am charley crowson. >> it's gorgeous. that will make you smile. he is our sunrise guy. it's friday and, of course, you want to know how the weekend is seeping up because weather could play a factor if you -- shaping up because weather could play a factor if you are traveling on the road. >> now as we go more into the afternoon, it could fizzle or it could get its act together. and with that, we could be seeing more showers and more sleet coming into the picture. but, again, even if it does a little something, it's the roadways are wet and we will deal with black ice because of the fact that temperatures are going to be on the cold side. speaking of the temperatures, let's show you what getting on as you step out the door. 25 in hereford. stevensville at 29. union bridge at 25. bundle up as you head out and about and stay that way into the afternoon. we won't budge that much. let's show you what's going on right now. in terms of walking you through

the rest of your day, we start off very cold and will be in the clouds for today. we won't get any sunshine and we will wait for the mix and if it does so it will start off as sleet, snow and switch over to rain. let's check the timesaver traffic. >> reporter: one person has been hospitalized after a early morning crash. this is the scene earlier this morning. it shut down northbound lanes at middletown road. it was a liquid gas tanker that crashed but it was not carrying gas. the driver of the truck has been taken to the hospital with nonlife threat eke injuries. august northbound lanes have reopen. and -- traveling southbound everything nice and clear. in hunt valley at shawan road traffic is moving and it will remain this way as you get on the jfx. an 11 minute drive southbound

to east fayette street. if you are traveling the west side, a 7 minute ride normal conditions right now outer loop. you will want to watch out for a crash in pikesville at mcdonna and shell road. a crash on 95 along the southbound soldier along route 98 in laurel. it's been a hot issue of debate. whether or not to repeal the death penalty. lawmakers could be one step closer than ever before. abc2 news is here with all new developments where do we stand. >> reporter: a key vote came in favor of the bill to repeal the death penalty. the senate judicial proceedings committee pushed 6-5 to push it through for debate. it's a long time before any measure considered the biggest obstacle to get it repealed.

republicans were against it saying if you get rid of it there is no ultimate punishment for those who committed the worst of crime. >> by suggesting that you no loppinger have that ultimate sanctions that may be out there once they are incarcerated then there's the the -- there's the real concern for those who risk their lives in the walls of the prison there's no ultimate aches force those people. >> now advocates of the repeat have enough support in the house and senate if the measure goes through. mayorwould be the 18th state to legalize cap -- repeal capital punishment. gas prices are climbing higher and faster increasing 47 cents a gallon over the last month. and experts are warning that there is more pain to col that could accepted gas prices to all time highs. in los angeles, drivers are facing 5 bucks a gallon for

gas. >> it's not much i can do about it. so, i have to suck it up. >> when you are a handyman and use your own truck and gas, it hurts. >> there are a few ways to put the brakes on the gas bills and stretch the gas in your tank. aaa says drive the speed limit,maintain proper tire pressure and accelerate gradually. we are days away from four spend -- forced spending cuts that impact all of us in some way. they are set to take place on march 1st unless congress acts. federal workers are getting ready but u.s. lawmakers won't see change in the 174,000 dollar a year paycheck. they are exept from this. but some are wondering should they feel the pinch too. do you think you should take a pay kurt? >> certainly. we are in this together and suffering. >> reporter: you think members of congress should take a pay

cut. >> no i don't think they should raise the pay. >> reporter: they are not going to raise the pay. that's good to new. you know what the first rule of law is. don't protect yourself. if they take effect next week 2 million workers face untill-- 6:35 right now. for most students the after scone routine involves homework but there's debate whether it's really good idea. in howard county middle cool it offers a homework club and gaithersburg eliminated homework. instead, student read for 30 minutes every night. tonight at 11, sherrie johnson looks at homework and whether or not it's necessary and the impact on a student's education. that story coming up tonight at 11. local high school student argued a fund raiser to benefit the cystic fibrosis foundation. it's part of a dodge for a cure

and area independent and public high schools put together teams to square off on saturday in a dodge ball tournament. they are practicing for the event. cystic fie broke ies affects 30,000 people in the united states. it causes debill dating lung infections that let's to premature deaths. if you want to participate, they are excited about it. >> it's important because we want to spread awareness because it's a common gentlemen net being disease. my brother has it and people around the community do. so it's good to spread information about it. how to cure it one day in the future. dodge for a cure will be health friday from 4:30 until 8 at boys latin in towson. the cost is 10 bucks per person. >> wonder if we could get a good morning maryland team together. >> we could try it. >> we would fight with each

other. >> i say we do it. >> his mom told him to go to bed but he got on the phone. >> the call that had him so embarrassed he didn't want to show his face. >> and belly cystal and hugh jackman is hollywood going to honor the stars, you will find out more who hosted the -- landed the hosting job. you know his voice but

