apparently has. we checked inside the play area, it appeared someone had cleaned it. there was faint signs of gang graffiti. management says it has sanitized the area. stay with us for "good morning america." have a great weekend, everybody. a jury finds a convicted killer for the death penalty. find out what makes this case so significant from a legal standpoint. get ready to see camden yards light up the night. why thousands will gather here tomorrow night. it happened while many of you were sleeping. if you missed it, one of the

best world series games ever. there will be a game 7. cards and rangers tonight in st. louis. the weekend is upon us. and we have made it. could be a bit colder out there. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. we definitely have some change here. it is a freaky friday. we have frost advisories, highs in the low 50s today and temperatures are going to continue to drop and then put the hammer down. the rain snow hick as we head to the first part of the weekend. here is a frost advisory, you can see it for the areas here in the blue. you are dealing with a freeze warning into pennsylvania this morning. as we look at maryland's most powerful radar, we are dry and will stay that way throughout the day. let's send this over to tonya, she has your traffic. >> reporter: good morning. we are going to start out with

good news this morning after a terrible accident at the dam that happened wednesday night. the dam has finally reopened. it was a fiery accident on the north side of the bridge in cecil county that left the dam closed wednesday night. a tractor trailer was carrying 7500 gallons of diesel fuel when the driver lost control. the accident has been cleared and as you can see, things are running normally at this hour. this is 695 near 75. there are a few cars on the road. take a look at 95 at the fort mchenry tunnel. that is the place where all lanes are open. a murder for hire plot that killed a baltimore county gasoline station owner.

sherry johnson has more. >> reporter: this is considered among the most restrictive death penalty statute in the nation. today both sides will argue whether 2-year-old walter bishop jr. should be sentenced to death. bishop was convicted wednesday of fatally shooting william porter last year at a gas station he owned. it is a crime bishop is accused of committing at the request of port 30er's wife. and bishop could become the state's sixth death row inmate. to be eligible for the death penalty there must be dna or video evidence linking the defendant to the murder or video of a voluntary confession. despite pleas from his attorneys that a video confession he gave police in march of last year, saying it was not voluntary. yesterday began the penalty phase of the trial, and the

panel will decide his sentence. >> for the latest on this case and what happens today, keep an eye on our website. for the latest updates, abc 2 news.com. the trial of brittany norwood, a detective handling that case took the stand yesterday. detective deanna mackey testified she interviewed norwood at the hospital and considered her a victim. she told police her coworker was attacked by a pair of masked men. baltimore city police have arrested an 18-year-old in the death of a caregiver. james johnson was arrested in the death of 70-year-old milton hill. he had suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scone. johnson was charged with first degree murder, assaulted, robbery and handgun charges. in baltimore county, police

are not sure who are behind random shootings. the first was at a gas station on lees avenue. two hours later a 27-year-old man walked into a store in a nearby road when he was robbed and shot. living in howard county, you need to be aware. police are looking for a missing sex offender. this man, james spivey, is the only sex offender police did not find during a recent check in. if you know where he is, call howard county police others quickly as possible. the headlines scream miss ago ruby about woman buried alive. the national enquirer says they have learned authorities received an anonymous but credible phone tip the woman was buried while still breathing in a dog's grave. the end choirer says a mysterious stranger, heavily tattooed with dark, curly hair,

is linked to that tip. people are hot, so hot they are going to be boiling water. residence are upset over a massive water tower that could be going up in the backyard saying it will lower their property values. officials say the area is growing and needs a big tower that will hold 200 million gallons of water. meanwhile the old american can build regular upset about the future of a baltimore red line. west baltimore in the inner harbor in canton is a waste of taxpayer money has a plan. he has set aside federal monies to fight the project. the proposed merger between the university of maryland and college park will be discussed later today. a public hearing is scheduled

for 1:00 p.m. before feedback determining a list of advantages. that hearing is going to be held at the college park campus. student union. it is a psa campaign. the dangers of texting while driving, they say you are driving blind. they are aiming this toward drivers 16 to 24 years old. it is on youtube. if you go to youtube and type in the search bar, stop the text. a series of psas will be running showing a variety of things people do. this is a woman texting while walking. she falls up the stairs. another shows people texting while driving. once again it is called stop the text. a psa, running rate now on youtube. news time is 43:00 -- 4:39.

plus a gift card scam making its way across the united states. where tens of thousands of dollars of cards are found. you are watching dollars good morning maryland, the first and only at 40:00. -- at 4:30. =f>

doctors now say is a stroke redskin that i anything dole desewer went from the south pole to new zealand. beginning at 10:00 this morning she will speak at the johns hopkins outpatient center with her physicians by her side.

