Theres a lot of wrenches to be thrown into the forecast for you. The first is that we deal with dry air. Dew points are in the teens so we have to poiften up the atmosphere. Once it starts to get closer to us, its not going to be coming down. You heard me say the word virga thats precipitation that evaporates before hitting the ground. Once it gets the atmosphere moist we will see the onset of this be sleet and snow and it will switch over to rain. Thats whats in store for later today this afternoon and possibly this evening. Now we zoom in and this is whats going on right now. We are nice and dry and thats the scenario going through the remainder of the morning. Lets switch over and show you whats going on in terms of temperatures. Perry hall coming in at 27 degrees right now. We are at 24 in pylesville and the temperature in Ellicott City coming in at 27. So with this, we are cold. Make sure to bundle up and this forecast will be cold as we head through the rest of today. Lets check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook good morning. Reporter we are following a serious crash on 83 in baltimore county. It happened and shut down the northbound lanes of middletown road and they have reopened. Heres the scene earlier today. You will notice this crash involved a tractor trailer and again shut down the northbound lanes for several hours. Now the driver of the truck has been transported to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. No delays are in the area as of yet. There is still some temporary theres activity along theshoulder but no delays making the push up to the maryland Pennsylvania State line. Traveling on the beltway, we dealt with a deadly crash there in pikesville earlier this morning as we look here near park heights avenue. One person was killed after a car collided with a tractor trailer. They have not been identified but we will bring you the latest as it becomes available. Right now, though, that has cleared and there are no delays on the beltway right now as we check in and look at green spring avenue. Everything moving along. It remains clear pushing from 795 to 70. That will take you 7 minutes. As we look at the other abc2 timesaver traffic drive times no problems to report through the fort mchenry tunnel. An 8 minute ride northbound from the beltway to the toll plaza and if you are heading out on 895 we are dealing with all that construction still at the spur but a 9 minute southbound from 95 to the toll plaza. Thats a look at your morning commute. Now over to you. 3 minutes after 5. New this morning major developments when it comes to whether maryland should have tougher gun laws. A sen isate committee voted on a mesh did a Senate Committee voted and measure last night and linda so has the details. Reporter the sen isate Judicial Proceedings Commission voted 74 in favor of the bill. Law makers debated it for four hours. Stricter gun control is one of governor omalleys top priorities. It would ban assault weapons something that became a hotly debated issue after the sandy hook issue. Some changes would prohibit anyone from owning a handgun if they have been involuntary committed for mental health. The panel adopted an amendment to cut the fee for a license and renewal. They cut the required number of training hours from 8 hours to 4. The vote was down party lines. All but one voted in favor of the bill. Republicans voted against it. I think the bill was thoughtful and creatively and sensitively drafted. I dont believe we are trampling on anyones Second Amendment rights its reasonable. Regretfully very little changed about the governors original bill. The concerns we had about the bill have not been addressed by the committee. There are close votes and think it would have made a very, very bad bill just a little bit better. Reporter the billhead to the full senate for debate next week. Linda so, abc2 news. All new a big hole could be in the ravens roster. Matt birke could announce his retirement. He is exexpected to make the announcement during a school appearance a bit later. Speculation is he is set to retire. He spent the first 11 seasons with the vikings before signing with baltimore in 2009. He is a 1998 graduate of harvard and won the Walter Peyton man of the year award. He has been voted the pro bowl 6 times and he he announced earlier this month that he is going to eventually donate his brain to Boston University school of medicine for research into concussions. You know this is a serious concern among the National Football league as players are reporting difficulty after the careers with brain deteriorations stemming from what doctors believe from fuming rouse helmet to helmet he collisions. That event where he will announce his retirement is going to be a in the city set for 11 30 this morning at an elementary school. Thanks so much. 5 minutes after 5 right now. This morning, parents are worrying about who is going to take care of their children because a day care in arbutus shut its doors. They