yes. >> they're good. that's what's making news you're watching the station that works for you "good morning maryland" at 4:30. a major gun ring is busted in baltimore city. i am linda so what police uncovered up next. two robberies at a local royal farms has the f b on high alert. i am sherrie johnson with the store ay. more inmates will be released today from prison, the last of the ones targeted by the former governor. how people are reacting to those pardons being upheld in thanks for joining us. it's friday,. >> finally friday. happy friday to you. i am charley crowson. >> i am megan pringle. of course it's the weekend and you want to. >> he know what the -- know what the weather is going to be

like. >> you know what, we are starting out on the wet side. but we will get gradual clearing. we have a few showers and we will be dealing with gusty winds this morning and the temperatures will be dropping off going into afternoon. as of now we can see wet stuff basically to the south of baltimore as of now. we go ahead and zoom in on the areas around annapolis. you are getting moderate rain there. and along highland beach all this is sliding off along the eastern shore. graysonville moderate rain showers. heading out to morning. make sure to have the rain gear. you will need it in the areas. we are looking at a little rain sliding up to the north and east galena getting a shower across the area. we will talk about the rain and when it gets out of here. that's coming up. but right now let's check the traffic with angela. good morning. how are the roads because of the wet weather. >> reporter: good morning. actually not too bad. dealing with one incident so far. it was not -- it was an

overnight accident and police say we should be out of there shortly. trying to clear a pole out of the roadway in owington between 5th and the pole down as a result of the overnight collision. hopefully it will be gone. we are not too bad for a friday morning. traveling through the city on the inner -- interstates both moving well. we are looking good on 695 at poff dense road. all lanes -- providence road. all lanes opened except with the ongoing two-way operation on east side at curtis creek draw bridge. baltimore city police brought town a major gun ring. >> they worked with agent from homeland security making the bust and linda so is here with more on how police uncovered the ring. >> reporter: it began when wit handgun and that investigation is what led them to the major busts. police in the eastern district confiscated 16 firearm handguns and semiautomatic weapons. they found 8,000 dollars in

cash and ammunition and two bulletproof vests and raw heroin. police searched three homes in the city, one home in baltimore county and one storage unit in the city. three suspects have been arrested. they face federal charges. >> it goes with the commissioner's plan with getting the bad guys with guns off the street and repeat vilen o-- vile nd offenders. the guns are take lives. >> reporter: the police were able to obtain the search and seizure warrants for the homesand storage unit afterwiretapped jailhouse conversations. officials are asking the judge to keep a gun law permit in place. the motion was filed yesterday after a judge benson leg ruled the requirement residents show good and substantial reason to carry a handgun as unconstitutional. state is asking him to clarify the plan to issue an injunction barring the state from denies permits base on that

requirement. two people are dead this morning seven others injured following a shooting that happened in the psychiatric hospital in pittsburgh on thursday afternoon. police have not confirmed but they believe one of the two people who died is the shooter. it happened in the lobby of the clinic part of the university of pittsburgh medical center. a post to the hospital twitter account says there may have been a second shooter but that's unclear. police are investigating this morning. services for a teen shot in northeast baltimore will begin tonight. her funeral is set for tomorrow at the southern baptist church on chester street at 11 in the morning. the viewing will be held at the same location tonight. police say the two boys were playing with a handgun or a rifle rather when the 13-year- old monet turnage was shot. after the shooting, police say they hid her body behind a house and buried it under trash bagsch the boys have been charged with involuntary manslaughter. new for you calvert county

sheriff deputies are look into the death after a -- of a newborn. deputies say family members of the owner of the car were cleaning the inside of the carjust after 6:30 last night when they found the baby's 3w0dy. the -- body. >> the cause of the baby's death is under investigation. also this morning, for the second time, the robbery of aroyal farms store involves gunfire. >> federal agents believe the same man is responsible for both crimes. sherrie johnson is live with more. sherrie. >> reporter: all right. we are here live in hamden in front of this royal farms. we had an officer sitting outside of this royal farms so we can already see some added police presence here this morning. now the robber has already shot one victim at point blank range and then the latest incident he fired a warning shot. fbi is pulling out all the stops to try to catch him. look at this video.

