that's what's making news in dramatic testimony in the murder trial of cockeysville native yardley love. what a friend said about the day they found her body. >> preventing miscarriages from happening. >> after the same-sex marriage in washington state, what governor o'malley is saying about it this morning. >> it's a hot color and hot ride. the baltimore auto show is in town. i'm linda so. the newest ride you can find for all the men and women in your life coming up. new video out of frederick, wet snow was falling. this was last night. >> most of the snow didn't do enough to cause problems on the

roads overnight or early this morning. we've been watching the bridges and overpasses that were frozen so we'll keep you posted on the traffic situation on this thursday morning. thank you for joining us, i'm megan pringle. >> i'm charley crowson. happy national bagel day. there you go. that's the distinction of this thursday morning. hope your day is off to a great start. our producer wanted to know why we were bringing in bagels. let's check the forecast. good morning. meteorologist lynette charles. great job on the forecast yesterday. >> thank you. we didn't have anything stick out there. maybe an inch to inch and-a-half. that was in frederick but that's about it. for today, we're watching black ice because we're seeing refreeze and also fog. partly cloudy throughout the day, temperatures will rebound and we could see a few flurries as we go into the weekend as well. right now we're looking at maryland's most powerful doppler radar and nothing to see and that will be had as we go throughout the day. let's check traffic with

angela. good morning, how are the roads? fog? >> that's right. good morning. dealing with a little fog and possible black ice. of course depending on where you are and how much ice you had yesterday you may have icy patches this morning. may not be a bad idea to get a good start, early start this morning. a live look at u.s. 29 and maryland 108, be prepared, you may see salting operations going on, on some of the roadways. looking pretty good here. what you can expect on the beltway baltimore, 695 at maryland 146. we'll update all morning long on twitter on maryland traffic. it's day four of the trial of george hughley, accused of murdering cockeysville native yardley love. the trial is about to take place in a few hours. sherrie johnson has more. >> it's a case that gained

national attention. eight of the prosecution's 35 witnesses have been called so far. in opening statements yesterday prosecutors showed that days before yardley's death, he wrote her an e-mail saying "i should have killed you." he found out about her relationship with another man. the defense says even though they were both unfaithful in the two-year relationship, the defense said the relationship came to an end intending to beat her up, not intending to kill her and the alcohol in her system left her sensitive to his blows. yardley's mother said weeks before her daughter's death she came home visibly shaken because of a altercation she had had with hughley. several people took the stand yesterday. it was a very emotional day, with lots of tears. a small indication of how today and the remainder of the trial will be. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. news time 4:33.

supporters of same-sex marriage in maryland are closely watching washington state after that state passed the measure last night making same-sex marriage legal. >> the bill is declared passed! [ cheering and applause ] >> that bill passed last week in the washington state senate setting the stage for the state to become the seventh in the u.s. to allow same-sex couples to marry. governor martin o'malley made a statement last night. " passage of the bill in washington marks yet another step forward for equal protection under the law nor all americans. it's time now for maryland to do the same." 4:34. new reaction from quality maryland who released an -- equality maryland who released an ad supporting same-sex marriage in our state. >> the same legal recognitions and protections my wife and i have enjoyed the past 46 years. >> some maryland religious

leaders are advocating for a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. they are arguing that the gay and lesbian members deserve the right to marry, and under o'malley's proposed law they would not have to officiate same-sex unions. in annapolis lawmakers will introduce a bill to make a law to report missing children quicker. it's called kaley's law, in member of caylee anthony killed in 2008 in florida. she was not reported missing for a month. if the bill passes a missing child 13 years or younger has to be reported in 24 hours and 48 hours nor children who are older. they -- you may be getting ready to pack up the kids and send them to school. when you do you want to put them in the safest vehicle possible. linda so is in the convention center with more on the baltimore auto show.