>> from murray hill middle school good morning maryland. >> and good morning to you. let's look live this morning at hollywood. you cpt see much there. you know megan even the city sleeps. even ahead of the 85th annual academy awards. >> they have to get the beauty sleep because the final touches are made. seth mcfar lain is hosting and

the producers chose him because he is funny and he can sing. >> we had an instinct that in the lines of toast by johnny carson seth might fit in as a reenvention. he is the -- >> he is a voice of the characters on the family guy and better known for the movie ted where he played the talking teddy bear. >> he sang in ted. hoody and the toy fish. >> in all vowels. >> you can see the oscars onabc2 starting at 7 after the show abc2 news at 11 and go to the website because we have an oscar page dedicated to all the fun that's happening on sunday. coming up maryland lawmakers make a decision on gun control. stay with us. we will have the latest details on that decision and what ice means for maryland.

it could mean we have this in the state. >> look at this. a massive bush fishtailing. could this be in our future. >> yes it could be. right now we have a wintery mix working towards us i will tell you if it sticks around for the entire weekend. that's coming up. >> reporter: no delays on 6 the 5 -- 695. i will let you know what 95 and 83 looms like coming up on good morning maryland.

you are looking live at downtown baltimore. the sun is up and you are looking at this. what does today have in store? we will find out from lynette charles. it's friday and i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson. let's go over toliette because the scene as we -- lynette because that scene. >> we are waiting for the wentry weather to come in. when i speak of wentry i am talking about an onset of sleet freezing rain and snow and all

that. it will witch over to rain going through time. looking at maryland's most powerful radar, seeing it back to the west in west virginia and western has been drying down but we will get some black ice as we go through the evening time frame as well. and this could ramp back up going into the afternoon. so let's switch over to show you temperatures this morning. we are at 29 right now in pasadena. 24 in glenelg and westminster the temperature is 24 degrees. so bendel up as you head out and about. switch back over -- boppedel up as you head out and about. witch back over so -- bundle up as you head out and about. >> reporter: ther weather will make your -- this winter weather will make your commute tricky. we have our fair share of problems. a crash on 95 in laurel. it's along the southbound lanes of route 198 and moved to the

shoulder. not causing too much of a backup and northbound lanes will be clear as you make the push into downtown wallet pore -- baltimore. there's a crash on mikesville at shell vow and 795 normal 10 minute ride southbound from westminster pike to the beltway. here's a live look at the northwest corner of 695 at old court road. not too much traffic. it's calm right now on the beltway. just a 7 minute ride on the outer loop from 795 down to 70 and here in hunt valley, the harrisburg expressway is free of delays traveling from shawan down to 695. that's your abc2 time saber traffic. new this morning major developments overnight when it comes to whether maryland should have tougher gun laws. a senate committee voted on the measure very late last night. and abc2 news linda so what is do this mean? >> the senate judicial commito voted 7-# in favor of the bill. they debated it for four hours.

stricter gun control is one of the governor's top priorities. it would began assault weaponssomething that became a hotly debated issues. some of the kiangs that were made will try to prohibit anyone from owning a hand gun if they were involuntarily committed for health reasons and it could cut the fee for a license and renewal and the number required number of training hours from 8 hours to 4. that vote was largely down party lines. all but one democrat voted in favor of the bill. republicans voted against it. >> i think the bill is thoughtful and crow atively and sensitively drafted. i don't believe we are stam peeling on anybody's second amentment rights. regretfully very little change about the bill. the concerns we had about the bill have not been addressed by the committee. there are very close votes.

i think it would have made a bad bill a little better. >> the bill now heads to the full senate for debate next week. linda so, abc2 news. we are 45 minutes away from finding out the fate or the bail situation involving oscar pistorius. the bail hearing has been going on for the past four days but as you've been paying attention, it feels like the trial because of the south african courts areforthcoming as the state makes the case to reject bail and the defense tries to blow hose on what's going on they have found wouldn't lead investigators in the -- one of the lead investigators is facing attempted murder charges. 7 to be exact. we learned yesterday he is facing the charges after a shooting back in 2011. that development rocked the