see if you can recognize the person. this royal farms store on 41st street is the second store hit in the middle of the night. now police say the suspect isn't afraid to use the gun when demanding cash. agents have the violent crimes task force believe suspect shot a customer two weeks ago at a store on harford road who refused to give up his wallet. >> that means they are more dangerous and violent and they need to go off the street before somebody really does get killed or hurt or they shoot a child that's innocent. >> he is standing there just watching. >> reporter: if you recognize the robber or have information to help police, you were are asked to 410-265-8080. you could be eligible for anaward of over 200 dollars and you don't have to give your name and you can anonymous but you could be eligible for a reward. sherrie johnson, abc2 news.

baltimore county police need help finding this man. they say he failed to register as sex offender and didn't show up in court on other cases. xavier higgins was convicted of second degree rape in harford county in 2005 and he has a tattoo that says thugd out and the tattoo -- thuged out and a tattoo of a girl on the right. he has tattoos on the right side of his neck. if you have information call 410-307-2020. parents in utah are upset at lawmakers. >> the controversial bill they passed that what parents as well as students fuming. also things blown around in parts of massachusetts this morning. more video to show you of the cleanup underway just ahead. as we head to break a. live picture from new york city, thestatue of liberty. 4:37, 50 degrees. we will be right back.

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mats shutes were hit with earlytastes of spring. as the temperatures rose so did the wind proving too much for a gas station to handle. it toppled the canopy and crashed into a car. the wind advisory is in effect through the morning. a group of evansville students he are helping a harrisburg victim after her belongings end up in the park lot. the checkbook was 60 miles away and photos and receipts were close by. she says from now on when she is missing something, she is going to tell people it's probably in evansville and what a crazy story something would travel 60 miles but it goes to show how severe the storms were. >> exactly. it can travel very far and we are talking about the winds this morning as well. not any tornadic winds but we have winds gusting up to about 35 miles per hour in a lot of spots. 33 in man chester is reported. sparrows point around 32.

rock hall at 25. 32 in -- 36 in the northeast. windy conditions. we felt it yesterday. that's not the only thing we are dealing with. we have maryland's most powerful radar is on the west side this morning. so let's take a radar tour as we zoom into the area right here aroundy asonville heading a-- graysonville heading across the eastern shore. you are getting wet. heavier rain around the area. we will contend with this through the morning and it will push out. i will have the time frame for you coming up. but let's check the traffic with angela. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. starting the friday morning drive with an accident in owington and police on the scene. they will turn you around. a pole down as a result of the collision. patuxent road between 5th avenue and bragers road. in the meantime, we are moving well for the most part traveling in and around baltimore. here's a live look at i-95. this is north of the beltway on

the southwest side where youshouldn't run into delays or incidents in your way right there. on u.s. 50 this morning, it's moving well at the bay bridge. all crews have gotten over the overnight maintenance and all lanes opened eastbound and westbound on the span. seems like everybody is pinching pennies. but lucky day today it's freebie friday. >> coming, we will look at what you are able to get for free today so you can save extra cash. ahead, he pardoned more than 200 convicts in mississippi. state supreme court is backing the former governor's decision and how people are reacting. all ahead this morning.

news time 4:44. 50 degrees outside and five things to know. gop presidential hopefuls on the road this morning. rick santorum holding rallies in mobile alabama and topeka kansas. mitt romney will meet voters in

brimingham and the farmers market meeting. and newt gingrich set for rallies in gulf port mississippi. president obama travels to virginia where he is scheduled to make a stop at a rolls royce plant and will meet with company officials and deliver remarks on the economy. bobbi christina gets all her mother's fortune according to whitney houston's will. she will inherit everything from jewelry to furniture and cars. whitney houston died february 11th at the age of 48. home alone has a new -- home alone house has a new owner. filmmakers used the home's kitchen and staircase in the move yeant walls were papered over to give it a holiday feeling. she doesn't look over 20 but barbie is 50 years old introduceed to the world march #th, 1959. happy birthday to the best selling doll in the world. health news, we have new information about a family where three members were killed