are you going to show us the safe cars instead of a lamborghini? >> reporter: it's too pretty to look at. the latest, the newest, the best. to tell us more, peter miller, thank you so much for joining us. >> appreciate it. >> show starts today. >> starts today at noon to 10:00. then 10 to 10 friday and 10 to 10 saturday and we're open sunday. >> reporter: it's not just for the men. >> absolutely. we have 350 vehicles. lots of stuff for kids. a great place to come down. kids can get in the cars, we encourage them to get in the cars, they love it. any car in the show that gets 40 miles per gallon, we specifically mark it if that's what you're looking for. we have everything from sports cars to mini vans. >> reporter: not only cars but special guests and all kinds of things planned? >> a player from the orioles. lots of things going on all weekend. >> reporter: wonderful. until sunday?

>> sunday at 7:00. >> reporter: the price? >> $10 for adults. go to autoshowbaltimore.com. you can get a $1 discount. and saturday is kids day, get in free with an adult over age 21. >> reporter: sounds good. pete will be joining us again in the next half-hour. there are beautiful cars. what there is for the ladies. there's a lot of new technology, especially for the moms. later in the show. back to you. when you take your kids shopping especially when they are little you're always keeping an eye on them. >> one 7-year-old was not going down with a kidnapper without a fight. >> a new test may prevent a certain tragedy from occurring. >> as we head to break a live picture of atlanta.

our picture of the day from china. shows four squirrel morningies trying to keep warm. >> they were nestling near a radiator to try to keep warm. you can see he's giving us the high five. >> exactly. >> at least we saw some snow here. >> we had some. similar to saturday, you called this almost to the hour from when it was going to start, howard county around 12:30. >> sometimes you get it right. yesterday was one of those days. that's the big news. i'm glad i was able to keep safe people. it seemed people really listened to getting off the roadways early as well. that is nice. visibility, we're dealing with a little patchy fog. you can easton, 7-mile visibility, more of the same into salisbury, 8-mile visibility into york, pennsylvania. take it easy out there once again. we're watching a little black

ice. temperatures this morning, yes, you can see we're below freezing into towson and also into bel air. arnold around 32 degrees. and right now we're still dealing with 32 chestertown and centreville 33. we'll talk about some of the storm totals coming up. right now let's check traffic with angela. good morning. out there we are dealing with black ice and of course you could have patches of ice anywhere especially on your secondary roads and streets getting to the main thoroughfares. we're getting reports of salting operations so extra caution, and the fog, dealing with foggy conditions. looking at the bay bridge in a moment. first, let's look at i-95, making the way into baltimore. this is just north of the beltway on the southwest side, northbound and southbound lanes open for you. a live look at u.s. 50, east of st. margaret's, again, areas of patchy fog. we're monitoring the bridges and overpasses especially as you pass the bay bridge. in massachusetts, a new test could help prevent

miscarriages. a new genetic test, array cgh, allowed women to become pregnant after years of trying. doctors say the new test allows fertility specialists to determine which embryos of becoming healthy babies. right now it's only available to in vitro fertilization patients. a dog rescued from a pond. and how he's doing this morning. >> the anchor who may not be back to work this week. >> women in combat. changes that could put women in the front lines.

newstime 4:44. 35 degrees. five things you need to know today. it may become easier to sign up for jury duty in baltimore. perspective jurors will be able

to return completed questionnaires on line instead of mailing them back to the courthouse. >> customers can expect to pay $100 to $200 less to heat their homes this winter. bge says falling prices are helping lower bills. for the next 15 minutes you may hear a series of training flights. in -- norad said they started them around 3:00 this morning in washington, it will end at 5:00. in washington, interest -- there will be a press conference today about demanding that religious places require contraception. and more about haley bar owr's prison pardon. can more convicts be set free a and a woman able to get away from a paroleie who

tried to abduct her at a walmart store. this was in georgia. look at this video as she escaped from the man in the toy aisle, her mom in a different aisle. the surveillance video shows individual them. >> i thought she was just scared. when she said somebody tried to get her i couldn't believe it. >> police arrested the suspect who faces a charge of attempted kidnap and is out on parole after being convicted of voluntary manslaughter in suburban atlanta county. a story we brought you yesterday on "good morning america." about a dog rescued from a icy pond in denver. this is what it looked like tuesday. the dog named max was chasing a coyote and both fell in the icy water. this morning we have video of max attacking an anchor yesterday. this is kusa in denver. whoa, easy now.

