car insurance rates on the rise, who could have to pay the biggest increase. his attempt to impeach maryland's attorney general failed. delegate don dwyer joins us live in studio to tell us what is next. and there's something for everyone at the box office. the new movies hitting the silver spring this weekend. good morning. it's good friday, april 2nd. i'm patrice harris. it is friday and that means it's your turn to talk with us on our facebook page about anything you want. let us know what is on your mind your response could air in our facebook feedback segment and hopefully it will be a lot of good things because we're headed into such a nice beautiful weekend. we want to help you start that weekend off. the first fox 45 fans to post the code word on our facebook wall win a great prize. all you have to do is go to foxbaltimore.com/baltimore to become a fan and join in on our conversation and all i want to talk about today is 80-degree temperatures, sunshine, and meteorologist steve fertig is here to -- >> i'm going to find out when are we going to find the code word is this. >> later. >> i get it now. that is how we do things. what we're talking about is -- >> is the nice temperatures. >> and great weather coming your way for the weekend. take a look at where we start this day. temperatures are if at 52 degrees at hagerstown and baltimore. and dropping down from the 70s today and we will get back there, don't worry, 41 and cooler in salisbury. you can see we have only partly cloudy skies for the time being, but those skies will clear out nicely. once we get the high pressure to clear and do its thing bringingous the southwesterly flow, a chance of light sprinkle as the frontal approaches. even that will be a passing shower to west only. otherwise mainly dry for easter. here is the weather headlines. expect a sunny day today and warmer day as well, as well as through the sunday timeframe. so just a few more clouds by sunday but generally we will still be mild. we may see the early morning passing shower if at all. a better chance of a slight shower will be next tuesday. we will talk more about what to expect for the ho hol holiday w. >> reporter: we're checking at the key bridge, and you can see a few cars traveling in both directions. so things are looking good as you scoot across that part of the beltway right now and also from 95 up toward 83. we are in the green there making that entire stretch. so a normal ride there. as for other parts of the beltway right now from 795 down toward 95, there's absolutely nothing to get in your way. it is right now in the green, 12 minutes 54 miles per hour. now as far as 95, traveling through baltimore, southbound lanes, fort mchenry tunnel, all the way down toward the beltway, 8 minutes, 55 miles per hour. that's a look at your morning travels. patrice, back over to you. think you're paying too much for car insurance now? well, if a new bill passes, you you could be paying even more. megan gilliland joins us live from the jones falls expressway with more. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice, we have been cruising for decades without an increase on rates that, some say were already too high. now there's a good chance that it could go up a little bit higher. lawmakers want to increase minimum liability coverage in maryland to $30,000 per injured person and $60,000 per crash. what had a means is a increase ranging from $60 for vehicles on the eastern shore to $300 to vehicles in baltimore city. it's the first rate hike or would be since sneen 7 1972 ande lawmakers say it's long overdue. >> when you go into the shock trauma it's $7,500 now to visit every time you visit. $25,000 does not cut it anymore. it really protects the individual who really may be hurt. >> reporter: and also protects the lawmakers, excuse me the lawyers representing them, but some say, it could backfire. people who can't afford it, might start driving without insurance. the senate is expected to debate the auto insurance rates. if it does pass, governor o'malley will sign that bill. live from the jfx i'm megan gilliland, fox 45 morning news. you could soon be getting better gas mileage in the cars you drive. yesterday president obama called for tougher rules when it comes to the fuel efficiency. beginning in 2016, the government will require automakers to produce fleets that get at least 35 miles per hour gallon. that is an incident crease of up to 10 miles per gallon over current standards. it would save the country 30 billion barrels of oil. >> when they buy the new generation of fuel efficient vehicles, is a savings, less few used on a monthly, and annual basis. >> the president wants more environmental regulations that will constrict supplies and reduce demands for not only gasoline but also electricity n it's estimated the new standards will add mor $900 to the price f each vehicle by 2016, but ultimately save more than $3,000 over the life of the car through better mileage. testimony is underway in the trial of lamont davis. the teen accused of attempted murder in the shooting of a 5-year-old girl. the first day of testimony saw a police officer cry on the stand while describing the condition on raven wyatt. raven's mother was in tears and walked out of the courtroom. the defense told the court that davis kob couldn't have shot ra. he was at home when the fight broke out. >> gps records will speak for themselves. two state employees will be testifying the vendor of the machine, the vice president of the company will be here. we will put that on. >> the state says the gps monitoring system in place by the juvenile department of services is far from per. thperfect. the trial is expected to last 10 days. a soldier stationed at fort meade pleads guilty to sex trafficking. he admitted to running a brothel out of his anne arundel county apartment. he plead guilty to conspiracy to distribute drugs along with other charges. police arrested corey back in september. he was one of four men who brought women here from other states to take part in prose. he will be sentenced in -- prostitution. he will be sentenced at the end of the month. the employees were searched after a scanning machine falsely signaled they were carrying drugs at the maryland correctional training center near hagerstown. the court ruled because there's no clear law regarding the case the state is entitled for immunity. the lawyer for the prison workers says he will appeal. the search resumes for a baltimore county woman missing for mor more than a month. cadets will try to find new evidence in the disappearance of saris reagan. joel d smith is live at the location with more. >> reporter: good morning, patrice, we're here at the locates that they could be looking at according to one neighbor, because sharis dated a person that lives in this community. this is from a neighbor who says she had seen sharis before. this is a chesapeake search and rescue teams along with 40 police cadets that will be looking here and searching the wooded area behind me that is because shari reagan has not been seen in six weeks. she went to catonsville to meet someone at rolling road. they're not sure. 5 feet four inch tall and weighs 120 pounds. she has her name tattooed on her neck. they don't have leads to work from. >> should he went missing on the 24th when she left her house. she went to the woodlawn area of baltimore county, near route 40 and rolling road and she vanished. >> reporter: anyone with information on her whereabouts could be eligible for a reward of $4,500. just call metro stoppers at 1866-7 lock up. we will be here when the search begins at 8:00 in the morning today. chesapeake search and rescue along with the dogs and 40 police cadets trying to find out more about the whereabouts will sharis. we will be following this throughout the morning. joel d smith, fox 45 morning news. a howard county program could fall victim to the health rreform legislation. since it started in october of 2008, the plan has helped more than 700 people but officials say the healthcare overhaul means the end of the healthy howard program. it should completely dissolve in the next 3-4 years. >> we're either going to transition all of our people and educate them on how to bet get into new insurance or we are looking at potentially becoming a non-profit co-op. >> healthy howard helped 300 other residents to get health coverage through other programs. coming up it's apple's newest, hottest itestimonies, th--items, the features and applications you will be able to get on the i pad when it goes on sale tomorrow. we have a beautiful day coming today, with a lot of sunshine on the bay. a south wind at 5-10 miles per hour. what you can expect for ♪ new purefitness from crystal light. ♪ the first crystal light with no artificial sweeteners, flavors, or preservatives. ♪ new purefitness from crystal light. a pure way to water your body. welcome back. coming up on 6:13 on this fridy morning good friday. 52 degrees at the east wind at 5 miles per hour, so the wind not much of a factor at all. the barometer is rising as high pressure is with us once again. as you can see, the nice dry scan on the sky watch hd radar. it's going to look like that throughout the day tomorrow. the temperature in baltimore, down in d.c., 53, cooler in salisbury, a 41, in hagerstown, 51 out in oakland. and we are expecting today is for high pressure once again to bring us a southerly flow. a southeasterly flow, so it may be cooler with the bay breeze on the west side of the chesapeake bay and also with an ocean breeze for the eastern shore, in certain locations close to the with water. other than that we're looking at upper 70s, the next frontal boundary headed in our direction, it could bring us a light shower with the passing through mostly to the we have. most of that activity is going to be steering to the north. what we are looking at conditions from the southwest and continued great conditions through next week at least part of next week. what we're looking at the high temperature of 72 degrees at the eastern shore, with a southeast wind at 5-fen miles per hour. the central part of the state, climbing to 78 degrees for the high. i wouldn't be surprised if there was an 80 out there. back to the west there will be 80s, 82 with the temperature with a southeast wind at 5-10. allergy forecast not bad, the tree pollens on the high side today. southeast wind at 5-10 miles an hour. as we move through the day today, quick warm up by noon. 68 degrees, getting into the 70s right after that and it will hit the high temperature of 78 at 4:00 this afternoon, dropping back to 72, still nice at 6:00 p.m. with plenty of sunshine. tomorrow 78 degrees, a lot of sunshine, a few mixed clouds mixed in on sunday. a passing shower on sunday. mostly to the west and a 20% chance of that. 77 degrees mostly clear for the monday. we start the next workweek looking good. 76 on tuesday, and 75, partly cloudy on wednesday. not until tuesday do we see a chance of some showers, with a high temperature of some showers. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. the interactive tools will let you see when rain will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now here is candace dold with a look at the traffic edge. >> reporter: a good friday morning, and heading out on the main lines right now. checking in on 95 at baltimore county, 50 miles per hour on the southbound lanes moving through whitemarsh and 62 at 395. now as far as the jfx at 59 miles per hour, so we will take it this morning, not bad. there's trouble, though, out in sykesville, in fact, an accident that shuts down all lanes of eastbound liberty road. it's at route 32. there's a lengthy detour to get around all of this, but you can take 32, head over to bennett road and then oklahoma road, okaywood mills and then back to on liberty road. it's a lot to get around it, but it's around the carrollton mall shopping center. be aware if you're traveling through that vicinity. on the southbound lanes, it's heading from owings mills making the trek toward the beltway. once you hop on the beltway, scooting through the pikesville region, let's check in on greeneville avenue, who at this morning very pretty picture, inner and outer loop lanes as well. back on the flip side of the 83, also through baltimore county, through the harford road region, let's check it out there. don't have any brake lights, just a few cars that are starting to trickle in on the inner loop lanes, smooth sailing on the inner loop down to 795. back over to you. thank you, candace. coming up next, apple's new i pad goes on sale tomorrow. some the new features you will be able to enjoy on it very soon. the national committee caught up in a strip club at carmax. now more than ever, the smart choice is carmax. the way car buying should be. so much anticipated jobs report for march comes out today. president obama is hoping for good numbers. the jobdz repor jobs report is r departmentally for the job figures for the month. they are hoping a positive report with more jobs created and with healthcare reform complete, the president is changing gears to focus on creating jobs and ge getting pee back to work. appeaapple's new i pad goesn sale tomorrow and you will be able to watch some of your favorite shows anywhere. here is stan case with today's business brief. >> [applause]. >> reporter: stack stocks ende abbreviated week high. it brought it closer to 11,000. the nasdaq and s&p 500 made slight gains. helping out new filings for unemployment insurance fell to a 19 month low. there were 439,000 initial claims for last week, down 6,000 from the week before. it's the 4th decline in the last five weeks. the federal government has uncraild final rules for auto fuel economy standards. the regulations require all passenger cars and light trucks sold in the united states to get an overall average of 34.5 miles per hour by 2016. it's the first time there's been a national average for all vehicles. abc and cbs will offer some their programming free on the i-pad, apple's newest device which goes on sale on saturday. it they will stream it with summer cha commercial breaks. cbs shows will run through the browser while abc will have its own application on the device. i'm stan case. coming up next michael steele and the republican national committee enbroiled in a strip club controversy. should the leader of the party step down? later, 3-d is becoming the hottest thing in movies. get a preview of the clash of the titans before it hits threaters this weekend. the republican national committee has had a rough week after news surfaced that they paid nearly $2,000 to a contributor for expenses the a a topless bondage team nightclub in l.a. the president michael steele was not at the club and knew nothing about it, but that hasn't stopped people wondering what he knows from running the r and c and if the organization wouldn't be better if he stepped down. good morning, armstrong. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. >> so it's clear that steele wasn't there and didn't know anything about that, but that hasn't stopped some people saying don't distribute to the r and c. there's another group who says we're going to do the fundraising now. we can't trust the r and c. is michael steele bad for the organization? >> he is a liability. you know, this is a very difficult topic for me, because you know, i am -- i have always been a harsh critic of chairman steele. i never thought he should have been chairman in the first place. there's been so many embarrassments where compared to republican parties to like nazis. when he sat and that the republican congress could get back to congress this fall even if he believes that he shouldn't be saying that. he is paying them and making out speeches where he keeps the money. you know -- >> why not get rid him some. >> he called and i spoke to him for the first time. he said that we were misrepresenting him especially about the lifestyle and the aircraft. he said something to me very interesting about the airplane. he says he has never been on one those airplanes. when you have newt gingrich when you want them to go out to a fundraiser to be the draw, they demand a private aircraft. that is consistent with the democratic party. they charter the aircrafts for the big name people and it's very expensive. still, i don't think this is just an issue here. i think the problem is that donors are beginning not to give to the republican party. i think when the tallies come in june and donor giver is down and they're giving directly to the candidate that mr. steele is going to be in trouble. it's difficult to ousted. chairman, it takes 2/3, but in the next meet, i think he will have a difficult time renewing himself as chairman. this a fact, congressman, baman, and rich moke connel mcconnell o relationship with him. they think he is an embarrassment and he is not easy to get along with. all of this spells trouble and it spells doom for the chairman. >> armstrong 20 seconds left, is all we have. what impact is all of this brouhaha going to have on the midterm election? >> none. none. not at all, because it's not about michael steele, it's about president obama and healthcare and the policies that he is trying to initiate which people see as socialism and the american people don't want it. >> armstrong williams, thank you so much. >> thank you. coming up he called for the attorney general impeachment but it failed, delegate don dwyer joins us to talk about why he was so angry. >> reporter: you're already paying for it, but now the state might have you start od morning, welcome back to fox 45 morning news. 6:29 is the type. i'm patrice harris. it's friday, and we are exited abouexcite-- exid about the we . and it's time for you to join us on the feedback. the first two fans to post the code word at facebook page, just go to facebook.co.com fox baltimore, to join the conversation. and we turn to you steve because it's beautiful. it's a treat with the temperatures getting in the upper 70s to the 80s today. generally partly cloudy skies for the area but it will be mostly clear through sunny through the afternoon as the high pressure continues to bring us nice weather. you can see not a whole lot in the way of cloud cover. whatever we have out there this morning will dissipate. 53 in d.c. and 41 in salisbury. that is a cool spot in hagerstown. 51, check out oakland, 61 degrees right now and we're headed toward the upper 70s. we will take 78 degrees with some spots getting to 80 degrees especially points west. it should be a warm, pleasant day and tonight, also not bad, mild with an overnight low of 51. now for a look at what is happening on the roadways, here is candace dold with the traffic edge. >> reporter: thanks, steve. we do have an accident to talk about. it's right near the airport in fact this morning. if you do have plans to travel, you need to listen up. there's a crash, it's on the ramp from the northbound aviation boulevard to westbound 195. as far as 195, no significant delays so we will take that there. now traveling on 95 through the area, let's check out the scene moving right at 195. and here it is, you can see we do have a steady amount of volume but no delays to talk about, southbound lanes or northbound stretch all the way up toward beltway. once you're on the beltway, we we're in the green, 795, toward 95, 11 minutes, 55 miles per hour. and then, just at 54 miles per hour with an 8-minute ride from 83 all the way up toward 795. that's a look at your morning travels. patrice, back over to you. if you drive a car, you need insurance. and the price tag to that insurance could be going up if a new bill passes. megan gilliland joins us live from the falls jones express way with more on that. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice, we're talking about hundreds of dollars more for those folks living here in baltimore city. it's a rate hike they can't afford. lawmakers want to increase minimum liability coverage in maryland to 30,000 per injured person and $60,000 per crash. for you that breaks down to an increase of $60 for the vehicles on the eastern shore and $300 for folks in baltimore city. this will be the first hike since 1972. the drivers say the rate was already too high. >> we can't afford it. we don't deserve it. we already have to carry liability, everyone does and we carry adequate amounts. this is the wrong time and baltimore would be the hardest hit, to, no. >> reporter: standing to benefit from the rate hike, crash victims and the attorneys representing them, but some say this could backfire and people could start driving without insurance. the senate is expected to debate the rate hike today. if it does pass, governor o'malley says he will sign that bill. live from the jfx this morning, i'm megan gilliland, fox 45 morning news. in annapolis, the house has rejected efforts by republicans to maryland's budget even further. gop leaders tried to cut spending by $800 million. they say it's needed to cushion the blow when maryland no longer gets millions of stimulus dollars. democrats the budget is already smaller than it was a year ago and can't be slashed even further. >> we will balance the budget and do the least amount of harm. >> the citizens. state of maryland are taxed enough and we cannot tolerate further tax increases. the budget is expected to win final approval in the house in the next couple of days. lawmakers have been working all session to reduce a $2 billion budget gap. every year, state lawmakers handout millions of dollars in legislative scholarships to constituents with no springs attached. but now -- strings attached but now that program could be ending. state gell gates are given $35,000 to handout to students. state legislators are given $134,000. but have given it to the children of wealthy donors. yesterday the house voted to eliminate the scholarships and move the money to the higher education commission to distribute. it's a ho hot topic for legislators. if i give them the scholarship, then people will say he got a $2,000 campaign donation from the parents. if i don't give the scholarship, then a worthy, worthy person was denied a scholarship. >> the senate has made no move to end its legislative scholarship program which means lawmakers will have to discuss it in committee. there are to restrictions on how much scholarship money a student can get from their legislator. a preliminary hearing is scheduled later today in the case of a woman arrested as part of a murder for hire plot. karla porter is expected to be in a baltimore county courtroom this morning. she is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her husband, 49-year-old ray porter. police say she paid a friend $9,000 to shoot him as he opened his towson gas station. five other people are facing first-degree murder charges in his death. as reports of a resurgence of swine flu in southeastern states makes headlines this week, the maryland health department says another person has died from the virus. the victim is an adult from the baltimore area. this is maryland's 45th death related to the h1n1 virus. the cdc is worried about the possible come back of the disease. here in maryland health officials are opening up more than 150 vaccination clinics next week. her disappearance has been a mystery for more than a month now. baltimore county police are hoping forfeit on the ground will lead to more clues in the search for the missing woman. joel d smith is live in woodlawn with more. good morning, joel. >> reporter: we are in timber gateway to be he ca exact. this is the location where the search and rescue team will be with their search dogs. 40 cadets will be combing the area behind me, that is the forest looking for any signs of 24 years old saris reagan who has been missing for six weeks. it was back on february 23rd when she went missing. police don't know who she was going to meet. she wept to meet someone on rolling road. she is 5 5 feet and 4 inches tal and weighs 120 pounds, and she has her name ta toda today on r neck. >> she went to the woodlawn area of baltimore county near route 40 and rolling road and she vanished. >> reporter: anyone with information on her whereabouts could be eligible for a reward up to $4,500, just call 1866-7-lock up. we talked to one woman who was concerned and asked what it was. we showed her a picture of sahris and she said she looked familiar. and used to date a person here. either way the search will begin at 8:00 just an hour from now. joel d smith. it looks like anne arundel voters will see slots on the ballot. a group a opposed to bringing a casino to ann anne arundel mills mall, got 24,000 signatures and that is more than the 19,000 they needed. we hear from the man who called for the attorney general's impeachment. and it's good friday, and a good friday indeed out on the roadways. we are checking in here on 95 at mountain road in harford county. a quiet ride in both directions. we will talk about >>6:41 on this friday morning. what a friday it is. 55 degrees starting out with clouds out there. we are looking for plenty of sunshine out there. east winds that will be mostly out of the southeast and the barometer is rising at 30.11. that rising barometer indication of high pressure building. sunny and warm with a south wind at 5-10 miles an hour, a high foot wave, high tide at 5:53. the sky hd radar not very eventful at all. we are at 52 in baltimore and 41 in salisbury. that's the cool spot. 55 in hagerstown, but look at oakland at 61 degrees there. very nice indeed. we will see the temperatures continuing to climb well into the 70s today. easterly flow may keep the west side of the chesapeake bay and the sough southeast cooler. generally westbound in the upper 70s and in fact 80s for the next part of the state. the next front comes our way bringing us a chance of a late shower passing through late saturday to early easter morning. warmer temperatures with the southeasterly flow coming your way once again. eastern shore climbing to a very comfortable 72 degrees with sunny skies, unless, of course, you talk about ocean city cooler. central part is ocentral part oe climbing to 80 degrees for the high. further points west, there are the 80s, 82 for the high, with a southeast wind at 5-20 miles per hour. allergy outlook has the trees, and weeds not a factor. tipltypically we drop to 38 fora high so 41 is not too bad. 70 degrees for the high today, we will get to climbing to the 78 about 4:00 before driving to 72 degrees at 6:00 p.m. another nice day, and mostly clear skies and partly cloudy for easter sunday but generally dry. it's not going to make for a bad easter. 