want to know why. Tomorrows leaders learning and Outreach Center closed when parents tried to drop off their kids yesterday. The Center Director says her Business Partner came in with moving trucks and packed everything up suddenly. For every parent that brung their child to the Day Care Center this was not my intention to operate like this. For every child not getting picked up from school or from home, i i am sorry. The partner owns a similar facility in randallstown the majority of the arbutus client use state vouchers. States Attorney Generals Office is investigating whether the money was misspent. We will stay on top of the story and keep you posted. We have a consumer alert this morning. More than 38,000 pounds of pork sausage are being recalled because they could contain small pieces of plastic likely from gloves. The effects are certain containers with a product calledmade by smithfield and shipped to 11 states including ours. Find more information on the website abc2news. Com. And you will find the number if you purchased that product. Its a rough commute for those out west as record snowfall hit more than a dozen states. The snow didnt just stop with the cars but slowed down flames. Find out how one flight got stuck in a sticky situation. Reporter are you looking for right fashion . I am Sherrie Johnson live in downtown baltimore with the kick off of the American Craft council show. And i will tell you all the things you can see coming up. And we have a large storm thats working in our direction. I will tell you what the biggest impact will be for us and when. Coming up. Reporter everything is up to speed on 97 at new cut road. I will let you know what traffic looks like on 95, 83 and 695 all coming up on good morning maryland. This cold season, nasal congestion wont stop me. I made the clear choice. Claritind. Decongestant products on the shelf can take hours to start working. Claritind starts to work in just 30 minutes. Power through nasal congestion fast. Get claritind at the pharmacy counter. United flight from denver had snow trum in wichita kansas and got snow trouble when itate rieived in wichita arrived in wichita kansas. A massive storm dumped 20 inches of snow across several states. This is kansas city. The area picked up more than 7 inches of snow and its a record snowfall. People were urged to travel but many ventured out and you can see them getting stuck on the road. That is storm system you are watching move et cetera way towards us right its way towards us. And i think the biggest impact will be sleet and snow mixing in together and that is going to cause problems across people traveling especially by tonight. But speaking of the impact of traveling, look what we have a. Winter he weather advisory for all Winter Weathered vice weather advisory for all the areas in blue. We are not under that. But our concern is going to be with black ice. Be prepared for that as you step out and about especially this evening. Heres the big picture and the storm now and it is getting closer and closeers to us. Closer to us. What we have working for us is we have very dry air in place. So this is going to run into that and you can kind of see it fizzling out. It could fill back in as we go through the rest of the morning, the afternoon and thats why i am saying i believe the afternoon is going to be the time we see the freezing rain or the sleet coming in and also mixing with snow and that will switch all over to rain. Lets talk about the setup and i will show you what he ding on. We can see the icy whats going on with that we can see the icy scenarioch the cold air is locked in but scenario. The cold air is locked in but you can see the potential for the sleet going throughout the day and you can see that switching over to rain. Now lets switch over to the temperatures and we can see whats going on this morning because we are cold and temperatures coming in at 25 edgewood 27 and kent island 32. And the temperatures will not warm up going throughout the day. Lets go back to graphics so i can show you whats going on as we look at the most accurate future trend. We can see one light wave early this morning but the bulk of the action will come in as we go into the commute home today. This looks green but like i said, the onset of the precip could be the sleet out there. Than we start to dry things out nicely as we go into saturday afternoon. And if you have the plans make sure to go ahead and do them but for today this is what to he can spt for a High Temperature around 35 degrees. And the 7day forecast looks like this. The rain ends sunday and lets end it on that note. Lets check the abc2 timesaver traffic. Reporter good morning. This Winter Weather will mess up the evening commute. So leave plenty of time leaving work tonight. If you are traveling on the harrisburg being expressway, tractor Trailer Crash has been cleared from the northbound lanes at middletown road. No serious injuries to anyone. And there are no delays in the area. It will