in a bad strain of the flu. earlier in the week we told you about the family members in calvert county. this morning the surviving members of the family are showing improvement. now experts say that the flu strain was complicated by a bacterial infection. governor o'malley spokesperson said on thursday he would likely veto legislation to legalize medical marijuana. she says that because of a concern over whether it would stand up in a federal scrutiny maryland legislators will begin to debate three medical marijuana bills in house today. maryland health secretary is expected to testify that his agency cannot support any such bills. and other health news caring for millions of americans with alzheimer's will cost about $200 billion this year. that's according to the alzheimer's association. that number is expected to jump by more than a trillion dollars by 2050. medicare and medicaid pay 70% of the costs. one in 8 older americans will have alzheimer's disease.

lawmakers out west say the high schoolers should only know one thing about sex. don't do it. a bill passed in the eu tay state senate this week would change sex ed to include lessons and abence in and ban -- abstinence on. >> and so if you just teach about avenuence in kids won't know how to have -- avenuence in -- abence in kids won't know how to have safe sex. >> the governor has not saidwhether or not he will sign the bill. there's a special symposium on breast cancer. healthy living tips and expert medical advice calleded finding your path to breast health taking place saturday march 10th tomorrow from 8 until noon and it's free and open to the public. it's friday and that means more free stuff for you and your family. megan is out in the interactive news center with everything new on this freebie friday.

what have you found. >> who doesn't love something free and today we are talking about everything from iced tea and a free book but since it's weekend let's talk about things that are going on. for example, go to abc2news.com when you get there click on the home page free sample mamma to take you to a link of free stuff going on. free things and we are waiting for the page to load. so while it does that, let me tell you about a couple things a free concert series at lexington mark today and tomorrow. and this is r and b and motown and blues and more. check it out if you want more information. it's on abc2news.com and you can find it also not only on the home page but on the lifestyle section. another thing going on, there's every sunday at the baltimore museum of art, you can take your family there go for free. they have great exhibits so there's a special one going on right now. this sunday it's 3d mechanical creatures. all the information is on

abc2news.com now back to you. >> thanks. if you are heading to walt des any world or disneyland if you go and want -- disney world or disneyland if you want to use the fast pack visitors to the parks can buy the fast pass tickets and give them a one hour window to get access to the shorter ride line. there's the problem, people are abusing the tickets using them outside the one hour window. park employees are looking to crackdown on the rule breakers. and travel experts say if you going to travel, now is the time. the next few years it's going to be harder to book the flights you want. the faa is predicting passenger air travel will almost double in the next 20 years. right now there are 732 million people flying commercially. >> the governor wanted one year. should the idea not get enough support about 262 million

dollars in budget cuts would take place the senate committee is looking for cuts in the income tax in the increase if not aschool. a preparatory school in downtown baltimore is welcoming a new leader. trassy ford is the new leader in the history of maryville and the first leader who has not been ordained in the clergy. ford takes over tore sister shawn who led the schools for more than 30 years. ford is the director of development at towson for the past four years. tracy ford will take over on july 1st. pennsylvania governor says he wishes joe paterno had done more after telling officials about child molestation being aization -- being aations. he says he and -- being aation. he says they -- accusations. he says they were right to fire him because he failed to follow up on the allegation who is was

charged with sexually abusing -- abusing several boys. the mississippi supreme court upheld the pardon from a former governor that he granted on his way out of office. the ruling came on thursday in a 6-3 vote. remaining inmates will be released from prison today. four of the convicts were pardoned and were in prison for murder. they worked as trustees at the governor's mansion. >> come to mississippi and commit crime and get out of jail free card. we don't -- the justice system works in mississippi. the sent ns he got for the crime he did was right. it was not -- sentence he got for the crime he did was right. it was not harsh. he did 17 years what message does that send to the people that are -- it's okay to kill your wife or your girlfriend or kill somebody that's or try to kill somebody that's made you mad. if you can get to the governor's mansion, hey, you know, they are going to let you

go. >> stay tuned this morning at 5 and 6, we will have a full report and hear more a those personally affected by the pardons in mississippi. a school spokesman and chief of the campus police from virginia tech testified in a civil trial yesterday about the 2007 shootings on that college campus. several families are suing the school for wrongful death. they say the school didn't do enough to protect the campus after the dorm room homicide earlier that morning. 33 people were killed including the gunman. miami high schoolteacher is out free on bail after being accused of drugging and molesting a student. police say the jimmy vega drove a 15-year-old female student to the lake near the school. investigators say she told her mom vega a gym teacher asked her to spoke marijuana and that's when the alleged sexual abuse took place. vega has been reassigned to a job away from children. school district says school board meeting. it's 4:52.

