let us know what is on your mind, and your response could feedbacair on our feed book seg. i want to know how you did on april fool's day. the first two fans to post the code word on facebook wall, will win a prize. go to facebook.com fox baltimore to become a fan, and join the conversation. let's turn to meteorologist steve fertig. did you have any good pranks played on you. >> no. >> you know around here we have a lot of jokessters. >> theater >> that's true. as far as sounding off you do not have to object anything neg. >> you don't want to be negative. >> it should be a terrific next several days. take a look at what we have as far as the sky watch hd radar. you're not seeing a whole lot in the way of rain, that is for sure. nothing in fact, there but

nothing much in the way of cloud cover, a few clouds moving through. we will start with partly cloudy to mainly clear skies. we will be talking about the outside chance. see the rain in the central part of the country, maybe overnight saturday, into early easter morning, you might see a light shower passing through. most of that will be steering to the north of us, all we will be dealing with a few more clouds out there. temperatures that will still be rather mild. 50 degrees starting today, with mainly clear skies, partly cloudy in some spots. 68 degrees with sunshine by noon. quickly warming up, should hit a high temperature by 4:00 of 58 degrees, some places won't be surprise to see us. it's 80. and 68 degrees at 6:00 p.m., and maybe cooler by the bay. it may be keeping us in the 60s there. let's see what is happening on the roadways right now. candace dold is here with a look at the traffic edge, candace, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, steve. it's indeed going to be a pleasant drive out there. we're checking on 83 at mount caramel road.

can you see smooth sailing, northbound and southbound lanes all the way down toward that beltway. once you finally do get on the beltway the outer loop lanes right now from 83 making the push up toward 795, there's nothing to complain about, 8 minutes at 54 miles per hour. then you go around the bend around 795, and it's still an easy drive, 11 minutes at again, gower miles per hour there. and 55 miles per hour on 95 through baltimore from the fort knack henrmchenry tunnel an 8 me clip. back to you. 8:32 o5:32 on fox 45 early edition. if you drive a car you need insurance. the price on that insurance may be going up if a bill passes. megan gilliland joins us from the jones expressway. good morning, megan. >> reporter: we're talking about hundreds of dollars for folks who live here in baltimore county. it's a rake hike that some say

they cannot afford. they want to increase to $30 per injured person and $60,000 per crash. to you that means an increase ranging from $60 on the vehicles on the eastern shore to $300 more for baltimore city. it would be the first hike since 1972, but drivers say the rate was already too high. >> we can't afford it. we don't deserve it. we already have to carry liebt. everyonliability, everyone does. and this is the wrong time. baltimore would be the hardest hit, so no. >> reporter: standing to benefit from the rate hike, crash victims and the attorneys that represent them. it could backfire and people could start driving without insurance at all. the senate is expected to debate this rate hike today. if it is passed governor o'malley he will sign it. live from the jfx this morning, i'm megan gilliland, fox 45

early edition. you could soon be getting better gas mileage from the cars you drive. in 2016 the government would require car makers that produce vehicle fleets that get at least 34.1 miles per gallon. that is an i increase of 10 mils per gallons over the current standard. it would save the country billions of gallons of oil. >> it's saving, less fuel used on a weekly, monthly, and annual basis. >> the president wants to raise our energy prices. he wants a lot more environmental regulations that will constrict supplies and reduce demand for not only gal lisgasoline but also electric. >> it's estimated the standards will add $900 to the price of

each vehicle by 2016 but save $3,000 over the life of the car through mileage. a preliminary hearing is scheduled later today in the case of a woman arrested as part of a murder for hire plot. karla porter is charged in the first-degree murder in the death of her husband. police say she paid a friend $9,000 to shoot her husband as he opened the towson gas station. five other people are also facing firs first-degree murder charges in his death. as reports of a resurgence of swine flu in southeastern states make headlines, the maryland health department says another person has died from the virus. the victim is an adult from the baltimore area. this is maryland's 45th death related to the h1, n1 virus. the cdc is worried about a

possible come back of the disease n maryland health officials are opening more than 150 vaccination clinics next week. her disappearance has been a mystery for more than a month. now baltimore police are hoping that more feet on the ground will lead to more clues. joel d smith is live with more. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. we're live at carlie court in wood lawn where in a few hours there will be the chesapeake bay crews. trying to find any clues about the disappearance of 24 years old sahri reagan. she was last seen six weeks ago. we are talking about february 21st when she went to catonsville to meet someone near route 40 and rolling road. they are not sure exactly who. she has not been seen since. she has a her name tattooed on

her neck. police say so far leads have been very hard to come by. >> detectives do not have a whole lot to work with. she went missing on the 24th when she left her house. she went in the woodlawn area of baltimore county near route 40 and rolling road and she vanished. >> reporter: anyone with information on her whereabouts could be eligible for a reward of up to $4,500. all you have to do is call metro crime stoppers at 1866-7-lock up if you have anymore information. they will get here around 8:00, the wooded area bind m behind me area that they are checking. 40 cadets along with their dogs trying to find any clues and find out where sha sharis reagn

