morning. zbli. >> stay with us for "good guilty. that was the verdict handed down to george huguely last night. what the jury recommended for sentencing. >> i feel he had an angel on his dash board. >> the driver who plowed through kfc now speaking out. >> and the controversy of same sex marriage goes before the full senate this morning. what this means for the bill coming up. >> thanks for joining us, i'm magan pringle. >> and let's get a check in on the forecast because i did see my thermometer in my car right. it did say 63. right? >> it was an awesome day

yesterday. >> if you want to get a little warmer i have it for you because temps will be near 70 degrees. some spots will hit 70 today. we will turn windy and colder as we head into the weekend and we do have the possibility of some showers out there and temperatures will return to more normal levels, but in the meantime temperatures this morning, just like yesterday, well above average. churchville coming in at 49 degrees and 47 into easton. the radar is dry but we could see a little bit of change in the forecast. but we'll talk more about that coming up. let's get a check of your traffic. >> good morning to you and good morning to everyone. getting ready for the thursday morning drive and also a great start with nothing out of the ordinary meaning we do have work zones still in place. keith avenue, northbound we're blocking two lanes with a work crew there. now, if your travels take you south of the city, if you're

traveling on 695 west of the city shouldn't run into any troubles there. no work zones in place. south of the city at 395 you're good to go all the way up to conway street. >> good morning. lacrosse player george huguely has been convicted of killing his girlfriend two years ago. >> he was given a recommendation sentence of 26 years in prison. he was found guilty of second degree murder and grand larceny in the beating death of his girlfriend. the jury returned the verdict after deliberating for 9 hours. >> there are no winners in this case. there's nothing but loss everywhere. our hearts go out to the love family. they've suffered enormously. >> official sentencing is scheduled for april. that's when the judge will make his ruling so stay with us and we'll have a live report this

morning. >> first class bradley manning will be arraigned at fort mead. he's accused of passing on sensitive information. the arraignment is scheduled for 1:00 this afternoon. and the trial is set to resume this morning for the political operative accused of using ro bo calls impressing voter turnout in the gub election. he has said he didn't think those calls were illegal. >> in annapolis this morning th same sex marriage debate that was put on hold yesterday will resume today. right now with the details on what's happening today. >> well, today the maryland

senate will debate same sex marriage. discussion is expected to start sometime this morning. the debate was delayed after leaders asked for a postponement. they also want attorney general's opinion on the constitutionality of an amendment added to a version of the bill which narrowly passed the house last week. last year the senate passed a similar proposal and senate president mike miller said it's not expected to change. passing the bill would put maryland on track to be the 8th state to legalize same sex marriage if they pass the bill. they can begin collecting the signatures needed once the bill passes both chambers. and the new grand prix contract has gotten the groan flag. now there's a new company leading the way . the city's comptroller did not vote for the contract but the baltimore city mayor did. the new contract does have safeguards in place to protect the city from losing money in

the future. new for you this morning a maryland man is talking about a car crash him in the front of a kfc window monday. getting in his suv when a bmw ran into him and then back on him. he is now out of the hospital and says he's otherwise sore but okay. >> the sound of a washing machine when it doesn't balance properly, that's what it sounded like. >> he never saw the bmw coming before it smashed into it. the driver died. the passenger has nonlife-threatening injuries and police say smith was driving way too fast. an update to that rural farm shooting. they're wanted for shooting a customer at the hamilton store. the victim is expected to be okay. the robbers made off with cigarettes as well as cash. if you have any information call

crime stoppers. a mom sits in jail while her son recovers from stab wounds. she stabbed her 15-year-old son in the leg. it happened wednesday. smith told police she wanted him out of her apartment and he was disrespectful and wouldn't listen to her and she shouted, quote, i stabbed him, end quote. >> there were people arguing, don't do it, don't do it. >> he reported there was an argument between his mother and himself but the cause of the incident remains under investigation. >> smith is being held on $150,000 bail. she's been charged with assault, child abuse and resisting arrest. she wanted a hearing on contraception. >> what she's expected to tell congress about women's rights. >> plus, what problems drivers

are having following heavy snow. a look at that and your weather and traffic in 2 and a half minutes. that's a live look at st. st. louis, missouri.

