welcome back to fox 45 early edition. 5:30 is the time. i'm patrice harris. it's friday and that means it's your turn to talk with us on facebook page about anything you want. let us know what is on your mind and your response could air in the facebook segment. avatar is the highest grossing movie of all time, it earned billions with a b at the box office and now it could be yours. sometime this morning we will reveal our secret code word and the first 2 fox 45 fans to post the code word on our wall will win avatar on dvd. go to facebook.com/baltimore to

become a fan. not a b. >> no, b, billion. >> not a t. >> trillions, no. >> i want my with a g gazillions. >> it won't cost anybody a million to get them. >> it's if my hands so it may cost them something to get it from me. weather wise, patrice, we're looking at a nice day because have incomplement days coming your way that may be 2 to 3 days long part of sunday, monday and tuesday. in the meantime enjoy this one of the starting mild throughout the area. 56 in washington d.c., 54 in salisbury and up in hagerstown 52, just a little bit cooler as you go further points westward garrett county as you see and oakland. it's going to be a pretty easy start and no fog today, that is good news, just some clouds out there, partly cloudy skies, we will see more sunshine through the day and topping out today, probably right near about 70 degrees for the high.

let's check in with candace dold to see what is happening on the roadways. she has the traffic edge, of course, that is always an issue. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we do want to show you what it look like. you can see the cars this morning, and here it is on 695 moving across the key bridge in excellent shape there. we're loving this ride in both directions and that nice and calm pace, continues on the beltway. right now the outer loop lanes from 95 up toward 83, just looking at an 11 minute clip, 54 miles per hour. note the volume is increasing from 83 up toward 795, but so far no complaints, 8 minutes, 54 miles per hour there. at 55 miles per hour with an 11-minute drive 795 all the way down toward 95. that's a look at your morning travels, patrice, over to you. 5:32 now on fox 45 early edition. a suspect is recovering this morning after being shot by a police officer in anne arundel county. it happened last night in glen burnie and it was a dramatic

scene from start to finish. megan gilliland joins us live with the latest. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice, we're live at the intersection of alviton road and starwood drive. and this is the area that the officer was patrolling, the residential area last night when he noticed a man jumping up and down on top of a van. now when the suspect saw the officer, he then jumped off and a female inside that fan got out. that is -- van got out, that is when the suspect began assaulting her. the officer asked him to stop, when he didn't, he deployed his taser gun. officers say that did not stop the suspect. he picked up an object off the side of the road and waived it over his head that is when the officer fired his first gunshot. the suspect kept coming, the officer fired again, the officer kept coming, and finally a 3rd shot was fired. >> the suspect sustained what was appeared to be nonlife-threatening injuries and

was taken to shock trauma. the victim is being detained for questioning. >> reporter: the officer a 3 year veteran on the force was not hurt during that incident. police will continue to investigate. this morning no charges have been filed at this point. live in glen burnie, i'm megan gilliland. fox 45 morning early edition. the animal control board decides not to take any action after a baltimore county woman is bitten by a neighbor's dog. stephanie says that the attack took place in february. she was reportedly shoveling road in the 1600 block of miami road in towson when the neighbor approached with his dog. the animal was on a leach and she didn't feel threatened so she approached the dog. that is when he bit her face. >> i did nothing provoking, it was a gingerly approach. just your typical, hi, puppy kind of thing and the dog just snapped. >> an animal control officer laibd the dolabeled the dog a ds

animal after the initial investigation meaning it could have been put to sleep. the owner appealed and the decision was reversed. a parent is arrested for sexually abusing a minor. he is facing charges including child abuse and assault. investigators say bartly who is also a pastor sodomized the young boy at least 6 times between december of 2009 and april of this year. the incidents all reportedly took place at his home in chester town. police are asking anyone with information about the case or any other incidents to give them a call at (410)778-0490. many store owners in baltimore city are expressing their concern over a proposed beverage tax. withstanding room only at yesterday's public hearing on the measure. it would impose a 4-cent fee on many of the beverages.

>> without new revenue, the city faces the prospect of closing 7 fire companies, laying off worn police officers. >> i can't believe they don't have a back up plan. >> if i lose the million dollars, i'm done. i'm toast. 80 years, gone. >> there's no word on when city lawmakers will vote on the proposal. you could soon be facing another tax. they're talking washington of a new federal sales tax. it's called the value added tax and would be added to the state sales tax. president obama says his first priority is to reduce spending but he isn't ruling out the federal sales tax. >> that is something that has worked for some countries. it's something that would be novel for the united states and before, you know, i start saying this makes sensor that makes sense, i want to get a better picture of what our options are. >> the national debt is

