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damaging details, trayvon martin's parents are criticizing the sanford police department. >> did officers leak information on the case? >> hello i'm jessica kartalija. >> i'm don scott. >> here is what people are talking about today. anger continues to grow over the shooting death of trayvon mar tip. the teenager killed by neighborhood watch captain, george zimmerman, there are reports about what happened as martin's parents travel to washington dc. randal pinkston reports from sanford florida. >> reporter: police are once again on the defensive after new details were leaked about trayvon martin's death. george told officers he fired at martin in self defenses says the teen approached him from behind, punched him and bashed his head against a sidewalk. the report was consistent with their evidence and authorities are investigating the leak. the attorney for martin's parents says they are outraged. >> they can't have the leaks in

the sanford police department. notice the leaks are beneficial to george zimmerman. >> reporter: trayvon's parents plan to attend a hearing on racial profiling and believe police are trying to smear their son's name as details emerged about the suspension from school. >> they've killed my son. now they are trying to kill his reputation. >> reporter: two million people signed a petition demanding the arrest of zimmerman and demonstrations spread across the nation. on monday, demonstrations and individual ills for trayvon -- vigils were held in florida, missouri, and los angeles. >> there is a trayvon in ever neighborhood. >> reporter: authorities are considering their investigation. >> the 17 year old boy was walking home and now he is dead. when you have questions like that, they need to be answered. >> reporter: officials say the review will take time and

asking for patience. randal pinkston, wjz 13 eye witness news. >> friends say george is in hiding after receiving several death threats. developing story in howard county this afternoon, police say they've arrested the man caught on camera, having a fistfight with a high school student. officers say 40-year-old don el attacked a 16 year old outside of long beach high school in columbia. the teen struck him back knocking the man unconscious. he is charged with assault. the teen acted in self defense and will not face charges. may maryland proving to be more than a flyover state. he is making stops here, newt gingrich. he visited annapolis and scheduled to speak in salisbury this afternoon. newt gingrich blasted the governor's plan to impose the

sales tax on gas purchases. >> this is talk about a increase in the gas tax from allen which i think shows as much political insensitivity as you can imagine given everybody's concern about the price of gasoline to have an effort made to raise the price by $0.25 a gallon, strikes me as being antieveryday working american. newt gingrich plans to speak about his plan in salisbury at 3:00 this afternoon. wjz 13 is always on, check in for complete coverage of campaign 2012, count on us for updated results and information about the candidates. log on to wjz.com. new twist in the arundel county executive scandal. the police chief would not answer questions about whether his officers were ordered to spy on political opponents. wjz 13 is live with video of the chief's appearance at

counsel chambers. mike hellgren is live. >> reporter: counsel members promised to push for answers but they are going to have to go through the court system. arundel police chief showed up before the council after his lawyer said he wouldn't. under oath the chief declined to answer any questions about whether his boss, john leopold, directed officers to illegally access a state criminal data base to dig up dirt on political enemies. >> i did not want to break the law. i decline to answer the questions. >> reporter: the chief says his lawyer said because he testified twice before a gran jury on leopold's indictment he couldn't answer questions, even general ones about police policy. aclu which pushed for the chief to say what he knows says that is not right. >> it's one of the more disgusting and shameful things i've ever seen. the notion that the chief can't

answer questions about his department to the governing body of the county is frankly ridiculous. >> reporter: council could get a court order to make the chief testify. they are weighing options with constituents pressing for answers in the scandal over sex, power and county executives misuse of taxpayer resources. allegations leopold denies. while some on the counsel may not like it , the chief isn't talking, in reality, they have no power to get rid of him, that solely rests with the county executive. >> unions voted no confidence in chief tier, he has no plans to step down. debate over president obama's health care law enters the second day. monique griego has more on the debate inside and outside of the chambers. >> hello. it's called a lands mark case in american health care.

that's bringing out advocates on both sides of the issue. hundreds of people protested outside of the court as the nine justices began arguments over whether the health care law that affects millions of americans is constitutional. the justices are considering the laws so call individual mandate. it requires uninsured americans to buy health coverage by 204 or face a penalty. 26 states and small business group are trying to get the law struck down. back to you. thank you. the court's decision is expected in june in the heart of the presidential race. more than 0 people behind bars following a city police initiative to combat against street robberies. the department targeted habitual offenders and patrolled areas where crime is frequent. it comes because of the rising number of street robberies. there have been over 400 reported in this city this year. the sun is shining brightly over the city. your back to needing a jacket out there. taking a live look outside,