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looking at mainly our key routes trying to find any trouble spots for you. south of maryland 15 the all the way to harford county. we are good to go on i-95. here's a look at i-97. no lane closures all the way to i-95 and continuing into columbia.no carrierringconnect 0

a children's book to be released today inspired by a true story. he traveled into orbit with 18 mice. >> and the story of the year. if you're look for some good deals for your little ones we have the deal for you. >> the recycle consignment is back in the mall. details and great deals. >> great deals. i mean, they have 30,000 things for kids here. everything you can imagine. look at this. they have mattresses, bass nets, high chairs, car seats, this one going for $35. this one $9. a lot of this stuff, gently used items. you can find deals here. what is going on here? >> well, this weekend is the recycle mart consignment event. we have 30,000 items on sale from maternity through teens and everything in between. it's just amazing deals for new

moms and moms all the way up to teenagers. >> and it starts today? >> today is our presale. it's open to the public tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. and we do have the admission fee, $2 or a dollar and a bag of food for the local food bank. >> so today if you want to get in do you have to sign up or how does that work? >> you had to be a new mom, consigned with us and we sold out of our new mom passes about two weeks ago. >> and just looking over there, he showed that motor. what is that thing? that's amazing? >> that is a battery operated motorcycle. it's awesome. i've never seen anything like that at any of our recycle marts. this is our 31st one and that is the first time we've had that awesome motorcycle. >> and you know what goes and what doesn't. you say that's going to be sold. >> yeah, that will go in the presale night absolutely.

>> so sunday is a special day as well. tell us about that. >> sunday is our half price sale and anything that has a dot on it if it's still here we didn't sell it through the weekend, it will be half off on sunday. >> and just going through some of these items it's really amazing. a lot of new stuff in boxes. >> there are brand new toys and clothes with tags still on. wonderful boutique items. still brand new with tags. >> and do you find that especially in this economy this kind of stuff really goes? >> this is going to be our biggest baltimore sale ever and i think a lot of it is because of the economy. all these moms need to make a little extra money and they do that by selling it in our sale. >> and you say you know, if you have to clean your house out of all of this stuff because kids grow, you can do that and you can get profit here. right? >> yes, this is the best way for you to go green and make some extra money and if you didn't

get in on this sale we have more sales coming up in the spring. >> we'll talk about that at 5:00. again, this is the old building on bellaire road right behind the chick fil . >> we know you're going to go shopping right now. speaking of clothes a recent article on the wall street journal says our clothes are too tight, too high and may be hard on our health. skinny jeans can actual lipin ch a sensitive nerve in your upper thigh. skinny jeans have been linked to digestive problems and even blood clots in the legs because of all the restriction. >> it can cause burning, and restriction and pain in people who wear tight pant legs. >> and belts can cause nerve problems as well as stomach age

and high heels, encreasing your risk for bun ion . >> the company is now launching a series of instructional videos on youtube. one video has been posted so far and there are plans to post a new one every single week. and a warning for you this morning, the website consumer affairs.com allows consumers to post their comments on one common theme. the sign has collected breakage reports at a rate of about 1 explosion per day. injuries, experts say american manufacturers changed their bake ware in the 80s to something more like a window or a jar glass. a genetic test is now

helping explain why a 21-year-old girl suffered a heart attack the day before a graduation ceremony. doctors initially said her heart attack was caused by birth control pills but after blood

tests it was linked to a heart disease. >> it is a special type of cholesterol that actually increasing the tendencies to have heart attack and stroke by making the cholesterol sort of sick and more clot forming. >> the entire family was tested for hype protein and sure enough, her mom carries the same thing. the government wants people 65 and older to get a whooping cough vaccination but it's not necessarily to keep them happy. vaccinating older adults helps them from spreading cough to babies. a first debate in nearly a month all four republican caidaeing azogan weeks away. santorum saying romney had the same plan in massachusetts as president obama. romney fired back saying santorum supported the pro-choice senator in pennsylvania who cited the president's plan, but the question of abortion had unity across the board. a 9 -year-old driving a vehicle. okayed by her father while she was intoxicated. today that dad is going to be sentenced. you may remember this video from the incident. this is where he will be sentenced in michigan where he was pulled over later that morning. frsz >> he says he's just garbage man doing his job. others say he's a hero. hernandez was on the job when he smelled smoke coming out of this