gm, everyone. we still do have that frost advisory in effect until 9:00 this morning for carroll county and frederick county. just in, we have a winter storm watch in effect saturday morning through saturday afternoon for the areas shaded in all this blue extended through pennsylvania. basically what this means is travel could be impacted due to significant snowfall. we could see maybe five inches. 1500 feet above that. in the mountains, basically what we are talking about, here again we could be seeing a snow rain mixture as we go throughout the day on your saturday. again it is going to be more dicey as we go into time here. in the meantime you will need that coat, a heavy one at that. temperatures are in the 30s. let's send this over to tonya with your traffic. >> reporter: good morning, road work just cleared out of the way at 70 eastbound at maryland 97. all the road work should be

outside of the way in the next 20 minutes. 95 at 175 steady traffic in both directions. looking at the baltimore beltway at liberty road, lighted traffic right now, through the construction zone. and don't forget, you could follow us on twitter. it is at maryland traffic. to get all the latest traffic updates, we'll have it for you right there, every accident that we have coming in. charlie? >> reporter: the challenge to the gas ceiling. it is an elite list of top women atop the corporate ladder. most recently a new listing is virginia remeantty. she brings a total number of women as ceos at fortune 500 companies to 18. women only make up 3.2% of company's ceos. are you in debt? a new study shows something you can doing do to make yourself

smarter with your own money. stay single. how your relationship status can affect your wallet. and a fatal crash claiming the lives of seven people. what happened? alarming new video coming up next when good morning maryland continues on this friday morning.

news time 4:44. five things you need to know on this friday. 100 years of electric cars on display at the smithsonian. it includes a 1913 ford model t, touring car. a recent studies says couples have a much harder time making it than those who are single. people living with someone else were off by 30% in their estimation. dr. conrad murray will be back in court this morning as his defense tries to get him off

the involuntary murder charges he faces in the death of michael jackson. defense attorneys are trying to prove dr. murray was trying to help michael jackson kick his drug addiction. two brothers in the case of missing baby lisa irwin are going to be asked what they heard or saw the night their sister disappeared three weeks ago. david freeze lit up the bottom of the sinning as the st. louis cardinals force game seven. texas held a 7-4 lead in the seventh inning. then they took it to 9-7 in the tenth. camden yard will be lighting up saturday night. hundreds gathered there in a walk to fight cancer. linda so has more. >> reporter: camden yards will be glowing tomorrow night with thousands of these balloons. it is all for the annual light

the night walk. to raise money for a very good cause. to tell us all about that this morning is laura with the leukemia and lymphoma society. tell us what is going on here tomorrow. >> tomorrow is the light the night walk. the annual evening event to celebrate and commemorate lives touched by breast cancer. >> we are going full force regardless of what the weather may hold. >> reporter: folks behind us will be participating? >> some of our very loyal walkers are here in the bitter cold, before school, to cheer us on. >> reporter: tell us the money raise from this walk, what does it go toward? >> cancer research. what is great is so much of it is done right here at the state. we actually fund nine researchers here at johns hopkins. our money stays local. >> reporter: people looking for something to do tomorrow night,

can they absolutely. go to lightthenight.org. or just show up. and we have a fireworks show. >> reporter: you will be staying with us in the next half hour and talk about what people can expect. you have a family fun night tomorrow. >> exactly. >> reporter: we are live now, camden yards. linda so. how about zoo boo, the annual halloween event. zoo boo is a three day event beginning today and going through sunday. one of the safest places in town to take your little one. you can visit some of your favorite animals. news time 4:48. seven people were killed and three injured after a semi- truck slammed into the back of a

minivan on an indiana highway. the van was caring carrying ten people and may have hit a beer. seven were reported dead at the scene. prosecutors say 16 new york city police officers and five others will be charged in a corruption scandal. two people tell the associated press the case centered on accusations the officers abused their authority by helping friends and relatives avoid paying traffic fines. if you like to get or give gift cards you may want to think twice. police in florida are investigating a gift card scam. tens of thousands of dollars of walmart gift cards were found after a traffic stop outside gainsville. the people in the car say she got the cards from an atlanta man. that man was buying people's identities for thousands of dollars and then using that information to buy the gift