77 degrees mostly clear on monday. 76 mostly clear on tuesday. 75, partly cloudy on wednesday and the next chance of rainshowers will be tuesday, a little cool at 67. fox 45 sky watch weather is available at your finger tips. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. the interactive tools will let you see when rain will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now candace dold is here with a look at your roadways this morning and the traffic situation. we have the traffic edge. >> reporter: thanks, steve. we're again checking in on those numbers out there as far as the actual speeds, not doing too bad. starting to pick up some volume right now on 95 traveling through whitemarsh at 46 miles per hour. but then the rest of the corridor is looking good. 59 miles per hour on the jfx right now and 61 on the beltway traveling through pikesville. now we do have an accident to talk about and if you have a flight to catch this morning you need to listen up it's a crash northbound aviation boulevard to westbound 195. it's indeed near the airport. the good news is there's no significant delays on 195, so that is indeed the good part of it. now as far as the 95 traveling through the area,let check it out right at 195, again, it's going to be smooth sailing here, southbound and northbound lanes all the way up toward the beltway. that's a look at your morning travels, patrice, let's turn it over to you. it's a neighborhood easter celebration. you can join the pennsylvania avenue easter parade. senfosenator verna jones joins r the foam hundred thousand hot -- hometown hot pot. >> good morning. >> you look great. >> easter parade on pennsylvania avenue. i'm sure everyone will remember the wonderful times that they and their families had on the historic pennsylvania avenue. this is a rejuvenation, and it's a renewal of th the event we ha8 years ago when we came down pennsylvania avenue, the band, the cars, and the historic cars. it's an opportunity for the families to come out and enjoy themselves. it's a very safe, clean, environment that we can come and bring our families and celebrate the history that has taken place on pennsylvania avenue. the beautiful mural behind me is an example of the renewal of pennsylvania avenue. >> that's beautiful. >> and all of the wonderful things that are happening. come out and have a good time. >> senator we will. >> sunday at 2:00. >> we will check with you throughout the morning because there's so much to hear about the parade is what is going on in that community. we thank you for joining us right now. we will check back in a little bit. >> yes. the pennsylvania avenue easter parade starts at pennsylvania avenue and cumberland street. it's on sunday at 2:00 and for more information log on to foxbaltimore.com/morning. coming up next, his attempt to impeach the attorney general failed this week, what delegate don dwyer plans to do now. no, no no, i'm not going -- >> not like this. >> later the top movies hitting threaters this weekend. we will have a preview in the w this morning, a baltimore city councilman will call for an audit of the recreation and parks department today. councilman karl stokes says the department is not transparent enough with has funds and that is imperative considering the te funds. stokes wants a full accounting all of funds for the department. opponents of the current plan to revitalize downtown columbia have until this afternoon for drum up support for a zone petition. members of the taxpayers against give a ways have problems with zoning changes that have been made in order to move that redevelopment guard. the group needs to get 2500 signatures by 4:30 today. ultimately the group is hoping for a referendum that will see the bill killed and the zone tsh and curbed to the board. republican delegate don dwyer initiated the impeach process objecting to gensler opinion that same-sex marriages performed elsewhere should be recognized in maryland. delegate don dwyer is joining us this morning with more on what happened with that vote and what happens next. >> good morning. >> let's start with first of all, why was this so important to bring this procedure, because you admitted yourself that it wasn't likely to get very far. >> we had the attorney general basically violate, i believe, maryland's law and the constitution of the state of maryland. it's not unlike enwhat happened in washington and the passage of the healthcare bill when members of congress simply ignored the constitution. they ignored the rules of the house and procedure and played games in order to accomplish the goal not unlike what happened here. after i announced i was going to bring impeachment charges against mr. gensler, he publicly declared that he was unpeachable by the legislator and the only way he could be removed is in a court of law. that set up a whole new dynamic of what the problem was. here we have the maryland attorney general declaring himself unpeachable. that became more important to me than the original charge which was the separation of the powers. >> ilot of people say this was an opinion. he was asked to issue something and that was his opinion. it was up to lawmakers to come up with a legislation to rule on the issue one way or the other. why did he become such a target? >> because he also said in an interview two days later that what an attorney general's opinion does it becomes the law of the land until overturned by the legislator or an action of the court. >> the vote didn't make it very far in the general assembly this week. >> procedurally there were a lot of problems because there was a motion on the floor to call a vote on the house floor. the speaker refused to acknowledge that motion which was seconded. procedurally there were a lot of games that were being played the issue was sent to the hews jew w dishdish dishjudiciary committe. >> what happens next with your plans to have doug gensler empeached and what the general assembly will do with it. >> the opinion is on record. >> right. >> it's going to take a court action in order to overturn that opinion. we are working to see what we can do eell legally to effect tt change and in order to address is the general attorney impeachable by the lienal lay tour. that i-- legislature. i plan to meet with a team of attorneys to see what the legal actions are. >> we will follow-up on it. president obama tries to win over voters. how healthcare reform could impact the november mid-term election. grab your 3-d glasses. we get a sneak peek at one remake, one sequel, and one new direction for a disney starlet. candace dold looks at them all in the low down. >> sam worthington, continues to cash big paychecks for his role in avatar. now his role is getting bigger at clash of the titans. you can see the film in 3-d today. >> i believe any hero is the person who can stand up when the going gets tough. >> reporter: a son of zeus, he leads a band of warriors to take on the god of the under world. >> you don't have to necessarily be a god to succeed. or you can make your own destiny. >> reporter: the director is used to working with intimidating gc monsters. he also directed the incredible hulk. the good one with ed norton. clash of the titans is rated pg13. men aren't getting along with the gods. >> why created man . >> reporter: and they aren't necessarily getting along with their women, either. >> there's women and then there's angelo. >> in tyler perry why did i get married, too, they get together in the bahamas for a one week revival, the trust issues and the stress of raising a family take a toll on the couple. >> if your man goes to work all day long and comes home smelling like a fresh bar of soap coming is up. >> reporter: you can find more family issues in miley cyrus new film, "the last." cyrus place a rebell yous girl spending the summer with her estranged father. the work is based on the latest work of nicholas. you know, more the cute see, stuff and it's more of an edgy role. >> reporter: now the word is clash of titans is expected to be the box office winner this weekend with an estimated $60 million take by sunday. it's facing some tough reviews, though, and will no doubt will be compared to the original which became a classic when it came out in 1981. i'm candace dold and that is your low down. patrice, over to you. thank you, candace. coming up in the 7:00, joe flacco will have a new target on the field in 2010. we talk duante stal worth coming up in sports. >> reporter: and you're already paying for it and now the state says you could be paying more. i'm megan gilliland, why getting behind the whole could cost you. >> reporter: the search for a baltimore county woman continues this morning in woodlawn. i'm joel d next to fox 45 morning news. really protects the individual who really may be hurt. >> paying more for car insurance. why your rates could soon go up. a teen accused of shooting a 5 years old girl, the technology defense attorneys say proves he is innocent. and looking for a missing woman. we're live as the search begins. good morning. it is friday, april second. it's good friday, i'm patrice harris. it's friday and we are headed into the weekend and it's your turn to talk with us on our facebook page about anything you want. a lot of you have weighed in this morning and you're looking forward to the weekend is what you're telling us. let us know what is on your mind and your response could air in our facebook feedback segment. of course, you know us around here. we want to start your weekend off the right way. the first two fox 45 fans to post the code word on our facebook wall will win a pbs dvd prize pack. and steve, i'm going to give you the answer now. today's code word is "good friday" just go to facebook.com/baltimore to become a fan. and meteorologist steve fertig is here. >> that would be a good code word if you think about it some. >> if you want to be technical. >> in the weather department we try to be as accurate as possible. here is what we got out there right now. dry conditions, going to be ipha few clouds to start with and a chance of passing light shower saturday into sunday. just a slight passing chance. all we will see is more cloud cover on sunday, generally dry through the weekend, looking the a great day, 68 by noon and temperatures backing up to 62 degrees by 6:00 p.m., backing up because we should hit a high at 4:00 this afternoon, of 78 degrees. further north a better chance of seeing an 80 up there. here is candace dold with a look at the traffic edge, candace >> reporter: thanks, steve. we do have trouble to talk about on 32 this morning. we can show you on the map where it is. it's a crash on the westbound lanes of route 32 that is near cedar lane. now a car is down an embankment there. as a result of that you will want to use route 100 as the alternate. now here is 95 at 32, and you can see no problems to report on 95. it's just that volume that you will have to deal with on the southbound and the northbound lanes all the way up toward that beltway. right now, speaking of the southbound lanes from the beltway down toward route 32, 11 minutes 60 mielings