next on fox 45 early edition. it really protects the individual who really may be -- >> paying more for car insurance. why your rates could soon go up. a teen accused of shooting a 5-year-old, the technology defense attorneys proves he is innocent. he was stabbed whoever laid -- >> and who killed the music? the new details in the murder of a rising star. good morning. it's friday, april 2nd.

i'm patrice harris. because it's iday, that means it's your turn to sound off on your facebook page about anything you want. let us know what is on your mind and your response could air in our facebook feedback segment. we want to help you start this weekend off right. the first two fans to post the code word on our facebook wall. will win a prize, very easy to go. just go t facebook.com fox baltimore to join the conversation. and it's easy to join the conversation. and steve fertig is here. this is going to be a nice one. yesterday we got into the 70s. today we are going to get into the upper 70s and near 80. 77 is where we are headed. >> i'm already. we are heading on the roadways, and feeling pretty good about the weekend. and darand you will see the sund

it's going to bring us a pretty day with warmer temperatures. we start at 53 degrees, because of yesterday's mild temperatures this morning it doesn't start too bad even though we got mostly clear skies. salisbury cooler at 41, we're headed to -- you know we're headed to a lot warmer than that. we are headed toward 78 degrees before the temperatures do drop down as you just saw at night. still mild at night at 51 degrees, but it's going to be a dry day, a clear day, a great day to get outdoors. we do want to check on the roadways this morning with candace dold as you head out. she has the traffic edge, candace. >> reporter: steve, indeed it's going to be a calm ride out there. heading toward the fort mchenry tunnel, you can see light activity on the headed toward the toll plaza on. 95, all the southbound lanes

toward 795, 5 minutes and nothing to complain on the outer loop lanes, in the green, 11 minutes, 54 miles per hour, and the same speed with only an 8 minute clip from 83, all the way up toward 795. that's a look at the morning travels, patrice, back over to you. think you're paying too much for car insurance now? well, if the new bill passes, you you could be paying even more. megan gilliland joins us from the jones falls expressway with the latest. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. we have been cruising on the same rate without an increase for beck day decades. a right that some drivers say is already too high, now there's a chance it could go up even higher. lawmakers want to inease contract the liability minute mum coverage to $60,000 per injured person and $60,000 per

crash. that means an incident crease of $60 on the vehicles on the eastern shore to $50 at baltimore city. it would be the first hike since 1972 and some lawmakers say it's long overdue. >> when you go into the shock trauma it's about $7,500 now to visit, every time to visit. $25,000 doesn't cut it anymore. it really protects the individual who really may be hurt. >> reporter: and also, protects the lawyers representing them. but some say, it could backfire and people who just can't afford that increase, might start driving without insurance. now the senate is expected to debate the auto insurance rate hikes tie today. governor o'malley says if it does pass, he will sign the bill. megan gilliland, fox 45 early edition. yesterday president obama called for tougher rules when it

comes to fuel efficiency. beginning in 2016, the government will require car makers to produce vehicle fleets that get at least 34.1-miles per balloon. that is an increase of 10 miles per hour gallon than the standard. it will save the country $2 billion barrels of oil over the life of the program. >> what it means for families is when they buy the next generation of vehicles is savings, less fuel, used on a weekly, monthly, and annual basis. >> the president wants to raise our energy prices. he wants more environmental regulations that will constrict supplies and reduces demand for gasoline but also electricity. >> it's estimated the new standards will add more than $900 to the price of each vehicle by 2016 but save more than $3,000 over the life of the car through better mileage. in annapolis the house has

rejected efforts by republicans to cut maryland's budget even furring. gop lalledders tried to cut spending by another $800 million yesterday. it's needed to cushion the blow when the maryland no longer gets millions of dollars of stimulus dollars. but they say the budget is already smaller than a year ago and it can't be slashed even further. >> we will balance the budget and do the least amount of harm. >> the citizens of the state of maryland are taxed enough and we cannot tolerate further tax increases. the budget is expected to win final approval in the house in the next couple of days. lawmakers have been working all session to reduce a $2 billion budget gap. every year, state lawmakers handout millions of dollars in legislative scholarships to koonconstituents with no strings attached. they are given $35,000 to handout to worthy students.

