construction but speeds still pretty high. 56 miles per who are along the southbound lanes at cold spring lane. that's the abc2 time safer traffic now over to you. >> thanks -- timesaver traffic. now over to you. >> it still cost a lot to fill up your tank and you have faith you are get being your money's worth but how do you know for sure? joce sterman is putting pump under examination to find out. >> reporter: there are 40,000 gas pumps at 2,000 gas stations across maryland. it's a lot of ground to cover but the state checks everyone and so did week looking at -- so did we look at -- look at inspections -- looking at inspection for all the states. we focused on 127 stations in baltimore anne arundel county and howard and harford counties. we looked at last four inspection for the last four years and foud more than 4,000 pumps rejected or condemned. of those, more than a thousand were flagged because of problems that could impact what you pay at the bump. >> the bottom line is we want

the complete transaction to be valid for the consumer and on both parties make sure there's no gain on either side of the sell or buyer. >> reporter: now our investigation also found that when there is a problem with the pumps, station owners are three times more likely to lose money than you are. so you have to be wondering what about the stations where you fill up or how do you spot a problem pump and report it? check it on web on mobile and your cell phone and tablet. check all of thus abc2news.com/pump report many we want to show you a little of what's on the web. we will show you abc2news.com/pump report, when you go here, all kinds of stories and information you can use and look up by county certain pumps you can look up by a map if interested or by a list breakdown and you will see the station broken down by the last inspections, how many pumps were rejected and condemned and the reason for that. you can also look up the gas stations by map. baltimore county this towson

park exxon pops up and we find out they had different pup pes rejebd or condemned for meet -- pumps rejected or condemned for meet are probable -- meter problems. everything you need right is right there mobile and tablet everything you need to know. joce sterman abc2 news. some residents may have gotten a shock when they opened the recent water bills. that's because for the last five months hundreds of homeowners had hoe watt -- low water bills. two meter readers assigned to the neighborhoods failed to read the meters. city official say some of the residents are getting bills now that are three to five times more than what they had been paying. >> keep in mind, when they were overbilling issues, the city refuned the money and we have a -- refunded the money. and we have a responsibility by law and a responsibility a moral responsibility all customers to make sure everybody pays -- responsibility to all our customers to make sure everybody pays fairly and

accurately. >> they have added 19 meter inspectors to respond within a few days to complaints. and four sector analyst who will check all the meters in the area. from free french fries to a child safety kits, find ought sorts of great stuff up for grabs on abc2news.com as part of the freebie friday. here an example. celebrate slurpee day by getting a free slurpee at 7- eleven on may 23rdp and misdash the spice maker is offering a bunch of coupons. fiend it online at abc2news.com under free sample mamma. the race is on at pimlico, the course, because of the 137th preakness stakes happening this weekend. but still, there is plenty of history to see out there today. and abc2 news charley crowson is out live this morning. what's going on? >> reporter: hey, they have flipped the light switch at pimlico. this place has come alive

getting rade for the black eyed susan day and the black eyed susan takes. that's later today. about 11 races are running. some of the horses are going through the morning routines. and speaking of routines, i will have another of the kentucky derby winner. he is going out for a practice run two hours earlier than normal. the usual time is 8:30. today they will knock it out around 6:45. but for the day's events, there's a lot going on. rise on the old hilltop. the tours going on right now. later this morning, at 10:00, you will have an autograph session with some of the jockies and gates and black eyed susan day opened 9:30, 30,000 race fans and spectators expected today. and coming up at 6:45 this morning, we will hear from doug o'neal who is the trainer for i'll have another. he will join us live for an interview in 15 minutes. until then, we are live at pimlico racecourse, charley

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the queen of disco donna summer died yesterday of cancer in florida at her home. she was 63 years old. the five time grammy winner was popular in the 1970s with hits on the radio, last dance, love to love you baby and one of the biggest hits came in the 1980s called she works hard for the money. we will be singing her songs today. caught on tape a. balcony collapsed twice in 24 hours at a texas apartment complex. second one captured on video. this happened in austin texas. no one was hurt in either incident. people from several units had to be evacuated until the balance canny can be fixed. -- balcony can be fixed. a firefighter fell through a roof from a building when battling a fire in portland,oregon. officials say that he was up there trying to find hot spots and there was a weak spot and he fell three or four feed into the rafters and crawled out. this morning he is doing fine. it's 6:39. and your abc2 news to go is coming up next including the

latest in the trayvon martin case. linda. >> reporter: trayvon martin's mother will speak here this weekend -- be -- speaking here this morning. where you can hear her talking to the congregation coming up. >> reporter: a baltimore county delegate is being criticized for controversial comments and colleagues are call it race baiting. coats this morning and shorts by the afternoon. when you need the rain boots coming up. >> reporter: expect a lot of congestion this morning here on the west side of the beltway. i will show you what 95 and jfx look like coming up in my abc 2 timesaver traffic report. you watching "good morning maryland.

