in the meantime enjoy a pleasant evening but we are down to just hours before winter returns with some teeth. we will talk act how that affects the weekend. >> all right. is it that there are more cases or are we more aware? nonetheless we are about to know who the dogs and cats should stay away from. the idea . >> reporter: lawmakers will soon get a look at a measure to create a public registry of animal abusers. it'll be a first of it's kind that is designed to people people more information about their neighbors and some of the things they do. it's just a dog, should a person's freedom be taken because they say -- threw this dog out of a two story window? that's what happened to this dog just this week. police say this man gary wallace junior did it and some

say everybody should know. right now wallace could live next door to you and you wouldn't know it. >> we are a back water state when it comes to protecting animals. arere maryland votes for animals said maryland is 36th when it comes to laws protecting animals. she said a number of cases appears to be rising. she said they have been lobbying lawmakers to try to get them to toen laws and to create aeration try. >> we feel we have gotten momentum because of last year and because of the year before being in the election year where we endorsed candidates. we feel we have some animal friendly legislators who are on board to help us pass laws in 201 '2to protect animals. >> reporter: the proposal would require a person require to register for ten years. they would be fingerprinted and

their photograph would go on a state database. the bill sponsor says people need to know who in their neighborhood to help prevent future abuse. >> hoping to prevent them from adopting animals, to warn neighbors that there is someone are you aware of that can watch out for your pets and hopefully just being there, a wash warning to them. >> reporter: young said they are in the final stages of drafting the bill and he hope itself introduce it in a week. maryland votes for animal social animals also wants pet stores to list where they come from. they are looking for an extension of the spay task force to. abc 2news. >> you have watched brian

report on this family from the accident. the funeral to the recover i of their brave son to ed's fight on capitol hill. the truck driver who fell asleep at the wheel crashed into and killed the professor was sentenced today in ohio. tonight we are going to report that the truck driver who fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into susan is going to go to prison for five years. he forever changed the lives of this family and ed didn't think he would get this much jail time but hopes it sends a message to the entire trucking industry. >> i do want him to know that in a spiritual sense i forgive him. it's not my place to judge him. it is however our place to judge his behavior on the earth. judge gave him a pretty stiff sentence today and i hope the trucks around the country understand i don't mean anybody

ill will. i just want us to be safe. >> as far as this sentence giving the family any kind of closure forget about it. the pain continues. susan's mother said it just changes and we promise to keep telling their story. for more on what happened and all the stories we have done over the past year you can find them under the traffic section on abc 2news.com on the drowsy driving page movement a second arrest has been made in connection with the attack on police during an arrest on new year's. city police say officers were trying to arrest a man who another man charged at them, hit one of pinned him down, the officers were able to hold him but then the man who was first being arrested got away. a warrant for his arrest was issued and now police say he is in their custody. the 40-year-old is charged with several counts including escape, and assault. and the mta said the man

who was run over by a train yesterday ended up there after falling asleep. spokesman terry owens said he doused off in his wheelchair and accidentally fell next to the tracks just before the train rolled up. he was taken to the hospital and is listed in stable condition. homicide detectives are at the scene of an afternoon shooting in west baltimore that left a man dead. it happened in the 500 block of edgewood but they aren't saying anymore than that. we will follow the case and let you know what happens tonight. and a man who was shot multiple times was found on the floor of a chicken carry out here in northwest baltimore. police say officers were called out to the carry out the 4700 block of liberty road just before 11. detectives are still trying to find if he was a customer or an employee. he was taken to the hospital, went straight into surgery. and police are looking for three men they say forced their way into a home last night at gun point. they say once inside they tied

up the people inside the home, ransacked the place,a assault one of the people before stealing their car. they found the victim's car in a nearby community but they are still out there look for all three men. you know you are getting close to the big game when they pull out the paint and on the field. the head grounds keeper was out there and they spent the afternoon painting the field. they never need a spell check. they always spell ravens correctly. looking good over the weekend. senate texans already know they are playing here -- it'll be a challenge after losing in october and they are trying to prepare for a loud crowd. >> i'm trying but it's hard. we have had the noise on all day long today as we have have practiced, especially offensively and trying to create as tough an environment as we can. there is no way you can match what's fixing to happen the