really is. the healthy pardo pardon med since it started in october of 2008, plan has accepted 700 poe700people, but the healthcarn means the dissolve the health program. >> we will educate them how to get into insurance or we are looking at becoming a non-profit co-op. >> healthy howard helped 300 300 residents get health coverage through other programs. it looks like anne arundel county voters will see slots on the november ballot. the county board of elections has certified a group opposed to bringing, a casino to a arundel mills mall go 24,000 signatures, which is more than the 19,000

they needed. the project would bring new housing office and retail space to the area, but members of the taxpayers against give a ways have problems with zoning changes that have been made to move the redevelopment forward. 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 the issue returned to the county planning board. one baltimore city woman is reminded of february's back-to-back blizzard when she wakes up every morning and looks into her backyard. deborah pierson has been fighting with the city ever since a sinkhole opened up in her backyard. she says the insur insurance wot cover the repair costs and city officials won't pay for them either, that is even though the city paid to repair a similar sinkhole on the same street 40 years ago. >> what concerns me about this

is safety, my safety as well as the children going back and forth from school. children do a lot of horse playing, someone coming here falls down or the ground continues to collapse as well as the neighbors grounds as well. it is a tunnel, and it also concerns me is bringing down the property value of the neighborhood. >> it's safety. >> pierson has been paying ground rent at the home and is hoping the owner will help with the cost of fixing the sinkhole. today is good friday and christians across the world and right here in baltimore will be commemorating the crucifixion of jesus christ. services will be held at the cathedral of mary our queen, the basillica and other churches throughout the city. it leads up to easter sunday, the day christians believe that christ rose from the dead. coming up in the early edition, a murder nearly 20

years ago remains unsolved. >> the deck siev detective sayss stabbed. >> we take a new look at the case. and temperatures begin rather mild this morning near 50 degrees in most areas heading out the door, but wait until

welcome back, 5:43 on this friday morning. we're getting ready for a nice weekend. 53 degrees right now looking at partly to mostly cloudy skies for the time being, it will turn mostly clear for the day. east winds at 5 miles per hour, 86% relative humidity, the

barometer is rising to 35.05, 45 is the dew point. lots of sunshine, 78 degrees for the high, a south wind at 5-10 miles per hour, with only a one foot wave. and low tide at 5:00 this evening. looking at a nice day, on the hd radar looking at a dry scan, intee is th53is the mild tempers morning. 75 degrees at salisbury cooler there with the ocean breezement as we get to the latter part, all kind of sunshine and warmer temperatures coming your way thanks to the southeasterly low pressure coming up the coast. we will talk about the next front coming through. that one a slight chance to get a light shower overnight saturday into early easter morning. that's a slight chance because most of that activity steers to the north. the warmer temperatures will continue as we get to the southwesterly flow and we will get a few more clouds on sunday. we will dry out later in the day

and a nice start to the week next week. eastern shore, you should climb to 72 degrees with a southeast wind at 5-72 mile10 miles per ha lot of sunshine and in the central part of the state we get up to 78 degrees, a southeast wind at 5-10 miles per hour. all of the warm air coming from the south will warm us more to the west where we get to 72 degrees lots of sunshine. only trees will be in the high range as far as allergies today, so the pollens will be elevated a little bit, otherwise not bad. tonight 51 degrees under mostly clear skies and a mild night compared to normal. we typically drop to 38 degrees overnight, so that is mild. southeast wind at 5-10 miles per hour. moving through the day today, we expect to get to 68 by noon. plenty of sunshine, a nice climb, 18 degrees the 6th hour we climb. 72 degrees is where we expect to see at 6:00 p.m. with a lot of sunshine, after hitting the high of 4:00 of 78 degrees. some places might hit 80. that will be the story tomorrow

too with a few more clouds mixed in, generally another nice day, great day, in fact. 78 degrees for the easter sunday. it could be a the light early shower, a 28% chance that it will be light. generally a dry day of 77. 77 on monday with mostly clear skies, and 76 on tuesday looking at a nice start to the next week, and into the middle of next week. 75 degrees, partly cloudy and a chance of showers later on tuesday, with a high of 67 degrees. fox 45 sky watch weather is available at your finger tips. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful doppledop doppler radar to track incoming storms. just go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar here is candace dold with the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. it's light activity out there and we are loving the commute at 66 per hour on the beltway traveling at harford road. and gibing mile 56 miles per hog