$12.8 trillion, many economists agree current spending is unsustainable. the government's cash back for appliance program is underway, but if maryland's version end up like other states it could be over by the end of the weekend. joel d smith is live at northeast baltimore with the incentives available right now. right now is the key word but get your hands on it as soon as possible. >> reporter: i mean before the end of the weekend the way it's going in should other states. we heard that in illinois it took 8 hours before all the money was gone. that was allotted by the department of energy and i think we're hearing yesterday somebody also ran out early. here to tell us more about appliance we have dean landers. good morning. >> exciting times but busy time. >> no doubt. >> reporter: what was state that ran out quickly. >> massachusetts, two hours. >> reporter: two hours because there's only certain ants of money. >> certain amounts of money and they allot different amounts for the energy star projects. >> in maryland if you apply with

a refrigerator that is 55% over the rating. and on washers, if you hit a tier 3 washer which is all the front load washers, you qualify for an extra $100 over and above the standing 50. so $150 total. >> reporter: the thing is for those big ones, the big appliances, the ones that are the high energy efficient, they're pretty expensive. >> they are the refrigerator particularly. anything that has the star energy rating is going to be more expensive than the nonenergy star. >> maryland has been talking about the it for six months since the cash for clunkers programs but only in the last 7 days has maryland said this is our day. everybody in the last 7 days waiting on the purchase. >> reporter: how was yesterday. >> yesterday was crazy and i'm sure all of the box stores crazy as well. >> reporter: how long will it last through in maryland.

>> i don't think it will last through the day. >> reporter: get the refrigerators and water heaters. keep in mind there's rules. go to the news link section at foxbaltimore.com. you can learn more about it and it will give you the details that you need to know. some bge rebates are still in place. some are specific just for this program. keep that in mind. joel d smith, fox 45 early edition. with the 25th pick in the nfl draft the baltimore ravens elected no one. while on the clock the ravens traded the first round pick to the ravens broncos. in exchange the ravens got three picks later in the draft, including, second, 3rd and 4th round pick. that gives the ravens a total of 7 picks. >> nonow we have 7 picks in this draft. we thought this was a draft that could be beneficial to us if we could have multiple picks and

now we have them. the broncos used th the pick to select tim tivo. the first pick went to the st. louis rams. childhood obesity. the steps you can take to stop it. a few light showers last night, hardly measurable and then moving out of here and drier air will be

welcome back. 5:42 on this friday morning. check out the sky hd radar and scanning the area with dry skies. we had showers push through last night, they were light hardly measurable but the frontal boundary and just enough moisture producing showers. some light activity in the eastern shore but not much out there. to put things into motion you can see the showers that moved through and continuing to make their way from north to east. there are showers back to the west, that along the frontal boundary will be coming our way

for tomorrow and bringing more activity with it, especially once we get into sunday, i think when we could have thunderstorms as well. here is what we have in terms of the conditions the jet stream even with the northwesterly flow coming our way, we should get to 70 degrees once been again. we will talk about what is headed our way the weekend which is going to take a turn down dod and the shower chances. we will get moisture, high pressure coming from the gulf as well as the warm front approaches. that warm front gets closer by tomorrow night and it could bring showers by as early as tomorrow afternoon and even. evening.we will see the whole af maryland with the chance of some showers for at least the very early morning hours sunday and a dry slot works in here. you will see the break behind us and then we get the chance for a little more heating and possibly

thunderstorms for sunday in the afternoon or evening that could be potentially strong to severe. we will have to watch that. as far as how much rain, noting to be heavy-duty rain this weekend just showers that will be kind of stubborn about getting out of here. we will see a quarter of an inch to half an aven of rain coming your way. a little more in salisbury where we pick up a quarter of an inch. it's not going to be drenching rain. it's not going to be moving through too quickly. down in salisbury 54 degrees there and 52 up in hagerstown. we start mild and the temperatures climb nicely to 57 degrees, comfortable for the eastern shore especially when you factor in mostly sunny skies. it should be a nice day. do take advantage of today because as i said we have a few days of the inclement weather before we start to see improvement later this week. 70 degrees for high today with mostly sun me skies, a nice one for the central part of the state. back to the west, 59 degrees, not bad either with a lot of sunshine and a northwest at

5-10 miles per hour. tonight 45 degrees under partly cloudy skies. it is mild, warmer than we should be by a couple of degrees. as we get through the day, look to get to 64 by the noon hour. 70-degree high by 2 to 3:00 in the afternoon. and drop back to 66 but overall a nice friday. tomorrow starting off okay, a nice friday with the clouds increase, and the showers coming in the afternoon, a better chance then and into the sunday when we could have the strong storms. 57 degrees for the high on sunday. and still showers and we can't rule out a shower on tuesday, a high of 54 drying out later on wednesday. 65 and 67 with mostly sunny skies on thursday. sky watch hd radar is available at your finger tips. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. the interactive tools wil will w you when the rain or thunderstorms will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click

on iradar. candace dold has the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. so far so good on many of the main lines. we're checking on the actual speeds for you and you will see why. we're at 62 miles per hour on the jfx and 64 on the beltway traveling through the pikesville region. as for other main lines, let's show you exactly what the scene is on 295 this morning. here it is route 32, you can see we're already collecting a few cars there, but the coast is clear on the southbound lanes and the northbound stretch all the way up toward the beltway. 95 is checking in a-okay, picture perfect there moving through howard county through 32, all the way up to 695 as well. once you hop on the beltway,let check in on frederick road this morning, and again pretty much the same deal an enjoyable ride, outer and inner loop lanes. as far as the farther up, let's check in at liberty road and well, the coast is looking good there as well. conditions, outer loop lanes and through the triple

