now "good morning maryland." the calls for justice are growing but still no arrest in the case of trayvon martin. i am linda so. who his family will meet with

later today. >> new video of a crash landing in afghanistan. how this happened and how many people were on board and what their condition is this morning. and a crackdown on fony pharmacies stockpiling vital life saving drugs. how a maryland's woman basketball coach played a role in this. it's a great storey. thanks for joining us. it's friday morning. happy friday and thanks for joining us. if you wonder when charley is, he is out with the tweens watching the hunger games. so we are going to check in with him and see what they think of the movie. let's check in with meteorologist lynette charles to see what she thinks of the weather. >> all right. he think we have fog out there. so here we go again megan. and we have a little bit of misting possible as well. mild and humid. that's the scenario for today. the end of the week. we have reduced visibility in a lot of spots this morning. zero in york frederick and hagerstown and with this, we have a dense fog advisory once again this morning. and it's in effect until 10 a.m. for the areas shaded in the grayish color. as we look at maryland's most

powerful radar as of now, we are dry. so we have all five sweeps on but the fact is that as we go in through the weekend, that's when we will see some change in the forecast. you will want to stick around for that. let's talk about the roads right now. let's go over to angela foster. she has the foggy conditions don't you. >> reporter: yes, we have the foggy conditions on the harrisburg expressway. northwest expressway and also west of baltimore seeing a lot of fog on the cameras there. we will tell you about a situation in joppatowne where alternating traffic an philadelphia road between joppa farm road and joppa road a gas leak and emergency crews are on the scene. so expect delays. and if you travel in the city however 895 just north of child street you will see disabled on the ramp to charles street but not causing too much of a delay. let's look live at the foggy conditions. this is u.s. 50 maryland 8 from the easton shore you will see fog as you approach the chesapeake bay bridge and continue on into annapolis and harrisburg expressway. this is north of maryland 137. southbound with a lot more

activity but no major delays foggy conditions and a mta note, good friday to all computers. -- commuters we are on time with the buses and rails. 5:32. calls for justis are getting louder in the trayvon martin case. abc2 news linda so is here with the latest on investigators into the teen's death what they are expected to say today. >> reporter: we have learned federal officials will meet with trayvon martin afamily in florida today and a special prosecutor has been appointed by the state. >> justice for trayvon. >> reporter: thousands rallied at a park in florida to demand justice for the 17-year-old. hale -- rally was supposed to be held at a church but a was moved -- but was moved to a bigger crowd. the police chief announced whoa temporarily step down. trayvon was killed near his fiancee's house. george zimmerman said he killed him in stive defense but trayvon's father says that's a

lie. >> we want an arrest and we want a conviction for the murder of our son. >> reporter: we have learned police never interviewed key witness like trayvon's girlfriend who was on the phone as the incident happened and never gave zimmerman a prosecute -- a toxicology test. linda so, abc2 news. it's 5:34. we have new video to show you of a u.s. apache helicopter crash in afghanistan. look at this. the helicopter is flying very low over a military outpost last month when something goes wrong. the helicopter crashes into a snow covered landing zone. the vehicle keeps going and in the distance, it's does a couple flips. the two-man crew survived the crash and no one on ground was hurt. the u.s. army is investigating what caused the crash in the first place. the senate committee will vote on a measure to expand gambling in our state. this measure would allow table

games like blackjack and craps at maryland casinos which currently have slot machines and the bill would allow the casino in prince george's county to become a reality that would be in addition to the five casinos allowed under state law. only two have opened so far and a third is scheduled to open this summer in anne arundel county. tomorrow washington national cathedral says it will open its central tower which sustains significant damaged during last august earthquake. just for one day the tower has been deemed structurally sound and safe for visitors and will be opened to the public for a tower climb. the cathedral says visitors will be able to climb the 333 stairs from the ground to the top of the tower. repairs to the cathedral after the august earthquake are expected to cost around 20 million dollars. approximately 2 million dollars has been raised so far. baltimore catholic archdiocese officials say earthquake damage to a dome of nearly 200-year-

old basilica of the assumption in baltimore could cost about 5 million bucks to repair. the cracks to one of the domes at the oldest cathedral in the united states appeared soon after last summer's earthquake. and now has grown. now the basilica will be closed for about 8 months starting in june while the damage is repaired. news around the nation. captain. a california woman face attempted murder charges for trying to run over another woman. look at this. the surveillance camera capture the two arguing outside a store and the victim actually egged on the driver and the driver runs into her throwing her several feet. the suspects charged with assault and a deadly weapon. this is probably a reporter's worst nightmare. a tv station in memphis, tennessee, trying to follow up on a case of elderly abuse story in arkansas. three people were arrested for the abuse of an elderly man including the man's son. when the reporter went to the man's house, she was confronted by the son's best friend. you are about to see he was not

