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megan, what's going on? >> charley, thanks so much.ove those ads. >>> new developments in a deadly hit and run that happened in baltimore county . the new piece of evidence police have found. we'll tell you just ahead. >>> plus new arrests in the case of a man who was shot outside of the talson town center. >>> and break out your red today. how you can raise awareness about heart disease, the nm one killer in women. -- the number one killer in women. >>> an exclusive abc 2 eyewitness news investigation, why some bad doctors have been allowed to practice even after playing a role in the death of patients. >>> also this morning, why french moms are better at parenting than american moms. what a new book is saying about mommy-ing in the u.s. >>> if you're getting out of your pajamas, put on your red sweater. it's national red day and we'll tell you how to race awareness about heart health in women. good morning, i'm megan pringle. >> i'm charley crowson. let's get over to meteorologist lynette charles with your forecast. she's been singin

now over to megan. good morning and welcome back. >> jobs, taxes same sex marriage are important issues to marylanders and will be addressed this noon. governor o'malley gives us the preview. >> reporter: today all eyes will be annapolis and the -- as the governor updates us as noon. we have been monitoring facebook and twitter and we found this picture on governor's website. the governor's adviser reviewing the speech with o'malley's son. he will discuss how there's nothing more important than security and a job. together we created over 30 a,000 new jobs driving the unemployment rate to 6.7% the low nest three years. the agenda includes capital programs to support 52,000 jobs civil marriage protection act of 2012 and creation of maryland invasion innovative and legislation to promote affordable health care. governor o'malley wants to hear from you and people can can view hess address streamed live and again the governor will give the annual state of the state address at noon to the general assembly. s

. >> i'm megan pringle. how was 70 for snu >> couldn't see a thing. >> parts of 70 were bad, 690 not so bad. how long will this hang around? let's get the answer from lynette charles. >> good morning, everybody. we do see some dense fog out there and also we will be having this advisory in effect until about 6:00. i'm going to show thaw in a second. but the sunshine will return as we go through time here throughout the day. temperatures will be in the low 50s. and check it out, rain and snow is on the way. i can say that for sure now. dense fog advisory is in effect until 6:00 a.m. basically for anne arundel county. that's where you're dealing with the dense fog. patchy fog everywhere else. to the south, though, around pg county and elbert county, getting dense fog advisories into that area as well. check out the visibilities, goose eggs, baltimore, also d.c., along the eastern shore coming in right around zero. talking about that rain and snow that's coming in for the weekend. right now let's send it over t

that's in michigan, megan. le drawing national attention, michigan being megan's home state. it lists six separate times drivers should slow down on school days. some drivers say the sign is meant to keep the school children safe while others say it's not well timed, it's also distracting. >> you have to take your eyes off the road quite a bit just to read those time slots. >> your thoughts? >> i wouldn't know what to make of that sign if i saw it. >> it's home to three different schools and officials say the reduce speeds need to take effect at certain time windows, that according to law. they say the electronic sign would be too costly, so they just wrote the times down when you have to slow down. >> maybe you could just make it slow all the time. just a thought. >>> listen, if you totally enjoy all the social media that's in your life, facebooking, tweeting, et cetera. >> yeah. you could be paid for it. besides now -- the sites now offering to -- looking to offer you a job on the social network. >>> could oprah be returning to the big screen? what role the icon is currentl

megan is in the interactive news center with more on the search. megan, what do you got? >> it is time for freebie friday and we're working to learn some of the items up for grabs over the weekend. it's not going to cost you a thing. go to our website, abc2news.com, at the top of the page you'll see a lifestyle section. click on that and it will take you to a bunch of stories and check out these free sample deals. these are all things being offered right now, throughout the month, over the weekend, you got your free onion rings. charley, i know that gets your attention. look here, free federal, 1040e- z filing. 3,000 wal-mart stores are offering this and this is going on until february 29th. here's another example, if you're a member of the maryland zoo, the b and n railroad is basically offering free admission to the zoo. all you have to do is click on these items to basically read what's going on. for example, you do have to be a member to participate in this one, but it's free to go to the zoo over the weekend. so there's all sorts of great deals out there, good things