and senators are given $134,000. but some have misused the money giving it to children of wallety donor yesterday the house voted to remove those scholars ships. a hot topic for legislators. >> if i give them the scholarship, people will say he got a $2,000 campaign donation froto the parents. if i don't give them the scholarship, then a worthy, worthy person was denied a scholarship. >> the senate has made no move to end its legislative scholarship program which means members will have to discuss it in committee. there's no restriction of how much a scholarship money a student can get from their legislator. a soldier stationed at for thfortforthfortmeade pled guilta

gothle. he brought women from other states to take part in prostitution. he will be sentenced at the 8 of the month. eight prison workers who sued after being strip searched by their employer have the lawsuit thrown out. the employees were searched after a scanning machine falsely indicated that they had drugs. because there's no clear law regarding the case the state is entitled to immunity. the lawyer for the person says he will appeal. the search resumes for a missing woman for more than a month. police will try to new evidence in the disappearance of sha, ris

reagan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. they have high hopes going into the search. a new area to search. this is a wooded area behind us, where the chesapeake search and rescue teams along with the search dogs and the 4 40 cadets you talked about, will resume the search for sharis reagan. she has been missing for six weeks. last time anybody heard from her, was in a kay catonsville, s not been heard of in anyway. reagan is 5 feet, and weighs 120. she has her name tattooed on her neck. so far leads have been hard to come by. >> she went missing on the 24th when she left her house. she went to the area in the wood lawn area of baltimore county near route 40 and rolling road, and she vanished. >> reporter: anyone with information on her whereabouts

are encouraged to contact crime stoppers. you could be eligible for a reward up to $4,500. that number 1866-7-lock up. of course, they're hoping to find new leads here this morning. around 8:00 that is when the 40 police cadets from baltimore county, police and the chesapeake search and rescue team will be here. search dogs and the whole works. we do hear that many family members will not be here. they will wait it see if anything comes out of search today. live if wood lawn, fox 45 early edition. councilman carlos stokes says that the department is not transparent enough with its funds and says it's imperative considering the budget crisis. the city announced a proposed budget plan that would close 29 of the city's 55 rec centers plus several swimming pools. stokes wants a full accounting of all funds for the department. a howard county program could fall victim to the new

healthcare reform legislation. the healthy howard program provides health services to uninsured county residents. since it started in october of 2008, the plan has helped more than 700 people, but officials say the healthcare overhaul means the end of the healthy howard program. it should completely dissolve in the next 3 to hou 4 years. >> we're going to transition all of our people and educate them on how to get into new insurance or educate them on how to get into a healthy co-op. >> they help residents get coverage through other programs. it looks like the ann run deannearundel residents will sea vote. their petition got nearly 23,000 signatures. that is well over the 19,000 they needed. on the nents of the current

plan to revitalize downtown columcolumbia have until this afternoon for a new zoning petition. the project would bring new businesses to the area but owners of taxpayers against give a ways, have problems with the problems. the group needs to get 2500 signatures by 4:30 today. ultimately the group is hoping for a referendum that would see the zoning bill killed and an issue returned to the county planning board. aide groups working in earthquake rac ravished haiti ae having a hard time reuniting children with their families. >> reporter: it's been five months since the crippling earthquake killed thousands in haiti. it's been a challenge to put the families devastated by the

earthquake back together. >> the conditions that if the children have to come back to those conditions they would even be much worse off. >> reporter: this is ana she was found in the partially collapsed orphanage. she has been here since the earthquake and she misses her half sister. >> you listen to to see if they live near a school or a hospital that would let us permit find out where they lived before. >> reporter: a reunion may not be possible for ana and her half sister. she dropped her at the orphanage in the first place. >> it's a shame when you can do all the work and find the family and not have them take them back. >> reporter: these children draw with colors as they meet with the uncle. the two little girls are orphans, and the one of them is h, iiv positive.

the government estimates that 32,000 were killed in the earthquake. coming up on the early edition, a teenager on trial. gps record will speak for themselves. what was said during the opening statements of the lamont davis trial. sky watch h radar looking like a

5:16 now on what is going to be an absolutely gorgeous day. meteorologist steve fertig is

here with a look at our weekend forecast, hi, steve. good morning, patrice. yeah, a pleasure to tell you about this kind of forecast. 53 degrees, rather mild even though we had a lot of areas with less cloud cover. you would think we would get radiational cooling, but because yesterday it got to warm, it starts mild. 86% relative humidity. and the forecast is looking very nice, sunny getting up to 81 degrees. a 1-foot wave, see the high tide at 1:53 and low tid. the high pressure bringing us a very nice day. 52 in dr.d.c., and 56 degrees in hagerstown, 63 out in oakland, rather mild there. again we're getting more of a southeasterly flow, today so we will be cooler by the bay and the ocean front. a high pressure will bring us

