route. on the baltimore belt way, here is the west side, still clear on the inner and outer loops. how of delegates will consider the same sex marriage bill. they're also going to hear from opponents who are offering a competing measure to do away with same sex marriage. the hearing will begin at 1:00 this afternoon. it is expected to go on longer than last year's hearing which lasted for five hours. the trial continues for george hugely accused of murdering his on again off again lover. . a woman who used to teach at a school is charged with child asex and sexual assault. police say back in 2010 ashley cam pel had a -- camp bell had a sexual

relationship with a student. campbell lives in pennsylvania and does not teach anymore. she turned herself in and bailed herself out of jail on thursday. the paramedic who fell from an over pass during an rescue now died. he was responding to a call when he fell. firefighters say he was trying to climb over a barrier when he slipped and fell 20 feet into a creek. tow son could join a number of colleges offering plan b in vending machines. they are considering putting it in the health center. critics say it would promote promiscuity. it could take up a year before it's put in place. if you're looking for something to do with the kids, we have just the thing, a new

art studio for kids opening up tomorrow. we find cheri johnson. what is this all about? >> reporter: this is an a excellent thing for kids to be a part of. it's all brand new. as a matter of fact, abra opens tomorrow. yes, it is so wonderful for kids. it teaches them about art education. as a matter of fact, they will host a free colorful event for kids tomorrow. kids will be working on a king size canvas with maed maed artist -- maryland artist dana. kids can also work in a art class. it end cancourages creativity -- it encourages creativity and kids love it. >> i think it great. i love making things out of clay and being able to paint them and bring them home and set them out somewhere. >> reporter: right now we have

pat. she's the executive director. we also have dana morgan. she's an artist. pat, let's start with you, tell us about with what your offer here. >> this is such a family centered place. our entire family has been involved. my daughter's jill, son jody, daughter-in-law rachel, son-in-law mark, my husband top and glenn the principal at brown craig and turner helped us so we can offer classes to kids. we're doing tuesday classes for 2 and 3-year-old. we have 4-year-old and 5-year-old classes. anybody from kinkeder garden through grade 8 are doodlers. we have after school programming, cartoons and come

-- comics. >> d ana you're boeing -- going to be here too. you're going to be washing with did i understand -- working with the kids on saturday. >> i am. i have this huge canvas. i'm going to have the kids help finish any creation and store -- my creation and story. >> pat, a lot of schools because of budget cuts are cutting art classes. you are helping out. >> yes, we're sort of an art on wheels program. with e combo to the school -- we go to the schools, bring our teachers, trained in art, art education majors to the classroom. the schools don't have to provide any of the human resources, services and other things that go along with hiring staff so it becomes affordable. access is the name of the game. it's all for the ben fits of the children -- benefit of the children. >> wonderful.

the kids are getting something out of the it, the schools are getting something out of it. it kicks off tomorrow, it's a free event forkids from 1:00 to 9:00. reporting live, krhei johnson -- cheri johnson. invest gayer -- a woman appears to be run over by her own car. police are not sure how this happened. the mother took her son to the bus stop and when he forgot something they turned around, he went inside. h end he came out, his mom laying dead in the street. they are trying to determine if she had a medical emergency. the ship has been returned to port after a virus that spread on board. close to 200 passengers and 60 crew members were sick. passengers will get

their money back for the cruise and their flights home. just aside, one of those frosted delights is enough to make those hearts swell. if you want to make your sweetheart really loved, pop the question at the same time, you can spring for this. it is a sparkling red velvet cup cake that comes complete with a 8 kart diamond ring. >> is that real? >> yes, it's $850.00. why in the just -- yes, it's $85,000. why not just get? >> i'm already married. >> you have to keep the spark alive. resident red sox fed up with what -- residents are fed up with what they're saying is dangerous. >> the improouchtsprovements -- the improvements that could keep drivers safe.

what kodak plans to focus on when we get forward after we get back from new york with a check of the head lines. watch for the ipad 3 next month. the tablet is expected to look like the ipad 2 but have a faster process to and improved graphics. you can make video calls using your tv for a reasonable price. the set top box works with skype and you can mount it on your tvr. >> easy -- mounted it mount it on your tv. >> e asy set up, the price is high but cheaper than other competitors. >> it is $250. lex suus mar -- lexus car maker showed it new car. it's coming this summer at 50 to $70,000.