good morning. i am megan pringle this is your abc2 news to go we have a busy friday morning. sherie has details on criticism for controversial row mark. we more and linda so out live with new information and video in the trayvon martin case and charley is out live at pimlico with the preview of the preakness tomorrow. first let's start off with lynette and check on the weather. >> all right. good morning everyone. satellite and radar picking up

on plenty of sunshine. a just a few clouds may stream if through the remainder of today but look at what we have. temperatures on the cool side as we start out in ocean city right around 58 degrees there. and, we are looking at the pressure at 30.11 that dew point nice and dry. right now in mount airy cooler at 45 degrees and winds are calm. but let's look out in mount airy because it's gone gorgeous a beautiful sunrise and make sure to get out and enjoy the day because we do have changes in the forecast. let's go ahead and send it over to lauren with a check of the traffic good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we have trouble on 95 and howard county. there's a disabled tractor trailer that is blocking one northbound lane right at route 32. if you are traveling the beltway here's what it looks like in parkville at harford road. no significant delays. it will be a relatively easy ride making the drive up towards charles street. as for the west side it's really going to be jammed at liberty road. so expect a very slow ride traveling that outer loop from

795 all the way down to 95. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver trafficor mr. breaking news officers in mississippi arrested a mannerliy -- a man earlier this morning who they say is responsible for two highwayway shootings. james willie is locked up this morning. authorities say he will be charged with two counts of capital murder in the shootings. detectives say he was not posing as a police officer in the shootings as authorities previously had suspected. we are learning new information in the trayvon martin case. new video shows the final moments and photograph detail george zimmerman's injuries. this is coming as trayvon martin amother plans to be in baltimore this weekend and abc2 news linda so is live this morning in northwest baltimore with details on her visit. linda. >> reporter: well, we have learned mart ann mother sybrina fulton will be here at empowerment temple church this much northeast baltimore. that is first visit to the

city. the pastor of empowerment temple arranged for her to be here. she will speak about how she is coping with her son's death after he was shot and killed by george disciple heman. this comes as new video surface showing mart ann final momentser with bought s k. ttles and iced tea. there's new photos of zimmerman after the shooting a fire department report says zimmerman what bloody nose and small cut to the back of his head. and newly released documents from marten's autopsy shows -- mart ann autopsy shows trace amounts of thc, the ingredients in marijuana in his system. it shows martin was shot in the chest within 3 feet. here's what zimmerman's attorney says about the new information. >> we knew it was coming. it's several pieces of the puzzle that we now have to put together. i would ask everyone to wait until we have the whole pieces altogether to look and see what the picture is. >> reporter: now trayvon martin

amother will speak at 9:30 and 11:30 services here sunday. there's seating for 2,000 people and they expect a packed house. so if you plan to be here, come early. live in northwest baltimore, lenda so, abc2 news -- linda so, amount bc2 news. delegate pat mcdonough is speak out about crime in baltimore specifically the inner harbor and drawing criticism for what he had to say. sherrie johnson is here with more reaction, this is really upsetting a lot of people. >> reporter: a lot of people are not very happy with his comments. but today at noon, we have learned thatel he is holding a news conference in pikesville to discuss the crime issue and the comments and wants more police presence at the inner harbor but it's the way he went about asking for it that has people concerned. he recently put out a news release saying black youth mobs terrorize baltimore on holidayshe says a recent trip through downtown baltimore plus the videotaped attack on

tourists on st. patrick's day made him think about the crime issue. the utes of black mobs has some people angry and offended. some are calling it race bathing a spokesperson for the city mayor stephanie rawlings- blake said this was a race shallly charged publicity -- racially charged publicity stunt undeserving of a response. anderson says mcdonough is motivated by publicity. >> to ignore it and cover it it up is not going to go away what happens if someone is murder? will someone say he is right? >> i've -- i invite him to come downtown to see exactly what the police are doing are with our kids and perhaps maybe he wouldn't make statements like this. >> reporter: in response to mcdonoug's comments the pair -- mash's office put out a release since 2006 juvenilehomicides down 50% and shootings down 70%. you can imagine the story is generating a lot of comments

online and it's not too late for you to weigh in. just head to the wmar facebook fan page and leave your thoughts. dozens of world leaders will be in maryland today. they will be joining president obama for the group of 8 economic summit at camp david known as the g8. this is the video of the prime minister of italy arriving at andrews air force base. goax taking -- he is going to be taking part. discussion about the economic woes and so lid fying plans and winding down the war in afghanistan. the summit will make history. >> the g8 meet be will be the largest gathering of leaders at camp david. and this is the first time there will be two heads of state at -- more than two heads of state there. >> we are learning camp dade could be protested on the outskirts by occupy protesters many we will keep you posted on whether they show up. the wait is almost over today investors can start buying stock in facebook. the soaks network company is set to begin trading on the

