tell them when a crime has been committed. a teenager accused of shooting a 5-year-old, how his lawyers plan to prove his innocent. the new tax city lawmakers are considering. shortening your daily commute. the research that could save you time. good morning, it's monday, march 29th. i'm patrice harris.

hope you had a great weekend and already for a great workweek. meteorologist steve fertig is here to tell us what we can expect in the weather department. >> happy monday to you. >> and a happy, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, and friday. the weather is going to get weather and weather, although we have starting with a rainy one today. >> but once we get past that. >> we are going to get past that. >> you were talking about really good temperatures. >> i was telling you last weekend. it will pan out. we do have to get rid of the rain, we have a coastal flood advisory for the west side of the chesapeake bay and for the northern part of the eastern shore. and that is what we have as far as through this afternoon and through tonight until midnight for the eastern part of the state. also the rain bringing some heavy rain down to the south and east, looking at probably a couple of inches of rain that will continue through today and into tomorrow as we said before, it dries out and get drier air moving in. temperatures 53 degrees starting

out, 53 also in washington as well as sal sals salisbury, 41 s hagueerhagerstown and out in oa. it looks like temperatures getting to 60 degrees today and dropping back as you see to about 45 tonight but it will be a windy 1, it will be a wet one and we will talk about improvement coming later this week as i said. let's check out the roadways with candace dold she has the traffic edge. good morning, candace welcome back. >> reporter: thank you, steve. thank you. good to be back. we're talking about fog on the roadways. can you see it on the beltway at harford road. obviously this is reducing visibility making for a difficult ride. please be careful as you head out there. it's going to be slick. you can see that reflecting off the roadways. again, just be careful as you head out this morning. as for the outer loop of the beltway the volume is looking normal from 85 up toward 83, an

11 minute clip at 54 miles per hour. now taking it from 795 down toward 95, the volume is already starting to build. so far we're in the green. right now 12 minutes at 53 miles per hour. and nothing to complain about through baltimore right now, southbound 95 from the fort mchenry tunnel toward the beltway, 54 miles per hour and 8 minutes there. that's a look at morning commute. back to you. 5:03 on fox 45 early edition. the teen accused of shooting david way yachiat is headed to . his attorney says he can prove that davis wasn't the shooter. megan gilliland joins us with the latest, good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. davis attorney says that surveillance video will clear his client. as the trial continues, he will identify another suspect. the suspect that he bleefdz i bs

the real shooter. as it stands now, lamont davis is to be believed the shooter pulling the drugger that july evening of last year and releasing the stray bullet that hit wyatt in the head and another victim in the forearm. davis was under gps monitoring at the time of the shooting for another crime. he was supposed to have the device on his ankle but the shooter on this ankle does not appear to be wearing one there. gps records suggests that davis was at home at the time or at least the device was. >> as long as they have these units, they can they will them where they're at and we can tell when a crime has been committed. >> reporter: but the company that supplies and monitors these gps devices in state of maryland admits that the tracking is not full proof. the role this evidence will play in davis' case will be up to a jury to decide. the trial is set to begin at 9:30 this morning. meantime, little raven wyatt is

slowly recovering. she had been in a coma for sometime, amazing back in school and physical therapy. her injury has inspired a call to action against violence across the city. megan gilliland, fox 45 early edition. a robber armed with a gun breaks into a home but he was met by a homeowner with a gun of his own. before the suspected robber could get out of the home he was confronted by wasn't the residents who grabbed his own gun and shot the suspect dead. neighbors in this quiet area are defending the resident's actions. >> i'm not saying he is deserving. but you break into the home. it's terrible. you got to do what you got to do. >> that's the way everybody grew up around here. you protect your own. >> police aren't releasing the name of either men involved. they say it's unclear why that home was targeted. the homeowner is a tow truck

operator and runs the business from the home. a man who was the victim of a robbery attempted last week is found shot to dead in his home three days later. police are now investigating whether the two incidents are linked. 22-year-old moses baker was found lying inside of the doorway of his owings mills apartment. he was shot several times and was taken to siania hospital where he died. someone tried to rob baker on january 23rd but they don't know if the robbery attempt and his murder are related. anyone with information is asked to call police (410)307-2020. a teenager is shot and killed in broad daylight in east baltimore. happened at 4:30 saturday afternoon in the 1400 block of lucern avenue. the boy he was taken to john hopkins where he died. the teen's uncle has no idea why this happened. >> he is a good guy.