on whitemarsh. all in all, things are looking good out there. 95 scooting through howard county, this morning, let's check in at route 100 for you and show you the northbound and the southbound lanes, we definitely have a lot of cars that are congregating there, but hey, no brake lights, no incidents, we will take it, southbound and northbound lanes up to 695. once on the beltway, in the southwest corner let's check in at wilkins avenue and that traffic is running reasonably well, outer loop and inner loop as well. as far as the beltway, farther up near liberty road and let's check in on that area, and pretty much the same deal. nothing to annoy you outer or inner loop. as for 795, it's a pleasant ride on the southbound lanes from owings mills all the way down toward the beltway. that's a look at your morning travels, patrice, back over to you. thank you, candace. still ahead his season is over but the honors keep coming for one terps player. at ward greivis vasquez has

received. and the detective said he was sad because whoever ran out of bullets. >> and the murder of a rising

ltimore city police say violent crime is down and so is the homicide rate, but that is little comfort fo comfort for ao is waiting to see who killed her son. it happened more than 20 years, we report on the cold case when the music stopped. >> reporter: in the neighborhood, he was known as hollywood. terrance thompson was the aspiring young music producer. jesse.

>> happy. >> reporter: says her son was destined to be a star. >> his name was kay rush. >> reporter: he had the look -- ♪ ♪. >> reporter: thompson believes he was on his way up, networking with some of the biggest names in the industry at the time. >> kids from kid and play. >> reporter: in fact, thompson had just returned from a rappers convention in atlanta when violence in park heights. >> it shot his dreams. >> reporter: stopped the music and killed the dreamer. >> he was shot multiple times and stabbed in the back twice. detectives said he was stabbed because whoever ran out of bullets. >> reporter: and after september first 1993, a

record-breaking year for baltimore homicides with 354 murders. thompson was victim number 238. the shooting broke out inside of a rowhouse in the 2800 block of hildale avenue. it was around 9:30 that night. thompson had just left his mother's side to visit his friend on hilltown. smith said her son walked in on a murder in progress, someone also shot and killed michael ice isaac, thompson's friend. >> when my son went in the house and saw what was happening, i know he turned around and said i got to get out of here, by him walking in the house, they shot him, too. >> reporter: thompson managed to run away from the house, tried to get back to his home, collapsed in his yard at the foot of the hill. he was 26. two victims dead with no arrests

and no leads. at the time, detectives believe isaac probably now the gunmen or gunmen both victims were shot at close range. why the killings? investigators say there was no evidence that the shootings were drug related or committed during a robbery. it's another cold case, another unsolved murder at a time when police say. >> we're making strides in closing cases. >> reporter: their homicides clearance rate has improved. with 55% of their cases solved in 2009, 53% in 2008. positive results, but it still means more than 40% of those cases for the past two years remain unsolved, like isaac's and thompson's from so long ago. >> unfortunately throughout the years, we have not been able to develop that one witness who can really layout what occurred on that evening.

♪ ♪. >> reporter: the evening the music stopped for hollywood. >> somebody has to know something. >> reporter: keith daniels fox 45 morning news. the thompson family is offering a $3,000 reward. if you have any information about the case, call metro crime stoppers at 1866-7-lock up. >> remember you can remain anonymous. coming up later on fox 45 morning news, we are keeping it all in the family today. >> no, no, no, i'm not going -- not like this. >> get the scoop on all of the family centric movies hitting threaters this weekend, that's in the low down. but next duante stal worth is a new target for joe flacco,

good morning, everybody. here is your first look at sports. in february the ravens signed receiver duante stal worth. he came with baggage to be sure. he sat out all last season after being convicted of the vehicular manslaughter. after the ravens signing, they opted to keep him away from the media shooin choosing to let hit acquainted with his teammates. he met the baltimore media and says he is thrilled to be a

raven ia little surprised, but thrilled nonetheless. >> when the ravens made the call, i had no idea. i wasn't really expecting it. i knew looking at certain teams, you know what possibilities were, but when i got the call from the ravens, it was, you know, it was almost like a dream come true. i wanted to come in and fit in with the guys and you know, be a part of that hunger that everybody is experiencing. coming off of a year and not playing any football, i got the chance to really sit back and have a renewed love for the game. >> across town the orioles are encouraged with the recovery of brian roberts from his back condition. there's still some doubt whether he will holdup over the long season. yesterday they made a trade to provide insurance. they acquired, julio lugo. the 34 years old lugo was traded from the red sox to the cardinals last season and he hit a ginnecombined 280.

he won a world series ring with at red sox in '07, he has been with to houston and the dodgers in tampa bay. to the game yesterdayed orioles snapped the three day losing streak, beating the a's 2-3. st. louis, graduate steve johnson, giving one run on one hit while walking 4. the orioles play the yankees tomorrow at 1:00 at tampa. the game can be seen at epsn. to college park, where the uke k owe laidz continue to pour in for greivis vasquez. greivis received one that he will surely treasure. vasquez is the recipient of the bob cusi award. the original list of nominees was 73 strong, but that whittled down over the past years. in making the announcement the president of the basketball hall of fame said, quote, greivis

represents the best in his division and truly represents the award. bruce cunningham, fox 45 morning news. the house votes against impeaching the attorney general. we will talk