cheryl conner is there where things are just about to get underway. got your ballet shoes on? >> reporter: i'm not that coordinated. we'll leave the ballet shoes to the dancers. a few are on stage. the rest are getting ready for the show that starts in less than an hour at the maryland hall. you're looking at maryland's home professional bali -- ballet company, the ballet theater. the artistic director joins us. thank you for being live with us. >> thank you. >> reporter: you have two shows, fire bird and the scarlet letter. give us a synopsis. >> they are both one act ballets. in fact, firebird was the first one done. that was meant to be a statement against the classical regime and they wanted to stream it into something more powerfully dramatic. so we're excited to be able top present that -- to present that. it has a princess and a prince but it's as russian as you can get. we're also jux that mosting that -- juxtaposing that against another. it's the story of the scarlet letter by hawthorne. it's -- it has a lot of the starkness that we would capture in the 1600's. both a

abc2 news cheryl conner is in southwest baltimore with the very latest. cheryl? >> reporter: that gas main was here at millington and affecting a senior housing facility and also an elementary school. 900 buildings total. crews from bge will be out here for days after water got into that gas main around 3:30 this morning. linda with bge joins us. certainly a tedious effort. the first you were telling us starts with shutting off gas to the 900 buildings. >> correct. once they worked to row patient -- repair it, restoring it we have to get into each of the homes, about 900 buildings total to turn the gas off. then we can safely get the gas out of the main, make the repairs and go back in to restart gas service if it's safe to do so. >> reporter: we're talking a multiday effort where you go in and have to go back in. >> a gas outage is different from an electrical outage. 900 customers we can typically restore them on short order. in this case multiple days because you have to physically access each and every building that's been affected and you have to do it twice

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i'm cheryl conner, with more from a maryland family who is getting a dog to help their autistic son. >>> and why you may want to bundle up the kids extra well at the bus stop toward midweek. i'm meteorologist wyatt everhart. >> we lead off with a story out of charlottesville, virginia. if you grew up in cockeysville with yeardley love, or you went to mvp with her or played lacrosse with her. >> you want to know what is going to happen to her former boyfriend, accused of killing her. >> most of the day here in charlottesville, virginia, was spent narrowing down the jury who will determine the fate of george huguely. also today, george huguely spoke for the first time since his arrest. >> reporter: for the first time since his arrest, the former university of virginia lacrosse player, george huguely spoke, as members of his family and the family members of yeardley love listened. huguely said he is not guilty =s >> well, it doesn't last four or five decades, to the point that it's okay to be on a jury, even though you have familiarity with a case, provided that you can state under oath

cheryl conner, abc2 news. >>> one delegate is protected by maryland state police after switching his vote. catch switched his vote from no to yes on allowing same sex marriages in maryland. one aids says the switch resulted in a credible threat. no one is saying what the threat was. police won't comment on the threat or protection details for delegate catch. >>> this weekend could be interesting, we want to show you a live look at the highway, your ride home, kingsville, we haven't had serious storms to deal with. is that about to change? wyatt everhart joins us in the storm center with our first forecast. >> it's interesting. spring like tonight and tomorrow. sunday, winter storm watch up for central and northern virginia. see the counties highlighted part of west virginia in this, this is for areas well west of baltimore and dc, we think that's where the highest totals will ends up from the storm. not to say we won't get accumulating storms. we will by tend of it all sunday. trend clear tonight. our storm now over east and central texas beginning to gain strength, becoming well def

we have plan update on a story that cheryl conner told you b she told us about a boy with autism with. we thought cheryl should come back and share the story. >> reporter: we hope to keep sharing it. nate's parents have received more feedback and more donations have come. the 5-year-old has moderate to severe autism, which doesn't give his parents much time to rest. he's constantly on the gop and -- go and often in danger. autism service dogs of america train labradors to calm down children but a dog costs $13,500, so nate's family is trying to raise the money. so far they have over $4500, including a $60 donation that came in today. >> we live in a bubble. we can't go anywhere. >> reporter: w8? are watchingxd tt arounde@(zx$ñá facebook. we're takingÑixd a look ahdxdxdi rightt(wñyv now. maria writesjfçóÑit(Ñiñrñ+d[zlld at what animals can do. she's asking people to help. allison is hoping to get enough money so that her son clan get the dog. $13,500 is what she needs. she said she will keep the movement going. information on how to donate is on our website, abc2news.com. cheryl con ne

abc2 news cheryl conner is at the scene with the latest. >> reporter: tow trucks are here. debris is in the road. looks like mcdonogh road will reopen soon. it's been nearly four hours since the crash caused people to come running out of their home. we have video that will make you passments the engine in this silver car, that's the one that crossed the center turn lane and caused the head-on crash. the driver, also partially hee jected. he was pronounced dead on the scene. police say hoe was speeding when he ran head-on into a blue car. the driver of that car died at the scene. there's a third car involved, the suv, the driver was not injured. we're between painters mill and winands. this has been shut down for

cheryl conner is live in the state house tonight following those developments for us and joins us live with an update. >> reporter: a vote is not coming quic

