welcome back to fox 45 early edition. 5:30 is the time. i'm patrice harris. a beautiful day in store. meteorologist steve fertigg ere to tell us all about it, good

morning, welcome back. >> thank you very much. >> it will take a little time to become beautiful because we have some fog out there and cloudss >> right butty eventually, i'm looking at tte glass half fool compared to yesterday. >> improving weather on the ay here is what we start with. we do have clouds out there that are giving away to fog and temperatures that are mildd that 56 will definitely feel good as you step out this morning. however, the clouds will give way to clearing as patrice was indicating, high pressure will build in and we ill see sunshine for the afternoon after the cloudy start.ú the temperatures warming up a little bit as yyu see the flounce from the low off the carolina coast that is bringing clouds off the start of the day and it will be replaceddby the sun. 76 at 6:00 p.m. after getting to the high temperature of 80 degreessright aroond 4:00 this afternnon. we will see what is happening on the roadways right now see if it will be looking up as well. here is lauree cooke with the traffic edge. lauren. >> reporter: thank yyu, steve.

unfortunate we're starting with -he first accident right onn3 crane highway. you also want to watch out for patches of fog this mooning. so you will be dealing with reduced visibility. if you're traveling the west side of the beltway, here is a live look t liberty road if you can pop that up. this is going to be at harford road. it's going to be an easy rideú along the inner and outer loop lanes. that will be the same situation if you're traveling on he west ú%de of the beltway this morning. traveling along the outer loop lanes, from 795, to 95, you're looking at n 11-minute ride with speeds at 55 miles per hour. in problems to report if you're trrvellng from the fort mchenry tunnel, you're looking at an 8-minute trip with an average speed of 55 miles per hour and from the toll ttnnel plaza you're look being at 11-minute rrde with 55 miles peú hour. that's a look at the morning travels. patrice, back to you. we are following breaking news just into our newsroom.

police are searching for a robbery suspect near a southeast baltimore school. police say three robbery suspects bailed out of a car near patterson high schhol. two of the three suspects have been taken into custody but the 3rd is still on the loose in the wooded area behind the school. while police chasing the first two suspects they found weapons but there's in word if the 3rd suspect is armed or not. there's also no word on how or if this will affect the schooll3 schedule. but we do have a viiw on the scene and we will bring you all the latest information as it becomes available. %-prompts a big lawsuit.ng after a baltimore county stuuent says she was shoved down a it's a story you're seeinn first on fox. meean gilliland is live from franklin middle school where one mother says her daughher's pleas for help were jjst ignored. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. we're talking about a

$600 million lawsuit against the county board of education and fiscal administrator here. the victim's mother says herr3 daughter's pleas were ignored and she is upset about that. the 7th grader says she was bullied every day. it escalated when she was pushed down a flight of stairs at the school and as a result broke her foot. %-admiiistrators ignored her. >> they hould have been protecting her. >> misssben bow does not want any child in the school system to suffer like her child. >> reporter: at this point county school administrators -ill not comment on any lawsuiis. ben bow hopes that her daughter will be afer. stay tuned for continuing

coverage of this tory. we will talk with the president of the naacp whose organization is holding a town hall meeting on bullying tonight. -e will talk with him coming up3 in our 7:00 hour. anne arundel county police are searchinggfor two sex ouchedders witoffenders with war their arrests. officers are looking for 60 years old ggll enwwaer, and 50 years old willy brown. gill nwatee, the last known address was on glen burnie. if you have any information on their whereaaouts, call the sex offender registry squad at (410)226--366. tucker aad shana crawford are scheduled for 10:00 this morning. the family and friends will gather at the funeral home in

northeast maryland to say goodbye. the children who were all under the anal of 10 died on may 15th after an early morning fire along cedar hill circle. tteir mother 29 years old jewel johnson was taken to the bay view burn center in criticaa condition. people who are against spee3 %-bii brother is wwtching you or following you no matter where you go and in aaway that is the idea mind the newest cameras -- the idea behind the newest cameras unveiled earlier this week. joel d smith with the siiver box here today, gone tomorrow but snapping pictures along the way. >> reporter: there's 48 cameras in the city but now they have the four portable ones that they can move toodifferent locations around town depending on where they think the trouble spott are. you can see where the lens so these are portable guys that go around and they have 22 schooo zones in the city that they're

looking at. the portables will go to the school zones that are identified as the ttouble areas..3 there's been a number of accidents and excessive speed n othersing and it's al -- and its designed to slow down the drivers. and starting out at 6:00 a.m. and going through the end of the school day will get a citation. it goes in the mail, itts $40, it'ssa citation. ú%e portables are at hill inroad, near york road, and old3 harford near hamilton elementary school, that is where last month a car hit a 5 years old student as he crossed the street with his brother. >> most people we do not see a repeat offender, people who do get cited, you know they are not %-familiar.n because they become it does make people more cognizant of their speed as they are traveling through the school