right now, lots of blue sky, pretty brisk and plain cold if you didn't dress for it this morning. there should be warmer weather on its way here. we have marty bass in the outback and meteorologist bernadette woods at first warning weather. good afternoon bernadette woods. >> good afternoon don, good afternoon everybody. we will start with temperatures from this morning, this is what we saw around the region this morning. 31bwi marshal. 20s north and west of that. south of that, we stayed above freezing. this afternoon, we are recovering, up to 46 degrees. still 30s in the mountains. elsewhere in the 40s. compared to yesterday, we are anywhere from 10- 20 degrees cooler. starting to cool down a little bit in the mountains yesterday. the idea is cooler day than it has been lately. we are going to come close to the averages. the thing is like every coal snap we've had this season it's not going to last long. for more on that, here is marty

outside in the sunny outback. >> reporter: good afternoon, let's take a look at the national temperature map. this shows you 9.5 hour drive away. there is warm air advancing towards the mid atlantic. the mid-60s kansas city. 63 minneapolis. 74 memphis. 70 atlanta. the winds going to turn around from the south and west andist going to get warm again. then there is another cold front that's going to make an appearance in the mid atlantic. the question is, how long is it going stay warm. is it going to get this chilly again. we are still in late march. bernadette woods with the details coming up shortly. the maryland women's basketball team is one step away from returning to the final four. to get there the coach and the terps was taking on notre dame. it's tonight in raleigh, north carolina.

men's final four is next saturday. first kentucky versus louisville at 6:00. kansas versus ohio state. see both games live here on wjz13. if you are feeling luckies perhaps if you aren't, you might want to buy a mega millions ticket, it's going to be a record setter and have the largest lump sum payout ever. estimated $363 million at the moment. the game is played in maryland, 41 states and district of columbia and the odds of winning the jackpot haven't changed, about 1 in 176 million. those numbers will be drawn around 11:00 tonight. >> so you say there is a chance? somebody has to win. >> no, it could go on until friday night. still to come, police wrap up a high profile case of

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in france, new charges against dominic strauss-kahn could land him in prison for a long time. strauss-kahn is charged with aggravated pimping in connection with a french prostitution ring. this comes days before the star of a civil trial in new york city, a maid accuses strauss- kahn of assaulting her. prosecutors dismissed the criminal charges in the case. the former imf chief faces 20 years in prison. he is currently out on bail. police in san diego looking closely at a handwritten note that may help determine who fatally beat an iraqi woman to death. she was take an taken off of life support saturday. a note said go back to your country you terrorist.

the note maybe linked to the attack. >> based on the contents, we are not ruling out the possibility this maybe a hate crime. >> they moved there from detroit. her husband works training soldiers deploying to the middle east. police wrapped up their investigation in to the death of a band member. champion died in november after alleged hazing incident. he was punched and kicked by senior band members. he collapsed and died. the case has been turned over to the state's attorneys office. champion's parents filed a lawsuit against the university. a familiar creature, half man and horse will be turning to preakness. the official mascot of the preakness infield. he won't be alone. organizers introduced his side kick, uni carl, half man, half

unicorn. the fact there is video to go along with the story is fascinating to me. i'm reading and trying to look at it to see what you guys at home are seeing. still ahead on wjz 13 eye witness news at noon, look outside, another reminder, bring along a jacket if you are heading out. your complete forecast is now 2.5 minutes away. i was paying too much with cable. paying so much, you want better quality.

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a chill in the air, we started out 31, bwi marshal. 20s north and west. there was a freeze warning in e fete for the overnight -- in effect for the overnight hours. up in to the 40s for a lot of us, it jumped to the 40s in oakland. compared to yesterday at this time it's cooler. we are going to top out close to our average. high of 55 degrees. the average is 57. not that far away from it. northerly wind brought in the cool air. it's starting to die down today.

it will turn around to the south as this storm moves our way. not much to it now. it's going to pick up moisture as it moves east across the gulf coast states. we will see clouds move in tomorrow and the chance for a showerer or thunderstorm late in the day tomorrow. more of the precipitation will be across the north. what will happen is this warmer air ahead of the front will move our direction ahead of the front for us, once again we will cool down as soon as it passes through. up and down we go. here is how the forecast works out. front tomorrow, clouds come in, the chance for shower or thunderstorm thursday. we will put that together today. we will going up to 55 degrees. lot of sunshine out there. a breeze. tonight the breeze dies down. down to 38 degrees, tomorrow warmers we jump back up to 72 degrees. chance for a late day shower or thunderstorm with the front. we will have your five day

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