megan, you previewed this at 4:30. reporter: absolutely, charley.ng to do this every friday. everybody wants something for free and it's not usual that you can find stuff. so we're make tailgate easy for you. all you have to do is go to our website, abc2news.com, click on the free sample mama link and you'll find all sorts of freebies that are going on, a lot of these for the weekend. for example, panda express, they're giving free popcorn shrimp, as an example, on the 22nd of february. here's another one i think a lot of people will like, parent's choice baby formula, click on that link, it'll give you all the rules you need to know, but you can get three different samples of baby formula which is really expensive, so i think a lot of parents would like that. also another free sample for emergency, that's another product for kids. check it out, it's on abc2news.com. there's all sorts of links and free deals. stay with us throughout the show because we're going to give you more free examples of things going on like a free o's ticket. >> we'd like th

. >> i am megan prinkeling. good to be -- pringle good to be back. >> you've been gone since september and the first show back. how is the sleep change? >> it's a process. it's rough and gotten a lot better than in the beginning. >> have you slept since the newborns came into the world? >> not peacefully, but, yes. an hour here and there and they are the best babies in the world. so i feel like if they sleep but it's i don't. >> pictures in bit after a check of the forecast and say hello, to meteorologist lynette charles. >> good morning. we are definitely dealing with wet weather out there this morning. a far cry from yesterday right? well, we take the good with thebad. make sure to grab the rain gear. we are seeing more as a solid shield move in around bel air and baltimore. we can zoom in some of the areas tawnytown in on later -- lighter rain starting to slide. and thurmont is drying out and woodsboro and even into walkersville. we slide down and see mountary is -- airy is getting in on the action -- mount a

. >> i'm megan pringle. we'll get to that news in just a moment, but let's start things off with a look at your weather with meteorologist lynette charles. >> good morning, guys. you are definitely dealing with fog out there. you need the low beams on because we do have a dense fog advisory in effect this morning basically for anne arundel county and we can see points southward of that, areas shaded in that gray color until 6:00. as we look at the fact that we do have low visibility, we see zero into baltimore, also into d.c., down into virginia as well into culpepper. easton one mile visibility along the eastern shore there and york pennsylvania coming in right around four-mile visibility. right now temperatures are well above average, close to 40 into arnold and also joppa. you can see the air is saturated at 100%. woodbine temperature right around 41 degrees. as we go throughout the day, the fog will continue in the morning, we will become breezy with a temperature coming in right around 53 degrees for a

charley and megan back over to you. >>> health awill he remember the.asy to think of a stroke -- health alert. easy to think of a stroke as something to happen to adults but it's a leading cause of death among young children. >> for kids we see kids who have either some type of bloodies order or they have a cardiac condition. and in adults we see it in patients who have hardening of the arteries and black buildup. >> the doctor says strokes in kids can strike without warning but she says children have a tendency to recover better than adults. >>> ladies listen up because fruits, vegetables dark chocolate and red wine. all contain flav noise and women who ate a particular kind of command in citrus fruits are lower risk of blood clot related strokes. >>> it's friday and during lent many on the for fish dinner. fast-food restaurants are offering fish sandwiches but which are best for your health? here's what we found out from a check of the websites. bk big fish at burger king has 640 calories and rb's fish sandwich 540 premium cod fillet 510 at windy's bu

