this morning. >> here now with our weather, justin berk. >> we look at headlines once again. we expect to have a warm day. it'll be a day that looks like it's getting worse. clouds thicken up throughout the day. high thin cloud deck when you get to see that sun this morning. fading behind the clouds this afternoon. daylight hours stay dry, but falling temperatures with that rainfall during the day on friday. so let's check it out this morning. we start off at 42 degrees, bel air elementary school. not a bad start to the day considering the average has us down in the 30s. 41 officially in baltimore. 35 spot up towards york, pennsylvania. near 40 this morning. up to 67 but thickening clouds this afternoon. rain again arriving this evening. let's see what's happening on the roads now. 5:30 on the clock. >> as we head out to the roadways, weather is good today.

traffic seems to be good so far. we'll take a look at the cameras. traffic building on the outer loop. also building on padonia road, 695, traffic is flowing freely on southbound 85. drive carefully. here's megan and jamie. >> baltimore city police are still investigating sunday's deadly shooting of comcast worker carlos williams. family and friends gathered here last night for a candlelight vigil on the corner where he was murdered. williams had a passion for helping us. he would take the shirt off his back to help someone else. a recovery program was founded by williams. >> he'd be wanting me to move on. he'd want me to keep on being the man i'm supposed to be. >> police say williams was inside his company van around

6:00 on sunday morning on boone street in east baltimore. three people approached, one shot him. no arrests have been made in this case. >> it's crimes like these in baltimore city that have governor o'malley saying he wants to prevent crime in neighborhoods across our state. today he's inviting community leaders for a crime control and prevention summit in sykesville. sherrie johnson has more. >> reporter: the crime prevention summit will provide information on good crime initiatives that would worked in the past. $200,000 is available under the crime control and prevention program. here's what the governor says about that program, these grants

to local communities will enable us to harness the power of citizenship strengthening our communities and keep maryland a safe place to live and work. at the maryland police and correctional training commission, public safety education and training center in sykesville. in the studio, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. 41 degrees right now at 5:33. don't forget about our wake-up window of traffic and weather throughout the morning. how about this story? a 12-year-old in texas took police on a wild ride through town earlier this week. >> while you're at it, tell mom to call your lawyer. the boy isn't crazy, but he's in big trouble. they found marijuana, drug par

pervez musharraf national a -- parafanalia inside. how about this surprise for thousands of drivers in california. a small plane having engine trouble landed right in the northbound lanes at the height of rush hour yesterday. >> we had people who did a good job of recognizing there was a problem and managed to slow down. >> the pilot wasn't hurt and the plane didn't get any injuries either. traffic was backed up for at least five miles as police worked to get the plane off the road. investigators in georgia are no longer seeking dna evidence from pittsburgh steelers quarterback ben roethlisberger. roethlisberger's attorney says investigators withdrew their request a week ago, but gave no reason why. a 20-year-old woman claims she was sexually assaulted by the

quarterback at a georgia nightclub earlier this month. he's not been charged. last year roethlisberger was accused of sexual assault in colorado, but he denies the allegation. you go to the grocery store and hear what? casey and the sunshine band? how about this? >> how about this? hear how some people at this whole foods got a treat with their salad, a little bit of music. we'll tell you all about it. when is the last time you heard $58, $98 for a round trip airfare? we'll talk about hot summer deals ahead. before you catch a plane, catch the weather. >> we'll try to catch some sun this morning. we start off with a partly cloudy sky. temperatures low 40s right now in baltimore. we expect to have increasing clouds, increasing temperatures and increased threat of more rain. we'll talk about all that coming up right now. here's mark jones. >> reporter: light rail is dealing with a ten-minute delay in the southbound direction.

light rail shuttle buses still in place. timonium and hunt valley. metro looking good for travel. marc train showing no delays on the buses. working with number 21 diversion, southbound. caroline and madison with a diversion. northbound at bosley and chesapeake. number 20 bus, running 10 minutes late. for the mta transit team, i'm mark jones.