business. fire crews and rescue crews arrived and found employees sleeping inside. he was following instructions calling in strange things but the victim isily lucky he did. the damages were minimal because of this store's equipment was all being kept outside. a new book club is now getting kids to read at an early age. children's trust is now hoping to spread the love of reading through their new love to read book club. they get a book mailed to their home once a month free of charge. >> when you read it's like you can use your imagination to bring them to life. >> about 40% of our children arrive at kindergarten and are not ready to learn. by third grade, a third of them are not reading at grade level. 88% of those children will not graduate from high school. >> organizers say starting kids this early is a passport to a

good future. >> and speaking of books it's not so happily ever after for fairy tales. parents are skipping over them and the reason, they're too dark. that's according to a new study. take little red riding hood for example. that big bad wolfe gruesome when he gobbles up grandma. other parents felt many of the fairy tales simply brought up questions that they were not prepared to answer. we do have plenty of questions we are prepared to answer like what in the world is going on. >> we love it out there. 68 degrees is what i'm forecasting for today. very cool. >> close to 70 degrees. >> so check out what's going on. we've been breezy all week long. this is going to continue and these winds out of the southwest at about 5 to 10 miles per hour, you might think these are breezy but when i tell you what we have going on for your tomorrow, you're going to think this is

just a breeze. as we go through the day, a chance for maybe a shower to move in here later into the evening. satellite and radar picking up on a few clouds out there. that's why temperatures are already in the 50s. it looks like a little disturbance might try to walk its way in here. for the most part we should stay dry. we do have a cold front back off towards the west. this will get closer to us. as it does it's going to stall out and then it will move back as a warm front as we go through tonight and then we'll have another cold front move through the area for tomorrow and behind that cold front, oh, yes, we are going to get blustery and cold as well. i say cold because temperatures from 70 to about 47, that's where we should be for this time of the yore is going to feel a little bit on the chilly side and that's where we add those winds in. a chance for some showers later this evening around 10:00 into the overnight hours early into tomorrow morning. we still have a chance for some showers in the forecast and that

will get out of here and that's when we start to see that cold air really trickle in behind it. we can see some snow across the mountains back into virginia and western maryland but we will not be getting any type of know snow as we get into the weekend. if we get more sunshine in here we are going to be talking about the 70s in the days to come. all right. let's get a check of that traffic now with angela. good morning. good morning to you. out on the roads we are monitoring the overnight construction. that's the biggest problem you'll run into in the next few minutes. if you travel on 24, southbound we're blocking two lanes at plum tree. we'll keep you posted as to whether this is out of your way at 5:00 when the other crews are leaving. if you travel on the harrisburg expressway calm conditions. also now would be a good time to head out on i-95, especially if you're heading towards the

capital beltway. heading toward columbia could be fine in mar. who police say fired shots as dash cam video was rolling. we'll show you video just ahead. >> also police in china trying to figure out what caused an explosion that left 13 factory workers dead. we'll take a look around the world when good morning maryland continues. a live look at our nation's capitol.

around the world this morning, today begins a two-day mourning period in argentina after nearly 60 people were killed. a commuter train crashed into a barrier. this video shows people trying to pry windows open to rescue passengers. more than 100 ambulances and two

helicopters helped those who were injured. >> ns guy ors there are sorting through the rubble. six people are severely injured with bushes covering much of their bodies. another 11 had been hospitalized. the injured were between the ages of 17 and 51 and older men. >> that's what those close to the teen may have heard. it was a shootout between a car jacking suspect and police in mexico. it happened on wednesday. police say at the same time of that shootout a woman was hit by a stray bullet. they're trying to determine if that was from the same gun fight. he was released from a french jail wednesday. police brought him in for questioning tuesday regarding his participation in sex parties organized by the illegal prostitution ring. guilty. the verdict comes down in the murder trial of george huguely. what the jury is