happy about them being there. >> everybody is lying my best friend -- man, look -- >> you can't touch the camera now. >> you really-- >> okay. >> we are leaving. we are leaving. >> the reporter called authorities and the friend is now being charged with aggravated assault. you can see him get the begun from the -- gun from the car. to a story about the beyonce not the singer but the beyonce the puppy. look. look it. lynette. beyonce is the size of an iphone. she almost didn't make her. her owner told us -- was told that she would be born stillborn. sure enough she came out not breathing. but she wouldn't give up on the little pup and begged the vet to do cpr. >> gave hear couple breaths in the mouth and took a couple and she's been fighting ever since. >> look at that. now beyonce is doing just fine. she and her litter mates are celebrating the two-week birthday today and she was

named beyonce after the song i am a survivor. >> oh. >> that's the video of the day. pretty cute. how would you like to be millions and millions of dollars richer? we would all love that. you have a chance. tonight's big drawing in the mega millions, we will tell you how much is up for grabs. also ahead after a month of speculation we have learned what killed whitney houston. we have details ahead. >> so 50s and 60sthis morning going to give way 80s -- way to 80s this afternoon. details coming up. >> reporter: we are seeing a couple accidents out there this morning coming up, we will let you know how the fog will impact your friday morning drive. g

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now "good morning maryland." 5:41 on a friday morning. a foggy friday morning. we want to let you know queen ann, kent county 90 minute delays no morning pre-k any morning delays or closings will be found at the bottom of the screen. we know what caused whitney houston's death. she died from drowning and the effects of heart disease and cocaine use. the toxicology reports were

released yesterday. the coroner found cocaine marijuana and xanax and other things in her system. houston did die at a beverly hills hotel in the month of february 11th, the eve of the grammy awards. the home where michael jackson spent his last few months and where he died is up for sale. he wented -- rented it for six months in 2009. now it's going up for 23.9 million dollars. seven bedrooms 14 fireplace a spa and wine sellar and doesn't come turnered but the furniture was auctioned off except for the bed he died in. coffee to groceries, car repairs people are pulling out plastic to pay for things. what the survey says about the cash and coins we once carried around. ahead this morning, the drug shortage that caught the attention of law makeers in washington. what they discovered and how they plan to get some much needed medications back to

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now "good morning maryland." 15ments away from -- 15 minutes away from 6. jim avila broke the story of pink slime he is on the trail of a

different scam. fake drugstores. congress decided to crackdown on the phoney pharmacies stockpiling vital drugs take a look. >> >> reporter: maryland head basketball coach is not afraid of 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 cancer drug shortage. >> let's wake up here. how many people have had to die makes me sick to my stomach to think about it. >> reporter: she wrote her congressman elijah cummings whose investigator found a big reason for the shortage. fake pharmacies. >> what they do is hoard the drugs and then basically help to create the shortage. >> reporter: this is beyond greed. it's really insensitivity as well. >> not only insensitivity but criminal. >> reporter: we visitsed what congressional investigators identify as a fake pharmacy in

maryland. there supposedly is a pharmacy license but it doesn't look like a pharmacy. it's pretty well locked up. they being a as middle men buying drugs from the manufacturer and sell to a drug whole sale company they also own. often at the seam address marking up the price a second time before offering to desperate hospitals. investigators say fakes sold a 15 dollar vile of cancer fighting drug to hospitals for $350. congress says 19 letters to supposed farm sees across the country this week -- farm it is across the country this week and -- pharmacy across the country this week and is working to pull their license. they closed this one and the shelves have few drugs specializing in those in shortsupply. >> 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. jim avila, abc news, elkton maryland. it seems every day we pass by a gas station that the price is going up and up. how much did we have to shell out? according to aaa in maryland, the average price for a price of regular unlead gallon of gas $3.91 but many stations has 4 and sometimes in certain cases even more. nationally the average price for a regular unleaded cost about $3.86 a gallon. here in maryland again drivers are paying about the average 3 cents more for a gallon of regular unleaded. according to aaa mid grade will cost you about 4.04 and premium.4-- 4.17. log onto abc2news.com and we are trying to find the cheapest gas in your area for the next trip. under the traffic tab click on gas prices and find a list of the cheapest gas prices in the community. put in your area code and then the locations closest to you pop up with the price.