the southeasterly flow. and the frontal boundary will be moving closer to us by saturday night into early sunday morning. esteither mornineaster morning r pushes through. we will get the southwesterly flow to push through and we remain mild through the weekend, looking good through the entire weekend, and into the next workweek as well. we are looking forward, a great weekend ahead. today look for a high temperature at the eastern shore, a lot of sunshine, southeast wind at 5-10 miles per how. the central part of the state, warmer, 78 degrees for the high, you may see 80 up there in spots. south wind at 5-10 miles per hour. looking for a high temperature here of about 82 degrees with a southeast wind of 5-10 miles per hour. the algae forecast, just trees going to be in the high range today so if you have allergies with regard to pollen, may be an issue there. tonight 51 degrees, a mild night, southeast winds at 5-10 miles per hour. as we move through the day today, it will warm up quickly

and we will see the temperatures get up to 68 degrees by noon. quickly into the 70s and get to the high temperature of 78 degrees around 4:00 this afternoon, 72 still very nice, 6:00 p.m., so if you are heading to work today, some of you might, we will be looking at a pretty nice day when you get home from work. 78 degrees tomorrow, looking good then, a few clouds and sunshine still. easter sunday, 78 degrees, a chance of a passing shower not much of a factor, generally dry. 76 on tuesday, mostly clear, and then partly cloudy, 75, a next chance of any significant rain, and even then light rain expected tuesday. a high and cooler of 67 degrees. fox 45 sky watch weather is available at your finger tips, and 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 whe when rain will be or your house.

go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. candace dold has the traffic edge. >> reporter: things are in the clear out there. we are checking in on the actual speeds out there and at 58 miles per hour on the beltway, right through the catonsville area and at 60 miles per hour traveling near security boulevard. as for 83, this morning, traveling through the baltimore county region northern baltimore county, let's check in north caramel road. pretty much the same deal, 83 above the beltway, you can see a pleasant drive, northbound and southbound lanes all the way down toward charles street. now once you finally approach the beltway, and head out near harford road this morning, checking in on that area, and it has been an enjoyable ride there, continues to be the case so we can show you the inner and outer loop leans, just a few cars traveling in both directions. that's a look at morning travels, patrice, back over to you. thank you, candace. still ahead, some companies were up and some were down. how car sales fared last month.

gps records will speak for themselves. >> spay teenager accused of

testimony is underway in the trial of lamont davis. the teen accused of attempted murder in the shooting of a 5-year-old girl. crime and justice reporter joy lepola has the story an emotional day in court. >> reporter: footage from a blue light camera, evidence that argue that proof that lamont didn't fire the shots. that coupled with the gps device that david had around his ankle, became the two main points that defense attorney focused on during his opening statement. >> reporter: what is that,

that he is innocent in. >> that's right. >> reporter: did i vis couldn't hav-- daviscouldn't har because he was at home. the vice president of the company machine will be here, and we put that on. >> reporter: during the exclusive interview i was told if a juvenile travels beyond the area, he is a supposed monitoring center in nebraska is immediately alerted. >> we will be able to tell where the youth went, when they went and how fast they were going. >> reporter: the state argues that the gps statement is flawed. during the state's opening statement, they heard in detail, and how the mother of lamont got into an argument when she claimed that someone spit in her face that is when the call for retaliation went out. it was vista wa davis that was .

>> the mother of raven wyatt left the courtroom crying at one point as they described the crime scene and the condition of raven. a girl struck in the head by a stray bullet as me walked home from the store with her older cousin. the trial is expected to last 10 days. coming up later on the early edition, another swine flu death in maryland. the number of victims the virus has claimed so far. but next, unemployment claims are on the

b losses are taking a dip across country and car sales are soaring high. >> reporter: manufacturing picking up, the number of new jobless claims falling for the 4th time in the last five weeks. those claims are a 3rd lower than at this time last year. the government releases the jobs report on good friday. that caps off the 5th straight winning. tractor production growing for the 4th straight month. an index measuring that sector jumping to a 6 year high.

rates jumping about .10 of a percent. freddy mac saying the national average for a 30 year loan, is 5.65%. car sales jumped 4%, and general motors seeing a rise. coming up, a hearing in a murder for hire plot. how the suspect is related to the victim. and you're already paying for it, but now the state says you might have to pay a little bit more. i'm megan gilliland, why getting behind the wheel could cost you. the search continues for a missing baltimore county woman.

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