he has been doing some things but he is a good kid. >> so far police aren't releasing any information about a possible suspect. if you are in danger of for closing on your home, may be getting plenty of warning and help. delegates passed a bill that requires the homeowners in danger of foreclose sure must meet be with the owner. it must include information on programs and counseling with the notice. lenders are required to certify that they have completed a loan modification assist before putting u a property up for sal. the house of delegates votes on a legislation that would the number of payments. the senate passed a bill to

change the guidelines so now the two proposals have to be merged. this would be the first update to maryland child support guidelines in more than 20 years. the mayor says she wants to make up the $121 million deficit without losing officers or raising property taxes. that means all other ideas are on the table including a blench tax. -- beverage tax. a group against that proposal is already speaking out. joel d smith is at santoni store. >> reporter: he is very much against this and he has his reasons why. this happened before and it didn't work then. he doesn't want it to happen now and it would affect his bottom line. we're talking about beverages, sodas, and juices of the we are not sure of the specifics. if it was similar to the tax

they had back in 1989, it could be a hit for places like this location sanotni's in highlands town. they lost $500.000 a year for shoppers who took their shopping across the county line. it could be $0.5 a unit. maybe $0.5 for a 12 pack of cans, things like that. with that in mind, he is firmly against this. we will learn officially what the city is looking for when they have the proposal come out in a couple of weeks. but if this is one of the options on the table they are very much against it. in 1989 they had had this, and lost $500,000 a year. and it was repealed five years later. people like the owner of this place, say it's not going to work. they're going to fight this all they can. we will talk to customers to see if they will want to pay $0.5 every time they get a drink if it will help the budget and

stay away from the property taxes. it seems that the city is trying everything, this could be the latest idea. >> what exactly are the people who are against this, what are they going to do to fight it? how do they plan to get the momentum going? >> reporter: initially, they're trying to get the word out. we're here today to try to hear them out. instead of listening to complaints, we don't want this and want that, we will be trying to look for solutions. we will talk to rob santoni to see what will work since this won't work and it will affect his bottom line and affect the grossers across the city, when they think they can go across the city lines and get something. robber ehrlich is unsure if he runs for governor. he misses being a part of the debate in annapolis. he has been traveling throughout the state meeting with voters but hasn't made a decision yet. he will consult his family

before announcing any decision. the maryland food bank is about to receive a big boost from the federal government. they will present a check for nearly $500,000. the money was included in a bill president obama signed back in december. it will go toward updates at the food bank warehouse and a community ktich thane wil kitchn next year. they have seen an increase of up to 50% demand for food in the last 18 months. stay tuned for fox 45 morning news for continuing coverage of. we will talk to the ceo about the epidemic of hunger in maryland. the president visits mill temporary troops in afganistan and lays the expectations of the summer surge against the enemy. we have more details about the president's trip. >> reporter: president obama reaffirms his commitment to the troops at afganistan during a

surprise visit. >> we are going to surprise and dismantle, defeat and destroy al-qaeda and its extremist allies. >> reporter: he also reassures the afghan people. >> the united states will stand up for the security of nations and the dignity of human beings. >> reporter: he called for leadership in a struggling democracy. >> as i told president karzai today the united states is a partner, but our intent is to make sure that the afghans have the capacity to provide for their own security. >> reporter: the president praised the successful mission as he upped the number of troops to 100,000, ahead of the kandahar. the president flew to kabul to meet with president karzai to see real reforms. millitary experts say that the summer will be bloody as the

u.s. troops fight the taliban. >> the idea is to take out the middle managers, the tecno crats in the taliban. by doing that you rip apart the whole structure of the organization. >> reporter: the number of troops killed in afganistan has doubled compared to last year at this time. as the president obama continue to prom additional support as the war continues. coming up on the early edition, a controversial budget plan. he has to play the part. what the former mayor is saying about the current proposal. rain falling heaviest to the east right now but a flash-floo

welcome back. 5:15 on this monday morning. a rainy monday it is. take a look, most of the rain, it looks like right now to the south and east of the eastern shore. and look toward the eastern, toward salisbury where the heaviest rain is falling. we had scattered showers mostly for the central and eastern part of the state and back to the west a little bit of activity there. it could be filling through the

day, because there's a lot more moisture as low pressure develops off the coast and continues to strengthen. we do have a flash-flood warning for cecil county until 6:30 this morning but a coastal flood advisory continues through 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, for actually the west side of the chesapeake bay and the eastside until midnight tomorrow. we are looking at the chance of additional rainfall amounts in the way of 2-3 inches of rain for the eastern part of the area. look at salisbury. a little bit done with 6 1/2 inches but the trend is generally to the south and east where the heaviest amounts will fall. even baltimore has seen 3 1/2 coming up. it's plain rain, 53 in d.c. 54 in salisbury and 46 in hagerstown. we have had chilly air moving in from time to time over the weekend and the overnight hours, but now we get a little more warm air, southeasterly flow bringing more moisture. that is going to set the stage as the cold front approaches to bring us rainfall totals. that is why we're so concerned

