i'm blinded. >> blinded by the light? >> i'm going to be scarred for the weekend. >> all right. that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good you're watching the station that works for you "good morning maryland" at 4:30. all new this morning federal officials are meet to be -- due meet trayvon martin's family. new details in the penn state scandal. jerry sandusky's attorney is trying to get the child sex abuse charges thrown out. >> and if the kids are out past curfew, mom, dad, no need to worry. pretty good chance they are here -- they are here. world premier hunger games. we are live in white marsh. >> all those stories are just ahead on this friday morning. happy friday and thanks for joining us. you saw charley and we will check in with him with the

hunger games excitement and now over to meteorologist lynette charles to see how the weather is looking. >> good morning. yes, here we go again. dealing with patchy fog across the area. we have some dense advisories out there again for today. and we are dealing with mild and humid air. as we look at what's going on in terms of the radar, while maryland's most powerful radar is dry and we should be staying that way going through the remainder of the day. but we have change in the forecast for you. as we look at the visibility once again it's reduced. basically every where this morning. so if you are traveling up to york to frederick zero mile visibility. 7 along the eastern shore. 3 in baltimore and once again these will go downhill before going up. we will talk about temperatures in the next storm system moving in. let's check the traffic with angela good morning. it looks like we will do the fogonce again. >> reporter: good friday morning and good morning to everyone. the fog is the big story. we have an incident up in harford county. police are on the scene alternating traffic. we have a gas leak on philadelphia road between joppa

farm road and joppa road. a brief tap of the brakes and we will keep you posted as we get more information on that. in the meantime, the fog is the big story for your friday morning drive. traveling downtown, not too bad on this stretch of 895. the harbor tunnel freeway, traveling on 95 north of the city or the harrisburg expressway, this is a live look at i-83 and shawan road. foggy conditions for your friday morning drive. over to you and good morning megan. the big story rallies in his honor. many community members seek justice. federal official also speak to the familiar live trayvon martin with the recap of what led the police chief to step down and what's expected today. let's go over to linda so with the details. >> reporter: we have learned federal officials will reportedly meet with trayvon martin's family in florida and a special prosecutor has been appointed by the state. thousands rallied last night at a park in florida to demand justice for the 17-year-old.

rally was supposed to be held at a church but was moved to accommodate the bigger crowd. trayvon was shot and killed last month near his father's fiancee's house. george zimmerman the neighborhood watch leader said he did it in self-defense. but there's anger over how police handled the case. they never interviewed key witness like trayvon's girlfriend who was on the phone with him as the incident happened and never gave zimmerman a toxicology test. the town's police chief said whoa temporarily step down. >> i do this in the hopes restorm some semblance of calm to the city which has been in turmoil for several weeks. >> reporter: we have learned the local prosecutor has convenienceed -- conveniented a -- convened a grand injury to determine whether to charge zimmerman. former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky is trying to get the charges against him thrown out.

a trial motion ended with sandusky arguing that some of the child sex abuse charges against him are not specific enough. that evidence is lacking and the statute of limitation has run out. he also sought to delay the start of the may 14th trial. the prosecution will respond in writing within the week and april 5th court date is set to hash out the remaining disputes in the case. criminal charges against staff sergeant robert bales are now expected todaych the number of victims has -- today. the number of victims has risen from 16 to 17. his lawyer said he will be charged with murder and a slew of other charges. authorities have not elaborated on why the death toll has riseen. an american known for -- risen. a american known for fighting in libya is considering going to libya. he he fought with rebels in libya and was there before he was released. vandyke said he would consider going to syria has been following the situation of the

regime and he said he considering this and seemed to be unified. . >> the rebels are not properly supplied and there doesn't appear to be a real commitment to their fight to the outside world to supply them and i don't think i could make a valid contribution at this time. >> vandyke says he would go to syria as a fighter like did he in libya. first ann arind county executive john leopold was indicted and the police chief says he won't testify about what he might know about the alleged activities. state prosecutor says leopold misused members of his detail even alleging he made them act as lookouts while he had sex in a parking lot. the indictment says members went to the superior including the chief of police but nothing wasdone. yesterday the choof's attorney sent a letter saying he would