zones. >> reporter: they will keep on movvng them and keep drivers it's a $40 penalty but it comes with no points. the prinnipal at ashley elementary school says four children have been hit by cars in the recent years and so they're really trying to get those numbers down and -bviouuly, patrice, you know, we see the cars going around here. we got up to 30, 35 so far this morning. but they don't actually start until 6:00 a.m. >> joel, it looks like ust a big box that is kind of -- it's set thhre. ii's not the kind of thing that somebody can come and pick up and tosa side? >> reporter: , i wondered that too. let me take you over here for a second. i trred to move this earlier and it's very heavy. they have a lock, too, and so you can't get in there and mess with the software. they have to come out here every day and load theething. they're big bulky, and you caa't move thee around that easily, however, they can move them around town and wheel them every

week. baltimore may end p aying a bottle tax after all. it was nixed last week but now the city council is considering a plan to add a 4-ceet feed on most bottle contaiiers, including soda, water and beer. the mayor says without it hundreds of employees will be laid off. last night the ciit council voted to hold off on making any final decisions for a couple of other wwys to make revenue. >> you know, these products are made ere in baltimore city as well. >> it's about saving jobs and saving services. we are the fabric of this community. we live and work here every day. and we pay those taxesshere every day. >> the other option, the council is are considering, include an outdoor advertise tax, charging fees for vacant buildings and taxiig your cable t.v. pink sllps are if the futur3 for hundredd of baltimore city

employees. 60600600 layoff noticed are exxd to be slivered to city union leadees. 600 positions will be eliminated unless the city council passes $50 million of fees and taxes by june. they are going to beenotified of possible layoffs, 50 days ahead of time, but even if the lose heir jobb as officials try to close a $20 million budget gap. an accountant says hh will challenge accountant ruth lops berger. jeff morris from pasadena made the announcement yesterday he was inspired to run, because of the ounting debt and he because he wants to make republic erst

berger ddfend himself. his district includes parts of baltimore, anne arundel and harford county. former governor robert ehrlich ccn keep his radio job for now. maryland atttrneyygeneral says it should not be considered an n illegal campaign contribution. election officiaas turned to -ough gensler for help and the ac aid that state efforts too3 regulate media raised constitutional concerns. ehrlich announced back in april governor o'malley to take his seat but he has not offiiially filed the paperwork to be a candidate. else. baltimore, harford and howard county police are joining forces to crackkown on people not wearing their seatbelts. it'sspart of a click it or ticket campaign between 1 and 3:00 today, police will be hanning out tickets along route 40 to people who aren't strapped in and that includes passengers

in the car. if you're caught without a seatbelt, it's a $25 final -- fine. cooing up in early edition being bogus brands ooght in baltimore. >> i'm not hurting anybody. they are helping me ouu. >> where the money you spend may actually be going. a lot of low clouds and low level moisture producing

3 welcome back. it's 5:44 on this tuesday morning. we're checking out the sky waach hd radar, another dry scan out there. don't be fooled, there's a little bit of low level cloud cover nd fog to deal with this morning. it's not very evenfulli evenful- eventful ii termm of fog. low pressure center off the coast moving away from our area ú%d we're ot concerned about that today when in fact we will be looking better as we move along here this afternoon. 66 degrees at the inner harbor with cloudy skies then. 90% relative hhmidity, aromeeer on the rise. 60 degrees in baltimore, the same for d.c. 52 in salisbury, and 59 up in

hageestown. very mild all over and oakland at 55 degrees very mild. -igh pressure is going to build in from the north. that will help. we're still gettinggthe flow. you can see moving in from the east. a little bit more moisture to staat the day and then eventuully we will see with thunderstorms staying to the south todayyout of ur wayy we won't have to worry about those today but we will be taaking about warmer temperatures and -hat will set the stage for the possibility of maybe some get into the middle of the week, wednesday, more so on thursday, really and friday, aad high pressure again, brings us nice temperatures today and also the sunshine it should replace to start the day. then there's the front that will move in. %-this warm moist aar that isf steaming from the south. you ccn expect theechance for thunderstorms. they could be strong to severe for thursday and friday. here is what we're looking for the high temperature in the easterr shore, getting to 66 egrees, with mostly clear skies, once you get rid of the morning clouds and fog, it's

the central part of the state, warmer than that, getting up to 80 degrees. it will get warmer but today 80 mostly clear for later in the afternoon after the cloudd and foggy start. then back to the west, also fog mostly clear laterrin the day, 80 degrees for the igh there. tonight we drop to 64 degrees which is mild but you will havv to deal with a little bit of fog returning for late night probably after midnight. as we move through the day, 80 degrees for the high, but if you're going to the dam game tot at camden yards, 7:05 it should be a nice evening by the time we get to that game.3 85 degrees for tomorrow with mostly clear skies, a warm one the front starts to push through and doesn't get here completely through friday. a chance of ttunderstorms both days, 78 for saturday and sunnay and 82 on sunday with partly cloudy skies for the memorial day. now lauren cooke is here for