if you've been watching the wake-up window at the bottom of the screen, you see the quick

changes we have underway. little storm system approaching the area. may be stronger than earlier seen. just a hint of active spring weather pattern that is taken off all of energy in the atmosphere we've had. we start off this morning with clear to partly cloudy sky. 45 easton. 41 baltimore. 45 towards hagerstown. overall, we expect to have that sun and that sun itself will be slipping through a high thin cloud deck. milky white shade to the sky. will gradually fade behind increasing clouds through the afternoon. 67 degrees for our two-degree guarantee. we'll slip through low 60s by this evening. rain arriving just after sunset. 7:30, 8:00 for first wind drops to move into the area. >> thank you very much. we're heading out to the roads. everybody's heading to work this morning. 695 at harford road, we'll check your drive times as well.

895 southbound, 95 split, six-minute ride. 695 to the outer loop, 70 to i-95 is uh, six minutes. traffic building on 83 between padonia road and 695. we'll look out for a collision at 295 north at annapolis as well. we'll keep an eye on that for you. let's go to linda at city hall with the latest, what's going on? >> it's not going to be pretty. baltimore city could be losing lots of cops, firefighters and rec centers for kids. why there could still be more cuts coming.

we're back with you at 5:44. we don't know what $121 million looks like, but we know what a firehouse closing looks like. >> and we know what it looks like to lay off police and firefighters. linda sow joins us live from city hall. linda, good morning. >> reporter: the mayor has made it very clear, these are going to be painful cuts, but cuts that are necessary to balance the books. the police and fire departments make up about half of the city's budget. the mayor's proposal includes laying off about 200 cops and 100 firefighters, more than half the city's rec centers would

also close. the city's bulk trash pick-up would be no more. >> it's a tough time for the city, but everybody has a responsibility to step up to the plate and volunteer more with the neighborhood association. >> reporter: now we should learn more about the proposed budget cuts at the next council meeting. what will stay and what will go. that meeting is set for april 12th. live at city hall, linda sow, abc2 news. the maryland senate has approved the $13 billion budget and budget reconciliation bill. the state senators cut $120 million from governor o'malley's proposal. >> one bill expected to easily pass the house, ban on talking on your cell phone while driving. you'll have to use a hands free device. drivers will pay a fine if talking behind the wheel of a

car. public works postponed a vote on an $800 million contract for our state. comptroller peter franchot says there's no money allocated for it. remember, the state is expecting a big return on the investment. the comptroller pointed out that only two of five potential slot locations are set to be operational this year. they'd need only about 2200 machines between them. well how would you like to hang a little harmony next to your humus? >> a cappella by arugula. i love it. shoppers inside the whole foods in harbor east were treated to a music performance by vocal young artists of washington opera. take a listen. >> let people know you don't have to be in a stuffy opera house. it doesn't have to be sort of

you know, a place where you're going where there are all old people. we're trying to get across that opera can be anywhere and it can be very accessible for people of all ages. >> even in the produce aisle. the singers will perform tonight with the baltimore city orchestra. the performance called hearts, cards and carnivals starts at 8:00 in city hall. that is a great idea. i love it. >> love it. you're going to love this. here we go. time to think about your summer plans, right? major airlines are offering big deals. jet blue is promoting $58 round trip within california. $78 on the east coast. and frontier airlines has fairs as low as $98 round trip between denver and the west coast. for under $200, airtran will fly across country between new york and san francisco. and most promotions require

travel on a tuesday or wednesday. most of these deals are only for travel until mid-june. take off on a wednesday, come back on a wednesday and only spend two days at the office. >> most of these deals will end at midnight tonight. 5:48. we have ourselves a deal this morning. we trade-off a chilly morning with some sun that will fade behind clouds, but still give us a warm afternoon. 41 right now in baltimore. 46 up towards new york. 48 down in richmond. mid-40s back into the mountains. fairly uniform conditions across the region. looks very cloudy in our satellite imagery. these are high thin clouds, the sun will seep its way through. comes up just after 7:00 this morning. we should have sun this morning, but thickening clouds will dim the sunshine out heading into the afternoon. this is the reason why those