not appear despite the subpoena. >> i think he could have at least shown up and given us the courtesy of showing up instead senning a note through his attorney that screams cover-up. >> they will call on chief teare to testify. a democracy 2012 coverage, maryland primary is april 3rd but early voting begins tomorrow. so 37 deem delegates are at stake and polls will be opened from 10 to 8 p.m. and a day after mitt romney visited arbutus the cochairman for newt gingrich campaign in maryland says he will be the next gop candidate to visit the state. republican presidential candidate will visit on tuesday. more spie he civiccally the state -- specifically the statehouse. he will meet with business owners on main street. and new developments from annapolis that are going to facet you, -- affect you. those that earn more than 100,000 your income tax is

going up. lawmaker in the house debated 9 straight hours on the budget package and any difference between the house and the senate have to be worked out by april 9th. and now to the budget battle in baltimore citych city fire department is looking at closing three-- city. the city fire department is looking to close three fire departments at a saving of $3 million each. they are look to increase the workweek to 56 hours and offering firefighters a raise. police are eliminating 16 unfilled positions and merging the 911 sent wert city call center 311. law makeers in washington are fighting-- lawmakers in washington are fighting huge drug maker problems. a closer look at who is affected locally. the east coast is enjoying warm temperatures but what pros and cons are we suffering from with the heatwave. details coming up. and at 4:37 as we head to break, this is a live picture

right now as the pope is leaving to head to mexico. details on those stories ahead. we will be right back.

now "good morning maryland" at 4:30. across much of the country, windows are opened and air conditioners might be on in some homes. seems we have skipped spring and felt like we went into summer. some farmers feel the cold weather could come back and kill off the crops while others right now are taking a gamble and planting more. the weather has been good to cows in the midwest. in 23 states that produce the most milk each cow is averaging 9 gallons more than 25 glasses a milk per cow. that's a positive but with the early taste of warm weather comes shopping and we are talking from flowers to fertilizers and grills and items going earlier than usual. meaning, more jobs according to

home depot. they need the staff to handle the big stock and crowds coming in. they are look for young people to carry bags of fertilizer and seed and store officials say each store will hire from 20 to 30 new employees. looks like kids will be looking for the jobs earlier this year because the mild winter some kids will get out of school early. the last day for students in anne arundel county will be friday june 8th. except for 6 schools that get out a day earlier than that. so construction projects can geta head start. so lynette that's good news as far as the weather goes. >> exactly. >> we have more milk and jobs. kids will be out earlier. >> exactly. so the winter might have been a bust but spring and summer not so bad. temperatures in terms of spripg, we are mild this morning. close to 60 -- spring, we are mild this morning. 5 # at chestertown and annapolis close to 60. we are dealing with that fog --

53 at chestertown and annapolis lows close to 60. we are dealing with that fog. we have a dense fog advisory. it's different from yesterday. not everybody is getting that widespread fog. i will detail the next weather system coming in. but right now let's check the traffic with angela. good morning. is the fog affecting the road. >> reporter: it is especially north of baltimore on the harrisburg he can he pressway. look at traffic cameras and seeing a lot of foggy conditions there. also traveling on the top side of 695, foggy conditions for you there. also still got a road crew on the west side of frederick road not causing delays. should be out of there by five. here's a live look at i-95 south of caton avenue heading toward the beltway. all lanes opened and moving without delay. and again a live look at the top side of 695 between providence road and the harrisburg expressway. megan over to you. the scene was scary for a news courtroom. a reporter and photographer had no choice but to call the

police. >> today you are encouraged to get a digital detox. can you live -- detox. can you live without your phone and computer for 24 hours? details ahead.

