i am linda so. how long before the gas will be turned back on. and today the governor will answer questions from you. when this is taking place and how you can take part. a payroll tax cut extension means more money in your paycheck. all those stories ahead on this wednesday, february 15th, i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson. things yesterday were pleasant outside. >> here's lynette with check of what's in store for today. >> it turned out nice yesterday. we have more sunshine that gave way to the cloud and the clouds moved back in and we had a few sprinkle in the evening. but not for today. it's going to be a wonderful wednesday out there. we have the clouds around this morning. but that will give way to sunshine by afternoon. and temps will be in the 50s for today. that's above average. and then we have more unsettled weather on the way as soon as tomorrow. and then we do have the potential for a nor'easter to set up shop as we go into your weekend. but for right now maryland's most powerful radar is dry. we are not picking up on

anything. you don't netted umbrella this morning and in terms of temperatures you don't need the heavy coat this morning either because you can see temperatures in the 40s. 43 to be exact in easton. let's check the traffic with angela. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. and good morning everyone. we are going to talk about the situation we have going on over there where linda so is on millington and frederick avenue. we have a road closure. we have decide looking at the maps brunswick probably going to be the best way to get around the closure and, of course, if you travel in that vicinity be aware of the closure. in the meantime, the main road are looking pretty good as you head out for the wednesday morning drive. here at beltway at bw parkway and look at i-97 travelers look pretty good there through pasadena and glen burnie making your way to the baltimore beltway and if you plan to avoid the roads by taking mta keep in mind light rail is running ten minutes behind schedule. hundreds of homes in baltimore are without heat a coming from a gas main break. linda so is live in southwest

baltimore with an update on the efforts to get it repaired and get schools back -- or get schools underway later today. linda. >> reporter: yeah, we have a new update for you and to tell us is rachel with bge. you are in the process of still turning off gas to the 900 homes and businesses in the area. where do things starred? >> -- stand. >> >> we have turned off the gas at 560 of the buildings and we have a little less than 400 to turn off. we think there's a small percentage that are vacant so we will go in with the fire department and police department for safety and turn off the gas meters. we will probably start going back out to homes around 7 a.m. this morning to begin gaining access to the remaining homes to turn off the gas at the meters. >> reporter: once that happens you make the repairs to the gas line. this is pretty tedious process. then you have to go back to all 900 homes and businesses to turn it back on. >> correct. we have to go to each of the 900 buildings to turn the gas on at each meters he and we have to go and.

[audio not understandable] >> reporter: as far as people may not have had a crew at their home is this people can call? what do they need to call. >> if you haven't received any -- if bge hasn't been there and you want to allow them in reach out to us 410-685-0123 and we will work to get a crew out to your home. >> reporter: thanks for joining us live this morning. we are live from the mobile command center. then a set up a block away from where this gas main broke. they will be here for a couple days as they work to get the gas restored again. it's the tedious process and will take a couple days. and we are waiting to hear from baltimore city schools as far as frederick elementary school in the area. they are without gas. we will let you know within the hour if that school will be opened today because of the gas outage. live in southwest baltimore, linda so, abc2 news. today the governor will take part in the first ever baltimore sub's news makers forum that -- sun's news makers forum that will allow you to engame the governor on issues

important to you. governor will answer the questions tonight 579 in the baltimore sun community row. today a man found guilty of murdering a correction officer in anne arundel county could face the death penalty. phase two of the sentencingprocess begins today with the state and defense bringing witnesses to and for and against the death penalty. he was found guilty at the maryland house of corrections in 2006 and to be sentenced for the death penalty there has to be under new guidelines a videotaped confession or biological evidence in this case, the biological evidence was the blood on the prisoner's clothes. news time 5:34. lawmakers on capitol hill plan to unveil wednesday the ten testify agreement on extending payroll tax cuts through the end of the year. 161 million americans won't lose more money from the paychecks to social security. but the nearly 100 billion dollar cost of extending the cuts will be add to the deficit. the break is worth about 83 dollars per month for someone