plastic is the way to go in the form of can't sigh around the world right now. people are turning to credit cards and online pay accounts to handle bills. purchase products they are doing that as well. the website predicts that eventually coins and bills will no longer be needed. bank of america says it has a pilot program offering some of the mortgage customers who are facing foreclosure a chance to stay in their homes by becoming renters. instead of owners. participants will transfer the homes the title over to the bank which will forgive the outstanding mortgage debt. they will be able to lease the homes for up to three years to allow the rental market rate. mortgage lease program will be available in test markets in arizona, nevada, and new york. all right. sports news this morning. march madness continues. maryland terps are heading to the sweet 16. the women's team is taking on texas a&m on sunday. and raleigh's national semifinals where it is all

happening. that's this weekend. on monday tim tebow will be the newest member of the new york jets. but before he can join rex ryan he will be required to resign with the denver broncos and remain with the team for 24 hours. that means his trade will not be official until 4 tomorrow afternoon. the broncos picked up quarterback peyton manning for a 5 year $96 million dollar contract that happened earlier this week releasing tebow to go to the jets. tired of working for your money? well, try your and at mega million and it's a long shot but you better believe everybody in the newsroom is trying to get their hands on that winning ticket. that's because the jack spot $290 million and the cash option is 205 million. it's not too bad. again, it's a nice drawing -- tonight's drawing is at 11 this evening. so herry up and get the tickets -- hurry up and get the tickets. are you in on the office pool. >> yes i am. >> you are going to be. >> you like that right?

>> i do. >> video he action. >> exactly -- action. >> exactly. we have reduced visible this morning. and we aree mile visibility in baltimore. 5 in easton and that's the name of the game. we have the goose eggs in frederick and also in york pennsylvania. hagerstown more of the same. let's go outside and glen burnie. we have a little patchy fog along the -- in annapolis and also anne arundel county. you are dealing with patchy fog across that area. and temperatures are quite mild once again for today. so we bring you back in and we can see 55 in millersville, sparrows point 58 degrees, 56 in edgewood, and 51 in bel air and good morning manchester, you are coming in around 58 degrees. so close to 60 degrees this morning. it's hiewp i will -- humid out there. you know the scenario, satellite and radar not picking up on awhole lot but we have patchy fog dense in some places and this is good news to me. this means it's going to burn

off a little bit quicker than it has been. the weather pattern has an area of low pressure, a cut off low that's been spinning across the middle of the nation and will begin to work the way into our area as we go through the weekend. so we can get when it's all said and done maybe an inch to an inch and a half of rain. but for today, temperaturescoming in around 80 and it will be a warm one. let's check the traffic with and l.a. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. and happy friday to you out there. as you get ready for the drive we have fog. extra caution and we recommend getting out a little earlier than usual. in the meantime, we have cleared an accident in catonsville. moving pretty well on the south side of 695. all the way around from the east side traveling from the key bridge making are way past the bw parkway. you shouldn't run into trouble spots. for those of you traveling on the top side of 695, however, foggy conditions limiting your visibility as we get a live look at 695. and providence road same scenario for those of you west of baltimore that is live shot

of i-70 west of the glenwood and west -- eastbound lanes seeing more activity heading towards 695. megan back over to you. 5:52. it's the two-year anniversary of the president's affordable health care act. coming up, what the commander in chief is doing today to commemorate the milestone and pushing the message ford. and turn off the gadgets and get outside. there's a new push to make us wireless for one day many we will be right back. [ other merv ] welcome back to the cleaning games.

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everyone is encourageed to turn off electronic advice and get outside. a 12-year-old boy held a sign what stopped traffic. what he is accuse of doing that has his family serving up tough love. and a chicago couple has a lot of explaining to do. why their kids were lft alone at home for -- left alone at home for two days. >> and i will tell you what you want to take with you and it's notsinly the umbrella. that -- not necessarily the umbrella. the check list is coming up>> reporter: you will run into fog this morning we will have details on friday commute coming up next. ♪ [ woman ] i was ready for my trip, but my smile wasn't. [ female announcer ] new crest 3d white intensive professional effects whitestrips. it goes below the enamel surface to whiten as well as a five-hundred dollar professional treatment for a transformation that's hard to believe. ♪ wow, that's you? [ female announcer ] new intensive professional effects whitestrips.

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