service into any new markets. tonight we will see if they'risticking tthey'restickin. the public hearing is set 7:00 p.m. at city hall. police were called to the 500 block of chateau avenue around 7:00 last night. they found the body of a man who had been shoul shot in the back several times. he was pronounced dead at good samaritan. so far there's no word on a suspect. a firefighter is injured battling a blaze in anne arundel county. the fire broke outlast night in the home of a 100 block of old sullivan's island road in lothian. the firefighter suffered minor injuries and was taken to anne arundel general hospital. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. a small plane flying out of frederick crashes in eastern kentucky. rescuers had to use atvs to reach the plane in a heavily forested area there. investigators say the hawker beach craft was headed for mississippi when it went down yesterday afternoon. emergency crews believe two people were on board at the time but at this point it is unclear if anyone survived. access to the internet is stirring up controversy in harford county. the school board there decided students should be able to view websites about gays and lesbians on school computers. the change in policy was made after the aclu challenge the school saying the internet filters blocking the sites were illegal. but some parents aren't happy with the change and have started a petition and contacted lawmakers to get involved. >> it boggles my mind as to what the curriculum we're teaching our children that these kinds of subjects whether they religious subjects or antireligious subjects what they're bringing up for. what is the purpose of it? >> i think when the board found out that the legitimate sites were being blocked. they did the right thing. they followed the rule of law and unblocked them. >> in a statement to the school board an attorney with the aclu sited first a amendment significant that it does not provide for the -- even by schools. no land lovers allowed. that might as well be the slogan for the newest attraction at the inner harbor. high-speed cruises are under a taking passengers on a quick trip to the key bridge and back at speeds reaching more than 30 knots. joel d smith is live with the crew of the sea bog 3. you have been having a good old time all morning long. >> reporter: that's right. it's a bit cold. i will give you that. besides that it's beautiful to be on the inner harbor when the sun is coming up. other than, we have seatbelts, you might need those, it's going to at 30 knots an hour. on the water it feels unique. we have cap pain shiply, all right, so we know the duck tours are gone, do you think this might fill the void? >> we are hoping that will fill the void. >> reporter: you get to go out there and a couple of your favorite sites when you are out on the water. federal hill, and fort mchenry is always nice to see. the torch, constellation and domino figures is always favorites. >> reporter: how much is it when you get out here. >> midweek pricing $20 for adults, $10 for children. prices $25 for adults and 1 $15 for children and the dogs ride for free. >> reporter: the dogs ride for free. and guys, it's a beautiful site out here. once you get out on the water, seeks all oseeing all of these m the water gives it a new feel. if you are a regular, they hope that you will try these out because seeing everything from the water is special. >> i didn't know that dogs would be allowed. >> reporter: now you can really come out here. >> megan will be there with annie. >> yeah. >> joel, thank you so much. a baltimore woman is $6,000 richer this morning thank thanks to th--thanks to the state's und property. >> each year money and valuables that people don't realize are theirs go unclaimed. this year, there's $42 million in unclaimed property and some of it could be yours. >> you can see if you have unclaimed money. there's a link at our website foxbaltimore.com. /news links. harrison ford comes to maryland. the former indiana jones star was from frederick yesterday to help the aircraft owners and pilot's association. ford is an evasion enthusiast and is a spokesperson for the aviation. the initiative is aimed at spreading the importance of flying beyond just millitary and airlines. coming up. american idol gets into a little country singing. the way you know me ♪ >> what simon had to say about aaron kelly's song. and i'm jessica starr coming up this morning on the hometown hot spot. i'm jumping with the kangaroo this seed makes it almost impossible to fail. it's me proof, in a way. [ male announcer ] seed guaranteed to succeed. that's the scotts advantage. health is just a hop skip and a jump away. the kangaroo kids are going to impress at fox 45 be more healthy expo. >> meteorologist jes jessica str is live with the details for this morning's hometown hot spot. >> reporter: i'm trying my manned at jumping and it makes you feel like a kid ask with us this morning is a jumper, good morning. >> how long have you been doing this? >> about 8 years this fall. >> reporter: how long does it take for you to learn things like these. it looks like there's 10 jump ropes there? >> i have been doing it for about 8 -- yeah, about 8 years and it takes a lot, a lot of practice. >> reporter: what are you going toab doing a to be doing h expo. >> we are going to be doing routines. >> reporter: if you