candace dold who is off today. she has a look at traffic edge. lauren. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we continue to follow brraking news out of southeast baltimore robbery suspect near patterson high school. it's going to affect traffic at east lombard street at cane street. do watch out for that. we ill continue to update you throughout the morning. if you're trrveling in the county, watch out for a disabled car that has shutdown one northbound lane at dunfield road. fortunately no proolems to -eport on 95, 64 miles per our traveling southbound n the whitemarsh area.3 as we take a ive look, you will notice no problems to report whatsoever, the northbound lanes are moving along just fine as well as the southbound lanes. the same situation if you're traveling the beltway in parkville. speeds right now aring n as we can pull that up, they're clocking in at a high 66 miles per hour at harford road.ú it will continue to be in pretty ú%od shape. we're looking at 633miles per3 hour at greenspring avenue. as we check in and take a live we hear at interstate 70, you,

can hear ta traffic is moafg alonalongjust fine in the ann al area. this has just cleared. good nnws forrthose of you -raveling in the crofton area. time has run out for jack bauer on 24, but you caa still be a winner here on fox 45. ♪ ♪ >> last nighttwas the last time jack and the ctu crew duked it out against the bad guys. if you watched the series finale, you're in luck. watch for a trivia question sometime this morning and be the first person to call in with the correct answer and you will win a great 22 prize pack includingú in authentic souvenirs from t 3

$20 or a channel wallet for $20. those items are showing up in baltimore. megan gilliland shows us the bogus brands.. spring day, the streets are crowded and suddenly there's a few more storrs downtown.

>> clghtingclothing, wallets. jewelry. >> it looks ike it's a nice name brand. >> reporter: but the prices3 look even nicer at some of these stands. >> people pay $20. i bought one coach back, but you are not paying coach prices. >> nobody knnws. >> reporter: on just about every corner, small vendors unpacking big bargains.ú >> have been here about $15. >> reporter: selling stock, movies and sunglasses. >> where do i get it. >> business places. i have a license, everything is legitimate. >> reporter: down the street. >> i can't comment. >> reporter: so i went undercover to see for ourselves. we found coach, gucci and channel for $20. >> we know it's not real. >> reporter: the person returning this stand refused to go on cameer but assured us everything heee is real. >> i ddn't think ttey look quite real. >> reporter: another vendor

with the same deal became visibly nervous when we saw our camera and didd't want to talk. >> reporter: the retail being faked out.3shoppers are >> i think it's getting worse. >> reporter: counterfeit goods stealing your community's business. >> it does hurt ledge estimate businnsses. >> reporter: and fuels crime. >> from the federal point of %-well as organized crime and terrorism activities. >> reporter: a few weeks go there was a boot leg bust. >> this was organized crime on a grand scale. >> reporter: federal prosecutors say $30 million through the port. nine people were arrested. >> the defendants allegedly imported shipments of counterfeit products to the united states without paying taxes. >> reporter: that was the federal investigation, catching the look-alikes locally is harder to spon. -p>> it's hard for us to keep tb on these when we are so engaged in the violent crimes. we need peeple filing complaints.

>> i'm not hurting anyyody. >> this is something similar to that for less than that. >> reporrer: although there's a thrill for barggin shopping. megan gilliland, fox 45 morning news. there's no crime in buying counterffit goodss but if you're caught selling them, you could be finnd or even face jail ttme. coming up later on fox 45 a morning news, traveling to jamaica to this memorial day weekend could be a problee.. why americann are be advised to ú% careful. but next the orioles lose yet annther closer due to injury. we ♪

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faded glory. one of thousands of rollbacks at walmart. save money. live better. walmart. >>good morning, everybody. here s your first look at sports. the day off for the. >> reporter: yolz yesterday an!!oriolesyesterday and they cy use it. they now lost 7 out of the last 9 and with the day off, speculations run rampann will roster moves nd a mangerrial change, but as -- managerial change, but as of this hour nothing to report. thii guy says he will be okay. reliefer alfredo simon injure his hamstring. somebody out onll a ccuple of days. the birds hope he stays off the

ú%. nurahara was examined on monday by the team doctor robert wilkins and will be again today. as of right now no mri is scheduled. it's a forearm cooditiin, one that routinely sends people to the dl. if he does go there, it wiil mark the four stay on the disabled list after he signed a $30 million contract. he has mmde just 18 appearances since joining the o's. he feels terrible about it. don't we all? anothhr mini baak or ota onn3 monday and at least one member of the ravens opt is doingg3 campaigning. pull back ron mcclain wants more touchers. the ravens leading rusher two seasons ago. mcclain moved back into a more traditional back role to help ray rice. now he has a twitterrcampaign that suggests he wants more carry. it's not a joke, that he wants

to play running back. he also wwnts a new contract. that is why he hasn't signed his first round ressricter tender. fabian is back to be back on track. injury and was joined with james andrews in birmingham. washington is recovering nicely from the torn acl. last week we saw ladare webb who is coming -- lardarius webb who is coming off of the list. lacrosse bands are hosting the ncaa4 this weekend. the problem is there's no maryland teams involved. virginia, and ccrnell will go after a national championship at ath stadium. they have the best chance but ú%ey were upset by notre dame over the weekend and that apparently cost cotle his job. there's reports that cotle may be in line for nother gig and

the state has an opening in its program. he has no immediate plans. if the phone rinse, he likely answer. he was 49,