lcome back to fox 45 early edition. 5:30 is the time. i'm patrice ha harris. let's get a check on the forecast with meteorologist steve fertig. i was away on vacation. >> you were. >> i got a lot of sunshine. >> we got a lot of sunshine. >> you had great weather, too, but i came back to rain. >> you were in a warmer environment still. >> yeah. >> but definitely nice out there and over the weekend, not so nice. like you said, the rain

yesterday and today we will get a little bit more. dry mostly cloudy with a south wind at 5-10 miles an hour. as you look at the hd radar you can the rotatio see the rotatioe low pressure. you can see it moving to the north to pennsylvania. you see the light showers and the heaviest activity moving up in new england. however, this is the way things should progress through the day. temperatures will be on the cool side, not on the cool side of normal. we should be around the side of normal, normal being 56. we will get to 57 for the high at 2 to 4:00 p.m. and drop back to 54 at 6:00 p.m. schooleschoolcooler than it hasn yesterday in the 60s, still. we are looking at candace dold with the traffic edge. candace. >> reporter: thanks, steve. we are talking about baltimore county and it's all due to a

fallen tree at warren road at bosley road. you can still get through the area but be aware you will find that activity. as far as 83, let's check it out at warren road and we already have building conditions on the southbound lanes all the way down toward the beltway. once you finally approach the beltway the outer loop lanes from 83 up toward 795, looking at an 8 minute clip right now 54 miles per hour. and so far, so good from 95 up toward 83 on the outer loop lanes, again, 55 miles per hour with just an 11-minute ride there. if you are going to travel through baltimore, nothing to complain about, on southbound 95, fort mchenry tunnel all the way down toward the beltway, at 8-minute trip. patrice, back over to you. sweeping healthcare reform heads to president obama's desk today to be signed into law. it's been a long road of protest

and rallies just to get to this point and some say the fight could be really just be getting started. megan gilliland with more. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. the reality is it's not over just yet until the senate a bill and fixes some the promises that the democrats has been making will not happen. the process of reconciliation is not an easy one, and the republicans are searching the bill for violations that could raise unlimited objections. gop senators can also slow things down by offering amendments. >> amendment after amendment and it any of these amendments pass, then it goes back to the house. >> so you can see that's a nightmare scenario. >> now most of the bill does not take effect until the year 2014. however, there are some things that will change today when the president signs this bill including temporary coverage for the uninsured with preexisting conditions. coverage for older children, a

drug discount for seniors and the elimination of annual and lifetime caps. several state attorney generals say they will file a lawsuit after this bill, 2400 pages of it is signed and ready to go. they say it's unaffordable and unconstitutional. megan gilliland, fox 45 early edition. maryland governor martin o'malley will be there when president obama signs the healthcare reform bill into law. he is scheduled to attend the signing ceremony at the white house. o'malley says he plans to appoint a commission to study how the overhaul will affect maryland. he says the federal plan should save maryland $1 billion over the next 10 years by taking care of healthcare costs now paid for by the state. stay tuned for fox 45 morning news for continuing coverage of this story. we will talk to stephen is burg a financial professor about how the cost of healthcare reform could affect you. that is coming up in our 6:00 hour.

a plan by baltimore's mayor to make the city's ethics board more transparent gets approval. the city council gives final approval. currently the mayor controls the nomnominations to the five membs of the panel, under mayor rawlings blake plan the mayor would appoint three positions and the city council would appoint the other three position. t i think it's another stepo ensure the public's trust in the elected officials. >> the board investigated and cleared dixon. she was later prosecuted and convicted by the state of embezzlement. community activity group acorn is closing its doors for good. the baltimore's office a shownsd

last week that it was shutting down. now it seems that's the plan for all acorn offices across the country. the group is disbanding because of money problems. the group closing comes 6 months after they were recorded giving advice to pimp and a prostitute. congress and the private donors stopped giving the group money. the last offices will close april first. a new bilk considered by the general assembly would take the governor out of the parole process. the legislation under consideration would eliminate the need for the governor to grant parole to inmates serving life sentences. maryland is currently 1 of three states where the governor is required to give approval to the decisions made by the parole board. voters across maryland could decide whether to allow card games at prince george's county.