pe 60 miles. all in all, we're looking at a normal clip there. what is happening on the beltway, not much to report, from 795 toward 95, 11 minutes, 54 miles per hour. that's a look at morning travels, patrice, let's turn it over to you. think you're paying too much for car insurance now. if a new bill passes, you could be paying even more. megan gilliland joins us live from the jones falls expressway with even more. >> reporter: patrice, we have been cruising for decades without a rate on rates that they say are there are too high. now there's a chance they could get even higher. lawmakers want to increase the liability to $30,000 per injured person and $60,000 per crash. what that breaks down is an increase ranging from $60 for vehicles on the eastern shore and up to $300 here in baltimore city. this will be the first hike since 1972. some lawmakers say it's long overdue. >> when you go into the shock trauma it's about $7,500 now to visit every time you visit. $20,000, just does not cut it anymore. it really protects the individual who really may be hurt. >> reporter: and it also protects the attorneys representing them, but some say this could all backfire and people who can't afford this hike might start driving without that insurance. the senate is expected to debate this topic today. if the bill should pass, governor o'malley says he would sign it into law. live from the jfx this morning, i'm megan gilliland. fox 45 morning news. in annapolis the house has rejected efforts by republicans to cut maryland's budget even further. gop leaders tried to cut spending by another $800 million yesterday. they say it's needed to cushion the blow when maryland no longer gets millions of federal stimulus dollars. democrats say the budget is already smaller than it was a year ago and can't be slashed any further. >> we will balance this budget and we will do the least amount of harm. this is a very good budget. these cuts are irresponsible. >> the citizens of the state of the maryland are taxed enough and we cannot tolerate further tax increases. the budget is expected to win final approval in the house in the next couple of days. lawmakers have been working all session to reduce a $2 billion budget gap gap. a preliminary hearing is scheduled later today in the case of a woman arrested as part of a murder for hire plot. karla porter is expected to be in a baltimore county courtroom this morning. she is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her husband 49-year-old ray potter. police say she paid a friends $9,000 to shoot her husband as he hoped his towson gas station. five other people are also facing first-degree murder charges in his death. as reports of a resurgence of swine flu in the southeastern state makes headlines this week. the baltimore health department says another western has died from the virus. the victim is an adult from the baltimore area. the cdc is worried about a possible come back of the disease so here in maryland, health officials are opening more than 150 vaccination clinics next week. the search resumes today for a balt county woman missing now for more than a month. in woodlawn it morning, 40 police cadets will try to find new evidence in the disappearance of cherice ragins, joel d smith is live at the locates with more on what is happening today. >> reporter: we found out why the search is happening in this area. apparently this neighborhood right here is why twowrd years old cherice ragins came to visit her boyfriend. later this morning 8:00 to be exact that is when the cadets will be looking around this area to try to find out more and try to find some clues because she has been missing for six weeks now. last time she was seen was on february 21st. we don't know exactly who she was with, but it could have been the boyfriend at that point. ragins is 5 feet and 4 inches tall and 120 pounds and has her name tattooed on her neck. leads have been hard to come by. >> she left her house and went to the area in the woodlawn area of baltimore county near route 40 and rolling road and she vanished. >> reporter: anyone with information on her whereabouts right now could be eligible for a reward up to $4,500. all you have to do is call metro crime stoppers at 1866-7 will hav7 lock upin the meantime we g to neighbors here. some say they remember her coming around a lot. they saw her with this gentleman. they are concerned that this could have happened in their area and now they're wondering what happens to this investigation as it gets kicked off today, the search again at 8:00. we're live at woodlawn, joel d smith, fox 45 morning news. today is good friday and christians all across the world and right here in baltimore will be commemorating the crucifixion of jesus christ. services will be held at the cathedral of mary our queen, the basillica and other churches throughout the city. they lead up to easter sunday the day cris christians blee constitutionabelievechrist rose. coming up the easter parades return to pennsylvania avenue. we are headed toward join the pennsylvania avenue parade. we are joined live with all of the details for this morning's hometown hot spot. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> so this is a come back for the parade. >> yes, it is. it's been many years an and i lt remember when i was a little boy of about 5, 6 years old and i'm a lifelong resident here and i just celebrated by 60th birthday. >> happy birthday to you. tell me, why are you bringing the parade back. across the city they're canceling events and parades because there's no money for it. you're bringing this event back? >> you know, we are honoring the resurrection of jesus christ and our community is in that res ren stage and it brings much hope to the people and it shows the cooperation between the church, the community and the city government. >> the driver this looks pretty excited about being here this morning and being in the parade. we will check in with you and see who else is in the parade and what people can expect. thank you for joining us this it morning. >> the pennsylvania avenue easter parade starts at pennsylvania avenue and cumberland street. it's sunday at 2:00 p.m. and for more information, log on to fox baltimore.com/morning. and patrice, no raining on that parade. any rain chances just a slight chance on early easter morning but otherwise a dry weekend and a beautiful one at that. 52 degrees at the inner harbor with mostly cloudy skies to start. an east wind at 6 miles per hour, 88% relative humidity and the barometer is on the rise. sky watch hd radar indicating a nice, dry scan out there. we're looking pretty good once again. 51 degrees for the current temperature in baltimore. 53 in d.c. down in salisbury 41 only up in hagerstown, begun. starting warmer and further west you go the better chance of the temperatures heating up a little bit more. the high temperature center bringing us a southeasterly flow today. it will become southerly later. that is how the easterly flow will bring some the winds over the chesapeake bay and some the water will make it feel cooler along the 60s along the west side of the chesapeake bay and along the breeze along with the ocean city. elsewhere, we're headed into the 70s at least. you can see the next front coming our way, that is one that makes our way through here saturday night through early easter morning on sunday when there:a shower especially for the western counties. it would be light as you move off to the north and east and in its place more warm weather with the remainder of the day with the southwesterly flow. it should be a very nice weekend. generally as i say, dry throughout. as far as the temperatures go, if you're in the eastern shore today, you get up to 72 degrees with a lot of sun and the southeast wind at 5-10 miles per hour. the central part state, going to climb to 78 degrees, i wouldn't be surprised to see an 80 out there. again further points west, toward frederick, a better chance of seeing hitting the 80-degree mark. and even better still as you head toward the western part of maryland. and as far as your allergy outlook, only tree pollens on the high side, and grass and weeds not a factor. as far as tonight, 51 degrees and mild. we typically drop to 38 overnight. we're doing a whole lot better than that with a southeast wind at 5-10 miles per hour. even though we will have mainly clear skies we will be on the mild side because of the warm day temperatures. 62 degrees tomorrow, and looking pretty good as we see mostly skies then. a loyal mr cloud cove -- a littd cover on sunday, that is it for easter. 76 degrees on tuesday with a mostly clear day. wednesday and thursday, 75 degrees and then you see the temperatures drop a little bit behind the next front, 75 degrees with a chance of showers, 30% chance at that. fox 45 sky watch weather is available at your finger tips. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. interactive tools will let you know when rain will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now candace dold is back with a look at the traffic edge. >> reporter: thanks, steve. we're talking about numbers of a different kind. right now we're at 49 miles per hour on 95 traveling through whitemarsh at 64 on 95 near 395. now we do have a few accidents to talk about. there's one in howard county. a car is off the road and down an enbankment on the westbound lanes of cedar lane. let's check in on 95 moving through the vicinity right now. the southbound and the northbound lanes, we just have a few cars to deal with, but hey, we're incident free in both directions. once you finally approach the beltway right now in the southwest corner, let's check it out at wilkens avenue, it's been an easy drive, just a few cars here and there outer and inner loop lanes as well. >> there's an accident farther up a crash on the ramp from security boulevard to the outer loop lanes of 695, we will continue to keep you up-to-date on that one. so far it's not actually blocked. but there's a road clough closuo talk about at sykesville that completely shuts down the lanes of liberty road. there's a long detour to get around this and it is at the bottom of your screen on our see ya! bye, mom! we're here! 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[ cheering ] >> you try to repeal it. >> reporter: according to a new opinion poll, the support for democrats on the issue of healthcare has waned a bill. 48% said that democrats would do a better job than republicans down from 51% last august. republicans need 40 seats to take control of the house in november's midterm election and they hope some the public fallout over healthcare behelp them get there. georgia congressman and price says the gop has a better plan. >> it puts the government in charge. that is not what the american people want. there's positive reforms, things that we have put on the table that make it so patients and families and doctors can make medical decisions. >> reporter: the bigger problem for democrats may be the economy. the same opinion poll, showed a drop in 7 percentage points on that issue since august. in washington i'm samantha hayes. patrice, back to you. everybody is talking about the mid-term elections and they're talking about healthcare reform and how it's going to impact those elections across the con country. are there key states that make the difference come election time. >> reporter: there are key states that might make a difference for barack obama and the biggest key state is florida where there are many, many folks who are retired and really don't like this healthcare plan, because of the cuts to medicare. so he is going to have a big problem in florida. you can already see it in some the local elections for governor and senator, the democrats aren't doing well at all. that may be a state where you see the president showing up more often. >> all right, samantha hayes, reporting live in washington, thank you. coming up later on fox 45 morning news, it's time to let it all out. post about whatever you want on phase book and then stay tuned -- facebook and then stay tuned to see if it makes our facebook feed bafeedback segment. hear from the ♪ [ male announcer ] febreze air effects actually eliminates odors caused by bacteria and leaves a light fresh scent. febreze. it's a breath of fresh air. - bread. - laundry detergent. even paper towels and toothpaste. at safeway, we've made a promise to lower the prices... on thousands of everyday items throughout the store. and, with our club card specials like... safeway ham, just 88¢ a pound, and gold pineapple, only $1.97 