best way to handle the environment is to play good. >> the crowd gets behind them and we play them on the regular season and it's going to be -- really got to stay poised. talk as much as possible. be on the same page up front. >> couldn't hear them, wyatt was drowning them out. the y of central maryland, want to show you this. the preschool is ready for the big game. look at that. they were show off their purple pride of pride today. the ravens gear, they are -- going to be in the stands but will be watching. where is abby in the back. there she is. thank you for sending that in. we want you to show off your pride. just up load the pictures to the facebook fan page. just head to the website, and

share your pictures. the team is relentless with the ravens coverage that. includes the special on sunday morning. join me and hall of famer scotty, as we broadcast live from the press box tailgate near the stadium right at mother's --'s will be there too as we get you ready to watch the first game in five years, on the way to indy starts sunday morning at nine. we want to know what you are doing for the game. how your game day is planning out. just tweet us using the hash tag way to indy, just pound sign way to indy. that's pound sign way to indy. all right. we will post them on the website and during the special on sunday morning. let's get to the education front. for the first time hartford has no over crowded schools. leaders announced today they plan to take away more than 100 portable classrooms after

building and renovating schools in the tune of about $300 million. hartford executive david craig claims as much construction has the governor is seeking statewide this year it didn't require any new taxes to get it done. >> i don't really necessarily depend on the state to get things done for us. if we ask -- we put our hand out just like everybody else but if they don't help us we will still fix that problem. >> redistricting helped eliminate 4500 empty seats balancing enrollment county wide. we have continuing great news for us. our public schools have once again been ranked first in the nation by education week. it's the 4th year of role mail. it's based on several factors but some of the top marks for early education programs and preparing students for college and jobs.

the teachers are spending another flight out there in the cold tonight because they still have not met the goal, trying to collect ten thousand pounds of food for people in need. they only are 2,000 pounds so far. what? they have about an 8,000 more to go. if you have anything to spare donations can be dropped off in the office or the staff members who are camping out under that purple moon. baltimore's plans for the martin luther king junior parade but after that the focus turned to the grande prix and the criticism from city council president jack young. he said he would like to seat city forget about the race rather than look for a new company to take over and when canned about comments today the mayor made her plans clear. >> which have a lot of interest, when you have an event that generates $47 million in economic activity for the city and you have -- an event that involves people from across the country, this is an opportunity to showcase

baltimore in a positive way there. a lot of people interested yes. still in talks and when he have more to say we will. >> it was announced the city's mlk day parade will start at noon. lenny moore will be the grand marshall. it was great to get outside. maybe you little links, took a walk. a story up next that kind of brings the family together. one goal and that's to stay fit and healthy this year. they don't have to worry about what to make for dinner or pay the bill but kids are under stress and tonight we will learn what it means when they grow up. . >> all right. 57 degrees, out at the airport. downtown 60. the two degree guarantee was 58. mike -- you get our abc2 storm

umbrella. get us year name and we get you in the running. we will talk about how temperatures will drop in the weekend and if the morning drive will be slick.

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. in tonight's healtha alert you want to get fit? get your family involved. you are more likely to stick with. tips on how . >> reporter: we spend a lot of time with the family, at dinner table, running errands, you can take advantage of it to get fit as a family. >> watching tv with them, the whole family can get up and

march in place on commercials. >> reporter: bob with the ymca says you can incorporate video games to burn calories. a lot of them are coming doubt that are physical activity based, wii is a perfect example but there are more on the market. >> reporter: for all the soccer moms you don't have to sit and wait for hours during practice and the game. >> while watching the children's game, walk around those -- the field rather than just standing in place. the child is playing, you can get your activity, your exercise as well. >> reporter: take advantage of errands like grossy shops and when you can go outside. >> play with them, play tag with them. engage them in the grocery shopping experience. they can help carry the bags. that can add up. >> reporter: a father of two he says special outings can also do a lot to boost fitness. >> we would go to the daddy