state senators gave initial approval to the idea last night. they say that table money would bring more money through tourism, but they argue they should get the slow-moving parlors up and running before approving more types of games. the senate will make the final decision later this week. attention job seekers. this day is for you. get out that winning dress or your favorite tie, because fox 45 job boot camp is startin stan just a few hours. joel d smith is live at the maryland fairgrounds with all of the ideas and all the pointers you need to get through this day successfully. good morning, joel. >> reporter: hi, everybody. you got to set sometime aside for today, 9:30 to 2:30. if you're unemployed this is the day to be. i will be doing resumes here across the way. interview skills, how to manage your finances in uncertain times. we will have seminars going on

throughout the day at various points. go there first, come to the resume area, get ready and meet employers. that's the pa pattern of the dai think. to tell us more here is michelle. hi. >> how are you. >> very good. >> tell us what you're going to be doing in the workshop area? >> we are bringing some of our staff from the workforce development centers who will help job seeker easy to get the resume as perfect as we can. they need to realize that resume is a marketing tool. they will have to have several to fit whatever they're looking for. >> reporter: they can get those when they get here. >> exactly. we brought staff who are certified resume writers to help them do that. >> reporter: we have the templates and we will bring you an idea -- bring up one that will give you an idea. when you deal with people that are recently unemployed what is

their attitude? does it take a while for them to get over that? >> it takes a while. losing a job is like losing a loved one. first you're grieving. you may have denial, but eventually you come to realization that maybe this is an opportunity now, to do something different, learn new skills or start your own business. you never know. >> reporter: some of those skills you can learn today. thank you. you will be with us in the next half hour. we will talk about what is happening here at the job boot camp. a lot of good stuff, patrice. >> it sounds like it. talk about dressing the part, because i'm sure she would like to see people come prepared for an interview. >> reporter: we say dress for success, do your best how important is that. what do you think people should be wearing when they're coming to see you today. >> when you come in, you want to put your best foot forward. as professional as you can, be it a business suit, khakis and a shirt an tie and tie if you hav.

whatever you have, do the best that you can. >> reporter: look like you're ready to step in and start today. >> all right, joel, good advice. thank you so much. coming up on the early edition, hundreds of thousands dead and many more living victims of the earthquake in haiti. >> it's awful. this is going to be the worst natural desaster in recorded history. >> see one mission of hope going on in the country. and not a lot of rain out there right now but a lot of clouds keeping temperatures mild. look at temperatures

welcome back, 5:42 on this tuesday morning. not the prettiest day coming today but not as much rain as we had yesterday. we picked up about a half an inch and we will pick a lesser amount today but a cloudy start for the day. cloudy conditions as we head out this morning, on the sky watch hd radar. that's what you will see as we put things into motion. you will note that most of the rain headed up toward northern new england.

the low pressure that is moving to the north slowly and you can see on the backside of it showers moving around. that is why we think we have a chance of getting showers later today as the low moves further toward the north and east. here is what we're looking at current conditions. 35 degrees mostly cloudy skies. that it for now. the winds are calm but the wind should pick up for today. 25.5 falling in the barometer. 51 is the temperature right now and the temperature would be at the normal range if we got to 56. we should be right about there for the high we will get up to 57 actually. 50 degrees in washington d.c. 48 in salisbury and 52 this hagerstown. and temperatures will be a little cooler than yesterday even though they will be around normal for this time of year. we pick up another .10 of an inch of rain in some spots and that it about it. as far as the bigger picture, the surface features, you see on the scan, the rain the heaviest

behind it. ripples of energy moving through. you will see warmer air moving through, behind my pressure in h pressure in the north and east. it will make for a nice wednesday and thursday with generally dry conditions before the next chance of rain comes our way as we get moisture moving along the frontal boundary and headed in our direction for late thursday into your friday. that is what is ahead. as far as what you can expect for today, the eastern shore, you should get up to 56 degrees with mostly cloudy skies, a chance of showers, west wind at 5-10 miles per hour. look for the central part of the state to climb to 57 degrees, again, about normal for this time of year, just a little cooler than what we have gotten used to. southwest winds at 5-10 miles per hour with showers in the afternoon. western part of maryland can't rule out showers there as well as the temperatures get up to 53 degrees. could even be a low to mid-40s for higher elevations there. west winds at 5-10 miles per

hour. tonight, 42 degrees, still can't rule out evening showers it becomes breezy and windier in the overnight period and into tomorrow. 10-20-mile-an-hour winds, gusting to 30. as we move through the rest of the week. let's start with today, 57 degrees, 54 degrees by noon and we will get up to the high of 57 between 2-4:00 in the afternoon. and seeing some showers moving in maybe light showers after about 1:00 p.m., possible and then evening showers at 6:00 p.m. with the temperature at 54 degrees at after the high of 57. we bounce back tomorrow, and thursday, with the temperatures in the low 60s and dry conditions until late thursday we see showers moving in and into friday, cooler, 52 degrees again, by early friday morning, highest elevations to the west may, may be seeing a couple of snow flakes out there, but only there. 52 degrees, what did he h say? snow flakes, the western part of

