Road construction, governor Martin Omalley said the state is desperate it raise more money. One plan would raise the state sales tax from 6 to 7 . Another plan, considered by omalley would raise the gas tax. Its something he tried last year when gas hovered over 4 a gallon. Hes hoping for more success but in the all legislators agree. Lets see if the money is necessary. Im not for a gas tax or sales tax at this point. What we need to do is start spending the transportation dollars on the things that were allotted for. If we do that, we dont have to raise any taxes. Reporter but the money has to come from somewhere. Its too soon to make an assessment. Its my hope we will have a Revenue Source for transportation. Reporter raising taxes is a tough proposal in these economic times. The legislature will probably not make a decision until the end of the session. In annapolis, don harrison, abc2 news. For much more on what to expect this legislative session, just head to abc2news. Com and click on the state news tab. While maryland is considering tougher gun laws, we could be seeing them at the federal level. Vicepresident joe biden sat down with Victim Groups and gun advocates. Today bidden was clear. The administration will do something. I want to make this clear that we are not going to get caught up in the notion that unless we can do everything we wont do nothing. President obama wants rec men dations by the end of the month. A courtroom of victims in the colorado shooting sat through another hearing to see in james holmes will stand trial. We have much more on the deadly trap set in holmes apartment. Reporter after three days of testimony, james holmes preliminary hearing is over. You had all that team to plan it writing, talk about it. No youre not ill. Reporter the plan included stockpiling weapons, ammunition and booby trapping his apartment. It involved a room full of trip wires, explosive materials and a gas loan soaked carpet. They said holmes left a remote outside the apartment hoping someone would pick it up and trigger an explosion that it with detract police. The theater shooting was played out in the 911 tape. Hard to think of livesng torn apart. Reporter the defense said they will not call witnesses and the judge will decide if the case goss trial. Many of the survivors believe holmes should be up for the death penalty. Many people know thats what justice s you cant get away with killing 12 people. Today the prosecutor showed several photos james holmes took on his phone. In some he was wearing black contacts and in one it show as glock pistol. Now to an update on a story our abc2 investigators first uncovered at christmas. Baltimore Police Arrested this man. His name is marcus evans, and charged him with first and Second Degree assault for the attack on a man on christmas night. We talked to the mother of kenneth shaw. They both said was a hate crime. Shaw ran to the store for a few things. On the way back, he was cold and beaten by a group of five men for at least 10 minutes. Now police are still investigating the attack but have not confirmed whether it is a hate crime or not. Want to watch the flu spread without getting any of the germs . You cran do it thanks to the Maryland Department of health and mental hygiene. They track it on a website called flu watch. You can watch cases week by week with the flu being a sporadic problem to a widespread problem. Theyre able to map out how the flu progresses using a variety of sources. Now you can help the state track the flu threw Maryland Resident Influenza Tracking survey. The report is also tracked to hospitals. They only have to report a flu case when a patient stays overnight because of their illness. For much more information, just head to abc2news. Com flu for our flu guide. Weve got a quiz for you to test your flu q and links the map. A cheaper version of the iphone could be on the way. And microbeads will be taken out of soap. Why the company said they could damage you. Cloudy with a couple patches of drizzle. Also a little rain. Well talk about how things shape up as we move through the weekend. Thats straight ahead. Lets play [ all ] whos new in the fridge our mystery guest ensure complete. Uh. Do you support bones . [ ding ] ive got calcium and vitamin d. Oh immune system. [ ding ] one word antioxidants. Heart health . [ ding ] my omega 3s never skip a beat. How bout muscles . [ ding ] i have protein and revigor to protect, preserve, and promote muscle health. [ ding ding ding ] thats a winner ensure complete [ female announcer ] the fourinone nutrition of ensure complete. A simple choice to help you eat right. [ major nutrition ] ensure complete. Nutrition in charge. Good day on wall street. The dow jones up. The nasdaq up and the s p up almost four. Apple is apparently working on a cheaper version of the iphone. The change is prompted by a surge in android powered device. The report says the less expensive iphone could be available later on this year. Theyre great at getting your hands clean but those microbeads that are in soaps could be bad for the environment. The company that makes dove soap said it will stop using them by the year 2015. The tiny beads are made out of plastic. The problem is when they go down the drain, they can end up in the ocean where theyre swallowed by marine life. The company said it is looking for an alternative to the my cree beads. The end is year for paper. Social security is giving two months to switch to electronic deposit. The Treasury Department says mailing costs 4. 