ohio university student found a great way to meet people at school installed a hot tub in the dorm room. >> i leave my door open when i am in it and people come over. some people i never met but there's trucks and towels and they jump in and i meet people. >> that's kevin laand and installed the jets and temperature control of the tub everything was great until a residential housing the ra asked him to get rid of it. they are concerned about the safety and smell of the chemicals to clean it. he says he plans to fight to keep it in place. >> good luck with that. check this out. these are the newest residents at point deviance view in washington state at the aquarium. the leopard gave birth on tuesday morning. cubs one boy and one girl are half a pound each. and in a few weeks they will get more into their new digs at the zoo. they will have their den where

visitors can come see them. how cute. >> you are losing your mind. >> how can you not? they are so cute. >> they are cute. >> we are talking about a hot tub. he think we need to do good morning maryland in a hot tub. >> it's not going to happen. >> let's go on a hot tub and cocktails. and coffee. >> cocoa. >> cocoa. >> coffee and a hot tub sounds so wrong. >> exactly. >> okay. everybody is happy. it's wendy out there this morning. yeah. i have a beautiful picture. you can see for yourself how windy it is. as old boy is flapping in the wind and we are looking at federal hill. so how windy is it? we have sustained wind now coming in about 15 miles an hour into a lot of spots. as we look at what's happening in baltimore right now, we are about 12-mile-an-hour sustained wind and we do have gusts up a little bit higher as we go through the rest of today. so again, it's going to be breezy day on tap for us but the winds instead of out of the southwest, they are out of the

northwest. that's a colder breeze that is coming in. temperatures around 50 into baltimore. 50 in easton and we will rise up before we start to drop the temperatures down. we have to have the cold and dry air start to work in across the area. the satellite and radar picking up on the showers mainly to the south of baltimore pushing across the eastern shore. as we go more into the late morning hours, rush hour time frame, we are looking at showers into the southern part of the eastern shore. so, if your commute takes you that way, know there will be wet weather around. but for today, the temperatures right around 57 degrees. we will drop as we go into the afternoon. and again, we will be breezy and we will get gradual clearing. let's check of the traffic with angela. good morning. you have not been so busy yet. >> reporter: not yet. we have a lot of things going on overnight including an accident on 895. we checked in again with the tunnel authorities and right now we are into a overnight traffic pattern. that was for maintenance and the accident which was

northbound. had two-way traffic in the southbound tube but we are trying to get back up to speed there also dealing with the accident in anne arundel county. as you can see as we look live at 895, north of child street southbound on the right side of the screen already building just a little bit in volume. but no pockets of delays for you there. of course lynette mentioned the wind. be alert for dewe flying around as -- debris flying around. here's a live look at the beltway through catonsville look pretty good with no delays to report. back over to you. >> more than 60 people were killed thursday at result of another attack by the government of syria. >> the plans for the u.s. is now taking to help those living in syria and what officials are comparing it to. a high-profile hotel up in flames. where all of this happened and the cleanup that follows. good morning maryland continues in a moment. it's 4:56. [ female announcer ] with xfinity,

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at 4:30. the -- at least another 62 people were reportedly killed on thursday. forces have pushed almost everyone out. however new reports do do say the pentagon is sketching out a potential scenario to help with the collapse of the government. many officials are comparing this situation in syria to libya. >> it's 100 times worse than what we dealt with in libya and for that reason, that's why it's raised greater concerns about our ability to address how we can secure the sites. >> secretary panetta said he believes the u.s. and opposition force in syria is growing and putting more pressure on hafez assad. however, whether that leads to hafez assad peacefully stepping down seems unlikely. this is the scene in paris following a fire with at a underground car park. thick smoke blanketed the area. and one person was hurt. another disafter ther's year later the