wanted to teach me some tricks, how long would it take to teach me something? >> we coach littler kids and they're brand new to jump rope, too. we have them practice, basically fall, spring and not summer but winter too. >> reporter: thank you so much for coming out. you definitely need to come down to the health expo. when it comes to living right. fox 45 is stepping up and help you to get started on the your path to fitness. the baltimore health expo is may first at the baltimore convention center. there will be experts on nutrition and the health and admission is free. for more information go to be more health expo.com. and the weather for saturday beautiful, warming up very summer-like. 85 degrees, partly cloudy skies. come on inside and i don't know if we will be able to try this. you definitely want to come down and try your hand at jump rope and make you feel like a kid again. for a look at the full forecast let's head to steve in the sky watch center. wow, that is impress stuff. they are seen the forecast because they're jumping for joy. we will see temperatures warming toward this weekend into the 80s. that is why you might be jumping for joy. take a look. sky hd radar looking nice right now. it's a chilly start with cold at many locations with 30s and 40s out there. we will warm up a little bit out there. today another cool day well below the average with the low 60s coming your way. we will warm up with each passing day as we head toward the weekend. the sky hcht hd radar showing e clear skies not so warm up here and vermont where they're seeing more snow. yesterday they picked up a few more inches there. we're looking at at rain moving off the north carolina coast and high pressure starts to build in now. 45 degrees with plenty of sunshine, the inner harbor west winds at 15 miles per hour. those winds have picked up some. humidity 53% and the barometer rising indicating high pressure building in. 45 degrees in baltimore and 46 in d.c. 47 in salisbury where earlier it was in the upper 30s. 43 in hagerstown and only 30 degrees where it was 28 earlier in oakland. and as we look at the frost advisory that we used to have, we did have one earlier, i just want to show that it was cold enough that we had frost up there. the freeze warning is in effect until 9:00 a.m. for allegheny county. cool air starts to usher in as it stays to the south. as the high pressure starts to build from the west, what it will do is shift the winds some and bring more of a southerly wind as we head toward tomorrow and for the rest of the weekend. the warm front is going to bring much warmer temperatures for this weekend. for today, let's get past the cool one once more. 55 degrees for the high for the eastern shore with mostly clear skies. a wind gusting to 35. for the central part of the state a couple of degrees warmer than that. northwest wind 10-20 miles per hour gusting to 30. back to the west we should see temperatures climb to 60 degrees, mostly clear, 15-20-mile-an-hour winds. tonight clear skies, 42 degrees, but that will make for a chilly night especially when you factor in a 10-20-mile-an-hour wind but still breezy. tomorrow 70 degrees, a lot of sunshine, 75 on friday,ly sunny then and 85, 85 on saturday. did you hear me? 87 on sunday, you will probably take that thunderstorm moving through that is possible later in the day because of the warm temperatures. it will at least be a weekend that will be warm throughout. 84 degrees on monday. still thunderstorms and 74, partly cloudy for tuesday. fox 45 sky watch weather is now and always at your finger tips. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox flie 45 powerful doppler radar. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now candace dold is back with another look at the traffic edge. candace. >> reporter: thanks, steve. we're all cheering about the weather out there but will you be cheering about the commute? we are taking a look at the actual speeds and i don't think so. if you'reful track at top end of the beltway at harford road we're at 6 miles per hour there. at 95 through whitemarsh at 13 miles per hour. definitely a slow go in that part of the region. let's check in on the beltway right now moving at liberty road for you on the outer loop lanes and you can see we definitely have a lot of cars that are filling up those lanes. that is the same deal all the way down toward 70. well, we don't really have any significant delays on the entire west side stretch, so hey, we will take it this morning. as far as the outer loop lanes traveling at frederick road, moving past the catonsville region, look at this, a pretty picture inner and outer loop lanes down toward 95. on 95, there's nothing to complain about moving through baltimore, let's check it out at the fort mchenry tunnel right now. and you can see a few cars making their way from the toll plaza through the tubes, but again no brake lights on the southbound or northbound lanes as well. that's a look at the morning travels, patrice and megan back over to you. ♪ american idol goes country. the top six contestants all chose shania twain's songs on last night's episode. >> the way you know me ♪ ♪ and the way you hold me ♪ just the way you >> that is aaron kelly. >> up until now he has been in the background of the competition. the judges think that this performance could put him back in the running. >> i think the last two or three weeks, you have really struggled, particularly last week. didn't get it at all, however, tonight. you were like a different artist. [applause] [ cheering ] >> you know why? because this is the kind of record that you're going to make records, you should make for the first time in weeks, it actually felt sincere. it felt believable and once again, it didn't feel like you were singing somebody else's song. i think you did really well tonight. well done let us know what you thought about last night's show. post your reaction at facebook or twitter page. send us a tweet at fox baltimore. you can follow candace dold on her idol blog as she takes us behind the scenes all season long. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on american idol under the entertainment section there. can you find out which contest ancon --contestant goes home tot here on fox 45. why watch american idol at home when you can catch all of the action live in california. mix 106, airtran, and value city furniture are giving away a ticket to los angeles season finale. all you have to do is prove that you're the biggest idol fan in balt are month. we have come up with five american idol trivia questions. >> log on to foxbaltimore.com and answer them all correctly. then you're going to qualify for the big competition, singing 4 your seats. whoever scores the highest during the karaoke challenge gets the trip to hr l.a. for the american idol finale. just goin log on you could get a fully loaded guaranteed quality used car at carmax. now more than ever the smart choice is carmax. the way car buying should be. 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[ male announcer ] mortgages, home equity loans, and lines of credit from pnc. helping achievers borrow with an eye towards the future. pnc. for the achiever in us all. it's wednesday, and that means it's time for tinsel town on twitter. >> we're finding tweets and bringing the news from hollywood to baltimore. i continue to talk about with a great stee storey of thel world. it's about danny gokey. he just released his album my best days and it had the strongest album debut for a new male country artist in 18 years. not bad. danny isn't twitting about the accomplishment but he is writing about his work. he did say on april 21st. music video for my song i will not say goodbye. it's number 10 on my album. video will be very compelling check out the song if you can. >> we all liked him. >> yes. >> you have to remember this man was a truck driver. >> really. >> now he is doing this well in part. i'm very proud of him. we turn to somber news. dorothy white the woman -- dortt the woman considering to be the matriarch of the civil rights movement pass ad passed away. bill cosby wrote, dorthy height passed. do not be sad for her soul enter the way. >> she accomplished so much obviously. >> and we end with the a tweet about britney spears. her manlier is trying to put together another come back for britney. this time through fox's show glee. he realized the show's old madonna episode is a huge hit, so he wants an all britney show. her manager tweeted about it. do you want to see a bligh brity spears show. >> all of her songs would be perfect for that show. what do you think? >> i think so. >> and even the or of glee say he might be interested. >> we might see it soon. >> oh, britney, oh britney, drama. drama. we like to keep you up to date on the latest news whether it's in hollywood or here in baltimore. just log on to foxbaltimore.com and click on twitter under the community feature section. coming up next, stop drunk drivers, how can you help mothers against drunk driving fight the problem. it'so take these ♪ ♪ and the things our lives >> and tim urban run on american idol is over. what he had to say about how tough the judges were especially join mothers for drunk driving. executive director from madd caroline joins us with details. >> i know you have a big thing that you're hoping to raise awareness and tell us about the walk you have next weekend. >> it's walk like madd which is a 5k noncompetitive family fun event. it's a great day. it's really for us, it's a happy day. it's a celebration of the lives of those that have been lost to drunk driving. it's an opportunity for community members, and family members to come together and reenergize an on the cause to eliminate drunk driving. >> you are worked on decades. tell us what you're working on now to spread that awareness. >> we celebrate 30 years. this year is the 30th day anniversary. madd's mission is to top drunk driving and prevent underage drinking. one of the focus of this event is our victims and the support we provide for them at no charge for the victims. i don't think people realize that the madd and 1 of the biggest victim's support and that is the heart of madd. >> tell us where the proceeds go. >> it goes to help train the volunteer victim advocates, most of whom are courageous victims themselves who are moved through their journey and are in a place where they can now help others. we have advocacy work we do. we spent a great deal of time in the legislative session in annapolis working for an ignition lock bill. it was put in the drawer of one of the politians at literally the last hours of the session. we will be back again next year and hope people will support our efforts again. >> they have for 30 years ask hopefully for 30 more and beyond that. you wantpo want more informatioe log on to foxbaltimore.com slashing morning. cominfoxbaltimore.com. /morning. coming up a grandma rapping. how she got talked into that. the person leaving american idol tonight is. >> and next it's the end of the road for another american idol hopeful tonight. what tim urban is sounding off on about getting the boot last week. 