stock market at $38 a share. if facebook has more than 900 million users and the market value of 104 billion dollars. this happens today. get this many you may be able to tell someone's emotional well-being by watching how they use the internet. a study found students with signs of depression browse the web randomly and switch between several applications. news time is 6:50 and doug o'neal the trainer for the horse i'll have another is riding high after winning the kentucky derby nearly two weeks ago. charley crowson is standing by live at pimlico this morning. charley, how is it going out there. >> reporter: celebrities abound but none bigger than this guy. he is the trainer for i'll have another and came back from the racetrack how was run? >> when did the celebrities show up. >> reporter: it's to bump you kenny mane was here. >> you said celebrities i was waiting for i'll have another

champ looks super and slept great and ate up good and he is ready to rock and roll. >> reporter: row said sleep. >> yes>> reporter: you've been on full tility since winning derby have you slept. >> yeah you know this is so much energy and excitement in the air that it's hard to slope because you are pumped up and want to get back to the barn. i have 4 or five hours in night and that's good. and a lot of coffee but just a lot of enthusiasm and excitement and really good horse. >> reporter: i understand a few days ago you had a chance to go to johns hopkins. i wanted to ask you about the hat. what's the significance of the hat? there's so many names. >> it was so cool we met a bunch of cool kids and i asked them if they would give me an autograph on the hat for a lucky -- good luck charm and it was so cool to see any of it. someone asked for the autograph and they were digging it and i dig it. it was a lot of fun. >> we were talking about your

demeanor so many people talked about your positive energy. you have a childlike demeanor around the horses where does that come from? >> well probably low iq. you know, i think enjoyment. i love the horses and now blessed to have -- surround myself with a lot of fun people who enjoy life and it's contagious. we have highs and lows but it's easier to get through the lows when you see the good in everything and have fun with it. >> all right thanks so much for the time. >> appreciate the time. >> reporter: continued succeed. he did say if he won thekentucky derby he will get a hot tub. if he wins the preakness his son will get a swim suit. >> thanks. 6:52. parents can learn more about baltimore super summer recreation program to help students lose critical skills over the summer break. there's a summer rue cruetment fair tomorrow at war memorial building and you -- recruitment

fair tomorrow at the war memorial building. and you can seeing sign up your children for the programs. five things to know before heading out this morning. don't be surprised if a coworker is wearing a life jacket. that's what's happening today in office of maryland natural resource. police are urging the public to wear life jackets to work and hope to increase boating safety awareness. a live look at the inner harbor where the liberty ship ss john w. brown will be docked later on today. you can check out the america's oldest surviving ship from now until may 22n. google self-driving car goes for test drive in the cap -- nation acapital. it could reduce traffic deaths significantly. the cars use sensors to watch cars, pedestrian and other obstacles. and don't r surprised to see -- don't be surprised if you see more bikes on the road. it's the 5th year for the bike to workday. it's to promote a clean, fun and healthy way to get around. and it's a record breaking

first quarter more than 4.9 million people flew through b w airport. that's a -- bwi airport. it's an all new record for the first quarter for any year. >> let's talk temperatures because we are chilly. 40s in ellicott city. 46 there. baltimore right now 46. more of the same. barnesville. frederick at 47 degrees. and then we see the 50s along the eastern shore. 53 in rock hall. good morning to you northeast. you are around 51 degrees. so make sure to have the jacket as you head out and about for today. we are looking at the winds on the light side so that's a plus because yesterday we were breezy. but look at ellicott city a gorgeous sunrise and more of the same in dundalk a few high clouds and that is the name of the game going through the rest of today. so let's look at this future trend because the future trend will be bringing us the chance for showers in the forecast. but luckily, it looks like

preakness is going to stay on the dry side. maybe a few clouds trying to move back into the picture. sunday we will have chance for rain and that will continue as we go into next week. so, if you have plans that time be prepared for the rain gear. but for today, no type of rain gear. you need the sun shades and sunscreen with the temperature coming in right around 77 degrees. and here's the preakness forecast. 78 mainly dry and sun and clouds and northeast wind at 5 to 10 miles an hour. and this is what it looks like for the 7-day forecast. gel again, good for today on black eyed susan day. preakness is fabulous and showers return as we head into next week. let's check of the abc 2 timesaver traffic with lauren. >> reporter: good morning. we have trouble in harford county. we are dealing with an accident on singer road and the problems will persist where we are deeing with -- dealing with a disabled car along northbound lanes of 95 at route p 2 -- 32.

checking in and look live at liberty road, that outer loop really going to be moving slowly. that will continue all the way down towards edmonton and we have the preakness road closures in effect. north rogers avenue will be shut down at northern parkway. one of the many roads affected by the race. so, for a complete list of the closures go to our website, abc2news.com. >> speak of the speak -- shall speaking of the preakness it's about the -- speaking of thepreakness it's about the horses and the hats are you going. >> i will because i got good reviews. >> it's a very fun event. the horses are amazing. >> and your hat. >> that's so te. share your preakness pictures on the facebook page. we want to see preaceness of the -- preakness of the past. we will have updates throughout the morning on weather and traffic. >> sound good. >> cute.