each, safeway is keeping that commitment. so you'll always get what you want, when you want it, - at the price you need. - today and tomorrow. that's our promise. that's ingredients for life. safeway. good morning, everybody. here is a first look at sports. in february, the ravens signed receiver duante stal worth. he came with baggage. he sat out all last season after being convicted o. yesterday that all came to an end. stal worth met the balt media for the first time and he says he is thrilled to be a raven, a little surprised but thrilled nonetheless. >> when the ravens made the call and you know, i had no idea. i wasn't really expecting. i knew, looking at certain teams, you know what possibilities were, but you know, when i got the call from the ravens, it was you know, i was like almost like a dream come true. i wanted to come in here and fit in with the guys and be a part of that hunger that everybody is experiencing, because coming off of a year and not playing any football, had th i i had the cho sit back and have a renewed love for the game. >> reporter: across town the orioles are encouraged with the recovery of brian reports from his back condition. there's doubts on whether he will holdup over the season. yesterday they made a trade and provided lugo. the 34 years old lugo was traded from the red sox to the carted enable-- to the cardinals. he won a world series ring with the red sox. he has been recused in the dodgers and tampa bay. to make room they have redesignated michael aubrey. jay got to start for the birds, st. paul graduate steve johnson. giving up one run on one hit while walking 4. the orioles play the yankees tomorrow at 1:00 on tampa. that game can be seen at espn. the accolades continue to pour in for greivis vasquez. he received one on tuesday that he will surely treasure. vasquez is the recipient of the bob c usy award which goes to the nation's number one point guard. the initial list of nominees was 73 strong but that whittled down over the past week. in making announcement, the president said quote, greivis represents the best of the game and represents bob cusy's vision for this award. that is your morning sports. bruce cunningham, fox 45 morning news. how the teen's lawyer is trying to proof his innocence. in the search for a missing baltimore county woman resumes today. i'm joel d smith live in wood lawn, up next how many hi, you cancelled your cable service? finally -- good riddance. 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[ male announcer ] don't be fooled. xfinity is comcast. and verizon fios has 4 times more very satisfied customers than comcast. this is beyond cable. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities this is fios. at 800-974-6006 tty/v. welcome back to fox 45 morning news. 7:30 is the time on this good friday. it is friday and that means it's your turn to talk with us on our facebook page about anything you want. we want to hear from you. let us know what is on your mind and your response could air in our facebook feedback segment. go to facebook.co.com/baltimoreo become a fan and join in the conversation. all i want to talk about today is the weather, the weekend, and all the good things that are coming up. meteorologist steve fertig is here. >> that's all i want to talk about. >> you can and you have good things to say. >> this time you want to hear it, because we have a great weekend in store for you. take a look at holiday weekend, starting at 51 degrees in baltimore, the same for hagerstown 41 in salisbury where it's cooler. we are looking at the temperatures climbing into the 70s in most places and into the 80s in the southern part of the state. high pressure is bringing us southwesterly flow. the cool air stays well to the north and that frontal boundary could bring a shower to the western counties for late saturday into sunday. other than that, it should be a dry weekend throughout. sunny today through sunday. a few more clouds mixing on sunday with a slight chance of a shower on sunday morning. generally a dry weekend until next tuesday when we see a chance of seeing light showers then. now for a look at what is happening on the roadways, here is candace dold with the traffic edge. candace, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, steve. we have been talking about a relatively quiet ride, but now we have trouble on 95, a disabled vehicle on the southbound lanes at the fort mack henry tunnel. we want to show what you this scene looks like moving through the vicinity on the southbound lanes from the toll plaza all the way up through the tubes. there's definitely a lot of cars there. unfortunately you will want to vied this area, but you will want to use 895 as an alternate route. from 95 all the way toward the harbor tunnel looking at a nice and calm 7-minute ride, gower miles per hour -- 54 miles per hour. and then let's talk about the beltway because we're loving this friday morning's commute. the outer loop lanes from 95 up toward 83, 11 minutes 54 miles per hour, and the same speed with only an 8-minute trip from 83 up toward 795. that is a look at your morning travels parks tris, bac patriceo you. if you drive a car, you need insurance. the price tag on that insurance could be going up if a new bill passes. megan gilliland has the latest on that, good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. we are talking about hundreds of dollars more for the folks living here in baltimore city. it's a rate hike that some drivers say they just can't afford. lawmakers want to increase minimum liability coverage in maryland to $30,000 per injured person and $60,000 per crash. now for you that breaks down to an increase ranging from $60 for vehicles on the eastern shore to $300 in baltimore city. it would be the first hike since 1972, but drivers say the rate was already too high. >> we can't afford it. we don't deserve it. we already have to carry liability, everyone does. we carry adequate amounts and this is the wrong time and baltimore would be the hardest hit. so, no. >> reporter: now benefiting from the rate hike, crash victims and the attorneys representing them. some say this could backfire and would be driving without insurance. the senate is expected to debate the auto insurance rate hike today. if the bill passes, governor o'malley says he will sign it. the from the jfx i'm megan gilliland, fox 45 morning news. you could be getting better gas mileage in the cars you drive. yesterday president obama called 4 tougher rules when it comes to fuel efficiency. beginning in 2016, the government will require car makers to produce car fleets that get 34.5 miles per gallon. that is an incident crease of 10 miles per -- an increase of 10 miles per gallon over current standards. >> this is hugely historic. what it means for american families when they buy the next generation of fuel efficient vehicles is savings, less fuel used on a weekly, monthly, basis. >> the president wants to raise our energy prices. he wants a lot more joirmt environmental regulations that will constrict supplies and reduce demands for gasoline but also electricity n. >> it's estimated the new standards will add more than $900 to the price of each vehicle by 2016 but save more than $3,000 over the life of the car because of better mileage. testimony is underway in the trial of lamont davis, the teen accused of attempted murder in the shooting of a 5-year-old girl. the first day of testimony saw police officer cry on stand while describing the condition of raven wyatt. raven's mother was also in tears and walked out of the courtroom during testimony. the defense told jurors davis couldn't have shot raven. he said that is because records from davis' ankle monitoring device showed he was at home when the gunfire broke out. >> gps records will speak for themselves. two state employees will be sefg who was -- testifying who were on the gps monitoring, the vendor of the machine and the vice president of the company will be here. we will put that on. >> the state says that the gps monitoring system in place by the juvenile monitoring service is far from perfect. the trial is expected to last 10 days. a soldier stationed at fort meade pleads guilty to section trafficking. he admitted to running a brothel out of his anne arundel county apartment. he plead b guilty to conspiracyo distribute drugs along with other charges. police arrested corey back in september. they say he was one of four men who brought women here from other states to take part in prostitution. he will be sentenced at the end of the month. 8 prison workers who sued after being strip searched by their employer, had their lawsuits thrown out. the employers -- the employees were searched after a scanning machine signals that they were carrying drugs. because there's no clear law regarding the case, the state is entitled to immunity. the attorney for the employees says he will appeal. her disappearance has been a misterry for more than for mor. joel d smith is live in woodlawn with more on what is happening today. >> reporter: we're an hour away from starting this search today about a half an hour away. it will start at 8:00. 40 cadets from the police department and the rescue team and recue dogs as well. people looking around, they want to find out more will charise ragragins went missing. people are wondering why we are in this area. you are one of the neighbors back here. >> yes. >> reporter: we showed you a picture of her, have you seen her around here, cherice. >> plenty of times. >> when my car was in the shop, she took me to the store one day. she was a nice, pleasant girl. >> reporter: what does it feel to hear that she has been missing for all this time. >> it's very unfortunate. i hope nothing terrible would happen. it's very unfortunate. but after the second snowstorm, i didn't see her at all. >> reporter: february 21st is the last time investigators say she was actually seen. they're trying to figure out where she went n talking to the boyfriend, they may have left this area at one point and where she ended up is the real question. that's why they're searching the area. what is it like for the neighborhood when all of this is going on where you live? >> had this ithis is a very quat neighborhood as you can. this is like this every day, all night. and just to hear something like that, it's very unfortunate, but no one is excluded from anyone that happens badly. >> reporter: you never know when it's going to happen? >> exactly. >> reporter: she is one of the neighbors around here wondering what has happened. she has a connection. she has met cherice before. and lick everybody else wondering where she like. joel d smith, fox 45 morning news. the county board of elections has certified that a group opposed to bringing a casino to arundel mall did get enough signatures for a referendum on the issue. their petition got over 23,000 signatures well over the 19,000 they needed. opponents to to the plan to revital risrevitalize down coung changes that have been made to move the redevelopment guard. the group needs to get 4500 signatures by 4:30 today. they are hoping for a referendum that would see the zoning bill killed and the issue returned to the county planning board. every year state lawmakers issue hundreds of dollars in shrans ships to constituents. now that program could be ending. senators are given $135,000, but some lawmakers have misused the money giving it to the children of wealthy donors or giving small amounts to as many cons constituents as possible. yesterday they moved that money. it's a hot topic for lawmakers. >> if i give them the legislative scholarship, people will say, gee, he got a $2,000 campaign donation from the parents. if i don't give the scholarship, a worthy, worthy person was denied a scholarship. >> the senate has made no moves to end the lag lay tive -- legie scholarship prap which means prs they will have to discuss it in committee. there's no restriction on how much money a constituent can get. this group is not going away and it's growing in size. the future of the temporary job market. we have been dealing with trouble at the fort mack henry tunnel. here is a live look at the southbound lanes of 95. cars are bunched up here and it's all due to an earlier disabled vehicle. welcome back. it's 7:44 on this friday morning. a good friday it is, and 51 degrees is the starting temperature. it will be a very good friday, although we do have clouds to start we look guard to a lot of sun -- guard to a lot of -- forf sunshine coming your way. at the bay today it should be a pretty one with all of that sun