there has say our children are carrying more weight than ever before. in baltimore children tipped the scale well above the national average. we take a closer look at what is being done about it in fighting

fat. all right, let's get it started, man. we hit it work. come over, nice and easy. this is so much fun. tyler, jordan, mike and kayla are ready to workment they're w. they're taking part in a 6 week fitness camp led monty sanders. make it fun, get them moving, get results. knows the statistic about childhood obesity and how important it is to make a difference even when it's not easy. >> oh, buddy! >> a growing child, the healthy mass index would be between 18 and 24.5. many of our children are hitting the mid-30s and that excess is taking a toll on their health and self-esteem. to turn it around these kids run, shovel, and run to better

health. >> we like to keep them constantly moving and throughout the workout you may hear kids say i can't do that. we prove it to them that we can. i thought you said you couldn't do it. i thought you said you couldn't do it. let's go. you could do anything you want to do. >> as the weeks go by, the kids get better. >> man, you're the man. >> to their parents delight, they're stronger, faster and slimmer. >> his face has slimmed down. his abs have slimmed down. i'm not going to tell you what size he dropped down but his pants are four size smaller. >> i can see his thighs and his stomach. i can see in his face, his neck. he tried a pair of pants, jeans that he couldn't wear in school saturday night and wore them all night long because he could fit in them. >> their progress in a short time is impressive considering the obesity epidemic was 30 years in the making. experts say na is when mothers started working more and cooking less. fast food places picked up the

slack and super sized it. the ankh adult only needs 2300 calories a day to survive but most people including kids are eat not excess of 3800 calories. sometimes the problem is access to healthier foods. greasy take outs out number grocery stores and school lunches aren't helping, either. a new study by a group of retired millitary officers says high calorie school lunches are making the students so fat, that they can't meet the millitary standards. that is putting recruitment and national security in jeopardy. reversing the trend will take the help of the community. >> over the years fewer and fewer schools are providing daily physical education. in many fact, many schools aren't providing physical education at all. >> that is why more and more organization have stepped in to fill the void. the y of central maryland is 1. they offer an after school program called fit and fun.

>> it's about children embracing health and wellness and fitness for a lifetime. >> through grames and structured play time the kids are getting in shape. >> we're taking a multifaceted approach to helping kids to stay healthy instead. one of which is to have regular physical activities designed in a manner that the kids actually enjoy. >> it's good exercise and i like it. my mom signed me up for the first time last year. >> a good first step to a path of a lifetime of good health. when it comes to living right, fox 45 is helping you get started on your path to fitness. the b more healthy expo is saturday, may first at the baltimore convention center. there will be experts in nutrition, physical fitness and mental health. admission is free. you can get more information at about more healthy expo.com. later at fox 45 morning

news, in threaters this weekend, a story centered around one woman's biological clock. >> and i really want to have a family. i really want to have a child so she decides to do it on her own. >> what drew jennifer lopez to the back up plan. next the ravens make a big move on the first round of the

good morning, everybody. here is your first look at sports. after a long night of waiting we still have to wait some more. in the nfl draft, the ravens traded their number 1 pick the 25th overall to the denver broncos. they used that quarterback to select tim tivo. the 6th pick in the 3rd round and a 4th round pick. there will be no first round pick for the first time sinc since 2004 but what they got in return made the move an easier one to pull the trigger on. >> as we start looking at the board and understanding where our football team is right now and having the opportunity to get the extra picks, because if you look at it now, each pick that we gave to arizona we have

improved on those picks in those rounds and now we have 7 picks in this draft and we've always felt that this was a draft that could be very beneficial to us if we could have multiple picks and now we have them. >> we knew back in september that this would be a strong draft and it's proven to be a strong draft and we wanted more picks. we see tomorrow as a tremendous opportunity for this organization as it gets betterment it's going to be a bit of uneasiyness as we see that coming off the board. there's a great for us to get on and we're excited about that. >> with 2, twos of rains will have a pick in the second round of the draft. last night it was a night watching the teams make their picks. it started shortly after 7:30. >> with the first pick in 2010 nfl draft the st. louis rams, select tim bradford,

quarterback, oklahoma. and there's the first overall pick. sam bradford, the heisman trophy winner. he missed all last year with a shoulder injury but impressed the scouts enough to be a number one. he will get a contract in the neighborhood of $50 million. bradford goes number 1 to the rams. and they took the tackle and the second pick. bradford's oklahoma team went number three to the foxes and the chiefs get safety eric barry out of tennessee at number 5. with the 6th pick seattle a new head coach selected tackle russell. and the browns took quarter lack joe and linebacker mcclain out of alabama goes 8th to the raiders. and the bills get running back cj steeler and. to you sown aloalo at number 10. with the draft underway earlier

on thursday, the ravens were taking care of some predraft business and one of the piece of the business of the draft agreed to a pay cut which some see cementing spot on the roster. price doesn't figure to be a starter this year and his hefty price tag would have been too much to pay for a back up. he would probably have been cut. join kristen