earning 50,000 dollars a year. >> i think it's a done deal subject to the t's being crossed and is being doted. it's a compromise. and so you have people that didn't get 100% of what they wanted. >> after the bipartisan negotiating panel signs off they have to pass through the house and senate and it's expected to be approved in both houses. it will expand unemployment benefits and avoid a cut in medicare payments to doctors. 5:35. in news around the nation a. neighbor's dispute is dead any in philadelphia. it started over a neighbor's dog using another neighbor's lawn as a bathroom and gunfire broke out leaving a man dead. the shooter was rafted and the other man died. police have not released their identities this morning. police in fort lauderdale are searching for a man who stole a rolex out of a airport security bin. they have him on camera and being see the woman pick up her purse and coat and look closely

and leaves something behind. the guy behind her wearing white puts on his own jacket and goes to grab the laptop and then picks up the watch. you can see he puts it in the backpack and he seems to hesitate but walks off with that rolex. the reward is offered for more information leading to that man. your kid tired of going school? what if you could pay them to go? >> we should ask people what they think on facebook. people want to chime n that's what's going on in ohio. last year, only 84% of the students at the don community high school showed up on a regular basis and the principal started something new and teamedup with private donors to offer cash for coming into class. >> if seniors come in and arrive on time five days a week and behave well they will get $25 every friday. underclassmen get 10 bucks. what student gets paid an extra $51 put into a savings account for that student. students can only redeem the cash after they graduate -- $15

put into a sakes account for the student. students can only redeem the cash after they graduate. >> head to our facebook fan page and weigh in. all right. her his don't lie but that will make her safe from home. >> shakura is blaming her back berry for a sea lion attack. it's nerd a dream guitar for nerds. check this out. that's the millennium falcon star for geeks. we will see if it works coming up. we have moisture in the form of clouds this morning. but the rain moves in tomorrow. i will tell you if it will stick around for the morning and evening commute coming up. >> reporter: on the roadways right now, not too bad on the key routes but not an easy driven. we have fire activity. we will update you with the road conditions around that coming up next.

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now "good morning maryland." welcome back. baltimore city mayor stephanie rawlings-blake has come up with a new plan to manage the grand prix race which has safeguards protecting the city from losing money in the future. sherrie johnson is here with the latest. >> reporter: well, this morning the city's board of estimates meeting officials will unveil a new contract with down force racing. according to published reports

they will runt second annual baltimore grand prixch the contract says a portion of the money from each ticket sold will be placed in a locked box escrow account controlled by a trustee. this will make sure the racing group pays city admission and amusement tax and service fees. it comes after last year's financial problems left millions in unpaid taxes and vendor bills. the lock box eliminate concern the city won't get paid. under the contract the city can also inspect down horse racing financial records at any time to check out the group's debt. the city ended the five-year contract with the baltimore racing development last year after the group had about 12 million dollars in debt. the city's board of estimates meetings starts at nine this morning where they are expected to unveil the new contract. sherrie johnson abc2 news. today the city is expected to announce an extension of the charm city circulateor. board of estimates is expected to approve a plan to use a grand grant from the federal

transit administration to buy up for high bread electric buses to extend it to the national monument. it is designed from tourist from the 200 year anniversary of the war of 1812 and star painingeled banner. celebration begins june 13th and the new route need to be up and running by then. the navy says the medical shift the usns comfort will move from maryland to virginia. it is he can sped to move from bolt -- expected to move to nor torque around march of 2013. it provides medical and surgical care for deployed forces andhospital service for disafter the are relief. 5:47. members of the house of delegates will consider a bill to legalize same sex marriage today. legislation passed through panel of 45 law maker in the senate tuesday and now is he can spec to be introduce -- expected to be introduced in the chairman echoed his support for the bill. whitney houston childhood pastor will officialate her funeral on saturday which is

private and it has many wondering why there won't be a public memorial and the pastor says it's a family's choice and there's no wrong decision. >> that voice is silenced and -- but she left us with so much. >> the pastor says houston's mother sissy houston is heart broken but strong and organizers hope to set up a large screen television outside of the church so people cannot get inside and can see the funeral proceeding from the outside. news time 5:48 and consumer news. it may be long before you can make it through the family meal without being interrupted by telemarketers. the fcc is expected to make it harder for companies to bombard you with -- companies to bombard you with row bow calls. they may be required to let you on the out the pewture calls. apple is working with asian suppliers to taste tablet with