the 85-pound argentine mastiff appeared on air with a firefighter who rescued him and is being trained for emergency medical workers. they were on hand. a man in big trouble after leading police on a chase this. is video from a cell phone of the high speed chase on i-40 in georgia. it was taken by a 14-year-old. officers used spike strips to stop the car. the driver had been on the run for felony probation violations. the teen who shot the video says that car was flying. >> this guy comes flying by at about 120 miles an hour. i just pulled out my phone and started to videotape. >> the suspect ended up jumping over a guardrail but officers followed him and eventually arrested him. today pentagon officials may propose changes to the roles women serve in the military. current policies restrict women from serving in certain units directly involved in combat. no details offered about what

the proposal will be. advocates increasingly called for ground combat jobs to be open for women. voters may be the ones to decide if the university of new york dakota's logos should stay or go. the ncaa has a policy against mascots deemed hostile or abusive to a native american. voters will have the final say. you may be able to keep your shoes on and belts on when going through airport security. a passenger says this could be easier for certain passengers. it will be expanded to 28 more u.s. airports. a proposed settlements between states and the largest mortgage lenders close to final approval. new york and california agreed to sign on. lenders would have to hand over as much as $25 billion to lower mortgage principles and to make payments. the settlement would grant immunity from civil lawsuits brought by states in foreclosure robo signing cases.

a controversial new law is set to take effect in texas. women must now get sonograms and hear about their baby's development before getting an abortion. women seeking an abortion will have now to receive a sonogram 24 hours before the procedure is ever done. they can decide not to look at it or listen, to hear everything, hear the heart beat, for example, but must hear about fetus development. planned parenthood provided 55 women with sonograms, the organization disagrees with this law. >> they call this what they want and yet we're forced to make them go through these hoops, jump over these hurdles and essentially second guess their ability to make a very personal medical decision. >> if doctors don't comply they could face up to $10,000 fine or possibly lose their medical license. former texas high school teacher and basketball coach faces felony charges for giving a student the morning after pill.

that pill prevents pregnancy, if you have unprotected sex in 72 hours. tracey noticed a 16-year-old crying in class, the teen thought she was pregnant. so police say steinberg brought her the plan b bill. investigators say the girl became sick after the teacher bought two pills at planned parenthood. the teen got scared and called her mother who then called police. >> we had to make sure we looked at every angle and possibility in the case to make sure that we understood what the pill was and how it worked. >> by law anyone under 17 needs a prescription to get that pill. time now for a little sports. college basketball, duke/north carolina, tar heels and blue devils. that got lynette's attention. an exciting buzzer beater last night. >> a boo from

angela. blue devils in a come from behind fashion 85-84 over north carolina. this happened on carolina's home court in cherry -- chapel hill. love has a heartbeat in times square. >> there's a giant red heart in the middle of new york. the landmark starts to beat if you touch it. the 10-foot high sculpture glows and beats. it's an inspiration for valentine's day. >> love is in the air. later, the story of how more people are going the dinner route for valentine's day and exactly how much they are willing to spend to get out the chocolates and the -- get out of the chocolates and gifts, just going to dinner. lynette, what else is in the air? love is in the air. any snow? >> possibly. i have the valentine's day forecast as well but today, yes, we're chilly. still above average

temperatures now. 35 degrees in baltimore. easton coming in at 36 degrees. but we do have the winds. those winds always playing a part, huh? they are in the northwest this morning at 12 miles per hour. 16 in dc and we're looking at 6 in hagerstown, 3 in york. we have a wind chill. bundle up. it feels like 28 degrees in baltimore and easton. those 30s you saw feeling like the 20s this morning. satellite and radar, not picking up on a lot. we're going to clear out today as high pressure builds in from the west. that system is already moving its way out into the atlantic ocean as of now the snow is long gone. we will warm up nicely for today but high pressure definitely going to be in control of our weather as future trend picking up on that. then we'll start to see a new system working its way in, as we go late into friday, overnight into saturday morning. so that could be bringing us a wintry mix across the area. then temperatures for today not so bad. around 46 degrees.