presidential hopefuls will be back on the road today newt gingrich and ron paul will both rally in louisiana. gingrich will be touring part of the state and will have a round table discussion in new orleans. ron paul is speak at southeastern louisiana university. president obama will launcha new video campaign for the affordable care act. today marks the two-year anniversary of the health care act. 2/3 of americans don't think that they should have to buy health insurance if they don't want to. the prost sigh policy

changes at facebook planned toroll out today have been pushed back. you deserve of the social network. the site disvoice their pleasure. a now date will be revised. the policy has not been set for that date. and national unplugging day. from sundown today they say saturday they encouraging everyone to turn off electronics and get outside. it's sponsored by the nonprofit reboot. how about trying your luck since there was no winner in fuse night's mega millions drawing, the jackpot up is for grabs and it's huge. we are talking $290 million. numbers will be drawn tonight at 11. another big thing happening right now. the trilly shunninger -- hunger games a huge phenomenon survival of the fittest story line. tickets are sell selling out fast. lines are-- selling out fast and lines are forming and last night there was a huge crowd and charley is out there

talking to moviegoers in white marsh. how is it looking out there. >> reporter: pretty quiet buch like you said a couple minutes ago, lines were out the door for the midnight showing. you talked about the ticket sales. fan dango was reporting they were selling at 10 per second for the preshows for the midnight movie. we have 50 people down the hall here. they are watching the 3:15 show. it will let out around 5:45 and we will hear from some of the moviegoers for some reviews of what they thought. like you said, this is a phenomenon. the hunger games trilogy is following in the pattern of twilight and harry potter. books made for the teens the younger adults and a lot of people older adults are into the books. projected sales for the weekend is around 135 million dollars. that's right on par once again with harry potter and the twilight series. harry potter is the record opening weekend ever, 165 million dollars. but right now, they are in there for the 3:15 showing and going to be out in about an hour and we will hear from this

live and their thoughts on what they saw for the opening movie once again the hunger games. adventures of cattiness and pita but another question i think we have on facebook about this series, is it too violent. will parents shy away from it because it's the reality tv show where the characters young between the ages of 12 and 18 fight to the death. we are live in white marsh at amc for the midnight showing and 3:15 showing. charley crowson abc2 news. >> we will check in with you in a bit and talk to you as moviegoers are coming out to see what they think. hungers games causing people to buy or check out the books from the local library. but the book is all checked out at the lie bear i in baltimore. they have 65 copies and they had to order another 35. -- library in baltimore. they have 65 copies and had to order another 35. >> we have more than 6,000 down loadable audio books the audio books you can down load to the ipod and there are more than

400 people on that waiting list. >> the baltimore county library is out of the book. they have more than 800 copies of three book series. close to 400 people are on a waiting list right now. all right. free donuts and free paint can be found on the website abc2news.com. that's because it's freebie friday and we do this every week. we encourage you to go to abc2news.com and here are example of things you will find. toys r us this saturday a free fun event with pomas the train. that starts at 11:00 in the -- thomas the train. that starts at 11:00 in the morning. again head to abc2news.com and check out the free stuff you can find online. congress is taking aim at a new scam cracking down on phoney pharmacies stockpiling life saving drugs. and the problem is it's heading

close to home. we have more. take a look. >> reporter: maryland head basketball coach brenda freeze is not afraid of challenge authority. especially -- challenging authority especially off the court when it involves her 4- year-old son tyler shocked when she found out his leukemia treatment was threatened by a shortage. >> how many people have had to die makes me sick to my stomach to think about it. >> reporter: she wrote the congressman elijah cummings who investigators found a big reason for the shortage. fake pharmacies. >> they hoard the drugs and then basically help to create the shortage. >> this is beyond greed. it's really insensitivity as well. >> not only is it insensitivity it's criminal. >> reporter: we visited what congressional investigators call a fake pharmacy where there is a pharmacy license but as you can see, it doesn't look much like a pharmacy. it's locked up.

here's how it works. they act as middlemen buying drugs from the manufacturer but selling to a whole sale company they own. often at the same address. mashing up the price a second time before offering to desperate hospitals. investigators say fakes sold to 15 dollar vile of cancer fighting drug to hospitals for $350. congress sent 19 letters to supposed pharmacies across the country this week and is working with state authorities to pull their licenses. north carolina closed this one never opened to customers the shelves have few drugs. specializing only in those in short supply. >> we are paying a ridiculous price for many of the drugs. sometimes marked up 100, 200, 300%. >> reporter: creating a shortage and high cost that interrupt and threaten cancer treatments for patients like tyler.