clouds will thicken up. watch this spin and roll through arkansas. the lower mississippi valley. basically we'll be watching that particular storm tap into more moisture from the gulf of mexico. that actually charges the storm up, gives us a little more moisture than expected. we should get at least a half inch of rain out of this. because we have saturated soil, i know the stuff is going into the ground. farmers will have an interest on this one. the storm will be rotating through tonight. try to pull out of here by tomorrow afternoon. it'll leave cold air in its way. check out the clouds that'll be thickening up throughout the day. rainfall will hold off until after sunset, just after 7:00. there's the rain on our doorstep in western maryland and western pennsylvania. moves through overnight. it'll be heavy towards daybreak. 6:00 tomorrow, there's our plot, pretty hefty rains around central southern maryland. the good news here is that most of the rain would have fallen by the time many of you wake up or

get out the door. the back edge of this rain line may linger with showers. around lunch time or early afternoon. clouds will break with sun late in the day. temperatures will continue to fall as a brand new canadian air mass builds into the picture. the showers this evening will bring us back to about 51 overnight. that rain heavy by daybreak. >> thank you very much. we get a look at our traffic this morning. looks like there's build-ups in certain areas. we'll get to that in just a moment. we'll look alternate your drive times first, as you head out this morning. route 100 to 395, 10 minutes. 695, outer loop, 70 to 95. there are build-ups between liberty road and baltimore national pike. outer loop. there's an accident you might want to look out for in baltimore, west lafayette at pearl street, just west of

green. we'll be back with more of good morning maryland right after this.

seven minutes until 6:00, a look at top stories we're working on this morning. they tried to keep it tight-lipped, but it looks like

the word is out. according to our sister station, wjla reporting that bob ehrlich will announce his candidacy for governor. he'll have another event in his hometown of arbutus. a pediatrician accused of molesting more than 100 of his patients has pled not guilty to more than 470 criminal charges. dr. early bradley entered the plea in sussex county in delaware. he's being held on $2.9 million bail. those seen on videotapes were taken from bradley's home. nothing democratic about this process of violence. ten members of congress have reported some sort of threat because they supported the

health care bill. a baby elephant that zookeepers thought died during labor has been blessed by thai monks in australia. it was born with a weak heart. keepers thought the elephant wasn't going to make it, but it turns out he did. australia's prime minister invited several monks to come to the ceremony. about 10,000 people witnessed the ceremony as they renamed the calf from mr. shuffles to miracle. >> there you go. all right, well he wanted to play hoops, but then a game of basketball turned into a medical emergency. >> really nice guy in general. >> family and friends want to know what caused an annapolis high school student to collapse during a basketball game. she became octo-mom, now she's become a supporter of peta, but she's posting this

sign in her yard for more than just animal reasons. if you're a peacock, you might want more than just a little water. >> we'll get water in the form of rain, but not during the daylight hours today. we'll have sun fading behind increasing clouds. rain arriving this evening, probably 7:00 or 8:00. trying to clear out in the afternoon. windy and falling temperatures. 50 may represent our chilly it might feel tomorrow afternoon. saturday, sunday and only 52. another round of rain arriving by sunday evening. let's get a check on traffic. here's troy. >> traffic cam, 695 in harford road is moving fairly smoothly. west band street and pearl street. also your road times look like

this. 83 southbound. shawan road, 695. 7-minute drive. 83, 695 to north parkway, five minutes.

the scissors, the saw, the nail clippers, whatever it takes the mayor needs to cut the budget in city hall. could have been in your neighborhood last week, could have been in your house, he made sure you're taken care of, and now we need to make sure we take care of his family. it is out now, ehrlich is going to run. it's thursday morning, thanks for joining us. >> justin berk with your weather, good morning. >> we're knocking on the doorstep of 6:00. we have a storm system that will try to affect us. quick-moving