cheryl conner is there live with more. they have been very busy. >> reporter: dancers with maryland's bali company are rehearsing. they have two shows for the price of one, firebird and the scarlet letter. right now katherine is wearing the a. you are playing the role of hester rib -- rib -- prin. >> hester wears the a for her adult tres act. not only does it stand for adultry, it stands for angel. hester is an angel in town. shapes independent -- she's independent and just an incredibly brave woman. >> reporter: how do you use your creative role as a dancer to pore operate role of heft ter prin. >> a lost of what we do is our acting. it's taking the character that he created and the character that our corographer, our director has created with her movement and bringing a little bit of yourself to it so it's really going within your soul to bring that on stage and show the audience. >> reporter: you all are amazing, rehearsing six days a week and hold a job outside of dancing. >> ballet does not pay very well. most of us w

cheryl conner, abc2 news. >>> tonight's crash comes on the heels of another accident last night that claimed the lives of three siblings in bel air. jeff hager joins us with this story. >> reporter: a veering car in the lone stretch of two lane road with no rom for error. the three victims who died all came from a single family. >> ashley, joey. >> reporter: a family photo captures one of the last images of 29-year-old david bauguess. his younger sister ashley and 17-year-old joey, all killed in a single accident in bel air monday night. >> i told my wife it was an accident. she thought the kids had hit something or something. when she said all three of her kids were dead, she lost it. >> reporter: the chevrolet cavalier crossed the center line here on route 543 just south of wheel road, side swiping one car before spinning into the path of another one. the impact of the crash split the car in two, macking it difficult to know who was driving at the time. as highway workers continue to clear debris from the crash on tuesday, one of ashley's friends stopped and looked on in disbelief.

cheryl conner has more. >> reporter: there are about 35 professional full-time dancers that will be performingryland hall this weekend. they have two shows, the fireberg and scarlet letter and megan is in both. tell us about the shows. >> the first performance is the firebird which is a traditional russian folk care with all the elements you'd expect from any fairy tale. there's a princess, and a magical firebird. >> the second act, the scarlet letter. >> it focuses around the central character. she is a puritan, colonial american and it tells the story of her and she's an adulterer and her discovering her guilt and how she deals with that and all the characters in the town wrapped around. >> reporter: tell us how long you and others have been preparing for both shows. >> we dance six days a week, so about a 40-hour week, full-time job. >> reporter: tell us what they're going through. >> we take ball i've every morning for about an hour and a half or two hours. >> reporter: we'll see you on stage this weekend. the tickets are $45. there are shows tonight and tomorrow night at 7:00 and sunday t

we're live in owings mills, cheryl conner, abc2 news. >>> we have two people who lost their lives today. last night we had deadly accident in harford county. we lost three people. all siblings. they were riding in a single car together. state police are telling us that david bauguess and his younger siblings, ashley and joey died when the chevy cavalier crossed the center line side swiping another car. >> i told mi wife it was an accident she thought the kids had hit something or something. when they told her all three of her kids were dead, she lost it. >> look at the car split in half, making it difficult for investigators to determine who was driving. two people riding in the char that hit them are expected to survive. >>> during last night's rescue in harford county, a medivac helicopter had its engine caught fire. it illustrates the need to upgrade the state's aging choppers. as rosie leftwich live tells us, the delivery of the first new choppers has been delayed. >> reporter: delayed changes could mean the fleet will have to stay in the air a little bit longer. when you see a mary

cheryl conner joins us with the latest. >> reporter: baltimore county police are trying to piece togetherexaminer is collecting two bodies. i just got off the phone with baltimore county police. they said the driver was speeding on

cheryl conner is there tonight and will bring you breaking updates as they happen. >>> testimony endedearly in the trial of a man charged with killing love. one of his attorney was sick again today. the trial is scheduled to resume tomorrow if she is feeling better. we will let you know what happens. >>> preparations are underway for whitney houston's funeral in new jersey. her family opted for a closed private service, aretha franklin and wonder slated to perform. >>> a look at your ride home. not too bad beginning to stack up a little bit in hunt valley, traffic not awful. what kind of week are we looking to get? let's talk about the weather and check in with wyatt everhart, a look at your first forecast. >>> a tail of two seasons. all in one weekend. spring like today, and tomorrow. winter makes a return on sunday. right now, it is crystal clear and looking good out there weather wise. already a winter storm watch, goes in effect through the day sunday, does not include dc, baltimore, nor maryland county yet. again the early indication that the bull welcome be through the shenandoah

cheryl conner. >> thank you for that live report. >>> when you're out doing your grocery shopping, you check the food labels for the calorie content. an important fact about the things you serve your family may soon disappear. >> reporter: when you're buying meat or fresh vegetables stores have to tell you which company it comes from so there's no mystery but that could be changing. a big decision means the label of origin could soon be disappearing. so you'll be left in the dark about where the food you serve actually comes from. tonight at 11, we'll explain why and how dropping the labels could put your family at risk. >> this is a constant threat that we live under. consumers and retailers need to be able to track back the origin of this food so that we can know whether the food that's on our dinner table should be subject to a recall. >> tonight at 11, we'll tell you which products could losed label first -- lose the labels first. joce sterman. >>> speaking of food, mcdonald's apparently wants better treatment for pigs. the fast food restaurant change has asked its pork suppliers t