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2 weed control. welcome back to fox 45 morning news. 8:31 is the time. i'm patrice harris. good morning, i'm megan gilliland. closing in on the weekend and closing in on nice weather. >> midway through the week, we're talking about the weekend. >> and monday we start talking about it? >> it's going to be in the 80s. >> monday is too early, like monday 11:00 a.m. we were thinking about the weekend. at least i am. let's see what is happening out there. 45 degrees right now. it's not as cold as it was earlier this morning but certainly still chilly. 46 degrees in washington and we had 30s out and 30 degrees in oakland where it was earlier in the 20s. no frost advisory anymore. that is good news. the freeze warning continues until 9:00 a.m. for allegheny county. we have clear skies and that and the northerly flow allowing for this chilly start. just getting to 64 degrees for the high. it will be windy as well with a west northwest wind at 15-wa 15-20 miles per hour and gusting to 30. what is happening on the roadways this morning? we need to check in with candace dold. she has the answer and the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, city. we have been monitoring those conditions out there and we haven't been talking about many accidents just focusing in on the volume. here is 95 traveling at whitemarsh boulevard. you can see the cars are cruising along, northbound and southbound lanes and that continues traveling through baltimore. the southbound stretch from the phophotfort mchenry tunnel 8 mis per hour. 95 toward 83, 21 minutes at 28 miles per hour. and now at 48 miles per mower wit-- hour,from 795 toward 95, e continues to increase there. 17 minutes, 36 miles per hour. that is a look at your morning travels, patrice and megan, back over to you. here is a look iewrt top --p stories. council president jack young has been cleared of allegations of several homes he owned in the city. an investigation found there was nothing wrong with young adding his name to the deed. hohowever, the steer was sistere for $12,000 because she didn't live in the home for 10 years as stipulated by the loan. young wrote a check for $12,000 yesterday. i'm aboard the sea dog. this is the newest attraction at the inner harbor. it takes you past all the sites out toward the key bridge. a 15-minute trip will cost you 20 to $25. they get up to speeds close to 30 knots as well. this is an idea that was had a couple of years ago. they have been doing this in chicago for 10 years and now coming to the inner harbor. a new view, au kne au a new tout attraction. they filed charges against a nursing school promising bogus degrees. they want to shutdown associated national academy. they promise students a quick degree that it cannot deliver as hundreds or thousands of dollars. they are looking for anyone who may have paid the school money to attend chance classes. after the nationwide vote the person leaving american idol tonight is tim urban. casey is safe. >> in thousands of want to bees to the top 7. tim urban had a long run on american idol but his journey did end last week. fox broadcasting is making tim available to talk with us this morning. >> good morning, how are you doing? >> i am great. and tim what an accomplishment. on the biggest singing competition in america, this truly had to change your life, didn't it some. >> it has changed my life completely in ways i haven't even realized. i won't realize until i get home and realize how everything is different. >> and you have a moment to breathe. >> yeah, right? >> you have had an interesting run on this show and the judges were tough on you especially in the beginning, bought in the -- but in the end it was kind of a turn of events because simon said he admired you and you listened to them and their crticism and you didn't whine. what do you think about simon as a judge. >> he says what he thinks and he knows what he is i talking abou. when he has crticism you listen to it and when he has nice things to say, you listen to that, too. >> what is the most important lesson that you're take away from it all? >> i'm learning that you can't let the different situations change who you are. me personally, you go through something like this and it changes you, you have to keep the core that you had going into it? >> you seem to because the smile was never wiped away. you were always happy and always tim. >> you got to be yourself and let things happen around you. >> and you did that. and people might not remember this, but you were already sent home before, weren't you? >> i was. i got cut the very last night at hollywood week. i had already got sent home and being brought back was such a shock that i had been enjoying ever since. >> and taking it to the top 7 is incredible. congratulations. you have so much ahead of you, the tour and the career. >> hopefully. the career is going to be awesome so i look forward to that. >> we help to see yo hope to sen you're here in