4:51. we know how whitney houston died. the coroner's office says the 48-year-old die from -- died from a drowning but heart disease and cocaine use were contributing factor. she was found at bathtub in a hilton hotel on february 11th. her family says they are saddened by the results but are glad to have closure as far as the cause of death. scary moments for a tv crew following up on a story of elder abuse in arkansas. three people had been -- have been arrested in the death of a elderly man including the man's son. what reporter and photographer went to the man's house they found the son's friend there. he certainly was not happy about them showing up. the friend asked the crew to leave and grabbed a gun from his car. he is facing aggravated assault charges. certainly not your average bungee jump. they clapped and cheered as the 25-year-old woman in the wheelchair went over a bridge for her first bungee jump.

she won a contest that helps people with disabilities achieve their extreme sports dreams. organizers say it's perfectly safe to bungee jump in a wheelchair. other news this morning, the cost to repair the 200-year-old basilica of the assumption in baltimore could cost nearly $5 million. official are the baltimore catholic archdiocese says cracks in the domes appeared after the east coast quake hit in august last year. the basilica will be closed to most visitors over 8 months beginning in june while the damage is repaired. and after being closed for several months, the central tower of the washington national cathedral is going to open for one day. the tower has been deemed structurally sound and safe for visitors and will open tomorrow to the annual tower climb. the cathedral closed back in august after it suffered damage from the earthquake. repairs to the cathedral are expected to cost 20 million dollars. that's going to be opened and the cherry blossom festival is

going on and a lot people are wondering if the weather is going to be okay. >> being see my face right. it's going to be a little wet going into the weekend. today we are dealing with the fog and we dealt with that all week long. we will dry out in terms of the fog tomorrow. but then the wet weather rolls in. but for right now, we have reduced visibility, three miles in baltimore and zero in york and also frederick. so we have dense fog advisories until 10 for this areas. you can see it's going downhill like they have been all week long before we go back up hill. right now, temperatures mild again and 58 in baltimore. 57 in easton and dc coming in at 61 degrees. we have the humidity out there. the satellite and radar, not picking up on a whole lot. we have the fog and will have the cloud but since we don't have that thick cloud cover, this will burn off earlier than it has been. now we look back off towards the west and we have a huge upper-level low spinning and this is the one that dropped

lots of ran across the middle of the nation. this will finally start to trek it's way towards the east. with that, that's the rain that i am talking about as we go through the weekend. and we can see this on the 7- day forecast as temperatures will drop off on saturday. 70 degrees and still well above average and a chance for showers and thunderstorms in the forecast. and then we get cooler heading into sunday with more showers in the forecast for you. don't forget the rain greer heading out and about tomorrow. now let's check the traffic with angela. good morning how are the road and the fog is the big story we can't shake it. >> reporter: we cannot shake it. we are looking at traffic cameras and it's not as bad on 50 as you mentioned it's north of the city. 795 and the harrisburg expressway look pretty booed right -- bad right now especially through the at that mownium area. here's a live shot at shawan. volume is not too heavy. more activity in the southbound direction. in the meantime, for those of you taking the drive through arbutus, on northbound i-95,

very light volume here as well. and, of course, as you continue to the 395 merge all lanes are opened and moving without delay. megan over to you. >> thanks. pope benedict xvi making his first trip to mexico today. many are excited to see him, there are plenty people protesting his visit and beliefs. some are saying no thanks to the visitand dramatic video out of afghanistan what helicopter tries to take off and something goes horribly wrong.

now "good morning maryland" at 4:30. >> pope benedict xvi is visiting mexico a day before the visit a group advocating women's sexual and repro-- reproductive rights protestedch the pope plans to be in mexico for three days and he will be giving a sunday mass to hundreds of thousands of people

there. five more bodies have been found in the wreckage of the costa concordia cruise ship. that brings the death toll to 30. two people are still missing. official wouldn't give details on -- officials wouldn't give details on the sex or ages of the victims found. today is the last day they will move people from the ship operation end today. investigators right now are combing the apartment where an islamic extremist kept french police at bay for nearly two days. he died on thursday after being shot in the head by police as he jumped from his apartment. boasted about killing 7 poem in france. he claims to have ties to al- qaeda. look at this video released by military.com of the u.s. apache helicopter crashing in afghanistan. you can see the chopper flying very low over the military outpost and something goes wrong. the helicopter circles