6 million per month. Those who switch over will still get paper checks after march 1st and they will contact them in a more personal direct way. We call 911 for emergencies. At least thats what were supposed to do, right, when this happens. This story will leave you shaking your head. This woman called 911 to get out of several speeding tickets. The app that everybody is talking about this year, coming up next. howc all right. The sun has set. 48 degrees at bwi. Most spots today reaching the low 50s, did not make the upper 50s. Heres why. Weather in motion, cloudy. That was the scenario statewide. Here in the capital, absolutely. In kent island cloudy sky to finish out the day. How about havre de grace, cloudy, yeah. Just not a day we could find much spufnlt as a result mostly cloud sun. As a result, mostly overcast. We did not find much more than 52, 53 degrees. The winds did shift into a more warm direction. Theyre out of the southwest. Thats a milder breeze. Temperatures as a result slow to fall. It will eventually be in the low to mid30s at daybreak tomorrow but its going to take all night to get there. To the west some lightly scattered showers roll in. They diminish as they enter the state but as a result there was a little bit of drizzle at times. As we look at future trend model, we pick up nothing but passing cloud cover, especially in the afternoon. On friday clouds increase. Friday night as weve been talking about, there will be a round of showers with the disturbance pushing through friday night and lingering into Early Saturday Morning but there should be improvement and temperatures will begin to rise. The mild air is poised to move in but not for another 48 hours. Look at the numbers to the south ear. 70 in charleston. 64 in atlanta. 66 in montgomery. We look forward to a mild surge. If youre a skier, you want to go out toward whisper, the mountains of pennsylvania. Coming our way, cool air for the next two days. Not january like but cooler than its been and struggle to get out of the 40s. That mild air is ready to surge in through the weekend and to the far west we look at conditions mild right now. Believe it or not, 52 degrees in denver today, but by the time we get into the weekend, the cold blast arriving, so were only in the teens for that 4 30 kickoff. There will be the possibility of a 10 to 20 chance. Looking like True Mountain winter in denver. Tonight 36 with a new clouds. 51 or so tomorrow, a mix of sun and clouds. By tomorrow morning mid30s. That, plus, cloud cover means friday. No warm up. Colder before the warm surge pushes in saturday and sunday. Right now lets look at a pretty good weekend. Chance for showers. Then into sunday, goreious in the low to mid60s. So thats helping set up a cooler and rainier next week. It looks like october. So it is what it is. I like what it is. All right. This is something. The morning commute on the new york ferry went terribly wrong. The ferry crashed injuring 59 people. The ferry hit a dock in lower manhattan, tossing some passengers in the air. It crashed. Everybody, who was standing, fell forward and people in their seats got thrown forward. Basically, it was, you know, 60 to0. Its what happens when the boat slows down. People get up to get off the boat. When we hit the dock, everybody went flying. The coast guard records show the sea streak has been involved in other docking incidents. In january of 2010, a whole was hole was punched through the boat. And then there was another tear. Nobody was injured in those incidents. Police say a wisconsin woman called 911, right . And lied to aindividual traffic tickets. The woman would make calls to 911 about serious crimes in progress. Police said heres an example of one eye was driving through the lot of kmart. I see a lot of suspicious activity. About five guys in the back. Police said they were able to trace the call to a phone number linked to jackson. She is facing charges and the hearing is set for later on this month. Childhood obesity is a problem but a Community Partnership is doing something about it. Its part of the program and Sherrie Johnson has more. Reporter students from ham sted academy are enjoying the state of the art feel. Theyre taking advantage of the center. I think its great. You get to get activity and you get to come out here and just get to experience different kinds of things, such as turf instead of grass. Reporter it gives student has safe place to exercise, learn, play and build