daughter dances, great physical activity, great opportunity to bring the family close together as well. >> tips to get the whole family fit in the new year. abc 2news. >> seasame street has been a long time favorite for decades but one group has a very serious problem with something they feel is being left out, breast feeding. a group calling themselves nursing republic says when a baby is fed on the show it's with a bottle. they started a petition to get breast feeding back. more than 5600 have already signed up. and new research out from the yale stress center suggests that the stress we experience as children can stay with us and make us more sensitive to it in the future. the director of the study says the brain responds to childhood hardships by being hard wired to react more strongly to stressl situations in adulthood. essentially they believe did whose go through stress early in life will always have a higher level of stress than

others. >> now maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> all right. let's take a look at the weather out there now. again still enjoying good january weather. the daytime high will be 41, we are at 51 after hitting 60 downtown. it was beautiful. blue skies were the story. very little in the way of cloud until late in the afternoon. we can show you watch as which clear it out. sunny situation and then that leading edge of the change in the weather blows in and you see the clouds rolling in and that is an indication of change to come. as we look at radar, conditions dry through the center of the state. the eastern shore. west of hagerstown. as you go toward the frost bug area. that likely to go to showers overnight. temperatures now so mild and pleasant for january, still mid to low 50s and winds -- what little wind we have is from out

of the south. a immediateller breeze and topping out not at record highs but unusually warm by about 15 to 20 degrees across the area today. here is the leading edge of that change maker and bottom line is this. we will look for rain to move in after midnight and frigid air toward four or five in the morning and that could change the rain wintert lo ty like a lot. that falling temperatures near freezing shall you have to watch out. after that it's just a cold weekend on tap with a mix of sun and clouds, let's skip ahead to sunday. a lot of us thinking about that. ravens, texans, cloudy, we will keep the chance for flurries in and also a northwest breeze at five to ten. temperatures struggling to get much above freezing toward kick off at one. degrees warm for the game. it'll be cold comfort for the texans. 34 degrees overnight and winter showers, it'll be quickly out of here though and then just windy and colder, briefly hit

40 toward noon and temperatures dropping like a rock tomorrow night in to the to 20s, the seven day look ahead. it'll be a colder kind of weekend around here. you know overnight lows really frigid. still above freezing on sunday but little secondary shot of colder air toward sunday and that will mean a chilly game day. >> you have to take your gloves off and clap because you can't hear the muchl the clap when you use the gloves. >> yell that much louder. >> thank you. today in annapolis a house committee let to discuss security concerns at the hospital in jessup after two deadly stabbings safety has come into question. today officials explained there are two sides of security at the hospital, the technical side and the staff side. they have made steps to improve safety. >> department contracted with

two highley qualified outside consultants to do a analysis of the safety, security of the patients and staff at perkins. >> one of the creditors was used before which made it more efficient for change to be made because they were familiar with the hospital. here say look at what we will work on tonight at 11. qr codes are popping up everywhere this can be useful but also loaded with harml information. abc2 is working for you. how to make wise choices to protect your personal information. and abuse allegations at a elementary school. the purpose behind the so- called scream room. some say it's enough to make them consider changing schools that. plus the forecast all changing tonight at 11.

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. set up the night here it comes. >> enjoy this evening. beautiful, mild, look at what's coming our way. big storm system. this will not bring a lot of winter weather but we think we will get a couple hours worth. enough to make it slick and maybe icy spots, just be careful that toward say five to eight. laugh after that we will get to

40 and a colder day leading to a much colder weekend. how is that? big change. >> all right. we are here with you all night long. we will have the latest tonight for you at 8:00. world news up next. see you back at 11.