baltimore. congratulations again. >> thank you. you can watch american idol can a smart phone take on all comers without flinching ? it can when it's operating a cargo bay full of apps. apps that maximize the functions of your phone. apps that you can run... while running other apps. multi-tasking and taking names. only from the ever-expanding android market. when there's no limit to what droid gets, there's no limit to what droid does. it's the chevy spring event. and everyone deserves a car they can count on. one that's backed by a 100,000 mile powertrain warranty. and named a consumers digest best buy, two years in a row. discover malibu for yourself and see why over a thousand people a day are switching to chevy. during the spring event, qualified lessees can get a low mileage lease on this new malibu ls for around $199 a month. call for details. the switch to chevy starts at chevy dealer dot com. welcome back to fox 45 morning news. it's time to get a check of our forecast. all right. patrice and megan, we're looking at a pretty day today with a lot of sunshine. looking at temperatures that will be on the cool side however, and they were chilly this morning with temperatures in the 30s and 40s and even in the 28 out in the western part of the state, but certainly not cold like it is up in new england where there's snow falling in vermont and new hampshire. even northern new york still seeing a few flakes up there. not for us down to the south we watched as rainshowers move off earlier. but now dry conditions for our area and that the way things str the next several days. 45 degrees with a lot of sunshine. not warming us up a whole lot trying to do it. a west wind at 30 miles per hour. 33% relative humidity and the barometer rising at 29.74. 49 degrees is the temperature right now in baltimore. dc is at 46. earlier in the 30s there and nice come back. oakland drug struggling to get out of the 20s earlier. no frost advisory. i wanted you to know how cold it was. we had a frost out to the west but the best chance of seeing any frost and a freeze warning continue for a little bit longer, 20 minutes, it expires at 9:00. allegheny county under that freeze frost warning. the jet stream well to the south allowing for that and low pressure driving that cold air out of our way. the winds are still a factor today as high pressure builds in behind. but as the high moves closer to us, it will help us diminish the wind and it will help the west side southerly flow of air with the warm front bringing us milder temperatures and warm more hot temperatures for weectd weekend in fact. 62 degrees for the high temperature on the eastern shore but gusting as high as 35. definitely a windy one at the eastern shore. the central part of the state getting up to 55 degrees, a 10-20-mile-an-hour wind gusting to 30. further points west, cooler, 60 degrees for the high with a bit of sunshine and a few clouds. northwest wind at 10-15 miles per hour. tonight a chilly night, 42 degrees with a 10-20-mile-an-hour wind out west northwest. as we move through the day we will see the 64 near 2:00 this afternoon, and by the way if you're going to the game tonight at camden yards when the orioles take on the yankees, looking to get their second win. 59 degrees for the starting temperature the first pitch temperature at 7:05. cool and clear and breezy as well with a wind and the second win in a row with the yankees but the 3rd in a row we would see. that would be nice. 79 on friday and mostly clear skies then and 85 on saturday, partly cloudy and a chance of thunderstorms are there for saturday and sunday especially. even then, a 30% chance. 74 partly war cloudy for your tuesday. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. the interactive tools will let you know when rain or thunderstorms will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now here is candace dold with the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we're wrapping up this morning rush and checking in on the actual speeds to do so. right now still a slow go on 95 traveling through whitemarsh at 36 miles per hour. and at 13 miles per hour on the beltway right at harford road. now we do have a new accident to talk to you about. it's the crash on the southbound lanes of 83 approaching i mon road -- timonium road. it's involving a dump truck and it does block the left lane. as for the alternate route, you will want to use york road instead. once you get past all of that and you hop on to the beltway, let's check in moving through pikeville, here it is at greenspring avenue, and you can see all of the lanes are clogged in fact from greenspring and all the way up toward the jfx. as for the outer loop lanes, that is smooth sailing, toward 795. still around the bend and right near liberty road checking in ashed that region. a good crowd here but to significant delays on either the outer loop lanes or the inner stretch, either. that's a look at the morning travels, patrice, back over to you. thank you, candace. is your mom baltimore's best? in your 1 hordes o 100 words orl us why where you are home is baltimore's best. she could win a trip courtesy of southwest airlines. just mail your intro to 2000 west 41st street, baltimore 21211. if your entry is chosen, your mother could win a trip for 4 anywhere where southwest air flies, a $100 visa gift card, and an oriental rug from universal