the higher elevations only. 56 degrees on saturday, 60 on sunday, and showers returning on monday, but we do enjoy a pretty dry looking weekend even if it's cooler than last week. we do want to check on the roadways once again with candace dold who is back with the traffic edge to let you had know. candace. >> reporter: thanks, steve. we want to check on the actual speeds out there as you travel across the sensors and right now we're looking at 59 miles per hour traveling on the beltway through ka catonsville and 57 at security boulevard. as for what is happening. we do have a crash to talk about at bel air road at baltimore county at miller road in kingsville. now 95 through the vicinity, let's check out 95, moving out, whitemarsh boulevard this morning, and here it is, so far it's in excellent shape there. the northbound and southbound lanes so, we will keep our fingers crossed that it remains that way. once you approach the beltway checking in at harford road, we haven't had any incidents to complain about and we still have

light activity on both sides there as well. cars continue to cruise along taking it on 695 from the jfx toward pikesville and

almost two weeks ago, jennifer gilbert and photographer darren d url ack traveled to haiti to see how the country is coping after the january quake. today we have a look at the mission of hope. ♪ ♪ ♪. >> reporter: it is a country about the size of maryland but with twice as many people. the poorest of the poor. >> this has crippled the country that was already, you know,

very, very poor before the earthquake. >> reporter: even before the earthquake hit haiti was the poorest country in the western hemhemisphere, the houses builtf concrete and cement. you can see when the earthquake hit, the loss of life was so great. >> incredible all of the houses destroyed. >> reporter: joseph gerard came to haiti from columbia, maryland to help care for his wounded mother-in-law. he found a wounded nation. >> this is a place where i grew up. it's hard for me to imagine, you know the kind of destruction, the kind of misery. >> reporter: the city of port-au-prince may have lost 10% of its population. >> it's awful. this is going to be the worst natural desaster in recorded history. >> reporter: and those who

survived, those with nothing before are left with even less. >> i saw so many pimps all around the town. >> reporter: there's still between 1 and 2 million people homeless, people taking shelter anywhere they can. >> there's people living there now so i don't know if it was the same people who were there before, or somebody moved in. >> yeah, they're staying there. there's a calendar on the wall, they have a curtain. look they have maryland plants. they're just living here. >> they have not nothing, they have no tents, no place to go, so they can sleep on the street that's why they stay here. >> they tried to get the people out of the city to clean up. people don't want to leave the city. >> reporter: dr. leblan credit is part of the the medical team that has set up

shop in the courtyard. >> we could do that probably later in the week. >> the broken arm in two places. >> reporter: at the hospital, the hospital itself, collapsed. >> around 150 people that were in that building when the earthquake happened at 5:00 p.m. so they're still there. >> there's a poll with an iv bag on it and because of the way it is laying, more than likely there's a dead patient attached to the other end that they couldn't remove. >> all the children -- maybe about 100 they say including the nurses and all they were just buried. >> that would be an incubator. i don't fo don't know as peoplen there to get bodies out and clean up a little bit. >> you can still smell it, if you do it, you can smell the dead bodies there. >> reporter: among the

survivors, families like the semedies the girl suffered broken bones and after two months in the hospital it's time to go home, but their home is gone. >> she has got nothing, the girl is so worried. >> reporter: scenes like these are repeated all over port port-au-prince. with bodies underneath the rubble. but amidst all of this destruction, people have found a way for life to go on. >> people are getting some shelter. they got food and water, but there's still a lot to be done. >> reporter: and hard to imagine, how and when it will ever get better. coming up later on fox 45 morning news, the cost of healthcare reremember. re-- reform. now that the bill has been passed find out how it will

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good morning, everybody. here is your first look at sports. you can't exactly say the ravens are sitting around waiting for the graft. thedraft. they moved yesterday to a

address another need. he spent six years in detroit making a 3rd round pick in 2003. gerard edwards signed with buffalo last week. redding had two tackles last season. to sarasota where the orioles had the day off yesterday, their only day off of the spring. they take on the florida march s in jupiter. there's a chance that the second base man could see the first action of the spring this week. he felt no pain if his back. and the manager was encouraged and making plans to have roberts make his debut later this week. form manager, and miller served as pitching coach from '78 to '85 when he left to manage the minnesota twins. he returned to baltimore as pitching coach and took over as

manager for two seasons. oats served as a coach before being elevated to manager when robertson was fired. his record is the 5th best winning percentage in club history. he died of a tumor in 2005 -- of a brain tumor in 2005. while six teams will continue to chase the championship, the rest of the field can only think about what might have been, and prominent among those are the maryland terrapins. the terps go into a transition period. gun are the three seniors and greivis vasquez, the reigning acc player of the year. those are three key pieces, guys gary williams went to war for three years and he is going to miss them. >> greivis plays with everything on his sleeve which is a great way to play the game. unfortunately, there's not enough people that do anything in lifelike that. it's nice to see people that are

not afraid to put it out there and he is one of them. eric is just -- he plays through his personality. eric is a quiet person, smart intellectual guy on the court. seeing situations that he is a school coach. i think he grew up that way as a player. landon dedicated himself. he didn't want to hear that he was a good player. when he came in as a freshmen, i wasn't sure he could play for us he wound up scoring