. >> i am megan pringle. let's find out what the weekend looks like with meteorologist lynette charles. >> good morning. the weekend is going to be a little chillier but seasonable but coming from temperatures in the mid-60s to 70 today. yes it's going to feel very chilly out there and then we have the winds. oh, yes, the wind advisory goes in effect at 3 today and until midnight. that's for all the areas shaded in the grayish color and we have a high wind warning and that's the areas in the orangeish yellowish color and that's for carroll county and also into frederick county points westward. that's what we are working with as we go through today. also, we will sprinkle in the mix a little showers out there. we had one round move through the area earlier today and then back off towards the west there you are seeing another one coming into west virginia into winchester right now back into western maryland. that will work its way in here going into the morning. more showers and thunderstorms possible by this a

megan, over to you. >> all right, thanks. >>> 4:40. this morning's health alert, the dangers of diet soda and negative effects on your body. abc2 news health reporter linda so joins us with expert advice. >> reporter: dr. boyle from gbmc joins us this morning as she does every monday and we will talk about diet soda and why it's bad for you. what are some of the biggest effects it can have on your body that's negative. >> diet soda has a lot of negative effects. we may not realize it. it's very dehydrating because of the caffeine. but there's a study that came out that linked diet soda to an increased risk of vascular or cardiac event like strokes or hart attack. >> do we know why? >> we don't. and it was not a study that showed cause and effect. so it may be you're grabbing the diet soda and having some fries and a burger and gives us license to eat worse but it's linked to metabolic syndrome which gives you er risk of developing heart attack or stroke. like high blood pressure elevated cholesterol. diabetes those things. >> okay. and

welcome megan back. you are back and we have pictures online and facebook of the twins. >> we will sneak them in later this hour because they are so cute. any day i show -- any chance i can show off my daughter, i will do it. first a check with lynette. i was able to stick the girls in the stroller take them on a long walk yesterday. love it. >> i thought about you. and the girls yesterday. i did. i was like this weather is for megan. so i am so happy you are to do that. today, we have the rain in the morning once again. check out the temperatures, though. still mild like they were yesterday. a little cooler coming in the 0s. yesterday we were in the 50s. so, good morning perry hall at 48 degrees. goldsboro around 49 and 51 in glen burnie. and yes, we are getting pounded by the rain right now. maryland's most powerful radar picking up on that. now most of it is to the south of baltimore. that's been the scenario all morning long. we did have a break but now look back around winchester going into virginia

you got some offers you want to check out, megan. reporter: charley, right now who doesn't want to save some money. we're all trying to do it whenever we can wherever we can. we're giving you the scoop with freebie friday. head to abc2news.com. all you have to go is go to the top and here's the lifestyle section. click on that. this is the examples you'll find, free onion rings happening at a burger king. click on that and you'll get all the details you need. kraft giving away a coupon for free mac and cheese, also a free sample for a new product, quaker oatmeal squares. go to abc 2news.com. you can get all the information you need. there may be some things you have to do like like them on facebook. great deals. we'll keep you updated throughout the morning with certain things you can find free on this friday morning. charley, back to you. >> megan, thanks a lot. >>> peyton manning has been in the news for the past year with neck surgery. doctors who operated on the quarter's neck says he is good to go, but the colts says this is not

megan. >>> 5:03 and it was a big night and big win for mitt romney. the former massachusetts governor won florida, the biggest prize yet in the gop race. but the race is far from over. political rivals newt gingrich and rick santorum and ron paul have all vowed to stay in the race. so nevada is is next. the primary takes place this sam other candidates are looking ahead -- this saturday. other candidates are look ahead but last night romney basked in the win. >> thank you tonight for this great victory. >> florida primary was ugly. romney and gingrich had negative ads back and forth but based on exit polling data, nearly 6 in 10 say the negative ads had little or no difference on their vote. >>> and onto today. mitt romney will fly to minnesota for a event at a freight company and heads to las vegas in lieu of a nevada caucus on saturday night. we are going to have more on that and he will have extra bodies with him in the meantime. he received secret service protection. >>> president obama is scheduled to deliver his remarks on the economy at james l

megan. >> thanks. >>> today, the donald is expected to make a big announcement. he is going to be in las vegas and he has not said exactly what he is going to say. however sources say he will endorse gop candidate newt gingrich. his announcement comes just days before the nevada primary scheduled for saturday. he is section speced to speak sometime -- expected to speak sometime this morning. newt gingrich says he is putting a positive spin on his defeat in florida. the primary there. the former house speaker said at a rally yesterday, that he wants to compete in every single caucus meeting in nevada up to the primary. gingrich said nevada is a state where romney had a huge vote and acknowledges he has a bigadvantage. >>> this morning, many of you are reacting to the governor here. the state of the state address that was yesterday. governor o'malley covered every thing from the controversial six cent gas tax to same sex marriage. his push to allow same sex couples to wed is likely to tay take place in the house of delegates -- to take place in the house of delegat