will flooding around the coast and the central coast ararea moves north it wraps around more moisture as we get through tonight and tomorrow. more rain but lesser amounts as we get into tuesday, and then we dry out nicely behind the system. look at what happens, the jet stream moves to the north and all of the warm air comes our way and we're headed this weekend to near 80 degrees. we're looking at at high temperature today, and gusting to 35. rain will certainly be in the forecast for today, for the eastern shore especially where we see the heaviest amount. even in the central part of the state could see strikes of lightning later in the evening. 60 degrees for high temperature with an east wind at 5-15 miles per hour. back to the west, we're looking at lesser amounts of rain but still a chance of scattered showers later in the day. 60 degrees for the high with a northwest wind at 5-10 miles an hour. 45 degrees with a 15-20-mile-an-hour wind gusting

to 30. it does get windier. as we move through the week, you will see that after today when we see the rain and a chance of a little bit of thunder today. 60 degrees for the the high, tomorrow, showers cooler for the day and 53 degrees then, and 64 on wednesday with partly cloudy skies, look at what fops, 74 on thursday, with sunshine, 78 on friday, and it's not impossible to have 80 degrees any one of those days, 79 on sunday with partly cloudy skies. i thought you would like that. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. the interactive tools will let you see when rain o will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar now back with the traffic edge, once again, cans dacandace dold. >> reporter: thank you steve. we have to talk about rain and fog this morning. that's going to be the big

story. we want to show you what it looks like heading out 83. take a look at that reduced visibility on both the northbound and southbound end. this is right at mount caramel road. please use caution as you travel, it's going to be difficult to see the cars as you do make your way through any corridor. on 83 farther down, moving just above the beltway, let's check on that scene. here it is on 695 at harford road. again, it's going to be the same deal, no matter where you're traveling this morning. as far as the beltway, there's nothing to annoy you there traveling from towson all way up toward parkville. again, besides the weather that you are to deal with as far as the volume it's going to be an easy drive. on 95, we are incident free moving through baltimore county, whitemarsh all the way down toward baltimore. that's a look at the morning travels. patrice, back over to you. thank you, candace. spring is here so celebrate the new season with a little adventure.

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baltimore city leaders and church leaders have gathered outside of the city on palm sunday for the blessing of the city. >> i fully understand that prayer does make a difference. >> reporter: but this year, many say that is needed more than ever. the city faces a $121 million budget gap. prompting stephanie rawlings-blake to propose massive cuts, including closing 29 of city's rec centers. >> we have entitled the role models . >> reporter: and laying off more than 600 city employees, many from fire and police. >> god of justice and mercy, look at the eyes and the ears of the decision makers that they may find the way to help more than just society. >> this is not something just that we planned, this is a budget that we inherited but what i always believe is you have to play the card that you

dealt. >> reporter: the mayor has gotten a lot of crticism for her plan, including crticism from the former mayor sheila dixon who called it a scare tactic. >> i certainly understand people's frustration and crist im. these are tough decisions but i don't do anything other than talk plainly and honestly about the budget that we face. i didn't create this problem but it's a problem that we have solve together. >> reporter: and perhaps prayinperhapspraying together ie start. >> god the father and god the holy spirit, amen. >> the massive cuts are part of the mayor's draft budget. he expectshe expects to announcn alternative plan on april 12th. a catholic school staying open and the

homeowners get a new way to refinance their homes and ditch the inflated mor mortgages. stan case has more in today's business brief. >> reporter: a mixed day on wall street despite an agreement by european leaders to bail out

greece, another plagued nation using the euro. the nasdaq ended little change. the obama administration announced new mortgage assistance plans. the new initiative will help homeowners refinance their homes reflecting current home values, many which are worth a lot less than what is owed on the mortgage. and they will be required to suspend mortgage payments for some unemployed borrowers. the owe bam ad obama administras come under fire for not doing more to stop the foreclosure crisis. the economy grew at 5.6% rate. still the reading is the best growth since 2003 and is the second straight quarter up growth under scoring economist believe that the recession ended sometime last year. for business brief, i'm stan case.

coming up, keeping marylanders healthy. the program that governor will kickoff today. and a teen accused of shooting a 6-year-old girl heads to trial this morning. i'm megan gilliland. why his defense attorney says he can prove his client didn't do it. i'm joel d smith, the city is looking everywhere to try to