icy spots possible this morning. we could get a few clouds as we go through the day. but all in all it's going to be a nice day outside, but windy, make sure you have the coat. let's check the traffic with angela. good morning. how are you doing? >> good morning. doing pretty good. in the traffic center we're off to a good start, despite the conditions out there. plan for some reduced travel time today. reduced speeds will be the name of the game because we're dealing with foggy conditions. hence low visibility. also patchy ice out there. 695 and the bw parkway, not bad here at the bw parkway interchange, on this strip of the beltway but it is foggy as you can see on the tydings bridge on i-95. also on 95, we've got two southbound lanes blocked at 222. that should be out of the way in about 10 minutes or so. again, plan for reduced travel time with the low visibility we have out there this morning. 4:53. abc2 news is making a difference. our education reporter sherrie

johnson spoke to students at the achievement academy at harbor city yesterday to talk about career planning. throughout the month they will be getting to do job shadowing and planning for their career path. new developments in the last 90 minutes on deadly violence still in syria. >> the number of people killed and what the european union wants to do to stop this violence. >> plus the vatican and child sex abuse cases. the warning now issued by a bishop. >> just ahead, medics help us when we get hurt. why this medic needed help.

we've learned in the last few hours that violence left 12 people dead now in syria. >> it's the latest wave of attacks in that country. meantime, the european union says that they will impose harsher sanctions on syria because of its brutal crackdown on the uprising against the

syrian president. activists say government forces attacked protesters yesterday killing 50 people. 50 anti-nuclear activists gathered in front of the ministry in tokyo wednesday. protesters demanding the shutdown of the nuclear power plant and stop of nuclear stress tests. greenpeace helped organize that movement. the vatican sex crimes prosecutor is warning bishops they must follow the church's laws and standards on dealing with priests who sexually abuse children or face church sanctions for negligence. this was yesterday. priests and bishops are attending the four had day  workshop. some in communist china are fearful that friends, even family members will turn them into police by speaking out against the government. privacy is anything but private in that country. human activists say anyone can be a so-called cybercannibal.

to target perceived wrongdoers. today marks day four in the hughley murder trial. why yesterday was so difficult and what is ahead for today. details coming up. >> from the pentagon today, new rules for women serving in the military. the story straight ahead. >> and we are live at the baltimore auto show. i'm linda so. there's a little something for everyone here, especially ladies. the perfect cars for your families, coming up. >> it's thursday morning. thank you so much for joining us on this february 9th, i'm megan pringle. >> i'm charley crowson. she's having too much fun out there. >> i think she's going to drive off in a new car. >> probably in a honda. a little winter weather. this happened yesterday. >> take a look at this. this is hagerstown yesterday. some wet flakes hit the ground late in the afternoon. making it for a slick ride for drivers home.

however, no significant accumulation and we live outsid how things are going. things are looking pretty clear but it is chilly. so let's head over to meteorologist lynn -- lynette charles with a look at what we can expect today. it looked pretty for a while and then it got messy. >> exactly. nothing stuck on the roadways. in carroll county, that's where you got more snow totals. manchester had 2.1 inches of snow. we did get a little bit of snow but nothing really sticking across the ground area. we're looking at maryland's most powerful doppler radar as of now and things are dry and we will stay that way as we go into the afternoon. we will have plenty of sunshine building in as we go throughout the day. you've got to get out and enjoy it. looking at the visibility. there's a little patchy fog, as we look through here in into baltimore, it's looking good. salisbury, if you're going that way, definitely