prosecution which has seen the evidence picked apart by the defense all involving the shooting disdeath of reba steenkamp. we are a hour away from learning the bail situation for the olympic sprinter. but the state says they still have a good case. >> he has 22 years of experience. and i think in terms of the theory and the application he has presented the case of the police well. >> a lot of people in south africa think he will get bail and if he does the first thing his family says he will do is go home and get rest. megan. >> all right. thanks so much. to have you plan on using pork sausage -- if you plan on using pork sausage check the label. it could be -- it is being

recalled because it could have plastic piece in it. it was made by smithfield packing company and shipped to 11 states including maryland. we posted the number you can call if you have the product or concerned find all the information on the website at abc2news.com. not everything you buy at the store is what you think. according to a study a third of the seafood we buy is mislabeled. environmental advocacy group took samples from stores and restaurants and found that red snapper is the most commonly mislabeled fish out there often sometimes it's rockfish and tuna had the next highest mislabeled rate and cod and salmon. first it was ray lewis to announce his retitle and now -- retitle and now another rain -- retirement and now another raven is announcing his retirement. he spent 11 seasons with the vikings before signing with baltimore in 2009. parents you have gone

through this before your kids don't want to go to bed and maybe they start turning on the water works or throwing a tantrum. girls throwing a tantrum? >> not yet. >> but this 10-year-old took it to a new level when his mom told him to go to bed he told her she was mean and threatened to call the police. then he called 911. police called back and mom answered and explained thesituation and they sent a officer over to lecture the man. >> i brought him into the room and the boy was under the covers and i asked him to pay attention to authority and pay attention and respect adults. >> the 10-year-old says he learned his lesson and won't threaten to call the police anymore. a scary ride for people on a bus in kansas city missouri a driver tried to round a corner on a slick snow covered road when the bus started to slide. there you see it. the bus slid into a light pole. and the light pole goes down to the ground. parts of missouri saw 5 to 13

inches of snow depending on where people lived. that's so cool. thunder snow you can hear it in kansas. they were treated to lightning thunder and snow so at the same time it's called thunder snow. pretty rare occurrence. it is part of the same weather system that is moving over missouri and parts of the midwest. air quaffs kansas could see up -- areas of kansas could see up to 18 inches of snow. >> that's a cool weather phenomenon. >> it is. it's cool. and basically it's like a thunderstorm but what you have going on is like during the summertime colder air aloft and warm air at the ground. and that's what happened 30 at the ground and you are thinking that's cold but we had a colder shot of air that rolled through and that's why we got the thunder snow. let's check out what's going on because we have temperatures in westminster coming in at 24 degrees.

and it's cold and it's going stay that way going through the rest of the day. let's show you what's going on right now. the big picture is showing plenty of snow now around the great lakes. around the upper midwest. then we see the severe component to this storm once again down to the south. and around the panhandle you can see strong thunderstorms. once again they have the potential for severe weather. then in the middle of the storm, we are starting to get, a little bit of dry slotting or dry air moving in. and, of course, this is the part that's moving into us as we go through the rest of today. as we go through the rest of the day it's going get its act together. so keeping in the chance for sleet to move into the picture and mixing with snow and changing over to rain. this is setup. we have high pressure on top of us. and with that, it's pulling in that colder air. but also we have that warmer air that's going to ride above that on top of that and that's going to give us a chance for the sleet and that will switch over to rain as we go through the rest of the evening. overnight into tomorrow, things

are going to start to improve tremendously. temperature wise this morning,25 degrees in manchester joppa at 28. 26 in bel air and abc2 most accurate future trend shows what's going on today. at 5, this is the rush hour time coming home. it's going to be a little dicey out there. now, if anything falls if the road is wet we will be watching for black ice so take it easy. by the time we hit saturday, tomorrow afternoon things will improve and sunday looks good as we will have the dry air. today, the temperature is coming in at 35 degrees. lets check the traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: the winter weather could make for a hectic commute into the evening and right now we have our fair share of problems a crash in anne arundel county along the northbound lanes of ritchie highway.

we have a crash on 95 in howard county in laurel along the southbound shoaled at route 198 not leading to significant delays in the northbound travel which will be clear to baltimore city. an accident in pikesville at shell road and a live look at the liberty road no delays it's going to take 8 minutes on outer loop from 795 to 70. and in parkville conditions nice and clear up to towson. now over to you. >> time for preview of what he coming up on good morning america. right after us here wrapping up in few minutes. >> good friday morning to all of you. coming up, a heart stopping video of a snow border haining on for deer life 45 feet booive ski slope. he survives after falling the four plus is fories -- stories and is speak out up next on good morning america. >> in 30 minutes we will update you on the weather that's going to be a story as well as traffic. we will see you then.

have a great friday.