and a high temperature of 71 degrees. winds will be out of the south at 5-10 miles per hour and a high tide of 9:53 is high tide at 5:45 p.m. dry conditions, once again. this will be the story for today and for tomorrow and most of your easter as well. this is a slight chance of seeing a passing shower early sunday morning, but that is about it. just a remote chance of that. begu51 degrees the temperature n baltimore. up in hagerstown, 51, a warm 61 degrees already in the oakland where the temperatures have the best chance of hitting 80 degrees today. a southeasterly flow will bring a bit of a bay breeze for the west side of the chesapeake bay. maybe in the upper 60s there. ocean city may be in the 60s as well because of that ocean breeze as we get the southeasterly flow, but winds will shift to the southwest later. generally all of us are going to get into the 70s, most of us will get into the 70s and the winds will shift to the southwest when everybody will get to the 70s by tomorrow. you see that frontal boundary to the west. that brings showers to the mid-west. it can come our way and that is going to bring us a chance for a light passing shower for late saturday and early sunday. it scoots to north and generally we're looking at a southwesterly flow keeping us rather mild around here. here is what you can expect. easterly show, cooler than elsewhere but not bad with a lot of sunshine and a southeast wind at 5-10 miles per hour. ocean city itself may be cooler than that. the central part of the state, 78 degrees, lots of sunshine, southeast wind at 5-10 miles per hour. it looks to be a great one. if you go further points west, the best chance of seeing 80s out there, 82 degrees for the high with au southeast wind at 5-10. the allergy outlook not looking too bad. tree pollens in the high range today. tonight look for temperatures to drop to 51. typically we drop to 58 degrees, southeast winds at 5-10 miles per hour. clear skies, otherwise and for tomorrow, 78 degrees mostly clear, 77 on sunday with partly cloudy skies. the early shower may be for some, that is about it. dry generally, 77 degrees on monday, and mostly clear and 76 on tuesday also a mostly clear day. partly cloudy and 67 with a chance of some showers coming later in the day on tuesday. that's a look at your weather. here is candace dold with the traffic edge. >> reporter: thanks, steve. while it is indeed a good friday out there on many of those main lines, definitely lighter activity than normal. checking in on the beltway, 63 miles per hour through pikesville and then 59 miles per hour on the jfx right traveling into the downtown region. as for 95, well, traveling in the baltimore county area, through while th whitemarsh at s per and 58 right at 395. there's trouble in between, though, and it's all due to an earlier disabled vehicle on the southbound lanes of 95 at the fort knack henr mchenry tunnel. the good news is all lanes are now open but unfortunately we're dealing with a bit of a congested ride leading up toward that activity. will you use 895 through the harbor tunnel as an alternate route. now 95, taking it from 395 all the way down toward 95 on the airport, the coast is clear. that is better news for you. and in fact, 95 is the way to go, traveling through howard county all the way down toward 495 and that is because there's some big time travel on route 29. a crash that blocks all southbound lanes at briggs tiny road. again, 95 is the way to it's definitely expensive having a growing family. and it's something that you think about. we try to be conscious of that and plan out our meals so that we can feed everyone on a budget. at giant, we know saving money is important. every time you shop with your card, you can enjoy thousands of real deal 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off the streets. so far people are weighing in on the big stories that have been going on this week. julia, says, i can't wait to take my daughter to an easter egg drop. they're dropping over 20,000 eggs with candy and toys. she is going to love it. >> somebody looking forward to the weekend. cal lirkila is looking forward e weekend. it's going to be a beautiful day to be outdoors. spring is here, yay! t. >> it's a follow-up from one of the feedback comments from last week, she told us she was getting married last friday. today she has been saying, it's been a week i have been married. still loving the married life. yay, life is good. that's a good way to start the weekend. congratulations to kay, black and april smith, they're the winners of the feedback give away. both of them will get a pbs prize pack. just don't worry because if you didn't win, we will give away more prizes. we will do that on our next facebook feedback segment which happens every friday. don't forget to go to facebook.com/baltimore to become a fan. prom season is quickly approaching, find out about the dress trends you will see in stores this year. this group is never going away and it's on growing in size. next, free lance work, why some say this trend is here e much anticipated jobs report for march comes out today and president obama is hoping for good numbers. the jobs report is the labor's departmentallying on unemployment figures. white house officials have been hoping for a positive trend this those numbers this time around since more jobs have been created. with healthcare reform complete, the president is changing gears with focusing on getting people back to work. one part of the jobs market that is definitely growing is the temporary sector. it's a trend that not everyone is comfortable with, but interim work could be here to stay. >> reporter: clients of this brooklyn trapeze academy dangle without a net, but it's free lance worker, jethro who is in a vicarious position. >> good morning, service. >> reporter: it's not exactly like getting shot out of a cannon, but jethro's desk job is his 5th free lance assignment. not much stability and no benefits. >> it's been a struggle to either decide to move back home, which is the last thing i want to do or do this. >> reporter: jethro also free lances at this architectural firm the one that laid him off as a staff employee during the recession. >> we were, 30 off somewhat people and now we're 12 plus free lancers. >> reporter: welcome to free lance nation. the latest jobs report showed the 5th straight month increase in temporary workers. some say they will be a more permanent fixture in this economy. >> the people are going to start and do whatever work there is and there will be traditional jobs, but this group is never going away and it's only going in size. >> reporter: melissa uses her home as a her base of work operations. she lost her job at an interior design company two years ago. she has done short-term projects since but her income has been cut in half and is trying to make ends meet. >> i don't know what i'm going to do for health insurance. i can't even focus on that, because i'm still worried about how am i going to pay rent and how i'm going to survive the next three months. >> reporter: the non-for profist, free lancers union provides health insurance at a group rate 30% less than comparable plans. >> we want to build a safety net as people go from job to job and project it project, they have a safety net that makes them feel secure. >> reporter: it's the net that needs to cover more people left hanging by a trend in these shifting economic tiles. coming up in our 8:00 hour, a new comedy about an traditional family. learn more about the sons of tucson from the show star. the search is on for a missing baltimore woman. she has been missing since february and now here car insurance rates on the rise. who could have to pay the biggest increase. looking for a missing woman. we're live as the search begins. what are you doing? >> how do you feel about lying -- >> and it's fox's newest comedy. we meet the star of the sons of tucson. good morning. it's friday, good friday april second. i'm patrice harris. good morning, i'm megan gilliland. you're waking up to beautiful weather. the sun is shining. meteorologist steve fertig is here to fill us in on the good details. >> it's a great friday on a good friday. >> it really is. >> it's going to be fantastic. weather is going to be great all weekend long. look at where we start. a nice dry scan across the area. a couple of light or thin clouds, high elevation clouds, but they will move out of here and we will see plenty of sunshine once again today as the temperatures climb well into the 70s, heading into the 80s for the western part of the state. in oakland it's 63 right now. a cooler 47 in salisbury could be cooler temperatures along the bay and along the ocean front with the southeasterly flow, but 78 degrees in general will do it for a high temperature the a lot of sunshine and a pleasant day and mild tonight. typically we drop to 38 but today we are heading to 51 for the low. will talk about the rest of the holiday weekend forecast coming up in just a bit. right now candace dold has a look at roadways and she has the traffic edge, lucky you. >> reporter: i do. we have a lot of good news on the main lines but trouble on liberty load. we have been dealing with an accident completely shutdowning all of the lanes at route 32 in sykesville near the carrollton shopping centerment there's a detour that you can take. it's posted at the bottom of the screen, it's a lengthy one but it's the way to go to get around this. 695 at liberty road this morning, let's show you the outer loop lanes and the inner loop, it's going to be smooth sailing there, don't really have anything to worry about. right now from 795 down toward 95195, 11 minutes, 55 miles per hour. farther up toward 83, pretty much the same deal. we are loving this friday, good friday indeed, 11 minutes at gower miles per hour. on 95 -- gower miles per hour. on 95, toward the beltway, 11 minutes 53 miles per hour there. that's a look at morning travels, patrice, and megan, back over to you. think you're paying too much for car insurance now. if the new bill passes, you could be paying even more. lawmakers want to increase, minimum liability coverage in maryland to $30,000 per injured person and $60,000 per crash. for you that means a increase ranging from $60 for the vehicles on the eastern shore to $300 in baltimore city. it would be the first hike since 1972 and some lawmakers say it's long overdue. >> when you go into the shock trauma it's about $7,500 a visit, $20,000 does not cut it anymore. it really protects the individual who really may be hurt. >> it also protects the attorneys representing them. some say it could backfire and people who can't afford it would drive without insurance. the senate is expected to debate the bill today. if it passes, governor o'malley says he will sign it. you could be getting better gas mileage in the cars you drive. yesterday president obama called for tougher rules when it comes to fuel efficiency. beginning in 2016, the government will require car makers to produce vehicle fleets that get at least 34.1-miles per gallon. that is an incident crease of 10 miles per -- an increase of 10 miles per hour current standards. >> this is hugely historic. what it means for families it means savings, less fuel used on a weekly, monthly and annual basis. >> the president wants to raise our energy prices. he wants more environmental regulations that will constrict supplies and reduce demand for gasoline and electricity. >> it's estimated the new standards will add more than $900 to the price much each vehicle by 2016 but save more than $3,000 over the life of the car because of better mileage. testimony is underway in the trial of lamont davis, the a man accused of attempted murder in the shooting of a 5-year-old girl. the first day of testimony saw a police officer cry on the stand while describing the condition of raven wyatt. raven's mother was also in tears and walked out of the courtroom during testimony. the defense told jurors davis could not have shot raven. he said that is because records from vis davis' ankle monitoring device shows that he was at home when the gunfire broke out. >> two state employees will be testifying that were on the gp monitoring. and the vice president of the company will be here. we lot it m will put that on. >> the gps monitoring system in place by the juvenile monitoring service is less than perfect. the harford county sheriff's garment says 13 people have been charged after deputies found more than 250 pounds of marijuana and $400,000. they say 51-year-old antonio boston of aberdeen was the ring leader. as reports of swine flu reemerge in the southeastern states makes headlines this week. the maryland health department says another person died from the virus. the victim is an adult from the baltimore area. this is maryland's 45th death related to the h1n1 virus. the cdc is worried about a possible come back of the disease. maryland health officials are opening more than 150 vac sensatiovaccination clinics nex. the search resumes for a baltimore county woman missing for more than a month. in woodlawn complete cadets will try to find new evidence in the disappearance of cherice ragins. joel d smith is live at woodlawn with more on what is happening there. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. the cadets just walked by, they're combing this area and try to foun find out what happeo cherice ragins. she is the woman who has been missing since late february. the reason they're looking at this location, she was dating a man who lives in this neighborhood and they think neighbor that last night she was seen she was with him and out walking around. they're really just going almost shoulder to shoulder up and down hills through the neighborhood, up and down the grass, just looking for any clue that might lead to her whereabouts. she is has been missing for a long time right now so they're trying to find some clues. police say sh she was near rout0 the last time she was seen possibly with this boyfriend. she has not been seen since. 5 feet, 4 inches tall, 120 pounds and has her name tattooed on her neck. the leads have been hard to come by. >> detectives cont hav don't hat to work with. she has been missing since the 21st. she went to thewood lawn area near route 40 and rolling road and she vanished. >> reporter: that is all they have going into today. anyone with information on her whereabouts could be eligible for a reward of $4,500. just call metro crime stoppers at 1866-7-lock up. it seems they're making progress, that is why they're in this neighborhood. it seems like they're getting a few leads at least and today they're out in force, the chesapeake search and rescue teams is out here with dogs. they're doing their best to try to further the search and see where cherice ragins is. >> what is the boyfriend saying. is he missing or have they been able to talk to him. >> reporter: some neighbors see him around. they don't see him much because he is keeping a low profile. his story has been changing a little bit and they're trying to solidify it. part of today could be about is searching some locations he has given them and see if they can find anything. >> joel d smith reporting live in woodlawn, thank you. >> reporter: all right. today is good friday and christians across the world and here in baltimore will be commemorating the crucifixion of jesus christ. services held at cathedral of mary our queen, the basillica and churches throughout the city. they lead up to easter sunday the day cris christians believe christ rose from the dead. here comes the easter bunny. where you and your kids can enjoy an easter parade this sunday. what are you doing? >> plus need a good laugh. fox's new show, sons of head to town for an easter celebration. you can join the pennsylvania avenue easter parade. tuny presley has all of the details in this morning's hometown hot spot. good morning, tony. >> reporter: good morning, megan. how are you? >> i'm great. we are so excited that the easter parade is back and it's going to be a great time this weekend. >> it's going to be fabulous sunday and we got so much entertainment here on sunday. it's unbelievable. we got johnson davis that will be singing from st. martin's church. along with mary a minister of music. it's going to be so live on pennsylvania avenue, we're going to have models, and we even have historic a grabbers. it's a wagon on pennsylvania avenue like you -- i'm sorry megan. but it's pennsylvania avenue like you have never seen it before. >> i was going to say, tony, it's great to see your smiling faces. it's a great day to be outside. we wait to come outlive in person on this sunday and see you. >> everybody is welcomed. i mean it's going to be one great time to return back to the parade. >> it sounds wonder. thank you tony. the pennsylvania avenue easter parade starts at pennsylvania avenue at cumberland street. again, it's on sunday at 2:00 p.m. for more information, log on to foxbaltimore.com/morning. if that doesn't make you want to go outside right now and enjoy the weather, this will. take a look at the temperatures at 52 degrees disartin startingt it's going to climb. 88% relative humidity and 30 pon30.15and rising in the barom. early enough we will see a lot of sunshine. we are already seeing sunshine the live picture down. as bu as you look at the hd radar, it's a dry scan that we're going see a lot of this weekend because we're not expecting much in the way of rain. if there's any chance of rain, it will be the early monday morning passing light shower at western part of the state. 52 degrees for the current temperature in baltimore. 55 in d.c. 47 cooler in salisbury, but check out the temperatures out toward the west. 52 hagerstown and there in oakland, 52 degrees where we think, this time around the best chance of seeing temperatures get to 80 today. as far as what is going to bring us this nice weather, high pressure offshore, bringing us southeasterly flow. it will be cooler along the west side of the chesapeake bay. a bay breeze and ocean breeze toward city. that will keep the temperatures in that location upper 60s. everybody else well interest the 70s and even the 80s as i said for the western counties today. the frontal boundary bringing showers to the midwest bringing at best a passing shower early sunday morning. that stays mostly to the north as high pressure brings southwesterly flow and mild temperatures. so it should be generally dry, just don't want you to be surprised if you're out early sunday morning to see a couple of raindrops out there. that is about it. it will be a nice weekend. great way to start the weekend with the high temperature. 78 degrees for the eastern shore with lots of sunshine. southeast wind at 5-10 miles per hour. southeast wind at 5-10, western part of maryland the best chance to see the 80s as i said. 82 for the high there with a 5-10-mile-an-hour wind and also want to let you know that tree pollen is the only real concern out there with regard to allergies today. tonight, 51 degrees, a mild night, we typically drop to 58, that will be enseasonbly warm, mild, and 58 degrees with mostly sunny skies. i see bunnies in the studio jumping. you can't help it. you get caught up with the little guy. 78 degrees for easter sunday, 77 on monday, i hot a little hop and skip in my step. i don't know, everything is mixing together. skip, jump, shower chances on wednesday with 67 degrees for the thursday. now fox 45 sky watch weather is at your finger tips. you can jump along with us. i radar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar with ente interace tools. you can go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. here is candace dold. is she skipping around. >> reporter: i'm not jumping. i think the baby says, no, mom don't do that. we will jump for joy na the easter bunny is coming that is for sure. if you are heading out on the roadways, we need to talk about the actual speeds out there. right now 61 miles per hour on the beltway traveling through pikesville and at 60 on the jfx. things are looking good, definitely much lighter than it usually is. however, there's trouble on 895, we do want to show you what the area looks like. a disabled vehicle on the northbound lanes is right at the harbor tunnel. now here is the deal, you don't see any traffic here, that is because all of that traffic is held. you can see the car blocking all lanes. you will want to see 95 through the fort mchenry tunnel as the alternate route. once you get past all of that, though, we do want to talk about the beltway, traveling in the southwest corner at wilkens avenue, showing you that scene smooth sailing. outer loop lanes and inner loop direction as well. farther up at liberty road, let's show you what that area looks like. the same deal, we don't get this often, we will take it especially for friday morning. however, there's trouble in carroll county on liberty road. a crash has been there throughout the morning competely shutting down the eastbound lanes of liberty road at route 32. it's carlton shopping center. there's a detour and it's a long 1. it's listed on the bottom of our news ticker. megan, back over to you. prom season is here and you want to look great. we have the newest styles so you can pick the best. >> keep talking. >> we need a dad for the day. the victories and challenges -- that help us go through new doors of our own. be part of the story. colonial williamsburg. the art of getting clean powerfully formulated wisk® is better on tough mud stains than tide total care. wisk®. powerfully clean. perfectly priced. but it's 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can expect this friday and the easter weekend. >> it's finally here. take a look at where we go from here. take a look at temperatures 50 degrees starting out and 68 degrees is what we head to toward noon with plenty of sunshine. we are look at 70 at 6:00 p.m. after a high temperature of 78 degrees at 4:00 p.m. looking like a nice day on the bay as well with temperatures around 78 degrees and a light wind out of the south at 5-10 miles an hour. looking like a real pretty day, a dry scan on the radar and we're looking guard to a -- guard tforward to a great weeked ahead. candace dold is here with the traffic edge. >> reporter: thanks, steve. we have had a pleasant drive out there on many of the main lines throughout the morning. we do have to talk about trouble on 895, you don't see the cars on the northbound lanes taking up the travel intersection, that is because we have a disabled vehicle completely shutting down all northbound lanes of 895 at the harbor tunnel. as a result of this, you want to avoid the area and use 95 as the alternate route. the northbound lanes of 95, from the beltway up toward the fort mack henrmchenry tunnel, 8 minut 54 miles per hour. by the far that the way to go. let's talk about the beltway, the outer loop lanes right now pretty much the same deal. in excellent shape for friday morning, we're loving it. 95 up toward 83, 11 minutes at 53 miles per hour. and then from 83 up toward 795, 54 miles per with only an 8-minute drive. that's a look at morning travels, patrice and megan, back over to you. here is a look art on top -r top stories this morning. a preliminary hearing is scheduled later today in a case of a woman arrested as part of a murder for hire plot. karla porter is expected to be in a county courtroom at 8:30 this morning. she is charged in the death of her poz husband ray porter. paid a friend $9,000 to shoot him as he opened his gas station. nine others are charged in the murder. >> reporter: cherice ragins has been gone for the last four weeks, february the 21st was the last time she was seen. the neighbors have seen the two together. apparently the last time they saw them together is the night she went missing. 