carpet. plus it's the rapping grandma. what got her singing to a new here she is, miss maryland is speaking out about autism awareness. today brooke is joining us with a preview, how are you? >> good morning. >> talk to me about what you are going to be doing at our health expo. we are excited that this is coming up. >> i will be represent signers and i will be singing. >> do you believsinging. >> double duty. >> we are a resource center so we have all kinds of information for families dealing with children that have autism or individuals with autism. simple things like where do i take my child to get a hair cut if they need to take a lot of breaks and special education services. >> that was part of your platform as miss maryland. to get you to miss maryland you had to do some singing. >> that's right? and you must be pretty good at it. >> im doing broken wing by martina mcbride. this is what i sang at miss maryland and i won the ta talent award. >> thank you. ♪ ♪ last man on earth ♪ give him everything she ever had ♪ ♪ break the spirit down ♪ comes to love on her ♪ give a little then take it back ♪ ♪ with the broken wings ♪ she still sings ♪ even out on the sky ♪ with broken wings ♪ she carries her dreams ♪ yeah ♪ you ought to see her fly ♪ ♪ with the broke wings ♪ she carries her dreams ♪ yeah ♪ you ought to see her fly ♪ [ laughter ] , i don't know if i was expecting that powerhouse voice. no wonder you became miss maryland. you're using that same voice for oughautism. >> why is that important for you. >> i was working at a school doing early intervention services. i watched how far they can come to early intervention services. i want to get the word out and talk about it especially in april autism awareness month. >> when you work with those children, people misunderstand them a lot. >> misunderstand is the perfect word for it and i got to know a lot of these children and just got to see how beautiful they are inside and how smart they are. way little bit of help and tools they can function independently in an every day life and every day setting. >> it seems we are hearing from every day autism cases. thank you for getting the information out there. when it comes to living right, fox 45 is stepping up to helping on your path to fitness. the be more health he expo will be on may first at the convention center. admission is free. for cockledoodledooooo! i do 22 more inspections than the government requires. and my fresh, all-natural chickens are never given any hormones or 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[ clucks ] [ male announcer ] perdue. extra inspections... extraordinary chicken. loving free to live my life. ♪ loving free on weight watchers. and you will too. since right now you can join for free. weight watchers. because it works. at kind of hidden talent does your grandma have? >> one florida grand inner is a you tube hit thanks to her rapping impersonation of ja jay, and impersonation. and alicia keys state of mind. ♪ >> and the lyrics to match. >> look at me. >> look at me ♪ ♪. >> reporter: meet boca raton's unlikely rap star cindy. >> i'm the rapping grandma. >> reporter: the rapping grandma is finding new found fame with this youtube song state of mind. >> boca, boca. >> reporter: because it wasn't her idea. her children rewrote the song to be all about boca. >> center mall. >> reporter: hitting senior hotspots and touching on some the local news stories. ♪ ♪. >> reporter: then they threw her in front of the camera thatchinteaching her the art of. >> i have a new respect for rappers, i tell you. it's so fast. you can't even catch your breath. >> reporter: but practice made perfect on this two day long shoot throughout boca. and just like that this 64-year-old dental hygienist became a rap star. >> you got to get out there and have fun and not take yourself too seriously. >> reporter: even though it was fun especially as the video getting thousands of hits on youtube. they say an on core is not likely. >> i had a few who said keep your day job. >> boca, ♪ ♪ boca >> the dance moves might need a little bit of work. >> i don't think it's funny, though. i wonder at what point she thought, rapping, i will take up roping. >> the children got her into it. i thought it was impressive she can write all the words that are going on at boca. >> a great sense of [ male announcer ] this year, get the most out of your lawn with the fertilizer that gives you the most for your money. scotts turf builder. it has what other fertilizers don't. scotts patented all in one granule. every key nutrient combined into a single particle so every part of your lawn gets more even feeding. bargain brands have separate nutrients on separate particles, so feeding can be hit or miss. and a lot of what they give you isn't even food, it's filler. some have up to 40% sand, sawdust, even gravel. but scotts turf builder is 100% food. the perfect balance of nutrition lawns need to be beautiful, durable... barefootable. it all adds up to the scotts advantage. it's a difference you can see. a difference you can feel. it's a difference you can enjoy. and now it's up to $5 off your next purchase. go to scotts.com to get your coupon. for a lawn that can't be beat, get a fertilizer that can't be copied. get the scotts advantage. to kill dandelions, get turf builder with plus 2 weed control. 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