healthy lifestyles. Its important to give them some physical activity. We got to get them up moving around. They come back more focused. Reporter the pat tar son Park Youth Center features a new multicenter turf field funded by a 3 million grant. The new educational building will soon be equipped with computers for student and offer academic tutoring plus art and dance classes. In baltimore, obesity, diabetes are big issues. We believe its important for mind, body and spirit to have things such as this. Reporter students are excited about the opportunities. Now students can work on their projects outside of school. Now they dont have an excuse because the city of baltimore is supporting them. Reporter another Community Partnership making a difference. The educational building should be completed within three weeks to allow students taking classes. 15 schools are using the facility. Its a shutout. Some of baseballs biggest stars will not be getting into the hall of fame in coopers town. No player received enough votes to make this into cooperstown. 37 names were on the ballot including barry bonds, roger clemons, all embroiled in that steroid scandal and two of faced perjury charges. Former red sox and oral pitch Curt Schilling was on the ball orioles pitcher Curt Schilling was on the ballot. Theres a difference between getting in on the first ballot o. Getting in. Craig b ijio led the pack. Forget about the hall of fame, we have fan test on the way. You can get your tickets. It starts at 11 on saturday, january 19th. There will be interactive games. So get out to the Convention Center on january the 19th and support your baltimore orioles. Coming up all new at 6 00, after the shooting at sandy hook elementary, a cecil county deputy worried about the safety of his children. How theyre taking action. This creditors flu season has claimed the lives of 18 children. Well tell you how to keep your child from getting sick. We have those stories and whole lot more coming up at 6 00. Before copd. I took my son fishing every year. We had a great spot, not easy to find, but worth it. But with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. So my doctor prescribed symbicort. It helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. Symbicort doesnt replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. With symbicort, today im breathing better. And that means. Fish on symbicort is for copd including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. It should not be taken more than twice a day. Symbicort may increase your risk of lung infections, osteoporosis, and some eye problems. Tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high Blood Pressure before taking it. With copd, i thought id miss our family tradition. Now symbicort significantly improves my lung function, starting within 5 minutes. And that makes a difference in my breathing. Today, were ready for whatever swims our way. Ask your doctor about symbicort. I got my first prescription free. Call or click to learn more. [ male announcer ] if you cant afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. The Consumer Electronics show is on in las vegas. There are tvs out of price reach. But are more affordable things. Reporter all around this packed convention youll find different applications for smart phones. Pulls it out of the real world and gives them a broad are understanding. Kids can learn that milk comes from a cow, comes from a goat. Reporter and different ways of protecting them. Weve done tests, hammer drops, bb guns, drills, and pocket book with nails. Reporter so we have a demonstration. Yes. Reporter others have put the technology in electric cars. It lets you look for directions easily on this huge 17inch touch screen. It scrolls in and out. We have a rear view camera. Its the High Definition camera. You can put the top down and cruise in style. Yes. Reporter many gadgets are exciting advancements of popular inventions but there are a few complete originals. You can use your eye gazing combination with the keyboard and mouse. Just look at what you want to click and hit the key. Im looking at nine, and nine comes up. Looking at two thats amazing. The Consumer Electronics show lasts for days, so well be bringing you of the latest gadgets as theyre unveiled. That is always a huge event. Coming up next, a cecil county deputy is receiving praise on keeping his Daughters School safe. All right. Police are on a high speed purr suit with three officers ending up injured. Two construction workers killed what he car plowed into them. Lawmakers are back at it in annapolis to kick off the 2013 session. Well tell you how this session could affect your money. First, breaking news we brought you earlier. Two Prince Georges County men were killed in cecil county when a car loud into them. They were in a clearly marked construction zone. Roosevelt leftwich joins us with the latest. Reporter the state Highway Administration identified the two victims. One is Victor Jackson and one