40 cadets from the police department and also some search dogs and a search and rescue team will be combing this area over the next few areas in baltimore county trying to find clues of where cherice ragins may be. the county board of elections has certified that a group opposed to bringing a casino to arundel mills mall got enough signatures for the refer dumb on threferendum on the iss. they got 23,000 signatures be more than the 19,000 they needed we have a preview of the hottest trends out there this morning. john smith is here with more. >> thank you for having me. >> i know you sell the prom dresses and you have your own store. evan wants to know what is hot this -- everyone wants to know what is hot this year. >> i travel the summer extensively and i met with many designers. we love prince, we love fashion and it's a great way for girls to express their individuality. you can find anything out there and no right and no wrong in prom. >> you brought models to see what the dresses look like. we are going to bring allie out here. >> prince prince, this is a combination -- prints, prints, this a combination of a floral print. this looks extremely red carpet ask this -- and this isn't what gills looked like when i went to the prom. pretty fan ta fantastic. >> i say a lot of girls say fashion before comfort, they're in the highest heels than the dress and they're more about what they look loo like than how comfortable it is. >> terry is showing something that is very high fashion. a high-level low hem line giving a consists prints. this is very west coast inspired. it's a designer that i met at a show and does a lot of pageant designs. it's just really a special piece n these are runway dresses. beautiful. what about prices? >> $299 and they go up from there. there's various price points. we register our dresses and only one goes to each school and these dresses are fantastic. >> short dresses are also in. >> short dresses are really big right now. this baby doll look which is west coast inspired is a hot trend. maybe the girl has worn long for the past few years. maybe she has already done a print and she wants something different. this is a great pair of shoes and a cute, cute look. >> i was going to ask about accessories, how much is too much? >> some of these are '80s inspired. when is too much, too much when you're thinking about it that way. a big earring and no nec neckla. it's personal taste what each girl feels comfortable with. >> what will the heels. >> we love high heels and you're seeing them with these dresses. you're showcasing a great pair of shoes. >> thank you so much. girls, have a great time, you look beautiful. >> i agree. if you want more information check out our website at foxbaltimore.com/morning. well, coming up eat only the best this easter sunday, the italian restaurant you're going to want to taste to belief. >> be able to incorporate fresh cherry pies and tarts. >> d.c. in full bloom and putting on a show. what the cherry blossoms bring to washington d.c. you are picture, america's top rated internet and phone. all for just $99.99 a month. enjoy tons of your favorite shows and channels. fios brings facebook and twitter right to your tv. also, check sports, weather and traffic without interrupting your show. you'll get tv with four times more very satisfied customers than comcast. get it all for just $99.99 a month -- guaranteed for 2 years! plus a multi-room dvr and set top box -- free for six months. don't wait. this incredible offer ends soon. call 1-866-932-fios. that's 1-866-932-fios. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v. this is beyond cable. this is fios. that picture you are seeing out there, does not do it justice. >> we have facebook every day during the show. i got to tell you, i love how much love you get on facebook whenever the weather is good. remember recently -- >> whenever it's not good you get it. >> when the weather is not good, just don't say anything. >> this is your day, steve. >> you got some fans, steve you do a great job. >> i have nothing to do with it, come on. >> just don't get all in. >> soak in the sun. i knew you were going to say that, patrice. soak in the sun all weekend long. generally cloudy a little bit but it's going to be a dry weekend. 52 starting at the inner harbor. we have a few clouds to start as you saw but generally we're going to see the sunshining brightly. 31.15 and rising on the barometer, the high pressure is having a positive effect on our weather. and sky hd radar indicating a dry scan. nothing to do out there as far as echos which we what we call them when we see rain on there. 51 degrees in baltimore, 55 in washington d.c. mild there, 47 cooler in salisbury but not bad. 52 hagerstown, check out oakland, cooler to the west, but we are getting the winds from the southwest, and 63 degrees is the starting temperature. that part of the state will get up to the 80s. they deserve it. they usually get coldest air and instead they get the warmest air today. bringing us the southeasterly flow, it will be cooler on the southeast chesapeake bay an ocean breeze which comes in and cools downright there. generally it's going to be nice. lots of upper 70s coming your way, and guess what, generally we're not going to get a whole lot out of this frontal boundary. it's going to be the rain that moves to the north and east. we may get a light shower i was going to say it again for late saturday to early sunday. that is about it if at all. most of staying dry throughout the weekend. as far as how good. today, 70 degrees for the eastern. comfortable, it sounds like set the thermostat outdoors. you put it at 72, southeast winds at 5-10 miles per hour. lots of sunshine there. it's cooler there than elsewhere in the interior part of the state toward the central maryland area. we're going to get to 78 degrees with lots of sunshine. back to the west look for high temperature here about 82 degrees. looking good all over the state. as far as the algae outlook could be a little bit better, the tree pollens on the high side. everything else cooperating decently. 78 beegz for th78 degrees for ty with lots of sunshine. tomorrow 78 degrees mostly clear skies, easter sunday the passing shower. 77 degrees for the high then, 77 on monday, 76 for tuesday, 75 or wednesday, and 67 [ laughter ] >> okay. all right. 67, where are you? >> all right. 67 for the end of the week with some showers. i'm listening to it. what is in the basket? ouch, that hurt. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful dop doppler radar to track the weather. go to web and slick other iradar. never argue with a big bunny. >> reporter: helpfully there's big butter cups. we know that the easter bunny is going to fill all of our barveghts this weekend. -- our baskets. now 59 miles per hour on the entire west side of the stretch. we do not get that often. we definitely are loving this ride. on the jfx, at 61 miles per hour heading into the downtown region. we do have an update on 895, we had an earlier disabled vehicle. it's now gone and all traffic has been relieved so those lanes are now open 895 through the harbor tunnel. we have a bit of a delay, to avoid the activity altogether, stick with the fort mchenry tunnel, there's nothing to worry about there. we do want to show you the scene at 895 moving at that tunnel, here it is a pretty picture. southbound lanes and northbound stretch all the way toward the toll plaza. that continues to be the case through rosedale and up toward the beltway as well. heading on the beltway, right through the baltimore county region at harford road, let's check it out. wow! light activity, just a few cars here and there and it is going to be a pleasant ride. outer loop lanes all the way down toward the 83s. that's a look at morning travels. patrice, and megan over to you. thank you, candace. coming up next, for this easter take a trip to little italy. the restaurant where you will enjoy a fabulous meal with the whole family. it's the icon and brand of washington d.c. >> later cherry blossoms on iconic for spring time at d.c., what else they ho (announcer) the art of getting dirty the art of getting clean powerfully formulated wisk® is better on tough mud stains than tide total care. wisk®. powerfully clean. perfectly priced. taste the finest italy this easter. head out to rocco as capricio in little italy. rocco joins us this morning. >> bon jowr journo, baltimore. this is the most important, holy week in the christian society. today we're going to make something symbolic for easter. >> what is that? >> lamb ragu over pasta. >> is that typical. >> oh, yeah. >> but today since it's friday, we eat a lot of fish. >> a lot of fish. >> but sunday it's more -- it's easter, so we're going to do a little bit of extra virgin olive oil, some shallots and we're going to take beautiful leg of lamb. we're going to sear it. >> okay. >> so searing it means we're going to -- >> we're going to quickly seal the juice. we start to smell the aroma. a little bit of bay leave. >> okay. >> and then we're going to deglaze it, a little bit. >> we say deglaze. for the novice out there. >> get a little bit of flavor, more flavor. see now the meat is nice and starts to sear very nice. we are going to add some italian plum tomatoes. this is going to cook. >> for how long? >> for about one hour. >> nice and slow. >> okay. >> and while this is cooking, i'm going to explain. >> is it going to cook for the full hour on the frying pan. >> well, you need the regular pan. >> the regular pan. >> okay. >> for t.v. purposes. >> we are going -- this is going to cook and at rocco's caprico this weekend is going to be delightful, fresh mozzarella and salmon. >> it's more than month mozzaren that plate. >> we have peppers with extra virgin olive oil. the mozzarella we make in the house. >> absolutely. >> and this is cooking very nicely. >> what is back here. >> the egg. this is to renew life. >> oh, okay. i didn't realize it was a chocolate egg. >> the easter egg not only chocolate and the bunny. this is to renew life. as a christian you got to renew your life because christ is going to be rising on sunday. today it's very important, which is good friday. we have on renew life. life is beautiful. >> absolutely. >> and there's nothing more beautiful than being on channel 45 with all of my friends. he joy it! >> happy easter, god bless. >> it's going to be a great weekend weather wise, too. we will get you the forecast in a little bit. for more information about the cooking you just saw log on to foxbaltimore.com/morning. coming up the spring time icon of washington in [ male announcer ] achievement: embraces mondays. ♪ achievement: loves working capital. ♪ achievement: puts receivables to work. ♪ achievement: expects a lot of itself. cfo: cash flow options, helping business achievers better manage their cash flow. pnc. for the achiever in us all. helping business achievers better manage their cash flow. visitors from around the country and around the world are descending a upon washington d.c. for what has become a national right of spring and they're gorgeous. it's the cherry blossoms. >> behind the blossoms is a huge tourism revenue. we take a peek inside of the economic bloom mind the bloom. >> reporter: when these buds turn to pink. washington sees green. an icon that is more than a pretty face. an estimate commission by the national park service says visitors to the annual cherry blossom festival will ring up $126 million spending in over 16 days, almost $8 million daily. >> the festival attracts 4 million people with 45% of them being outside of the washington area. it's extremely important to washington and our economy. >> reporter: the cherry blossoms has had to combat a sluggish economy but the festival showed signs of recession resistance, including sell outs for the annual parade and a hotel occupancy at peak week. they got hotels and restaurants on board for flexible ways to participate. >> the city is no concert with the hotels and restaurants. >> reporter: that can be as pricey as a luxury as overnight stay or as cheerful as cherry items. it means drawing locals out to see and spend. for see tourism industry that got socked with a record snow fall this winter, a welcomed sign of spring. >> six weeks later we're experiencing the blooming of these wonder trees and a lot of interest coming back to washington d.c. >> i want to get over there. >> so nice. it makes me think of growing up because we used to go out there all the time. anything is berch bette better w that is for sure. we will go over to steve because steve has someone really cute out there. >> this is a male shepherd mix. it's tim me. he looks like a timmy and he needs a home contact the spca by going tour oa website at foxbaltimore.com/morning. and say i want timmy. they want timmy so you better call soon. we are looking at a great weekend. 78 degrees and a big bunny stealing the show. 78 degrees for today and tomorrow a couple of dry days passing shower early sunday morning but generally dray a dry day -- a dry day and 77 for the high for easter. it stays in the 70s for tuesday and wednesday. a chance of showers on thursday but not until then. we will get closer to opening day on friday and get to the forecast. that big bunny he definitely wants. >> serious. >> he did, he got a big -- >> he did. >> he had a lost eggs in his basket. >> the bunny from the zoo is biggest one i have ever seen. >> that's true. that one may be a little bigger. we do have good news for you, of the march report is out. the labor department says that employers added 162,000 jobs last month, such a sigh of relief there. it's the largest number of jobs create since the recession began three years ago but the unemployment rate is still at noi9.7% for the 3rd straight month. still a lot of work to be done there. >> a lot of people are trying to get out of work to start the weekend. >> enjoy. >> happy easter. >> see you monday.