((megan live tease)) you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning.ak 4)) the chance for another winter blast.where several seveeal inches of snow could fall by saturday.tonight on foxx45 news at 5:30 3 3 3 p, ,aop fiebr map 3 3 the romantic rival of george huguely says, he saw the accused murderer with his arms around yeardley love's neck, in the months before her deathh it's the latest of virginia lacrosse player.. joel d. smith is here with more of the revelations from that charlottesville courtroom. good morning joel d. good morning patrice, cockeysville aaive yeardley love died in mmy of 2010, but the jury is hearing now, that warning signs were everywhere in the weekssbefore her death. in the courtroom thursday... testimony from teammates thht huguely's driiking was out of control. there was even talk of having an ntervention at the end of the lacrosse seaaon. but then this happpned. the jury saw images of love's bbaten and bloody body, and heard from first responders about the door that had a huge holeein it, presumably from huguely breaking it

now bag to -- back to megan. >>> a major airline carrier is about to lose about 15% of its workers. coming, why american airlines say they need to totally restructure the way they do business. >>> and new steps in place regarding airline pilot fatigue. what the faa is saying today when "good morning maryland" continues. >>> now "good morning maryland." >>> well an effort to prevent dangerous fatigue for pilots the faa issued new rules that include pilots flying shorter shifts and getting longer periods of rest. >>> flight times would be limited to 8 or 9 hours and pilots would have the opportunity for 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep during the rest periodch cargo pilots are not included in the new rules. american airlines is look to reduce its work -- looking to reduce the work force by cutting is a,000 jobs. other cost cutting moves is changing labor contract and reconstructing the debt. airline management is facing job cuts. >>> much more ahead, abc2 news to go is coming next. >>> we will see who is going a show up in court today. that's the big question for a man accused of scammi

megan gilliland is here with the ey poinns jurors will decide his fate. as they - pood morning patrice,although geerge huguely is charged ith pre-mmditated murder... the question is whethhr or not the jury will ind he intended to kill yeardly looe. prosecution rested their case pn saturday in closing argumenns... prosecutors said love wass killed in a drrnkenn jealousy find huguely guilty f though... may depend on key long videotaaed statement thatt huguely gave to police... in which he describes that violent night at llve's off campus apartmenn ear the after learning that is orrow - ex-girlfriend hhd died... and even surprise. defense attorneys represenning the former u-v-a lacrosse verdict from jurrrs than er first-degree murder.which carries a prison ttme between 20 years and life.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning ews. stay wiih fox 45 for conninuing coveeage f the trial. we'll have a llve reports from charlottesville. you can alss get updates on our website at fox baltimore dot com... and on our facebook page at facebook dot com slash fox-baltimore.

megan gilliland joins us now with more on when we can expect a vote. good morning patrice,g-o-p leaders say they wanted more time to prepare amendments... to eiiter weaken the bill or kill it. it.now today... talks will resume.and supporters remain confident.they tell us they have the votes needed to get this bill passed in the senate again this year.opponents tell us they realize they don't haae the votes to block the measure from passing. (jacobs) "you know there will be amendments offered, we do not have the votts to maintain a filibuster, e already know t" that."a final vote is expected tonight or tomorrow morning.if the senate approves the measure... opponents are still vowing the bill will be petitioned to referendum.that means ii'll be up to you in november to decide if maryllnd will legalize same sex marriage.iim megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. there's ttlk of starting a petition drive to put the same-sex marriage bill to a statewide vote.get more information at fox baltimore dot com.look for "same sex marriage petition"...under hot topics