cards. they were then used to make the purchases and get the cards back. >> they were getting $20 cash back, $30 cash back, police in florida say this could make it all the way to maryland. the case could also end up being handled by the united states secret service. a driver of a van failed to stop at a mandatory checkpoint and officers began chasing the van and even used stop spikes to slow the suspect down. police fired back injuring the suspect. the chase closed a section for the highway for a number of hours. michael lohan was arrested earlier this week for allegedly beating his girlfriend. he was released and then spent the night at a hotel. later he began calling and harassing his ex-girlfriend again, whom he was ordered to

stay away from. police heard him on a speaker phone and police went to arrest him and that is when lohan leapt from a third floor balcony and fell more than 30 feet. we made it to friday. big change in the forecast here because we can see that cooler air already working its way in from western maryland. oakland 36 degrees into hagerstown. easton 39 degrees, ocean city at 45. we are dealing with the cold air moving in throughout the day. picking up a few clouds out there, but that cold front has pushed through the area. behind it we will start to see high pressure building in. we will get a little bit of sunshine going throughout the day. let's talk about what's going on with tropical storm rina as of now.

it is weakening. big changes here at the national hurricane center. moving north northeast at 4 miles per hour. it is just brushing up against cancun, as of now it is moving to the west of it. with this definitely weakening, not touching cuba at all. we saw this track changing, that is what we like to see. as we are looking at a storm moving into our area as we go through tomorrow, we have the rain yesterday, we are going to dry out for some time today. by the evening, that is when we'll have a chance for rain to work its way in here. but by tomorrow morning, we can see the rain works its way in. we can see more of that snow back off toward the west. by lunch time we can start to see the rain snow mix as we go throughout the day. by the time we hit sunday, things are going to be much improved. we'll see much more sunshine in the forecast.

for today the temperature coming in right around 52 degrees, variable clouds. we'll have the mix throughout the day. it will be breezy and cooler. by the time we hit tonight, the rain starts to move in here. the temperature coming in around 38 degrees. the rain will be likely and here's the forecast for tomorrow. the rain snow mix, breezy and colder with the temperature coming in right around 42 degrees. i'm going to talk who more about your 7-day forecast, all coming up. now over to tonya she has your traffic. >> reporter: good morning, if you are just waking up the good news is the dam is back open. route 1 on the hartford cecil county line. you can use the bridge again across the dam. this is a live look at 695. traffic building in both directions. the inner look at southwestern boulevard. they are trying to wrap that up.

95 at route 24. if you look closely, you can see the cones in the right lane. that is where the road work is. most of the road work should be wrapped up by about 5:00. that is always the goal every morning. charlie? they have been launching air strikes over libya since march. the un now says that war is over. when will nato officially leave libya? >> plus the heir to the british throne may be claiming strange relatives. who prince charles says he is related to. when good morning america has more.

while you were sleeping, news around the world the number of people killed in that turkey earthquake is continued increasing. the quake now has confirmed 570. 200 have been rescued so far,

including a 13-year-old who was pulled from the rubble overnight. in libya, the un security council voted to stop intervention. back in march nato enforced a no fly zone over the region. united states defense secretary leon panetta said he had big plans for new year's eve thanks to a bet he made. a restaurant owner said if panetta got bin laden he would open the oldest bottle of wine in the restaurant. panetta and his friends will toast with that bottle of wine at $10,000 to $15,000. officials say several others are missing in parts of central and northern italy after they were hit with torrential rain. schools are closed neurotuscany and trains are not running right now. prince charles says he is

related to dracula. his family's genealogy traces back to the man who inspired the bram stoker novel. the heir of the brittish throne made the connection during a show promoting romania's transylvania region. a jury finds the convicted killer in a murder for hire place eligible for the death penalty. it took about a year. but this morning a man is behind bars for murdering a church caretaker. and it is a gruesome claim. questioning this morning is it true? the latest on robyn gardner, coming up on this friday, october 28th. good morning, maryland. i'm charlie crowson. the weekend is in view.

>> reporter: good morning, everyone. we are looking at maryland's most powerful radar. we definitely do get a brief break before more rain and even snow gets in here. stephensville temperature this morning coming in right around 40 degrees. it is chilly you definitely need to bundle up. darlington looking at temperatures in the 30s this morning right around 38 degrees. that is going to be the scenario. a winter storm watch is in effect saturday morning and saturday afternoon for the areas shaded in the blue. we definitely could see some impact on the travel as you head out and about, especially in the higher elevations. i'm going to talk more about this. and we have the 7-day forecast, coming up. >> reporter: good morning and happy friday, everyone. we are going to start out with the good news. the bridge over the dam is back open. after that terrible ac