a smaller screen as they look to broaden product line. the plier says they have shown designs -- the supplier says they have shown them designs with a screen 8 inches. current ipad 2 screen is about 9.7 inches and smaller device would help apple compete with rivals such as samsung and amazon. now sports and looks like adam jones is going to hang around for the coming season. orioles and jones agreed to a 6 million dollar one year contract. jones made 3 1/4 million last season he hit 208 and set career high marks for games played e was voted the most valuable oriole by members of the media he was seek more than 7 million and the o's offered five and it seems they came to meeting in the middle before going to or strags which was -- arbitration which was scheduled for friday. a college student is competing in jeopardy. >> >> she won 50,000 dollars and

came in second place. -- place. she was one of 15 players selected out of 12,000 and remember you can watch jeopardy every week night on abc2 at 7:hundred un. lynette if you are on -- 7:00. lynette, would you have a category you would want? it would probably be weather. >> you took the words out of my mouth. temperatures not so bad really. 39 degrees in baltimore. we are quite mild along the eastern shore into easton around 41 this morning. and we are active around middle part of the nation back off towards the west. this storm right here is the one that we have our eye on as this will dive down into northern mexico and it's going to gather a little bit of moisture from the gulf of mexico. and then it moves off toward the north and east possibly as we go into your weekend. it could be bringing us maybe some wintery weather. as of right now, the satellite and radar not picking up on anything across the area in terms of rain, snow. we are dealing with clouds out there. high pressure will start to

move in from the west and we will see plenty of sunshine through the day. a northwesterly flow going to pick up the wind a bit out of the northwest. and at about 10 to 15 miles an hour. we will have a cold front that slide through the area by tomorrow. and future trend picks up on the fact we will have some rain moving in here. shall your morn rush hour looks good but the evening commute looks on the wet side. snow to the north and to pennsylvania and also into new york. and your temperature today coming in right around 53 degrees and it will be fairly mild again just like yesterday. and the temperature tonight right around 35 degrees. and here's forecast for tomorrow. 49 degrees with rain likely. let's check the traffic with and l.a. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. out on the road right now, if you normally travel on harford road and parkville that's where officials are asking people to avoid the area. hard fore-- hardford at staleor -- taylor avenue likely will run into lane closures due to fire being a at this time. we suggest northern parkway and old harford road as an alternate route. in the meantime, no troubles to

report on the harrisburg expressway. looking live at i-83 at least in the southbound direction it appears all lanes are opened and no accidents to report. on 695, as far as delays, still looking good on west side of the beltway. here's a live look at wilkins avenue where traffic is slowing at -- flowing at average speed. major announcement for military spouses. a new report shows opportunity and what it means if you are married to a member of the military. tebow is going to have aattentive audience. what he is doing and giving back. details coming up. [ female announcer ] with swiffer wet cleaning better doesn't have to take longer. i'm done.

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five things to know. the president continues his advice to the united states. this begins the day with the morning meetings with the house and senate leadership and later today he will deliver remarks at lunch hosted by two u.s. china groups. >> a hearing will be held in the murder case against michael gargiulo. we are talking about this bass the l air conditioning repairman has been linked to murders of nine women including

the former girlfriend of ashton kutcher. >> michelle obama and jill bind will be out. [audio not understandable] this report is part of the white house joining forces program. education secretary duncan will launch a major department initiative transforming the teaching profession. the teachers and members of the teachers union will take part in the event in dc later today and that includes a town hall meeting and general q and a section. tim tebow is partnering with pizza hut's book it program promoting improved literacy among children. he will read his favorite book green eggs and ham via live web stream at 9 a.m. if interested, write this down book it program.com. stay with us this morning. a new bill hits the general assembly today. it's all about kids. >> why law makers are trying to increase the age of a child dropping out of school and how parents say they will get a say. >> and the weather probs to be

a major factor for motorists in oklahoma city the surprising number of -- problems to be a major factor for motorists in oklahoma city and the surprising number. what kept the preens away from his -- prince away from his princess. good morning is back in a few moments.

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