charley and megan. >>> it's a big day in maryland. second time was the charm. >> state law makers approved same sex marriage and sherrie johnson is here with details. >> reporter: state law makers aproved same -- approved the same sex mearnlg bill. after last year's failed -- marriage bill. after last year's failed attempt this puts maryland on the path to become the 8th state to approve same sex marriage. it was hours of debate. last year the measure failed to come to a vote in the house but last week, the same sex marriage narrowly passed the house. there were amendments on the table to make the polls more likable to opponents but all were shot down. >> we have two men getting married and you have certain qualifications in here that say a husband will get this right and a wife will get that right. which spouse will apply to which category here? >> i believe maiming is between a -- marriage is between a husband and wife. >> reporter: opponents must gather just over 55,#00 signatures to get -- 55,700 on the ballot. right now it is hea

. >> go to facebook and let us know how happy you -- you are to have megan back. let's check the forecast and say good morning to meteorologist lynette charles. >> good morning. welcome back megan i missed you so much. check out the head hines. yesterday it's -- headlines. yesterday it's juneary and this morning let's go february so you know i know like we are talking about the mild weather and talking about the sunshine. people don't like the mild weather. so, we have to talk about the snow a little bit. it's not in the forecast but i am feeling your pain and hopefully we will get snow because it's not about what i like but what you like and i appreciate you sending this information on facebook. but right now we are dealing with the wet weather. we can see it into maryland's most powerful radar. the weather is coming down across the area. and as we zoom in around white oak silver spring more of the same. and down into dc heavier rain and that will be the scenario through the remainder of the morning. it's the temperatures coming up but right now let's check the t

thanks for joining us, i'm megan pringle. >> i'm charley crowson. fog a problem this morning, so mind your commute as you head out the door. let's get an update on your commute from angela. reporter: you want the low beams on, not the high beams, you want to see more of the road and less of that fog. we're still going to have a fab friday, right? the sunshine will return as we go into the afternoon. temperatures will be in the low 50s once again and we do have some rain and some snow on the way. dense fog advisory in effect until 6:00 a.m. this is for anne arundel county. everywhere else we're dealing with just some patchy fog this morning, but still fog is fog nonetheless. visibility is definitely reduced this morning. we see zero into baltimore, also into d.c., along the eastern shore into easton and two into fredrick this morning and three into york, pennsylvania. maryland's most powerful radar is dry right now. just a little bit of misting out there, and it will stay that way as we go into this afternoon. let's get a check now of your traffic wi

megan &pgilliland, when we can expect a finnl vote.live tease))you're waaching fox 45 morning newws. all local.. all morning. & guilty... of second degree murder.how long it took a jury to convict eooge huguely in the murder of yeardley love.. how much jailtime he faces.. . ruling. six dollars a gallon?where in prices that high... how much maryland... plus- your chance to win one hundred bucks in free gas .. on us! and.. ttking credit.. for the work of real heroes..he one a 9/11 first responder. &p3 3 today is thursday, february 23rd. 3 3& 3 3 3 3 3 fiber map ,3 33 nearly 60 witnesses... and - verdict is in.. ii the george huguely murder trial.huguely has been found guilty of crime and justice reporter... joy lepolaa.. tells us how long the jury deliberated and their recommended puuishment. punishment. ((take pkg)) 3 3 today, tte state sentate will resume debate on a bill to legalize same sex marriage. this comes after opponenett delayed talks yesterday.megan gilliland joins us now with more on when we can expect a vote. good morning p

reporting live in district heights, megan mcgrath, news4. >> thank you, megan. >>> it is pretty clear now but if you were out early this morning it was a soupy mess out there. we shot this video overnight, fog socked in the washington monument and we can't even see it. could you only see a half of the monument actually and the lights give you a good idea just how thick that fog is. taking a look outside right now, a little sun out on what is expected to be another mild afternoon. storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us with the first forecast. hey, tom. >> good morning. yet a fog developed quickly and only last ad couple of hours right in washington. then dissipated quickly but remained throughout parts of central virginia, southern maryland near the bay. into mid morning. now it is just about all gone there. and temperatures are warming up now with the sunshine and 50 degrees at reagan national. mid 40s in montgomery county. upper 40s in fairfax and arlington counties and near 50 in prince george's county. much of southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore also near 50. it is