be nice and clear if you are traveling southbound on the jfx. No delays from 695 down to fayette street. Everything is up to speed through the fort mchenry tunnel and harbor tunnel and heres a live look at the west side of the boltway. Traffic is moving along no problems getting up to 795 beltway. Traffic is moving along with no problems getting up to 795. A 12 minute right from elk ridge to downtown baltimore. Megan and charley over to you. Its that time of year the American Craft council show returns to baltimore. A lot of fun and Amazing Things to do. I dont know if youve seen it. Its huge. Abc2 Sherrie Johnson is live with what to expect. What do they have . Reporter they have something for everyone. The show kicks off today a little later this morning. But i mean, they have over 650 craft artists that will be here today. And they have jewelry, clothing, furniture and decor something for ever hey everyone and its amazing. Its to watch and this morning i have dana who is a Fashion Designer and is joining me this morning. She has some lovely items. And look, look at what i got on right here. She was kind enough to let me wear one of her jackets. Its absolutely gorgeous. Good morning how are you. Wonderful. Thanks for having me. Reporter fell me tell me about what you have to offer and we see your area that looks amazing. My line is architecturally inspired fabric and i do strong cuts in soft fabic so we have comfort and i like color blocking and i like dark pleats and i like draping. I want women to feel tailored but comfortable at the same time. Reporter all right. Lets look at some of the things you have. That is good example of something thats done well for me. Fitted but in a fancy sweatshirt fabric. Feels like a sweatshirt but its driesier. Very nice. What else do you have. Thank you. The jacket is a drape color jacket and pretty and another knit top with a leather and exposed zip. Reporter this is going on for 37 years. You have been a part of it for two years. Why do you do it . I think its a wonderful opportunity to balance out your marketing. In todays economy, we need to have as many different sources of coming up and meeting customers as we can and lots of ways to make our money you note world changed so much that using any one area doesnt work anymore. You cant just structure your business around shows only at least i dont believe you can. So i have a retail store and i do shows and whole sale. Wonderful. It is so nice i love your clothing line. Beautiful items here. I especially like that right there. Thats gorgeous. And, of course, if you want to come down here and see some of danas fashions or check out other things, you can. It kicks off today at 10 a. M. And runs through sunday. So lots to see and do here. Reporting live in downtown baltimore, Sherrie Johnson, wearing a cute vest abc2 news. News time 5 17. The money you will pay for the ravens tickets will enhance your experience. Plans that put major improvement to the bank. Can michael fell epees hit a fell it was hit a fell fell epees hit a base phelps hit a baseball . How do we take an unpolished room and make it shine . We get doing. With a store full of ways to get it done. We can all throw on our work clothes. And throw out any doubt. 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Concession stands will be upgraded and two high definitionvideo boards will be instawed. This is expected to be completed before the start of next season. Installed. This is expected to be completed before the start of the next season. It will be done for the 2014 season in the upper concourse. Its almost time for the super bowl of award season. We have information about the oscars a few days away. Two days away to be acts and this exact. And this morning we will learn more about the host. Who is that guy . Family guy. All right. He brought sexy back and you can catch him at hit his own show. Club Justin Timberlake will be joining in two weeks. We have a storm moving in our direction. Morning commute will be okay but not so lucky for the evening commute. Details coming up. Reporter everything is up to speed on 795 at owings mills boulevard. I will let you know what it looks like on 95, 695 and 83 coming up on good morning maryland. 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Snitch is one of two films opening this weekend but it is only likely to take in 12 million dollars. Hollywood expects many fans to stay home and watch the oscars instead here on abc. And thats americas money. I am diane perez. Youre watching the station that works for you. Now, good morning maryland. Its one hottest topics in national and local politics and now its a step closer to being outlawed. They choose who they want running the county. And a bail hearing that feels like a trial. How Oscar Pistorius demeanor has changed since being charged with the murder of his girlfriend. We will bring you new information on that. Thanks for being with us. I am charley crowson. I am megan pringle. You want to know how