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i hope nobody spray painted that guy. something you don't see every day, a couple found a purple squirrel. it's purple. >> spray painted it? >> that's what i'm worried about. the guys say animals take on the color of what they eat. what does he eat? >> he has drank some grape juice. >> maybe. >> maybe prune juice. >> wow . >> i don't think he would be purple if he drank prune juice,

another color probably. >> it's like a brown. >> yeah . >> we'll get to the squirrel. >> maybe the ravens can adopt him. . >> maybe. >> we are definitely a little bit chilly this morning. you do need to butted l up -- bundle up. to the bus stop, you have to go, but it's friday. the upper 20s in spots. it is cold, the winds are calm. we're not dealing with a wind chill. not picking up on a lot on the radar. there are the clouds towards the west. there's the system that's going to try to get its act together, lots of moisture moving in around 8 o'clock tomorrow. you can wake up to that as well. again, it's going to be dice si out there. luckily, you won't be driving around on it tomorrow. you

might want to rethink some things for tonight or be careful if you head out and about because temperatures are going to be cold enough to support some snow out there. let's get a check of the traffic. how are the roads? the roads are pretty good right now. had a check of the northwest express way, smooth conditions there. i-70 moving well. checking some other areas, no problems to report on i-95. here is live look. also i -83, we're looking good here. over to you. he blew up his house killing himself and his two young sons. >> the steps police are saying josh powell took carrying out this plan. >> it's free bee friday. we're going to take a look at the goodies you can treat yourself to at no cost.

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>> this will be fought out in a courtroom today. he is accused of sexually abusing young boys. >> he will ask a judge to allow him to have friends visit his home and travel to meet with his attorney working on the case. prosecutors have blasted him for the request. they say it's not a house party. he is asking to see his grand kids and be able to call them. prosecutors plan to ask the judge to deny requests. neighbors and teaches at a nerly school have ex-- near by school have expressed concern after seeing him outside watching kids play at recess. >> if he's doing that and watching the kids from his deck, that is disturbing. >> we'll tell you what happened

to a reporter that went to his house to cover the case. it was a close call that almost got the reporter badly hurt. investigators are about to release the steps josh powell took to murder his two young sons. he dropped off his son's toys and prayer books at a donation bin, one of the many errands he did. detectives got a tip about the dump and then started searching. that may not have been his only stop. >> we believe he was in bank, he bought gas cans, filled those up, we believe that he sent e-mails and messages out to people. >> the store confirms that josh bought a 25 gallon gas can from them and used those to dose the home before setting it on fire. he left a donation at the united way drop off center.

they say he dropped that off. new this morning, fbi files have been opened against steve jobs at apple. the file is 191 pages filled with details on his life, belav your and the bomb -- behavior and the bomb threat that was against him. a man threatened to blow up his home, but no bombs were found. the white house export counsel, a background check found out he experimented with drugs in high school and in college. they found that job's gpa was average, 2.65. if you have a camera from kodak, that camera will be a dine sour. the announcement was made thursday. officials say they're going to phase out the digital if picture frames as well to focus on on line printing

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the big factor is that this moves out, it will break down and allow for some moisture to get in here. it will start out as some rain and mix over to snow, just like we saw a couple of days agoful all in all -- days ago. all in all, we won't be seeing a lot of accumulation with this. we will get the snow in here into western maryland, similar to whether we saw the other day and then start to see that mixing going on later in the evening. around 10:00 or 11:00 tonight, over night plans you might want to put on hold. we will see it tomorrow morning and things will improve sunday. your neighborhood forecast, around 48. the sunshine with those clouds increasing and then we slide down south further and we're looking at green haven with that temperature at 51, arnold around 52. 34 by night. tomorrow that's the day that we will see around 40 and very cold

conditions. let's get a check of your traffic. good morning. we've been quite on this traffic front, right? we have. traffic vols are starting to -- volumes are starting to build. we have a work zone in pasadena. that is the under ground emergency work on maryland route 2 southbound. that ramp will remained closed through out the day. let's get a look at the building traffic volumes. southbound on 29, reports of heavy volumes. no distractions impacting your drive there. on the belt way, it is building as you make the drive. a note for mta riders, rails looking good. back over to you. neighbors are saying enough is enough. they witnessed eat deadly accident during rush hour on wednesday along bell air road. they want something done

to make the road safer. will it's putting a camera system in or median, something has to be done and soon. maryland state highway administration says there have been 32 accidents over the last three years from forge to miller road. it's friday february 10th and there's a lot taking place around the city today. >> stay with us, we're going to run down over the activities. >> the sports anchor that filed suit against several hotel chains. as we go to break, a look at the skien line. you're watch -- skyline. you're watching good morning maryland. we'll be back in a bit.

officials say a terminal spent records for last year handling vehicles, containers. over all traffic was 4% higher from 2010. the governor is saying those figures reveal the port has rebouned from the economic -- rebounded from the economic slump. >> six counties received money

for the clean water coalition. earl or bar has the birthday -- -- harbor has the birthday bash. at 7:00 major stephanie blake will be among the speakers. first lady michelle obama continues her let's move campaign. it's happening in florida. she will be with experts from web md for a town hall called healthy tips for families. it is to encourage more accelerate tufrties if -- activities for dhirn children. -- children. a quick thinking bus driver in north carolina is now being

credited for saving the lives of half a dozen students. >> stay with us this morning. we're going to tell you what she did to get the students off the burning bus. >> police in dc are trying to track down a suspect that they believe attacked nine women. >> a local student is winning big on one game show. this story and more in our next hour. you're watching good morning maryland first and only at 4:30.