megan you took tips down for that. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> reporter: it's hard. >> one of the days i will get them sleeping like that. >> reporter: it's hard. >> some women are facing demotions and job loss when they become pregnant. that's hard to believe but according to statistics, from the u.s. equal employment opportunity commission pregnancy discrimination claims have been on rice rise since 1997. last year nearly 6,000 pregnant women said they were discriminated against wept wanted to know what -- we. we wanted to know what you think. most male owned companies don't take the needs of the female employees into consideration maybe that's a swooping remark but maybe there's truth in there as well. >> let us know what you think. head to the wmar facebook fanpage and the discussion is going on. >>> moving on. not only is it president's day but a distinguished anniversary. >>> what happened on this day 50 years ago that marked our first real step into the final frontier. >>> and here mardi gras but in rio it's all a party all

let's send it to megan. >>> and health news this morning. heard disease is the number one killer of men and women but it seems there are differences in symptoms between the sexes. women are more likely to suffer death from a heart attack. and they may display different heart attack symptoms. >> sometimes they may have nausea. >> they are more likely to have jaw pain, throat pain and chest pain. this could happen over several days. they have heart attacks later in life than men. >>> and the heart attack grill lived up to the name. a man in his 40s experienced chest pains and to be taken to a hospital. the grill warns customers at the door that it is bat for their health to eat there. >> the wait staff will dress up as nurses it. gives free meals to those who way over 350 pounds. the man who threat is arrive and recovering at a hospital. >>> and more than 26 million people suffer from hearing loss. only one in 7 of them use as hearing aid. and 50 to 59. that number dropped to fewer than one in 20. they reflect coverage and a widespread believe

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i'm megan pringle. >>> they were treating the roads on the beltway. so get more on the traffic situation. >>> good morning. we have an approaching storm. it will be quiet this morning, but we have a winter weather advisory and we see some flurries by the weekend. maryland's most powerful radar is dry now. we have a winter weather advisory and this is in effect noon till 10:00 p.m. this evening. it's for the counties shade in the bluish color. i want you to be sure to stay with "abc 2 news" this morning. and you can go to abc2news.com and the new "abc 2 news" ipad app. right now, speaking of the wet weather, we'll talk about the roads and, like megan said, they've been treated. >>> that's correct. good morning. we've had crews out already pretreating the roadways and just usual conditions out there. no surprises at the tunnels. got a crew at 95 southbound taking up a lane there. for those of you making the drive through howard county right, no delays or incidents there. and a live look at the beltway, we're good at old court road inner an outer loops.

i have no idea. >> like her father, megan struggle with her addictions.er use of heroin led to several jail stays, a minor conviction from sex for a fee to disturbing the peace. but this time the stakes were more serious. she was awaiting trial on five drug possession charges as well as being codefendant on an armed robbery charge, she had pled not guilty to all six charges. >> i even know what i'm looking at right now. >> megan was due in court the next day and was doing everything possible to not tempt fate. in the process we learned something about jail house superstitions. >> i won't start a new book if i know i'm going to court or getting out, without having enough time to finish it because i feel like if i leave a book in fished, i'll come back. i don't write my name in the jail because if you write your name in the jail you'll come back. just different things. if an officer drops keys in front of you you're going home. last time i went to the review the officer dropped keys, but i didn't go home so i guess that doesn't work. anything that i was wea

live in towon, megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. a hearing continues today for a ormer campaign consultant to bob ehrrich. "i think the court and the judge will be fair." fair." that's about all julius hensen as saying when we caught up with him monday. he's accused of violating state election laws by using robocalls to illegally influence voter turnout. ehrlich aide paul schurick was tried separately in the same case and found guilty lastt year. a howard county man is fighting back... saying he's the victim of a bogus traffic t. ticket. larry wexler says he received a ticket... saying he was parked illegally on connecticut avenue in d-c... on january 20th, 2011.but wexler... a eacher in police have the wrong man.at the time he received the (wexler) "i can prove it l..- because my athletic director knows that i was running practice. there are cameras in tte school that record me coming and going ..." ticket... it's listed as a e nissan... with no color or model.. wexxer drives a beige 2006 honda accord. still... he's ordered to pay

megan hilty is here. >> how cute she is. >>> good morning. today is going to be a mess.his storm to the north. it's going to be heavy snow at times pip go farther south into the pink and purple and you're looking more at a wintry messed. either that sleep or freezing rain, both of which can be extremely dangerous on the road. when we get after dark, we'll see the chance for severe weather, especially in northern arkansas and southern missouri, your best chance for some of in a severe weather. setting the stage for that will be the very mild temperatures. close to 60 degrees in kansas city, 70 in parts of the south and florida looking great. we're going to see 80. that severe weather threat moves to the east on wednesday. we have a chance for some severe storms all the way up into ohio. still looking at noon for minnesota, some of the lower elevations in the northwest may see a little bit. nothing to get too excited about. and then the temperatures steady. and a chance for severe weather on thursday. thursday we're looking at know, the i-95 corridor a little too mild for

news4's megan mcgrath is looking into the cases and joins us live with more now. megan? >> reporter: well, barbara, in recent months there has been an alarming increase in robberies across d.c. as well as here in northwest washington. and last night, there were three robberies in northwest involving three suspects. a group of three suspects. in two of those cases, those suspects pulled a gun. now police believe that the two incidents involving the gun, those incidents may have been committed by the same group of men. now it all began last night right around 5:30 in the 3800 block of warren street in northwest washington. three robbers jumped their victim and punched him before running from the scene. now in that incident no gun was drawn. the victim did not see any weapon. then several hours later, only about a mile away, there were two more robberies. one in the 4300 block of garrison street, that's just off of wisconsin avenue, and another in the 5200 block of western avenue. that's just a few blocks away. now those crimes involved three suspects again. the thieves pul

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i am megan pringle. that is live picture of downtown baltimore. gorgeous weather yesterday. >> it was perfect and could be in store for more today but answers to that let's check in with meteorologist lynette charles. you said 70 is possible again but a little rain. >> showers are moving back into the area and that will be the scenario even as we go into the afternoon. as you head out the door this morning, you don't have to grab the heaviest coat but grabt umbrella. we can see on maryland's most powerful radar as of now the rain pushing into the picture and we zoom in on the yellow spots in carroll county. and you are look at westminster owings mills randallstown getting in on moderate rain showers across the area. if you are traveling along i-70 be prepared for rain across the area as well. more of the same around port deposit havre de grace and cecil county and elkton dealing with wet weather across that area. but for today, also the winds a big factor we have a wind advisory in effect for the areas shaded in the gray. and a high wind warning f

megan and charley, over to you. >> 11 minutes after 5.alling you brides to be, there's a new way to plan your wedding to get this environmental friendly. >> the tips and how to learn about a green wedding. as we go to break, 5:12, 29 degrees. you watching what's new, now and next on good morning maryland as we continue in a moment. you know what's exciting, graduation. when i look up into my student's faces, i see pride. you know, i have done something worthwhile. when i earned my doctorate through university of phoenix, that pride, that was on my face. i am jocelyn taylor, i am committed to making a difference in peoples lives and i am a phoenix. >>> now "good morning maryland." >>> welcome back. and have you checked airline or hotel price for the spring? travel price stayed in check during the recession and are soaring again. abc2 news consumer reporter john matarese shows us when to book travel to get the lowest possible price so you are not wasting your money. take a look. >> reporter: if you are looking for the best deal there's a be

i have no idea. >> like her father, megan had struggled with her own addictions. her use of heroin had led to several jail stays. on minor convictions ranging from sex for a fee to disturbing the peace. but this time, the stakes were more serious. she was awaiting trial on five drug possession charges, as well as being co-defendant on an armed robbery charge. she had pled not guilty to all six charges. >> what kind of book am i looking at right now? >> megan was due in court the next day and was doing everything possible to not tempt fate. in the process, we learned something about jailhouse superstitions. i don't write my name anywhere in the jail because if you write your name in the jail, you're going to come back. it's just different things. if an officer drops keys in front of you, that means you're going home. last time i went to the review, the officer dropped keys in front of me. but i didn't go home, so i guess that one doesn't work. anything that i was wearing when i got arrested, i throw away and don't wear it again. >> as it turned out, megan played he

megan, charley, back to you. >>> news time 5:19. continuing our health coverage this morning, doctors say there is new hope for those suffering from depression. a drug with a notorious past helping patients immediately. like millions of americans, kristy was suffering from depression. she had given up on the idea of ever feeling better until she got some help from the most unlikely places. a party drug sometimes called special k. scientists have discovered that in a different form it really does have amazing potential. >> immediately i felt clear, i felt for the first time in months that i actually wanted to get up the next morning. >> i really think it has potential to be the biggest change in the treatment of depression probably in the last 50 years. >> doctors are actively searching for drugs that work in a similar way. chris has been taking an experimental drug that works like special k or ketamine for more than a year now. >>> it's been called the worst case of soccer violence in egyptian history. >> coming up the latest on tha

thanks for joining us i am megan pringle. >> on facebook we are asking you we have been talking during the break about our valentine's ofyears past some good and some not so good. we are want to know what was the worst valentine's day experience. >>> in the meantime, we will check on the weather with lynette charles. we will get your story later on nile volunteer that information -- >> i will volunteer that information. >> okay. i am teasing. >> let's talk about the weather because maryland's most powerful radar looks a little active but not really. a lot of this you are seeing in northern maryland as of now not hitting the ground. you are looking at wentry mix to the west -- within theory mix to the west of -- wintery mix to the west of westminster. a couple sprinkles mixing in with flurries but we are dry all in all. you have to head to the north into pennsylvania where you are dealing with the darker blues getting heavier snow across that area. but all in all, as we go into the afternoon, we are going to be dealing with rain. you can see right now temperatures are above freezing int

reporter: yeah, megan. heart disease is the leading killer of women in the u.s. you guys learned that the hard way. tell us about your story. usually we think about heart attacks, but what you had was a little bit more serious. >> indeed. i actually have an electrical condition called long qt which i actually experienced sudden cardiac arrest on my 37th birthday. reporter: you had to have something implanted. >>> there's no actual cure for it, so what they do from a preventative standpoint is i have an internal defibrillator that will actually shock my heart back into sync if something happens. reporter: when did you find out that you had this similar condition? >> i had it when i was 11 and officially diagnosed when i was 12. reporter: you typically think heart disease as affecting older women. were you surprised and do you expect that in teens? >> well, with mine i had a feeling it was going to happen because of my mom and it's genetic. i have a lot of friends who have heart conditions as well. it doesn't surprise me as much as you think it would. reporter: bar

megan. >>> news time is 4:33. and this morning the trial is set to begin for the annapolis man accused of a big time paving scheme. we are following this story and we have been following it for months. linda so is here with what's expected today. linda. >> reporter: in just a few hours at 8:45, the trial will begin in glen burnie for tommy clack tried on three criminal cases. he was a no show in court in a hearing brought by the attorney general's office. agency claims he was operating apaving business without a license for 284 days in maryland. he is accused of offering no estimates or low balling customers and then overcharging them. the state says at least 16 people were hit in the paving scheme some charged as much as 20 to 30,000 dollars. >> this cannot be and i looked over at my husband standing and he was shaking his head. and i was so stuped, it was crushing. >> reporter: -- stunned, it was crushing. >> reporter: if clack doesn't show up, the case will move on without him and an administrative hearing judg